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Chances are you’ve come down with a summer time cold that throws your sinuses out of whack until everything clears up. When you can’t breathe through your nose it can be downright miserable, so you reach for the remedy of choice to help you treat symptoms until normal breathing is finally restored. Now imagine you are a cat!

  Urinary Blockage in Cats My friend Rona has a cat named Mojo, now 11 years old, and for several years I was the designated cat sitter when she would go out of town.  He’s a a bit shy and reserved around strangers, even when that stranger was me fixing his breakfast and dinner each […]

Years ago our boys started to pee standing up. If you can envision the “standard” style litter box you can already imagine the disaster that resulted. We had cat pee on the floor, on the wall–everywhere except in the litter box!

How to cure a UTI in cats We had another scare with Lili this week. The day did not start well.  If it wasn’t bad enough that my alarm clock didn’t wake me up on time, Tuesday morning I woke up to discover that Lili had wet the bed.  She had another UTI.  UGH!  I […]

Have you ever thought about your cat’s heritage? Most of us probably never met our cat’s feline mom or dad, and we just don’t give it much thought. While some of our cat’s health conditions may be genetic, there’s a new thought coming mainstream that genetic expression can be controlled through nutrition and what they’re “not” exposed to.

Updated 6/1/19 Can cats get acid reflux? Look at this cute face!  This is Tanisha, a Himalayan Persian who was diagnosed with acid reflux disease sometime after she turned ten years old.  Is acid reflux in cats a real thing?  Apparently so! I got an email from Debbie, Tanisha’s cat mom, a couple of weeks […]

Meet Dr. Falconer! If you are reading this post you’re probably already owned by a cat or two.  I realize that many of you probably are also owned by a dog…or two! I want to introduce to you a holistic veterinarian who lives outside of Austin, TX, named Dr. Will Falconer.  While he sees both […]

Now this might be really hard for many of you to swallow…and your first instinct may be to close your mind…and you may even get a little upset with me for saying it, but it’s time you know the truth! The pet food you purchase at the grocery store is not biologically appropriate for your pet to eat!

A couple of weekends ago I went to visit my aunt Bonnie and uncle Gary in Waco, TX. It had been awhile since I was last there, and we had so much to talk about!   I also had a cat agenda, too.  It was finally time for their resident feral kitty turned love bug, Major, […]

Did you know that people spend billions of dollars every year on their pets? You’re probably just nodding your head, acknowledging your portion of that contribution, right?! Since the holidays are snowballing our way, I thought it would be fun to give you the “Dear Santa” list on behalf of your cat!