by The Paws and Effect Gang | Mar 5, 2017 | Cat Behavior
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Recently my boy Midnight has begun to pee in his crate at night. I’d leave him out but he destroys the cupboards. He’s begun overshooting the sides of the litter box when he pees too. I know he hates baths but... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Feb 7, 2016 | Cat Health
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: Hello. I have a question about spaying. I reside in Europe, and vets here spay cats when they are more than 5 pounds and/or more than 6 months old. They also don’t take the uterus, but they just remove the ovaries... 
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...
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