Social media is filled with pics of cool cats enjoying the outdoors. But wait, aren’t cats supposed happier napping on your bed all day? Remember the old days when you had to leave your cat home while you went on vacation? Those days are gone dude! More and more people […]
Author: gatoavocado
Microchip: high tech gear that saves lives
Don’t run the risk of losing your feline forever. That internal ID is the gadget that will bring him back home. Summer’s here! And we’re starting our “Sand and Surf Cat” season with the big safety issue: proper ID for your cat. According to our friends at the American Humane […]
Cats and Kids at home: How to keep the family together
It’s no secret that us cats can be a little temperamental, changing our mind in nanoseconds at a time, way too fast for you humans. None of this changes when kids enter the scene; meaning that some adaptation has to occur so we all get along. And trust me, peace […]
The Kittens are Coming!
And we all must be prepared. Every spring planet Earth says hello to millions of new kittens. Their adorable faces can melt human hearts and I know that a lot of you work really hard to give them a good home; but sadly not all of them will live the fairy […]
Whiskers are my co-pilots
The last installment in our “Cat Senses Study” is the one that covers more ground: touch. Our bodies are covered in shiny hair coats that serve as natural warm jackets in the cold weather and as sun deterrents during the summer months. Some humans assume that because we seem to […]
A bite and a spa: mysteries inside your cat’s mouth
It meows. It bites. It feeds us. Home to Jacobson’s organ and the spiky tongue. The cat’s mouth is a very busy part of our body. Let’s get to know it better shall we? Less teeth, more bite: 30 is our lucky number (4 molars, 10 premolars, 4 canine and 12 incisors). […]