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 | It's no fun taking care of sick cats when you're not feeling 100% yourself. But we do what we have to do, because our fur children depend on us. 2013 is now behind us, and we have a bright new year ahead - a year of mutual love with our feline families. Let's make 2014 the best year ever! Connect With Franny:
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Is it Food or Love?
A good friend of mine recently sent me an email with this puzzling title, Is it Food or Love? 
photo © Franny Syufy
Barry's email clarified the question quite nicely: "Some people say cats behave lovingly toward human beings mainly so the cats can get food. It's rather like a beautiful but penniless woman marrying a wealthy man. Did she marry him for love or money? He doesn't know . . . or care. I don't care why my guy sits on my lap and purrs. I just don't care." What a beacon of warmth on a cold Winter day! I responded immediately...read more
| Franny's New Year Resolutions
Franny is a little bit "under the weather," with a cold, flu, or even numonia (whatever that means), so I, Jennifur, her loyal feline, bed partner, and fellow female, decided to paw out some New Year resolutions for her. Yes, I know she already made a list, but this one is a special one. Besides, there's no rest for me in our bedroom, with all her coughing, nose-blowing and groaning, so I might as well help her with her job, to keep me in cat food. So here goes: Franny Resolves: - To feed Jenny some canned food at 2 a.m. It's inhumane to let a poor cat suffer from hunger all night
- To wake up and clean the litter box when she hears me scratching in it. If she doesn't, I might just poop on her side of the bed...reed moor
| Cat Bunting Behavior
I bet many of you reading have cats who regularly give you head bumps. Almost nothing is more pleasurable than exchanging these loving gestures with a furry pal. The proper word for this form of cat talk, as Amy Shojai explains, is "bunting." There's a hidden agenda going on here, as you will find out when you read Amy's delightful and informative article.
| Subcutaneous Fluids for Cats
Caring for a cat with a serious, disease, whether chronic or sudden, is an important part of caregiving, and its importance can reach the critical stage quickly when dehydration enters the picture. Giving him Sub-Q fluids becomes urgent at that point. 
One of the most common occasions for Subcutaneous fluids is with a cat with Chronic Renal Failure (CRF). However, in Joey's case, he had contracted Conjunctivitis from our kitten, Gaither, a form of an Upper Respiratory Infection. Because he felt so bad, and or he couldn't...read more
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