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Category Archives: About Cats
Newsday Tuesday – Adopting After a Pet Loss
Is there a right way and a wrong way to grieve the loss of a pet? Experts say that it can take three weeks to three months to work through the grieving process. As I alluded to yesterday, it often … Continue reading
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Frivolous Friday – Cats Living the Good Life Out-of-Doors
While our cats don’t go outside, I still enjoy the concept of cats frolicking in the flowers, enjoying the sun’s rays, and visiting neighbors who welcome them. After all, inside or out, cats still display wild instincts. They stare out … Continue reading
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Thoughts for Thursday – Cat Cafés During Pandemic
Cat cafés have been cropping up everywhere since the first one opened in Japan in 2005. Then 2020 came along and everything changed. The cats were adopted or taken in by foster families and the cafés closed. Some will probably … Continue reading
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Wild (and Sometimes Crazy) Wednesday – What’s Your Cat Preference?
Yesterday we learned more about the Toyger breed. I thought it would be fun to explore some of the most exotic cats that people choose as pets. When I became interested in cat breeds as opposed to just cats, my … Continue reading
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Newsday Tuesday – Have You Ever Thought of Owning a Tiger?
Evidently owning a large exotic cat is a dream of some people, thus the work some breeders have done to create what you might call mini-jungle cats. Take the Toyger, for example. It was developed by first crossing a Bengal … Continue reading
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Wild (and Sometimes Crazy) Wednesday – The Eating Habits of Cats
There must be hundreds of choices when it comes to feeding your cat. Visit the cat food aisle at any pet store for the first time and you’ll immediately become confused. That’s probably why most of us zero in on … Continue reading
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Mindful Monday – How to Hug a Cat
Last Thursday we celebrated National Hug Your Cat Day. And I imagine that most of you with cats (and that’s probably most of you) did hug your cat that day and almost every other day of the year. But what … Continue reading
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Frivolous Friday – How Cats Can Change Your World
When you have multiple cats, you don’t always know which cat is doing or has done what? You might think you know, but not always until… Yes, until one of them leaves. When Lily left us almost three weeks ago, … Continue reading
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Newsday Tuesday – How to Pair Your Pets
Does your cat have a special animal friend? Sure cats can learn to live with other cats, dogs, and any number of animals. We see YouTube and FaceBook videos of cats paired with ducks, pigs, horses, chickens, even owls and … Continue reading
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Mindful Monday – Things Kittens Learn From Resident Cats
We’ve all done it at some point. We bring a kitten into our home where there are older cats. And we do it for any number of reasons. Sometimes the kitten comes into our life unexpectedly, or we lose a … Continue reading
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