Holistic vets you can consult with by phone
Holistic veterinary expertise is still rare, but some of the experienced ones are now available by phone. This can be very helpful if your local vet doesn’t have all the time and expertise you need.
Cat Care
10 useful sites for researching cat health issues
If you need to do some cat health research and don’t want to waste time on the outdated, the misinformed, the dubious, the bogus, and the advertising-centric, this list should help.
GIVEAWAY: Which of these books do you want to win?
All you have to do to enter: Tell me which of these great books you want in the Comments below this post–before 7pm this Friday (2/18).
Hairballs?! Natural remedies that are working
UPDATED 2016 If you’re like me, you may yearn to give your cat something besides those petroleum/mineral oil hairball products. (See my worries about ingesting petroleum jelly supported here and also here. Also, long term use interferes with your cat’s ability to absorb the important fat-soluble vitamins – A, E and D – according to vetinfo.com.)…
3 ways to help your cat prevent cancer
Cancer is afflicting about 50% cats over age 10 now. That’s shocking to me. As is the fact that lymphoma has become more common in cats than in people. Plus, it’s been affecting younger cats lately too. I lost a feline soul mate to cancer, so I vowed to do everything I can to prevent that from ever happening again. I’ve taken a lot of care in selecting 3 key cancer-prevention tactics. I think if I had known these things long ago, my feline friend may have lived longer…
Which plants are safe – and NOT safe – for cats?
Here’s a list to take to your local plant nursery. Indoor cats love to nibble some plants, but what’s a home without plants? My friend Shenan had a good idea: Just tell me which plants are safe. So I did some research…and came up with some common safe plants and poisonous plants.