Strong trend in Australia to keep domestic cats inside full-time has a big DEFECT

The kind of enriched environment I envisage for domestic cats confined to the home

Once again, we are told that Australia is changing the face of cat domestication in order to protect their native species, often their small native mammals which are particularly vulnerable to domestic cat predation. This is because historically they never had to deal with cat …

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Too-rapid weight loss in cats can cause fatty liver syndrome

Obese gray cat

All the experts and the veterinarians say that if you are going to embark on a weight loss program for your overweight domestic cat you should do it gently because too-rapid weight loss can result in serious metabolic problems such as hepatic lipidosis, which is …

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American Veterinary Medical Association condemns declawing of wild cats and condones declawing of domestic cats?

Recently declawed cat

Late in the day, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) decided to condemn the declawing of wild cats because they couldn’t see any reason for doing it. There is positively no reason for declawing wild cats. Therefore they have to condemn it. In fact they …

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