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Cats / Getting Started
House cats descend from desert-dwelling ancestors, which explains their enduring love of sunbathing. Anyone who has watched a cat track a patch of sunlight across the floor, then sprawl out in it for
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Cats / Behaviour
A cat suddenly avoiding the litter box for solid waste is frustrating, but it is almost always a sign of a specific, identifiable problem rather than spite or stubbornness, both of which are not reall
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Cats / Behaviour
Play looks like fun, and it is, but for a cat it is doing a lot more work than that. A well-played fifteen minutes a day keeps a cat physically fit, mentally sharp, and considerably less likely to shr
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Cats / Health
A single soft stool is rarely worth panicking over, but kittens have far less physical reserve than adult cats, and diarrhoea that would be a minor inconvenience in a grown cat can become dangerous in
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Cats / Health
Finding a lump near the incision site after your cat's spay surgery is alarming, but in most cases it has a straightforward explanation and is not a sign that something has gone seriously wrong.
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Cats / Behaviour
Steady, unexplained weight loss in a cat that is eating normally, or even eating more than usual, is one of those signs that owners sometimes brush off for weeks before booking a vet visit. It should
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