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Chiropractic Care Can Bring Out the Best in Your Cat

Guest Post by Alissa Grover, DC, CAC

As an animal chiropractor, I have worked with a variety of species including dogs, cats, horses, goats, rabbits, and more. Chiropractic is a holistic branch of health care that specializes in the health of the spine and joints of the body without drugs or surgery. Chiropractors provide adjustments to restore proper alignment of the spine and joints, thus allowing the entire body to function better and quality of life to improve. Animal chiropractic is becom...

Conscious Cat Sunday: Weather Mewsings

Weather seems to be the dominant topic of many conversations these days, especially during this seemingly never-ending winter. I think it’s because weather is a unifying force. Love or hate the weather of the day, we all have to deal with it. Sharing weather stories is a great ice breaker (I know, bad pun.) And while different folks have different weather preferences, weather isn’t nearly as polarizing a topic as so many others, although I will admit to being tempted to hide some of my snow l...

Mews and Nips: Your Cat Can See Things You Can’t

Do you ever watch your cat stare at something behind you, and when you turn around, there’s nothing there? Well, maybe you shouldn’t be so sure! Biologists at City University in London, England discovered that cats and other mammals see in ultraviolet, something that was previously only attributed to insects, birds, fish, some amphibians, and reptiles. The lens of the human eye blocks ultraviolet light. Ultimately, knowing that many animals have ultraviolet vision could provide a deeper under...

RC Tees Giveaway Winner

Congratulations, Elines Acevedo! You’re the winner of a $5o gift certificate from RC Tees, plus a bonus Kitty Gift Bag from The Cat Connection!

Look for an e-mail from Ingrid*.

*Winners were selected by random drawing. Winners need to provide a physical address to which the prize will be mailed within 72 hours of receipt of notification e-mail. If this information is not received, an alternate winner will be chosen.

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Review and Giveaway: Paw Prints at Owl Cottage by Denis O’Connor

Paw Prints at Owl Cottage brings the reader back to the beautiful setting of a remote country cottage in Northumberland in England, home to the author, his wife, and their cats. This sequel to Paw Prints in the Moonlight is a heartwarming story about the power of cats, and the way they change lives.

From the publisher:

When Denis and his wife Catherine return to Owl Cottage, their former home, only to find it in a dilapidated state, they decide to restore this charming house. But the memory of...

Review and Giveaway: SwiPets Pet Hair Removal Product

I’m always a little skeptical when I hear claims like “world’s best product.” But sometimes, a product really does live up to its claim, and the SwiPets Pet Hair Removal Product is one of those products.

This clever product is nothing more sophisticated than a glove. You can’t get much simpler than that, right? The glove is made from a blend of spandex and nylon,coated with what the company calls a “high tech coating” said to effortlessly remove pet hair from furniture, clothing and hard to re...

The Hemingway Cats and a Key West Mystery

One cat just leads to another. – Ernest Hemingway

Guest Post by Lucy Burdette

Key West (both my home town and the setting for my mystery series) can be a magical island. But with 3 million visitors a year, many coming for the giant street parties during big events like New Year’s Eve, St. Patrick’s day, spring break, and Fantasyfest, it also can be crowded, noisy, and dirty.

And yet, a few places provide peaceful getaways, even in the busiest conditions. My favorite is the Hemingway House on Whi...

Do Cats Respond to TV?

Many pet guardians leave the TV or radio on when they’re not home. They hope that the background sound will prevent pets from feeling lonely, and provide some stimulation at the same time. Leaving the TV on can be beneficial if it’s used in the right way, but it can also be detrimental. Whether or not to leave the TV on really depends on your cats and your lifestyle.

Many pet guardians leave Animal Planet on for their pets under the assumption that it may make their pets feel as if they had co...

99 Lives Whole Cat Genome Sequencing Initiative Could Bring Advances to Feline Health

A team at the University of Missouri, led by renowned feline researcher and associate professor Leslie Lyons, will map the genes of 99 cats. The project will map 20,000 genes to develop a complete portrait of feline genetic make up.

The 99 Lives Whole Cat Genome Sequencing Initiative could help identify the cause of cats’ fur and eye color, and, more importantly, the source of feline health problems. It could even support research on diseases that affect both cats and humans. “When a sick cat...

Conscious Cat Sunday: Meditating With Cats

There is no question that meditation is good for us: it helps us handle the stress of daily life, it has numerous health benefits, and it is a wonderful way to get in touch with our true spiritual nature. In fact, there is so much evidence that meditation is good for you that it seems like meditation should be as much a part of our daily lives as breathing.

Once you’ve established a daily meditation practice, you can’t imagine not having it in your life, but until you get there, the thought of...