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 [...]
Jan
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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Jan
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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Jan
Training Cats for Comfort With Inhaled Therapy
This article first appeared on iCatCare here. Whilst it is understandable to be concerned if [...]
Dec
Keeping Cats Safe: Christmas Safety
Most of us look forward to the festive period, however, for cats Christmas may be [...]
Dec
How to Brush Your Cat’s Teeth
The following post first appeared on iCatCare here Brushing a cat’s teeth is likely to [...]
Dec
Keeping Cats Safe: Antifreeze
This article first appeared on iCatCare here. During the winter we try to prevent freezing [...]
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Nov
Emotional Distress in Cats
This article first appeared on iCatCare here. Cats have feelings, both positive and negative ones, [...]
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Nov
Charity Mews: Catstar Project
The following post first appeared on iCatCare here and highlights the importance of supporting the [...]
Nov
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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Oct
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 [...]
Oct
Cat Handling and Interactions
This article first appeared on iCatCare here. How we handle cats matters. It matters to [...]
Oct
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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Aug
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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Aug
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 [...]
Jul
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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Jul
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 [...]
Jul
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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Jul
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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May
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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May
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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May
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 [...]
Apr
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 [...]
Apr
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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Mar
The Mental Wellbeing of Cats in 2020 and 2021
The following post first appeared on iCatCare: A look back at the trends affecting the [...]
Mar
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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Mar
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 [...]
Mar
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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Mar
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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Mar
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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Mar