Pyewacket is a 15-year-old kitty who developed diabetes around age 10. This cute little tortie is doing fine now, but this wasn’t always the case. Her human, Rhiannon, wrote me to share a cautionary tale she thought other cat caretakers would benefit from. She was very generous to come forward and I agreed that we […]
You asked for it, you got it: a big update to Today’s Best Cat foods page. Sometimes I think keeping up with the changing cat food landscape could be a full-time job. Which is why I’m thankful to all of you who have commented with questions, suggestions, and information about various foods, and for a nice woman named […]
Guest post by Elisabeth Gruskin, PhD Thinking about developing a meditation practice or growing your existing one? Do you share your life with a pet or two? How do you fit everyone and everything into your busy life? You can do both at the same time with pet-centered meditation. Pet-centered meditation (I call it Petitating) […]
Sometimes I think of cats as little magical beings, with their knowing blinks and their way of curling up with you just when you need some extra love and kindness. But let’s talk about those other little magical beings for moment: microbes. Because I believe they can make a big difference in our feline’s […]
This DIDN’T happen overnight. Here’s how it went down… Introduction from Liz: Many of us grew up with indoor-outdoor cats and dogs running around and found that these mixed families were fairly harmonious, or at least tolerant, as there was so much space for them to live virtually separate lives. But, it’s a whole different situation when we […]