Anyone who has cleaned a litter box knows to wash their hands afterwards, but be careful where you dispose of those cat droppings. Cat feces can carry a par aside known asToxoplasma gondii, which is a single-celled organism that creates infectious agents called oocysts. These oocysts can infect pregnant women, causing congenital problems in the […]
Everyone knows that just having a cat around and petting it can lower your blood pressure and soothe your nerves — right before the cat starts howling and ordering you to feed it as often as possible. So if you have a cooperative cat (which pretty much eliminates 100 percent of the cats out there), […]
Search the Internet and you can find stories of cats weighing as much as 47 pounds. If your cat weighs too much, you need to put it on a weight loss program that involves diet and exercise, which are two parts of any weight loss program that even humans tend to avoid if possible. For […]
Massachusetts is one of the first states to pass a law banning surgery that removes the vocal cords of dogs and cats. Dog breeders often perform surgery on dogs to keep them quiet, but animal advocates claim that such mutilation is cruel. “To take the voice of an animal would be the equivalent of taking […]
A study by the journal Pediatrics finds that children who lived with dogs or cats during their first year of life got sick less frequently than kids from pet-free zones. The study suggests that sharing a home with a pet may be an early form of cross-training for the body’s defense systems. Dirt and microbes […]