Cats in General

We have had thirteen cats in the last twenty years, with three at the moment, and cannot imagine the house without them. Not all have been fortunate. We lived near a road to start with, and lost two to speeding cars. It was heart breaking to bury them. We then moved to a quieter part of the country but still lost another one the same way. Most of ours have lived to a good age - twelve or more - but then there has always been that awful trip to the vet. But, lest this gets too gloomy, here is the story of how one that was lost for two months came back to us. The background is that we live in one part of the country and work in another ...

My Lifelong Companions. I haven't written a pet review for some time now which got me to thinking about pets in general I never ask people to read my reviews, but I have written some on cat breeds and pet insurance. One thing that does bother me though is the haphazard way some people go about choosing their pets. I'm a cat person, always have been and always will be. I started collecting cats from a very early age. My mother said I was about four when I first brought a stray pregnant cat home and I have no reason to doubt her. I do remember seeing my first experience of birth when one of my strays gave birth to five kittens underneath my elder brother's bed. ...

I've never been a ''cat person'', don't get me wrong I have nothing against them I could just never see myself ever owning one, having had dogs as pets since I was a child. But that was until one night in December three years ago, I had seen an umfamiliar small black cat around the neighbourhood for a few weeks before hand but never thought much of it and just thought it was a feral as it was very skinny and seemed to be scared of people. So I left him to it.. Then in that night in December, my two dogs wouldn't settle like they normally do and kept going to the back door 'asking' to go out. This was very out of character for them, they generally get back from ...