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Ask the Cat Doc: Morbidly Obese Cat, Vaccines After Injection Site Sarcomas, Cat With Multiple Illnesses, and More

Welcome to our regular “Ask the Cat Doc With Dr. Lynn Bahr” segment! Once a month, Dr. Bahr answers as many of your questions as she can, and you can leave new questions for her in a comment.

Dr. Bahr graduated from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in 1991.Unlike most veterinarians, she did not grow up knowing that she would become a veterinarian. “It was a cat who got me interested in the practice and I am forever grateful to him,” said Dr. Bahr.Over the course of...

Sunday Quotes: Sleep More

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Mews and Nips: Unplugging for the Weekend

Today’s abbreviated issue of Mews and Nips does not have a lead story, because I will be taking a little break this weekend. I will be recharging my batteries at my friends’ beautiful weekend house. We’re planning on relaxing, reading, watching movies, and eating my friend’s amazing cooking. There is cell phone reception, but no Wifi, so other than checking for updates from my wonderful cat sitter, I plan to not even look at my phone.

Allegra will be doing a lot of this when she’s not...

Award-Winning Documentary Catnip Nation Now Available on DVD

Guest post by Catnip Nation Director Tina Traster
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According to Kathleen O’Malley, Director of TNR Education for the New York City Feral Cat Initiative, “there are about as many feral cats in the United States as there are pet cats. So that would put them anywhere from 70 to 90 million.” Catnip Nation, an award-winning 75-minute documentary, addresses the fates of these cats, and the human conflicts that determine those fates. The central conflict is...

Dr. Elsey’s Clean Protein™ Introduces New Formulas

Dr. Elsey’s Clean Protein formulas were created to mimic the protein levels found in a cat’s natural prey. Previously available in three different flavors, Dr. Elsey expanded the line to include a number of new proteins, including some single protein formulas.

About Clean Protein

All Clean Protein are paté style, and are grain-free and gluten-free. Over 90% of the protein used is animal based, and there are no fillers or preservatives added. The canned formulas come in chicken, turkey,...

Ask the Cat Behaviorist with Dr. Marci Koski: Spraying Cat, Kitten Suckles His Tail, and More

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Dr. Marci Koski is a certified Feline Behavior and Training Professional who received specialized and advanced certificates in Feline Training and Behavior from theAnimal Behavior Institute.While Marci has been passionate about all animals and their welfare, cats have always had a special place in her heart. In fact, Marci can’t remember a time when she’s been without at least one cat in her life. She currently relies on her five-member support staff to...

Review: Honest Pet Products

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True to our Pets, True to Our Planet, True to our People. That’s the motto of Honest Pet Products, and it drives everything they do. Born out of founder and president Mary Wolff’s desire to use her creativity and compassion for all living things to do something that truly mattered, the company follows these three basic, unrelenting, and uncompromising principles in everything they do.

I love promoting companies with these kinds of ethical principles, and was...

The Feline Grimace Scale: New Tool To Evaluate Pain in Cats

Cats aremasters at masking pain. Their ability to hide pain goes back to their wild origins. In the wild, a sick animal becomes prey. While acute pain may be more obvious, chronic pain from conditions such as arthritis can be challenging to discern for even the most dedicated cat parent. Even veterinarians often overlook signs of feline pain.

The Feline Grimace Scale

A new scoring system that interprets changes in facial expression could help provide guidance to veterinarians and eventually...

Sunday Quotes: Always With You

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Mews and Nips: Cat Bowl and Kitten Bowl Return to Hallmark Channel

For football fans, this is the most exciting weekend of the year, but even if you couldn’t care less about football, for the past seven years, the Hallmark Channel has made Super Bowl Sunday fun for cat lovers. Kitten Bowl VII includes over 100 kitten and cat athletes, all of whom have been adopted into loving homes. The Hallmark Channel is also airing the second annual Cat Bowl today. The Cat Bowl features adult, senior and special-needs felines. For more information about both events,...