Should you avoid meat by products in the cat food?

More and more sources recommend avoiding by products in out pet’s food. They say, check if the meat is the first ingredient, and avoid grain and meat by products on the label. But is it true? Let’s talk about what are byproducts, are byproducts bad and should you avoid byproducts in your cat’s food?

How often should you vaccinate your cat or dog?

Vaccinations are the most effective control of spreading of diseases. It’s especially hand when we are talking about such diseases, like rabies who spread rapidly, and are lethal in most cases.

But how often should you vaccinate your pet against those diseases? Is it serious that some vaccines work for one year, and some do work for three and even more years? Or do you have to vaccinate your cat or dog at all?

Do cats have blood types?

But are humans the only animals with blood types? Do our friends, domestic cats have different blood types pumping through their veins? Let’s find out!

Does spaying or neutering a cat cause obesity? If so, what can you do to prevent it?

There’s a very popular belief that spaying and neutering a cat cause obesity. Unfortunately, it’s frequently used as an argument against altering our pets. But is true? Does spaying or neutering indeed cause obesity?

Why it is necessary to switch cat food gradually?

Have you recently decided (or was forced) to switch your cat’s food? Did you have a thought whether you should do it right away, or make a gradual, slow introduction of the new food type? Here are two reasons why you should do it slowly:

Stuff that makes your cat a perfect hunter – an infographic

Research shows domestic cats are extremely good hunters with an average of every third pounce resulting in a catch. Only few other animals, mostly large cats, can beat it.

Is it coincidence? Not even close, here are the reasons why cats are one of most successful hunters ever walked on the Earth.

Getting a kitten soon? Here’s why you should be getting two kittens… or more

Have you ever visited a litter of kittens in order to adopt one, but then, without an apparent explanation, your heart tells you to take two. Don’t suppress your feelings. Did you know there are many benefits of getting two kittens from the same litter?

Why cats still hunt even if they receive food from you?

In he wild, hunting is essential to survival in any species eating meat, including cats. If the cat would not hunt, it would starve to death. However, in the household environment, cats receive their food from humans. But, if you do let your cat outside, you will know, he still hunts, no matter how well fed he is. So why does this happen?

Why cat training is harder than dog training?

When someone tells it’s not possible to train a cat, it’s a lie. We’ve seen plenty of examples of cats being trained to both, behave well and do tricks. Our home country even has a circus cat named Bingo, who climbs the ladder and jumps through hoops.

Why is your cat bringing mice home?

Many cat owners say there’s no frightful sight as waking up and finding a dead mouse on their porch. The grandmother of Māris even told us her cat used to bring dead (and sometimes not so dead) rats in her bed every morning, and carefully placed them on her chest. Isn’t that cute? Yup, that is cute, and you better start appreciating your cat. And you will, as soon as you understand why cats bring dead mice to their owners.