by The Paws and Effect Gang | Apr 15, 2018 | Cat Health, Kittens
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My daughter’s cat had kittens by my boyfriend’s daughter’s cat, and we kept the one male kitten since the kittens’ father sadly died shortly afterwards. I wasn’t financially able to spay the mom cat at that stage,... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Feb 25, 2018 | Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have a 5-month-old kitty. She was feral when I found her and I took her in with her littermates–I kept her and one boy. He continues to try and mate with her and I’m afraid that if she gets pregnant... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Dec 20, 2015 | Cat Behavior
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My sister’s boyfriend was moving and asked my boyfriend and me to foster his cats until he found an apartment. We agreed, but a couple of weeks before they came to us, the female ran away. We took the male and have... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Oct 18, 2015 | Cat Behavior, Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I rescued my cat not too long ago. She is half Siamese, half Persian, and is just starting to go into heat. But I thought that cats mainly go into heat during the warmer months. Is it possible for it to be reversed with... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Sep 6, 2015 | Cat Behavior, Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat was given a vasectomy at a early age. While he cannot spray and he is an only cat he humps thing frequently and we find a small spot on the floor that appears to be just a drop the size of a pencil eraser. For some...
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.