Author Archives: International Cat Care

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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How Introducing Cat Friendly Homing Makes a Difference, one Cat at a Time

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. Mitzi was a very special cat that Vicky [...]

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Explore the ‘Ever-Complex Cat’ With the ISFM 2021 World Feline Congress

Registration is now open for the ISFM 2021 World Feline Congress, taking place as a [...]

Homing Cats in a Pandemic: The Changes and Challenges

This article first appeared on iCatCare here The Covid-19 pandemic took the world by surprise [...]

Lost in Translation: Has our Selective Breeding of Cats Limited Their Ability to Communicate?

This month, iCatCare’s feline wellbeing panel member, Dr Lauren Finka discusses her recent published research.   They say a picture paints [...]

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Top Tips: How to Give Your cat a Tablet

This article first appeared on iCatCare here. The basics Giving a tablet to a cat [...]

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Playing With Your Cat

This article first appeared on iCatCare: Most cats enjoy interacting with their owner and playing [...]

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Spotlight on Science: Emotion Recognition in Cats

This article first appeared on iCatCare: Dr Naima Kasbaoui, a member of our iCatCare Feline Wellbeing Panel, reviews a recent paper by [...]

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Spotlight on Science: Prevalence of Disease and Age-Related Behavioural Changes in Cats: Past and Present

This article first appeared on iCatCare: Nathalie Dowgray, iCatCare’s Head of ISFM, discusses Dr Sordo [...]

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Top Tip: How to Choose the Best toy for Your cat!

The following article first appeared on iCatCare: There are so many different designs and styles [...]

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COVID-19: Advice for Those Working With Unowned Cats in Homing Centres During the Coronavirus Crisis

The following article first appeared on iCatCare: If you are part of a large organisation [...]

Translating Cats – Helping us Understand or Missing the Point?

This article first appeared on iCatCare: Dr Sarah Ellis, Cat Behaviour specialist and Head of [...]

COVID-19: Advice for Those Undertaking TNR and/or Feeding Unowned cat Colonies During the Coronavirus Crisis

The following article first appeared on iCatCare: If you are part of a larger organisation [...]

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Cat Friendly Solutions for Unowned Cats

If you want to help unowned cats then you have come to the right place! [...]

Top Tip: Understanding Cat blinks!

Here we provide top tips on learning a little bit about how cats communicate using their [...]

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iCatcare Presents the Launch of Cat Friendly Solutions for Unowned Cats!

COME AND JOIN VICKY HALLS AND SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS AT 10.00 AM ON SATURDAY [...]

Want to Learn how to Communicate With Your Cat? New Study Suggests It’s All in The Eyes

This article first appeared on iCatCare. A new study by a team of psychologists led [...]

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Keeping Cats Safe: Avoiding Permethrin and Controlling Fleas

This post first appeared on iCatCare We’re looking at permethrin this month in our Keeping [...]

Keeping Cats Safe: Paracetamol

This post first appeared on iCatCare Paracetamol is a painkiller that can be found in [...]

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Stress Reported as Major Barrier to Cats Visiting the vet

This article first appeared on iCatCare. As cat owners we are responsible for the health [...]

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Cats, Cat Owners and Wildlife

Hi everyone, Please find below the latest statement from iCatCare: Disagreements between cat owners on [...]

Breed Differences of Inherited Behaviours in Cats – is it in the Genes?

By International Cat Care Domestic dogs have historically been bred for certain behaviours that have [...]

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Keeping Cats Safe: Permethrin

Hi everyone, Please find below the latest entry in the icatcare spotlight on science entry: [...]

Spotlight on Science: Cross-Sucking Behaviour in Kittens

Hi everyone, Please find below the latest entry in the icatcare Spotlight on Science series: [...]

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