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Alerts & Tips for Cats
This MEOW page is in loving memory of Fluffi Evans 5/1985 -
5/2003 and Boogie Evans 2/1988 - 11/2003.
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From the first
day you bring that new family member home to the last day together when
they go to the Rainbow Bridge, the journey of a lifetime is not complete
without that special relationship with a cat. |
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For everyone
who already knows this and for those who are just beginning the journey, I
hope this page will give you a bit of knowledge and a smile along the way.
If you have
that special feline in your life - great but if not, please make that "pick of
the litter" from a rescue group or shelter as there are so many cats and
kittens needing homes. Please always spay and neuter your companion
animals, not only to help lessen the pet overpopulation crisis but for your furry
babies health.
This page contains the following information:
Useful Links
What the
Indoor Cat Misses
Why Adopt an Older
Cat
ANTIFREEZE
can be
Deadly to Pets
There are too many
pets - PLEASE spay or neuter
Just for Fun - Kitty Litter
Cake
Useful Links: Why Cats Need Claws!
Feline
Diabetes
Feline
Health - Holistic Animal Health
Alley Cat
Allies
Helping people,
help pets
Saying
Goodbye
Cat
Help - Online
Tony La Russa's ARF Feral
Cat Tips
Cat Trivia - Cool Stuff
about Cats
Cat Info - Alphabetical Index
-VERY informative site
Poisonous
Plants and Substances That Are Highly Hazardous to Cats
Stray Cat Tips -(What to do when you find a stray cat --or one finds
you!)
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What the *Indoor* Cat Misses:
Fleas
Ticks
Fights
Worms
Abscesses
Dog attacks
Becoming lost
Being tortured
Being hit by a car
A shorter life span
Being eaten by a coyote
Being stolen for profit
Skin cancer and sun damage
Exposure to FIV (feline AIDS)
Poisoning by food or pesticides
Becoming trapped in a shed or garage
Exposure to Feline Leukemia (FeLV)
Exposure to Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)
Exposure to Upper Respiratory Infections (URI)
Relocation by jumping into a car or moving van
(Thank you
ASAP - California)
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Why adopt an older cat?
So many people
want kittens. Please consider the following:
A kitten is
only a kitten for a short time period.
Older cats
often adjust quickly and easily to new situations, walking in like "been
there, done that".
Older cats
don't climb your curtains or run the Indy 500 in the middle of the night.
Older cats are
more affectionate - the older they get, often the more lap time they
want.
Older cats
have developed a good immune system.
Older cats
have a stronger stomach tolerance and don't get the upsets as easily as
kittens.
Older cats
don't require constant supervision - kittens do.
Older cats are
TRULY appreciative that YOU have deemed them worthy of love - kittens will
love everyone.
Please
consider adding an older adult cat to your household.
(Thank you
ASAP - California)
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"Since each of us is blessed with only one life,
why not live it with a cat?"
-Robert Stearns
ANTIFREEZE can be DEADLY to
PETS!
There IS an
alternative... SIERRA ANTIFREEZE-COOLANT (available at Napa and Kincaids in
Fairfield).
How hazardous is
ordinary antifreeze? Two ounces of ethylene glycol antifreeze can kill a
dog, one teaspoon can be lethal to a cat, and two tablespoons can be
hazardous to children. Because of its propylene glycol formulation, SIERRA
Antifreeze is less toxic and safer than ethylene glycol coolants to
children, pets, and wildlife in case of spills, leaks, boilovers, or careless
disposal. To learn more visit
www.sierraantifreeze.com
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THERE ARE TOO MANY PETS and not enough homes
for them all, therefore MILLIONS have to be killed
- there is a solution to this atrocity... simply
SPAY OR NEUTER YOUR PETS!
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| "One small cat
changes coming home to an empty house to coming home"
-Pam Brown
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"How nice it is
to think that feline dreams, like our own, are painted with creative brush
strokes from time to time. Perhaps my cats and I even share the same dream: a world where all kittens
are wanted and loved, and where every cat has a safe, warm place to sleep
and to dream."
-Barbara L. Diamond
JUST FOR FUN!
Kitty Litter Cake
A real recipe!
Guaranteed to make your next party remembered!
1 spice or German
chocolate cake mix (and ingredients listed on mix)
1 white cake mix
(and ingredients listed on mix)
1 pkg. white
sandwich cookies
1 large pkg.
vanilla instant pudding mix (and ingredients listed on mix)
green food
coloring
12 small Tootsie
Rolls
1 new kitty litter
box (please! Not a used one!)
1 new kitty litter
box liner
1 new pooper
scooper
Prepare cake mixes
and bake according to directions (any size pans).
Prepare pudding
mix according to package directions and chill until ready to assemble.
Crumble white
sandwich cookies in small batches in blender, they tend to stick, so scrape
often.
Set aside all but
about 1/4 cup.
To the 1/4 cup
cookie crumbs, add a few drops green food coloring and mix using a fork or
shake in jar.
When cakes are
cooled to room temperature, crumble into a large bowl.
Toss with half the
remaining white cookie crumbs and the chilled pudding.
You probably won't
need all of the pudding.
Mix it with the
cake and feel it; you don't want it soggy, just moist. Gently combine.
Line new, clean
kitty litter box. Put mixture into litter box.
Put three
unwrapped Tootsie Rolls in a microwave safe dish and heat until soft and
pliable.
Shape ends so they
are no longer blunt, curving slightly.
Repeat with 3 more
Tootsie Rolls and bury in mixture.
Sprinkle the other
half of cookie crumbs over top. Scatter green cookie crumbs lightly over the
top, this is supposed to look like the chlorophyll in kitty litter.
Heat remaining
Tootsie Rolls, 3 at a time in the microwave until almost melted.
Scrape them on top
of the cake and sprinkle with cookie crumbs.
Or, only spread 5
of the remaining Tootsie Rolls over the top.
Take one and heat
until pliable, hang it over the side of the kitty litter box, sprinkling it
lightly with cookie crumbs.
Place the box on a
newspaper and sprinkle a few of the cookie crumbs around.
Serve with a new
pooper scooper.
Submitted to Butlerwebs.com by SueCrave
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