Pet Care Tips Blog

Dry skin problems in cats (and kittens) are mostly caused by a nutritional or physical problem.

If you are planning to switch the food that your pet eats with another, you want to watch out for certain ingredients. Most often the cheaper types of food lack important ingredients your cat needs to have a nice, soft, lustrous coat. If your cat (after you switch the food) starts to get dry or dull skin, flaking or shredding of skin then you might want to switch your pet's food.

Nutritional food
You will need to get the best nutritional food for your pet that you can afford.

A cat that is constantly afraid of its environment will not be a healthy cat or one that will get along with other cats or humans. Learn what to do to makes sure your cat is not constantly afraid and you will have a healthy and loving companion.

Understanding more about your cat’s basic nature will often help you solve cat behavior problems. Domestic cats are descendants of wild relatives and therefore many instinctive traits carry over as part of their nature. This can become quite frustrating when you are trying to raise a well-behaved domestic cat!

Consider that cats are hunters by nature. In the wild, most of the smaller cat species subside on hunting small rodents. They are typically solitary, nocturnal animals that catch their own food to feed only themselves. Therefore, stalking and pouncing on small prey is a common behavior of cats in the wild.

A Garden for your Pet Cat Cats enjoy roaming around in gardens, investigation and getting into mischief. Why not set aside a piece of garden to bring pleasure to your cat(s).

We have two house cats, a Ragdoll and a Persian Chinchilla, that love to go out and play in the sun. We set aside a part of the garden to the rear of the house which would be 3/4 lawn and the rest a planted raised bed.

We cleared the area concerned by taking down half a dozen 15ft conifers, some of the trunks were retained to build a cat climbing frame. The stumps and roots were poisoned then covered with pvc then a layer of weed suppressing material.

Do you want to stop your cat from crying all the time? Often times cats will cry or “meow” excessively and this can become a problem for many pet owners. There can be several reasons why your cat is crying excessively but most often the owner accidentally encourages the behavior. Cats will discover that crying gets a certain reaction from their owners and will meow in order to get that specific reaction. If you want your cat to stop meowing, here are a few things to keep in mind.

Sometimes crying is a sign of discomfort and your cat might be expressing symptoms of pain. Constant crying can also be from sexual tension if your cat is not spayed or neutered. Crying may also be a response to a dramatic change in an environment; unreasonable crying can be a reaction to this change.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if your cat had kittens? Just the thought of having so many kittens underfoot would be enough reason for true cat lovers to swoon.

If your cat is pregnant, here are a few important facts that you should know:

- The average length of pregnancy for cats is 63 to 65 days long. However, it may appear to be a shorter period, because your cat will probably have already been pregnant for 3 to 4 weeks before you first notice the changes to her physique.

- Just like humans, cats also gain weight during pregnancy. Your cat’s abdomen will become protruded especially after the fifth week of gestation and your cat’s nipples will begin to grow in about the sixth week of the pregnancy. The nipples will start to fill with milk. Cats are even known to get morning sickness.