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1. Risky Mistakes
2. Photo of the Month
3. Photo Contests
4. Health and Welfare
5. Pet Food News
6. Natural Pet Care
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5. Pet Food News
How to avoid the worst cat foods
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6. Natural Pet Care
For
a comprehensive care regimen for your pets, this website contains
information, educational courses (many are free), and product advice to
help you treat your pet naturally.
https://vitalanimal.com
7. More Cat Links
Does your cat enjoy hugs?
Tabby Cats
6 things that hurt your cat's feelings
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1. Risky Mistakes Pet Owners Make
Overlooking Ticks
Not recognizing ringworm
Failure to deworm
Failure to treat or prevent fleas
Failure to spay/neuter
Feeding errors:
- Keeping food bowls full
- Giving milk to cats
- Feeding table scraps
- Insufficient water
- Worst mistake ever: trying to force a cat to be vegan
Too little exercise
Unable to read pets' body language
Lack of attention, leaving a pet alone too long or too often
Lack of adequate access to clean litter as well as water
Failure to socialize pets while young
Lack of rules
Scolding pets for accidents, etc.
Leaving kids unsupervised with any pet
Allowing pets to eat spoiled food
Inappropriate method of feeding bones (never feed cooked)
Giving up a cat due to pregnancy
Not having a disaster plan (See ccadrt.1hwy.com)
Adopting on a whim:
- not doing your homework first
- failure to prepare for a new pet
List derived from the original article, details here:
https://pets.webmd.com/ss/slideshow-mistakes-pet-owners-make
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2. Photo of the Month
Does your cat stare at you?
Guapo Tiny Buster
Cats, like humans and many species with vision as we know it, often use their eyes for communication in addition to simply looking around, navigating their space, and self-protection. Since it's typically regarded as threatening or intimidating to stare at a cat, we may misinterpret their staring at us as negative, too. But it's more likely they're just gazing at us because they love us.
Thanks to MJ Barnett Maguire for suggesting this topic.
4. Health and Welfare
More on Toxic Plants
On the list of plants that can kill your cat, this one is less known.
English Laurel in your yard or garden could be hazardous to your cat's health (and life).
Often used as a privacy hedge in yards, this shrub can be deadly to cats... and us!
See https://homeguides.sfgate.com/poisonous-cherry-laurel-tree-67400.html
General information about the plant:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_laurocerasus
For images of the plant for identification, simply do a search online for "English Laurel cyanide."
Thanks to Susan F. O'Donnell-Burke for suggesting this topic, published here with condolences on the loss of her precious kitty, Jewels, who was exposed to the toxicity of this plant in her own yard when it was cut down and released its deadly cyanide gas.
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 From your Happy Cat Lady, Dr RJ Wright 
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