by The Paws and Effect Gang | Jun 30, 2019 | Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Our cat Ringo has sunburnt his ear. He scratches it until it bleeds. Now the dried blood is thick and hope you can give some advice on what to use to soften it enough to remove. It has become so bad he is removing little... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Apr 8, 2018 | Cat Behavior, Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My 5-year-old male cat has been exhibiting signs of feline hyperesthesia syndrome for two years. He was a healthy, hefty boy in March 2016, prior to having his second set of vaccinations. After vaccinating, he changed. He... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Jan 29, 2017 | Cat Behavior
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I know what I need to do, but getting it done is another problem. There’s a colony of feral cats living in my neighborhood. My neighbors have been gracious enough to capture them, get them neutered, and release them... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Nov 20, 2016 | Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat got outside and got in a fight with another cat. He developed an abscess from being bitten. I took him to the vet and had the abscess drained. The vet gave me antibiotics, and he seemed to get better. Then, a couple... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Mar 2, 2014 | Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My 16-month-old Bengal cat was, I assume, hit by a car last Tuesday. I didn’t see the event but found him in a dirt hole in shock and visibly injured not far from a busy residential road. I took him to the hospital,... 
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.