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 | Next week is all about beginnings and endings. Spring is in the air, and the 2012 Readers' Choice Awards voting will come to an end. Also, Saturday is St. Patrick's Day! No green beer for the kitties, please, and keep them closed up in a safe room if the Leprechauns are partying at your house. | |
Cat Health 101: Veterinary Care for Cats
 Veterinary Care for Cats is the first part of a multi-part Cat Health 101 Online Course, which will eventually be additionally offered as an E-Course. Rather than have my readers wait until the entire course is completed, I'm going to release the lessons in installments. Our cats deserve everything we can possibly do to ensure them optimal health, and a regular plan of veterinary is critical to that goal.
Photo Credit: © IStock Photo/Catherine Yeulet
This first lesson consists of eight separate parts, and covers aspects of cat health from kittenhood to senior years.
| What Breed is my Cat?
This step-by-step primer is dedicated to the hundreds of people who have emailed me over the years with cat photos and "What Breed is my Cat?" as the email subject. The quick answer is "If you don't know already, your cat is likely not of a specific breed, but a domestic cat." An encyclopedia could be written about this topic. However, the most pertinent information related to the question can be summed up for lay people with fewer than a dozen articles. Read these linked articles carefully. Bookmark them for future reference, and one day you will be an acknowledged "expert" if someone asks you "what breed is my cat?"
| Is Your Cat Making You Crazy?
I know many women are called (and refer to themselves as) "crazy cat ladies." However, a 53 year-old Czek scientist, Jaroslav Flegr, has concluded after years of research and study, that people with cats run a real risk of becoming schizophrenic because of Toxoplasma gondii, often found in cats' feces. Not only that, but Flegr has believed as far back as the early 1990s that his own brain has been manipulated by the parasite. According to Kathleen Mcauliffe's article in The Atlantic, "He also believes that the organism contributes to car crashes, suicides, and mental disorders such as schizophrenia. When you add up all the different ways it can harm us, says Flegr, 'Toxoplasma might even kill as many people. . .read more.
| Cat Picture of the Week: Freddie
 It was impossible to overlook Freddie as my second Cat of the Week for March, 2012. He is such a cute, beguiling young red tabby cat, and his adoptive mom, Moppet10 did an amazing job of writing his story. She is one of those selfless people who rescues throwaway cats, which described Freddie to a "T." Her intention was to get him vetted, then place him in a forever home. When she took the scrawny kitten in for a vet exam, she had to give the clinic a name, so she said, "Oh, just call him Fred." But by the end of the first day of "fostering" this fluffball, she knew he was a keeper and his name became Freddie.
Photo Credit: © About.com Member Moppet10
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