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Cats have a strong sense of smell and hearing, so they can identify approaching dangers rather quickly. Also, they might react to certain stimuli in strange ways and get scared easily. As pet parents you should make some changes in your home if there’s something constantly disturbing your pet. Five things which can put your cat under stress include: 1. Thunderstorms and firecrackers: Loud…

From TV bahus to vamps and Bollywood beauties, feline love outshines! Here are some famous TV and Bollywood celebs & their pets and the lovely bond they share. Alia Bhatt Alia’s luxurious home is also the home for two cats – Sheeba and Pikka. Alia and her sister Shaheen are both cat lovers and share many pictures with these lovely kitties on social media. On her 24th birthday Alia…

If your pet has been urinating excessively or drinking a lot of water, it may be a warning sign indicating diabetes. Follow us in our journey of words bout the what, how and why of feline diabetes. What is it? Starting with the basics! Diabetes is a disease that is caused either due to lack of insulin production or an inadequate response to the insulin produced in the body. Glucose,…

Just like humans, cats are what they eat. Their diet can directly influence their levels of health and vitality. Food is fuel yes, but it’s also vitally important to overall well-being and there are some things that cats must have in their daily regime. Amino Acids are essential nutrients that all mammals need for life in general. Some of these can be created in the body whilst…

Meet Cina Shivdasani, cat lady of Mumbai. She shares her room with 70 cats and three dogs. She’s been sheltering injured cats for more than a decade, and we salute her love and passion for these humble beings. Cina Shivdasani, a 37 years old woman, a true Mumbaikar, and a true animal lover. She works at a pet store in Malad and shares her 200 sq ft one room house in Juhu with…

Cat Cafe Studio in Mumbai is the perfect place to spend a lazy afternoon. Cats, board games, delicious food, and overflowing love – you get it all! What started as a small scale community has now grown to be an animal lover’s delight. Humble beginnings lead to bigger changes Cat Cafe studio was a dream turned into a reality when Charu and Mriidu Khosla and their partner Jason Moss, the…

The Scottish Fold is a breed of domestic cat with a natural dominant-gene mutation that affects cartilage throughout the body, causing the ears to ‘fold’ bending forward and down towards the front of the head, which gives the cat who is often described as an ‘owl-like’ appearance. Let’s find out more about this unique breed of cat. The first recorded appearance of the spontaneous mutation…

Something’s wrong —when your cat is not interested in the bowl you have just put out with her favourite food for dinner, don’t ignore it. When you eventually find her, sad-eyed and moping under the dining room table, you assume this means there’s a ‘present’ for you somewhere. You check the house but find nothing “Hmm…” you ask yourself. “What’s wrong with her?”Something’s wrong —when your cat is…

In the summer heat keeping yourself hydrated is of utmost importance. The same holds true for your pet as well. Dehydration is not just low levels of water in the body, it means imbalance of water and electrolytes (minerals). In the summer heat keeping yourself hydrated is of utmost importance. The same holds true for your pet as well. Dehydration is not just low levels of water in the body, it…

Do you see your cat limping? Is she not walking on all fours and is dragging her hind legs? This can be due to partial paralysis. Do you see your cat limping? Is she not walking on all fours and is dragging her hind legs? This can be due to partial paralysis.  Cats are anxious creatures who love exploring places especially open areas like terraces or a wide balcony. Sometimes they lose…

If you have ever met a Highlander you will understand why this breed is wonderful, loving and playful. Highlander is considered as rare breed and her popularity grew over the last few years. Let’s know more about this playful cat. Distinct characteristics of Highlander, such as fun-loving and playful, make her a wonderful breed, an ideally suitable pet for families with small children.…

Of all the animals domesticated by men cats have the most unusual and most complicated nutritional requirements. Let’s find out the feeding needs of the feline friends. Of all the animals domesticated by men cats have the most unusual and most complicated nutritional requirements. Let’s find out the feeding needs of the feline friends.  Feline metabolism has…

A large clump of ingested hair can block a cat’s intestinal tract and pose a deadly threat. There are chances that your otherwise fastidious cat will do an alarming and somewhat disgusting thing. She will awake from a peaceful nap, rise up on her paws, retch convulsively for a moment or two, and spit up what may appear, at first glance to be a damp clump. What the animal has disgorged—in the…

Living with a Burmese can be interesting. However, if you want a quiet, undemanding lap cat then Burmese is not for you. Burmese likes to think she is helping you with the household chores as she jumps in the bags as you put your shopping away or gets tangled in the sheets as you try to change the bed. All this is done in good natured fun. Burmese loves her human family and can be…

Sangeeta Kapur, an animal lover and a fashion designer, lives in Pune with her aged mother and sister. One of her two apartments at Kondhwa Road is exclusively used to house 56 cats, most of them were rescued. In her complaint, she said some self-styled vigilantes along with police officers, broke open her apartment to seize the cats and taken them to an animal shelter. The intruders alleged that…

A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not. — Ernest Hemingway Cats are known for their emotional opaqueness and standoffishness; they even may seem mysterious to some. They use special noises like growls, howls, chirps, meows, hisses and some other ways like eyes movements, position of the ears and motion of tail to…

Cats have a strong sense of smell and hearing so they can identify any approaching dangers rather quickly. Also, they react weirdly to certain stimuli and get stressed easily As pet parents you need to be extra cautious; loud noises, change in atmosphere and place, or pungent smells can trouble your cat. Making some changes in your homes if there is a constant irritant disturbing your kitty will…

Dental problems do not see the age or breed of the cat. They are most commonly associated with plaque and tartar formation and are referred to as periodontal diseases Generally dental diseases tend to show with the age just like in humans. But we cannot ignore the fact that even young cats can be affected by them. Dr Freya Javeri from Ahmedabad says that the most common dental problem in cats…

I have lived with Singapuras for more than 20 years now and life would not be the same without them. They become part of the family and involve in every part of family life. They are intelligent and affectionate breed with unique personality. They easily become a loving friend. Singapuras do not like to be left on their own preferring the company of their pet parents or another Singapura to share…

If cats have some poisonous elements and it doesn’t want it in the body, it tries to flush the poison into the flesh which causes an abscess as an attempt to get rid of the unwanted harmful elements. Abscess is like a small war and the offending poison is the army. This is where the white blood cells come into play and try to get rid of the germ. One of the most important thing to note is…