Recent content by FarahM

There could be strands from my hair which shed. Also, wool rugs can shed form the cats playing on them..

Dear Dr. Christina, Thank you for your message. I don't know if you saw my post when it got prematurely posted with just a one line description. I have since updated it with more information. To answer your questions- There is no direct evidence of Taichi eating string or yarn. I did see him...

Greetings. BACKGROUND Taichi is a male cat, neutered and almost 1.5 years old. I dont know his breed, but he a handsome grey and off-white tabby. He weighs 9.2lbs . FOOD Raw Freeze Dried Stella & Chewy's Cat food - Duck, Chicken. Also, Dr. Marty's Salmon treats. Little dabs of Ghee...

Could you share how tall was your fence and what was it made of ( all wood, chain link, wood and wire)? Thanks!

Greetings. We wish to build a wood and wire fence around our property to protect our indoor/outdoor cats from predators in the forest. Does anyone know from personal experience what is the minimum height for a fence to keep a cat from climbing out? There is a big price difference between a...

Greetings everyone! Another of my cats, Layli, has a small infestation of tiny ticks around her neck and outer parts of her ear lobe. Actually, another cat, Taichi, had some in the outer parts of his ear and ear lobe that I was able to tweeze out, but I wasn't able to get to the ones in Layli...

Greetings! Attached is a picture of a few little engorged ticks ( or some kind of arachnid) from this morning. About bathing, I did not realize that bathing the cats works for ticks too! Will the ones affixed to the body drown as well?

Attached are is a photo of the ticks that are more tan/beige in color. You will need to zoom in to see them. I wonder if they become dark once they begin to feed or there are different types of ticks on the cats. I will be posting some additional short videos with ticks that are darker in color.

Dear Dr. Jeff, Thank you. I don't have pictures at the moment but will get some for you today or tomorrow. I can see at least one of my cats, if not two, trying to jump out of the bath water, but I sure can try. Should I just bathe them with a natural soap like Fragrance free Healing Earth...

My four cats are indoor/outdoor. Inside at night. We live at the edge of a forest. I discovered a week ago that one of my cats (Sumo) got infested with what I identify as tick eggs and larvae, and was starting to get bit all over. I don't know if a tick laid eggs on his coat or he ran into a...