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Conscious Cat Sunday: Meditate with Your Cat

The benefits of meditation are endless: from helping us handle stress better to getting in touch with our true spiritual nature, meditation has been proven to make our lives better. 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 daily mediation seems...

Mews and Nips: Kitten Makes Chicago Tribune Homepage

The Chicago Tribune made the best internet error of the week, if not of all times: for 16 minutes, the adorable grey kitten shown above was featured on the paper’s homepage. While it was a welcome break from the usual gloom and doom stories on the paper’s front page, it was also clearly a mistake. According to Gizmodo, Tribune editors were doing a routine tests for which theygenerally useinnocuous placeholder text and images.

Benton, the cat in the photo,had been featured in the Tribune’s “Pet...

Cat Greeting Cards Winner

Congratulations, Angela Gosselin! You’re the winner of an assortment of 15 cat greeting cards from Nobleworks Cards.

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: Urban Tigers Two: More Tales of a Cat Vet by Kathy Chisholm

When we first met Dr. Emily McBride In Urban Tigers: Tales ofa Cat Vet,shecharmed readers with stories from her first year atthe Ocean View Cat Hospital in Nova Scotia, Canada, owned bythe flamboyant Dr. Hughie. In Urban Tigers Two: More Tales of a Cat Vet,Emily’s adventurescontinue.

Like the first book, Urban Tigers Two offers an in depth look at what really goes on at a cat hospital. From eccentric clients to challenging medical cases, Emily sees it all. Drawn from the author’s own experienc...

Giveaway: DERMagic Shampoo and Lotion

Cats are fastidious groomers, and can usually take care of keeping themselves clean without human intervention. Their sandpaper tongue is perfectly equipped to take care of their cleaning and grooming needs. But every once in a while, you may find yourself in a situation where your cat needs a bath: perhaps she got into something sticky, dirty or smelly, or worse, into something that would harm her if she licked herself clean.

If you have to bathe your cats, make sure you use shampoos and othe...

Summer Travel With Your Cat

Guest post by Vickie Fisher

You’ve probably alreadyfigured out that yourcat is not going to happily jump into the car, stick its head out the window and“lap up” the scents and breezes in anticipation of traveling someplace “fun.” That revelation aside, the biggest difference between traveling with a dog and traveling with a cat is that in the case of the cat, itoften appears that neither party involved in the expedition will behappy!However, sometimes, atemporary or permanent relocation makes...

An Important Message for Subscribers Using Gmail

Thank you for being a loyal reader and part of our Conscious Cat community!

Allegra, Ruby and I want to be sure that you don’t miss any of our daily posts in the future.If you subscribe to The Conscious Cat with a Gmail address, you should know Google is rolling out new features to their email service. They will automatically filter your past and future email messages into “Primary,” “Social,” “Promotions,” “Updates,” and “Forums” tabs. Our Conscious Cat posts will be categorized as “Promotion...

A Street Cat Named Bob Makes US Debut – Enter to Win

James Bowen and his cat Bob have been capturing hearts since A Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life was first published in the UK last spring. The book finally debuts in the United States today. Even though the US publisher changed the original subtitle toHow One Man And His Cat Found Hope on the Streets, the story remains the same, and is no less compelling with a new subtitle and cover.

, and have been following the unfolding story of James and Bo...

Breakthrough in Cat Allergy Research Offers Hope for New Treatments

When someone is allergic to cats, the most common advice given by physicians is to get rid of the cat. Allergies are also one of the top five reasons why cats are returned to shelters. However, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, nearly 10 million people choose to share their homes with cats and dogs despite being allergic.

Contrary to what most people believe, cat allergies are not caused by cat hair, but by a protein called Fel d1 found in a cat’s saliva, uri...

Coming Soon: Adventures in Veterinary Medicine

I’m excited to announce my new book, Adventures in Veterinary Medicine:What Working in Veterinary Hospitals Taught Me About Life, Love, and Myself. The book offers a unique look at what really goes on in a veterinary hospital through the eyes of a former veterinary hospital manager, aka, yours truly.The book providesinsight into what makes veterinary medicine such a rewarding profession through a series ofstories about some of the pets I connected with during my twelve years workingin the fie...