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How To Get Rid Of Fleas On Cats - Why Not Use Natural Remedies

How To Get Rid Of Fleas On Cats – Why Not Use Natural Remedies

Fleas are small wingless jumping insects which feed on the blood of mammals and birds. Fleas are one of the most common parasites that affect cats. Outdoor cats come into contact with these parasites more often. But even indoor cats can get them if the parasites hitch a ride into your home. You can carry a flea into your home without even knowing, other pets can carry them. They are parasites…

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Where Is The Island Full Of Cats?

Where Is The Island Full Of Cats?

If you love cats you might find it ideal to be in the company of a cat. What about the company of more than 100 cats? Can you imagine that there is an island on Earth with more cat residents than humans? An island that is full of cats. This island full of catsis located in Japan. Aoshima, also known as Cat Island, is an island in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.  The large number of feline residents made…

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Signs of Dehydration in Cats

Signs of Dehydration in Cats

Dehydration means that a cat has either used or lost more fluids than her body needs to perform basic metabolic functions, without replacing them through drinking. Dehydration also leads to electrolyte loss. This decrease in fluids and electrolytes negatively affects circulation, digestion, and toxin removal from the body. If dehydration is severe enough, it can result in organ failure and death.…

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Can Cats Eat Chips?

Can Cats Eat Chips?

Potato chips are far from healthy for us humans. But what about our feline friends? Can cats eat chips? They are too fatty and salty but they taste good and sometimes it can be hard to resist them. If you are eating chips, then you might not want to eat them all by yourself. So you might think about feeding your cat with some chips. The question is can our beloved cats eat chips?

The short answer…

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Can Cats Eat Chocolate?

Can Cats Eat Chocolate?

As every dog owner should know, dogs are not allowed to eat chocolate. But what about our feline friends? Can cats eat chocolate? Cats can’t eat chocolate as chocolate can be poisonous to cats. Why is chocolate poisonous to cats?

Chocolate contains theobromine and caffeine and that are poisonous to cats so cats can’t eat chocolate. The human body can metabolize theobromine but cats cannot…

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Benefits of Brushing Your Cat

Benefits of Brushing Your Cat

Even if you have a shorthaired cat, regular brushing is an important part of maintaining your cat’s health. Brushing your cat offers a ton of benefits.

Lory’s Catsexplains us in her video why brushing our cats is important to their health and she shows us how to do it. Brushing prevents mats, helps keeping your cat clean, stimulates blood circulation, helps removing dead hair and of course helps…

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Hundreds Of House Cats Are Being 'Dumped' On Farmers

Hundreds Of House Cats Are Being ‘Dumped’ On Farmers

Hundreds of cats are being dumped outside barns and laneways but unfortunately, for most of them, it’s a death sentence. The people who are doing this think they’re giving their cat a good chance, a nice country life to live in a barn and catch mice… The truth is house cats and barn cats don’t mix. And farmers simply don’t want to take care of cats.

Adopt Me! Cat Rescueorganization has an…

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90-Year-Old Woman Knits Small Blankets For Cats At Animal Shelters

90-Year-Old Woman Knits Small Blankets For Cats At Animal Shelters

Marilyn, a 90-year-old woman from Florida knits small blankets and donate them to animal shelters to make cages a little more comfy for cats.

Marilyn has continued the project that her mother started years ago, wrote Polk County Animal Control in a Facebook post.

“Everyone, meet Marilyn, who is 90 years young. Many years ago, her mother began a project that she has continued to this day –…

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Village in Taiwan Has Been Taken Over By Hundreds Of Cats

Village in Taiwan Has Been Taken Over By Hundreds Of Cats

Houtong village was once a rich small mining town in Ruifang, renowned for a well-preserved culture surrounding its railway, which was built during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. In the 1990s the coal mining industry began to decline so the area also declined. Young residents started to emigrate to look for better opportunities, and only few hundred residents remained once the mining industry had…

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Two Kids Used An Umbrella To Save A Kitten Trapped On a Canopy

Two Kids Used An Umbrella To Save A Kitten Trapped On a Canopy

An adorable moment was caught on camera in southern China when two primary school students used an upturned umbrella to save a tiny kitten trapped on a canopy.

The video shows two schoolboys holding an umbrella upside down next to the canopy, waiting for the poor kitten to jump. The smart kitty used the opportunity and jumped from the canopy inside the umbrella.

The video was filmed in Liangshan…

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Cat Owners Are More Intelligent Than Dog Owners

Cat Owners Are More Intelligent Than Dog Owners

Do you consider yourself creative, enjoy a bit of classical music and still love an episode of “Seinfeld?” Chances are you are a cat person, according to new findings. We often look the similarities and differences between dog people and cat people.

We also separate people into categories of dog owners vs. cat owners, but what exactly is the difference between the two? According to a new study…

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Kitten Found Zipped Up In a Marks And Spencer's Freezer Bag

Kitten Found Zipped Up In a Marks And Spencer’s Freezer Bag

A seven-month-old black and white kitten has been found zipped up and dumped on a driveway in a Marks and Spencer’s freezer bag. Poor kitty was abandoned outside a house in Park Avenue, Potters Bar.

A kind hearted person found the cat and contacted immediately RSPCA who took the cat in their care.

“The kind member of the public who called us had come home from work late that night at about…

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Your Cat Needs Less Water Than You Think She Does

Your Cat Needs Less Water Than You Think She Does

Water is an essential part of every living organism’s life. Human beings, animals and plants can’t survive without it. Nearly all of the major systems in the body depend on water. Water serves many physiological functions: it transports nutrients and oxygen through the blood stream and into the cells, moisturizes the air in the lungs, regulates body temperature, protects and moisturizes the…

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Mark Twain Liked Cats Better Than People

Mark Twain Liked Cats Better Than People

Mark Twain AKA Samuel Clemens, may have been the American writer most crazy about cats. He was a cat person. He once said, “I simply can’t resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course.”

Twain owned up to 19 cats at one time. His cats all had fantastical names, among them: Apollinaris,…

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If It Wasn't For Tesla's Cat, We Might Not Have Electricity

If It Wasn’t For Tesla’s Cat, We Might Not Have Electricity

Nikola Tesla was famous for inventing many important things and he is best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

The role his cat played in his most famous contribution to science, creating the alternating-current (AC) electric system that is the main electrical system in the world today, is not well known. Few know that Tesla…

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Sleeping With Cats In Bed

Owning a cat is a fantastic and rewarding experience. And in the end, they become more like our children than mere pets. If you own a cat, you probably let her sleep in your bed. Most of the cats owners are sleeping with their cats in bed.

According to a 2012 Harris poll, about 70 percent of American dogs and cats at least occasionally share their owner’s bed. Cats are champion sleepers, they…

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Stray Kitten Interrupts Live Broadcast and Immediately Gets Put on TV

Nima Shaffe was doing his job when a stray ginger kitten appeared and decided to take over the live shot in Washtenaw County. The adorable kitten didn’t only take over the morning live shot, but also melted the hearts of so many of people.

The kitten was named Lucky Seven and he fell into the hands of the right person. The man contacted the Humane Society of Huron Valley and Lucky Seven was taken…

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