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 | Sep 1, 2019 | Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I was wondering if you would have any advice on how to dispose of the tapeworm sections that are coming out of my kittens and into the environment? What will happen if the tapeworm sections (with the eggs in) are left in... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Aug 26, 2018 | Cat Behavior
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I’m planning to adopt a three-month-old tabby kitten, Holly, but I have a fish tank and a budgie cage. The kitten will live in a cat apartment but I will let her out during the day when I’m around. Will she try... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Jul 29, 2018 | Cat Behavior, Cats and Other Pets
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I recently adopted a kitten. His name is Franklin. I believe he was 3 weeks old when I got him, though they said he was 6 weeks old. He was very small and underweight, and it seems like he was pulled away from his mother...
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.