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Cat Flu: How to get your cat healthy and happy again

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Humans cannot catch flu from their cats so there’s no risk of you becoming ill too when your pet catches cat flu or cat cold.

It’s also worth noting that cats and kittens cannot catch colds or flu from their owners.

Vets often recommend antibiotics for the problem - but sometimes this is the wrong course of action since cat flu is a virus and antibiotics can often prove ineffective cures or remedies.

It is usually caused by one of two viruses - feline herpes or FHV-1 (which is also known as feline viral rhinotracheitis or FVR) and feline calici virus (FCV).

Cat-dependent Susan Boyle misses concert after hissy fit over MIA kitty

By Elizabeth Snead |

June 19, 2009 10:13 AM

Don't expect a Susan Boyle world tour anytime soon.

Unless her beloved cat, Pebbles, is the opening act.

According to the Daily Mirror, Susan Boyle did not appear in another "Britain's Got Talent" concert last night after a hysterical screaming fit over her MIA kitty, Pebbles.

Susan stood on the balcony of her eighth-floor hotel room overlooking the hotel atrium and repeatedly bawled: "Where's my cat?" She was whisked out of the Liverpool hotel via a fire escape.

It gets worse...

One witness said: "She kept shouting, 'I want my cat! I need my cat!' I think people felt sorry for her as she was clearly unhappy."

Susan missed a Manchester concert last week after doctors advised her to rest.

A "Britain's Got Talent" spokesman commented to the Daily Mirror, "She's just tired. She's going back to London for a sleep and a bit of rest."

Rest, schmest! Give this poor woman her cat! Pebbles is clearly her much-needed therapy animal and should be able to travel with her to keep her calm and centered on these exhausting trips and stressful concert gigs.

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Inserting microchips into pets for identification purposes

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Inserting microchips into pets for identification purposes, has been highly recommended by SPCA , AVA & many other Animal Welfare Organizations.

These microchips can be read by all major Animal Welfare Organizations, vet clinics, pet shops, groomers, Singapore Kennel Club, SPCA , AVA and other relevant authorities.

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What do cats do at home?

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Dec 4, 2009

What do cats do at home?

Fifty house cats were given collar cameras that took a photo every 15 minutes. The results put a digital dent in some human theories about catnapping. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

LOS ANGELES - WHAT do cats do when their owners are away? There was one way to find out - 'cat cams'.

Fifty house cats were given collar cameras that took a photo every 15 minutes. The results put a digital dent in some human theories about catnapping.

Based on the photos, about 22 per cent of the cats' time was spent looking out of windows, 12 per cent was used to interact with other family pets and 8 per cent was spent climbing on chairs or kitty condos. Just 6 per cent of their hours were spent sleeping.

'What surprised me was how active the cats were. I believed my three cats were sleeping during the day,' said Jill Villarreal, an animal behaviour scientist who collected the data for Nestle Purina PetCare's Friskies brand of cat food.

The 777 photos studied by Villarreal showed the cats looking at a television, computer, DVDs or other media 6 per cent of the time and hiding under tables 6 per cent of the time. Coming in at 5 per cent was playing with toys; eating or looking at food finished at 4 per cent.

Will the cats get movie cameras next? 'We are in the think tank now,' Dr Villarreal said. -- AP

Natural Cat Repellents

Natural Cat Repellents

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By TS Owen
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Natural Cat Repellents

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The need for feline repellents goes back as far as humans have kept domesticated cats. Whether it's your own kitty chomping on your indoor plants or a stray digging in your garden, keeping them from making messes where people don't want them has been a continuing battle.
For those who prefer natural remedies, there are traditional nostrums and some new wrinkles in the war, all claiming success in keeping kitty out of where she's not welcome.

Read on.....