Clinical Trials and your Cat
Have you ever participated in a clinical trial? Would you consider having your cat participate in a clinical trial? Clinical trials are research studies that evaluate how effective a new treatment is by comparing it to standard practi [...]
Boycott Mother’s Day!
This weekend is one of the most sacred holidays in the world – Mother’s Day. Everyone has a mother, and mo [...]
Overgrooming – or, My Cat is Licking Itself Bald!
Almost every day I examine a cat that has areas of hair loss. Sometimes people think that their cat’s hair is fa [...]
How to Properly Restrain a Cat
I was describing “respectful” feline handling to a group of people. The most common question was, “What?! [...]
What About Grain – Free Foods for Cats?
Cats are carnivores and require meat protein. You don’t see cats grazing in the fields as you do with herbivores [...]
Catnip and Cannabis – Reefer Meow-ness?
All the cool cats were smoking the illicit weed during the early days of jazz in the 1920s on the streets of New Y [...]
Driven To Drink
A few weeks ago, one of my clients asked why her cat always wanted to drink from the glass of water she kept by he [...]
A Quick Cosmo Update
If you missed it read about Cosmo’s Big Adventure Prior to starting radiation he had to have CT scan to dete [...]
Feline Sense and Scents-ability: Taste and Smell (Part 2 of 4)
If you missed it: Feline Sense and Scents-ability: Hearing (Part 1 of 4) Cats rarely chew on plants, compared to d [...]
Feline Sense and Scents-ability: Hearing (Part 1 of 4)
Even though cats have the same five senses humans do, their perception of the world is much different. Sometimes, [...]
Poop Kentucky Derby
Ever wonder why your cat sprints out of the litter box after voiding or even around the house out of the blue? Cat [...]
Does Pancreatitis Mean the End?
I wrote last time about the choice my client Louis had to make to end the life of his beloved cat, Nadia. It is al [...]
Me, What? What Your Cat’s Meow is Really Saying
Bet your cat knows how to tell you when she’s hungry. Most cats have very dramatic and prolonged meows that let [...]
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) – A Doctor’s Point of View
Hypertension is very common in cats. It is a disease that is extremely detrimental to many organs, just like wit [...]
Hypertension – A Cat’s Point of View
Hello everyone, my name is Delilah, “the flippy queen”, Ray. I am working on my 20th birthday this coming Apri [...]
Are Treats Always Bad?
My answer is no – treats can be a good thing. When my cats were kittens, I started giving them treats in their c [...]