Updated Guidelines Should Make Vet Visits Less Stressful for Cats

In any given year, more than half of all people with cats do not bring them to the veterinarian, surveys suggest. If you’re like...

Morsels June 2023

Keep Your Cat Away from the Cocoa Mulch! Do you allow your cat in the backyard? And do you use cocoa mulch in and around...

When the Margins Are “Clean But Close” After Tumor Removal

When a veterinarian removes a possible malignant tumor, she also removes a cuff of surrounding normal-appearing tissue to improve the chances that the tumor...

Can You Reliably Assess Your Cat’s Pain? Yes.

Because cats do not give clear signals when they are in pain, their physical suffering tends to be inadvertently neglected — and therefore under-treated....

On Spraying the Cat with Water to Make Him Stop

Have you ever sprayed a cat with a water pistol or a spritzer to make him stop doing something you don’t want him to,...