Is Your Furry Housemate Ready for Cozy Season?
Cooler air, shorter days, and a house full of pumpkins change more for your cat than you might expect — from how much fur ends up on your couch to which 'cozy' decorations turn into a trip to the vet.
Cat Tips
Understand your cats more and read insightful tips on how to make the best food choices, solve problems like litterbox issues and health concerns, and more.
This Self-Mutilating Behavior May Baffle, but It's Truly a Red Flag
If you noticed your pet is starting to do this, don't turn a blind eye. Something is making him anxious or emotionally stressed, or it could be from pain or other type of skin condition. Follow these clues to discover why your pet is troubled.
Tea Time Is Not Just for Two-Legged Family Members
The same leaves steeping in your morning mug carry a group of plant compounds that integrative veterinarians are quietly reaching for more and more - for aging joints, foggy senior minds and chronic inflammation.
Does Your Backseat Buddy Get Queasy?
If your dog or cat turns green during every car ride, the fix usually starts somewhere you would not expect.
Cat Owner Survey Ranks Aggressiveness as the No. 1 Behavior Problem — Do You Agree?
An 8-year study of 336 misbehaving cats ranked this as their No. 1 problem. Contrary to what you might expect, it beats out unsuitable elimination by a stunning eight percentage points. Worse, it happens when you'd expect her to be happy, and then you'll probably react the wrong way.
What Else Is Hiding in Their Dinner?
Two new studies traced these chemicals from the pet food bowl straight into the bloodstream of the dogs and cats eating it - and cats appear to be carrying a heavier load than anyone expected.
Nature's Answer to Inflammation, Help Safeguard Your Pet's Health and Longevity
These beneficial molecules neutralize toxic free radicals floating around in your pet's body and brain before they can harm healthy cells and tissue, and reduce oxidation stress and DNA damage. Not widely available in pet food, find out how to make sure your pet gets enough.
The Truth Behind the Growing Raw Pet Food Recalls
STORY-AT-A-GLANCE
* The FDA continues to turn up the heat on commercial raw pet food companies, and many are implementing additional methods to eliminate foodborne pathogens
* One method is high pressure processing (HPP), which is a nonthermal preservation and pasteurization technique
* HPP has one big drawback — many raw
How to Help Make Your Home a No-Feuding Territory
Problems with feuding felines? Not only are fights distressing for them, they can be very upsetting to the humans sharing their home. Before you rehome one or more, try this step-by-step process to help foster a peaceful coexistence.
