Author Archives: International Cat Care

Thinking of Getting a cat?

The following post first appeared on iCatCare here. Having a cat can mean different things [...]

Making your Home Cat Friendly

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. Your cat’s happiness is greatly influenced by how [...]

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How to Encourage Your cat to Drink

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. There are times when it might be helpful [...]

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Training Cats for Comfort With Inhaled Therapy

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. Whilst it is understandable to be concerned if [...]

Keeping Cats Safe: Christmas Safety

Most of us look forward to the festive period, however, for cats Christmas may be [...]

How to Brush Your Cat’s Teeth

The following post first appeared on iCatCare here Brushing a cat’s teeth is likely to [...]

Keeping Cats Safe: Antifreeze

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. During the winter we try to prevent freezing [...]

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Emotional Distress in Cats

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. Cats have feelings, both positive and negative ones, [...]

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Charity Mews: Catstar Project

The following post first appeared on iCatCare here and highlights the importance of supporting the [...]

Celebrating National Black Cat Day

Today is National Black Cat Day! It’s reported that black cats in homing/rescue centres take [...]

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Keeping Your Cat Safe During Halloween and Bonfire Night Celebrations

The following article first appeared on iCatCare: Keeping your cat safe during Halloween and Bonfire [...]

Cat Handling and Interactions

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. How we handle cats matters. It matters to [...]

The Truth of Hideen Distress Behind the Behaviour Seen in “Funny” Online Cat Videos

Feline charity International Cat Care (iCatCare) has created a YouTube campaign exposing the hidden distress [...]

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New Series of Videos Help Caregivers Train Cats to use Asthma Inhalers

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. International Cat Care, in partnership with Trudell Animal [...]

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iCatCare’s First Cat Carer Guide on Blood Transfusions now Available

iCatCare is publishing a series of Cat Carer Guides to accompany the consensus guidelines articles [...]

Indoors or Outdoors? International Owner Demographics and Decisions on the Lifestyle of Pet Cats

This article first appeared on iCatCare here Following on from a previous month’s Spotlight on [...]

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Owner Personality and the Wellbeing of Their Cats Share Parallels With The Parent-child Relationship

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. This Spotlight on Science focusses on some research [...]

Microchipping to be Compulsory for Cats in the UK

This post first appeared on iCatCare here. In may 2021 the Department for Environment, Food [...]

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Stroking Cats – “You Can Stroke me Here, but Not There”

Scientific study investigating where and by whom cats like to be stroked reveals interesting findings… [...]

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Indoors or Outdoors? A Closer Look at Owners and Their Decision Making

The following article first appeared in iCatCare: Discussions around keeping cats strictly inside, or providing [...]

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Bringing Cat Friendly Solutions for Unowned Cats to Life

The following is a free course provided by iCatCare: This short course is aimed at [...]

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Spotlight on Science: Risk Factors for Road Traffic Accidents

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. We recognise that not all cats across the globe [...]

Spotlight on Science: Pheromone use in Multi-Species Homes

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. For this week’s Spotlight on Science, iCatCare’s Elizabeth [...]

The Evidence for Frequent Feeding of Cats to Promote Positive Welfare

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. Members of our veterinary community and the iCatCare [...]

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The Mental Wellbeing of Cats in 2020 and 2021

The following post first appeared on iCatCare: A look back at the trends affecting the [...]

What’s happening in your country? Czech Republic

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. Meet vet Martina Načeradská from the Czech Republic who [...]

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Hard to Handle: How do Cats Respond to Different Types of Handling?

This post first appeared on iCatCare here. At iCatCare we recognise how important gentle positive handling is to [...]

New Study Finds Play is a Successful, Non-Restrictive way to Limit Hunting by Cats

The following article first appeared on iCatCare here. Wildlife killed by cats is a common [...]

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Cat Friendly Homing – What is an Inbetweener?

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. Find out about those pet cats that never [...]

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A look Back at the Trends Affecting the Mental Wellbeing of Cats in 2020 and Predictions for 2021

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. With a professional insight into the trends and [...]

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