by JaneA Kelley | Apr 27, 2012 | Cat Health, Reviews
In honor of National Hairball Awareness Day (yes, there actually is such a thing), a slew of excellent information and downright silliness has been spreading across the cat blogosphere. It all started with a Hairball Celebrity Contest, for which I made a failtastic... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Mar 18, 2012 | Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I am concerned about my cat. She hates being groomed. She has long hair and frequently licks herself and my other cat. I do not see any hair in her stool, but she does at times have a hacking type cough. My friend says... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Sep 11, 2011 | Cat Behavior
Kitties’ note: Mama’s been having kind of a rough day today, and she said the only way she could manage to help us write our column was if we had a happy question to answer. And lucky for us, in the wee hours of the morning, this letter came through! Dear... by The Paws and Effect Gang | Dec 5, 2010 | Cat Behavior, Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat, Lily, is about 3 years old. When my daughter got her as a kitten she was flea-ridden. We had her bathed and cleaned up. But since then, she constantly cleans herself to the point where she has scabs and a couple of... by The Paws and Effect Gang | Nov 7, 2010 | Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have a 15-year-old cat, Midnight, who is constantly licking and sort of biting herself. She even has a couple of bald spots on her skin. And for the last month she has insisted on laying on my chest. Sometimes I see her...
JaneA Kelley is a punk rock cat mom and award-winning blogger. She is a regular columnist for Catster Magazine, and she and the Paws and Effect Gang share a home in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.