by The Paws and Effect Gang | May 31, 2020 | Cat Behavior, Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My kitty won’t drink water; bottled, filtered, warm, tepid, cool, from any type of bowl. Also not broth (even homemade, no seasoning), not clam juice, only sometimes milk, warm please. I have to sneak water by teaspoons... 
by JaneA Kelley | Mar 15, 2020 | Cat Health, Cats and People
I know, I know: you’re probably sick and tired of hearing about COVID-19. I live in Seattle, so I don’t have the luxury of ignoring the pandemic and I do have an interest in sharing facts, not hype and fear. I’m sure there are also some of you... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Jun 2, 2019 | Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My Kangs is now 20 years and seven months old. I have had her for almost 20 years. She had two other cat buddies most of her life: I put Tigger down 8 months ago at age 19 and 2 months, and Sedrick died in his sleep 5... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Feb 19, 2017 | Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Today our nine-year-old cat died suddenly. Last week I noticed his left eye looked a bit off–I remarked to my husband that I wondered if he was losing his sight in that eye. He was perfectly normal and healthy in... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Nov 6, 2016 | Cat Behavior, Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat, Possum, is 19. He’s always been very skittish. For the first 18 or so years of his life he kept in dark spaces and only came out to eat or drink at night and slept in my bed. In the past two or three years he...
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.