Month: January 2020

A white cat with 2 blue eyes has up to an 80% chance of having been born deaf. Photo: Daga_Roszkowska Is your cat ignoring you more than usual or acting oddly? From extra-loud meowing to no longer fearing the vacuum, the impact of deafness varies among cats. This article aims to answer all of your
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Cat lovers will want to check out these feline-centric reads. The Little Book of Bob: Life Lessons from a Street-wise Cat    In 2007, street busker James Bowen found an injured cat in the hallway of his shelter home in North London. The friendship changed both their lives and led to the best-selling book A
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John Steinbeck is known for his epic novels like East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath, but he also wrote short stories. One of those stories, The Amiable Fleas, was recently published in English for the first time, appearing in the June October 2019 issue of The Strand Magazine. Written in 1954, when Steinbeck
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If you’ve ever visited a Chinese or Japanese restaurant, Asian supermarket, or any Chinatown shop for that matter, you’ve probably noticed a little cat figurine perched quietly by the cash register. This Fortune Cat, or Maneki Neko, is a lucky cat charm that’s very popular in Japanese and Chinese cultures. The Maneki Neko is a
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Does your cat really hate you? Probably not. But your cat may be unhappy, for reasons we discuss in this article. Photo: rongyos Pets don’t typically hate their people — but they can feel insecurity, fear, shyness, irritation and anxiety. Those negative feelings manifest in avoiding contact, scratching, biting and hiding. And all of this
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