Tag: Cats
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How to Find a Good Veterinarian
Frequenting a veterinarian’s office seems like an issue of secondary or tertiary importance when it comes to daily caring for our pets. However, vets provide far more than just vaccinations and inspections; their guidance should be one of your top priorities when your new puppy or kitty is settled in. Here are some questions to…
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Cat Eyes: The Various Shapes and Expressions
Cats have been celebrated in culture, worshipped as heavenly gods, and feared as demons from hell. This is very likely because of the intimidating power of expression cats communicate through their eyes. Their gazes can hypnotically enchant us, or unnerve and terrify humans in a way not many other animals can. Read below to learn…
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Cats and the Flehmen Response
What is that face? Many kinds of mammals such as wild and domestic cats, horses, donkeys, deer, elk, goats, sheep, and cattle will pull their upper lip back and expose the gums and upper row of teeth. Cats tend to make this face a little differently, looking as if they are smiling, or breathing in…
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Thinking Outside the Cubicle: Shared Pet Ownership in Business
Each dog and cat should have a good home. The need for adoption is through the roof, and the numbers of homeless or abandoned pets are only increasing. Many people argue that adopting a pet would be stressful because they spend long hours at work and wouldn’t be able to give them the attention they…
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Preventing Pet Obesity
While it might be amusing to see a fat cat nap on a pillow, or cute to cuddle with a pudgy puppy, the ubiquity of domestic pet obesity is a grim reality. Thousands of pets steadily swell over the years and suffer painful side effects because of their owner’s lack of intervention. Your pet’s life,…
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Dodge the Furry Bullet: How to Avoid Hairballs
Those trichobezoars are at it again. Your cat is gagging and retching around the living room, and you know what is about to follow… One of the unpleasant aspects of having a cat, is having deal with the unsightly glob of foul fur, whenever it resurrects itself from the bowels of your pet. Even…
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Down About the Digging – How to Stop Dogs & Cats from Digging!
Landscaping can be an expensive investment, so finding fresh pot holes of dirt in your green lawn is hardly what you want to wake up to. Dogs are ambitious creatures, always determined to find adventure, and explore wherever their noses may take them. Sometimes the most tempting solution is to dive headlong into the back…
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Cat Got Your Tongue? Interesting Facts About Your Cat’s Tongue
Why does it feel like sandpaper when your cat licks you? Is the kitty in need of a drink because his tongue is just horribly dry? Unlike dogs and humans, a feline tongue has a rough feeling because it is covered in little fissures call papillae. The papillae is constructed like tiny backward barbs made…
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Disney Cats: The Feral Cats Owned by Disneyland
Southern California’s Disneyland is considered the “happiest place on earth.” From the shining spires of the Magic Castle, to the merry shops on Main Street, Disneyland feels like a miraculous land far removed from any unpleasantness of the world. This children’s paradise is kept up by over 600 employees to retain the park’s resplendent condition.…