by The Paws and Effect Gang | Aug 23, 2020 | Cat Behavior, Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: We are getting a kitten this month and it will be our very first one. We have lived with adult cats before. Reading online, we increasingly get the sense that just having one kitten is not ideal for the kitten’s...
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Dec 22, 2019 | Cats and Other Pets
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My 9-year-old son is begging me to get him a cat for Christmas. I have some concerns about bringing an animal into my home on such a busy day, but I think he’s old enough to have a cat and I don’t want to...
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Dec 10, 2017 | Cat Behavior, Cats and Other Pets
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have had my cat for about three months. He is an 8-year-old Persian who I got from someone getting rid of him on Facebook. The woman giving him up felt that she did not have time for him. When I got him his fur was...
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Jan 15, 2017 | Cat Behavior, Cats and People
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Last year we sadly had to put down our beloved cat. He was very sick, and he had started peeing all over our clothes, carpet and furniture. It has been several months and we have gotten ridden of everything he peed on and...
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Oct 9, 2016 | Cat Health, Kittens
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I took in this tiny kitten that was left outside at a hospital and now I’m lost on how to raise her, or him. The kitten is still very tiny and very skinny, you can feel most of the bones in her little body! She has quite a...