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Those of us sharing our lives with cats already know just how much these beautiful creatures enrich our lives. Never has this been more true than during these unprecedented times. When the British travel website Telextext Holidays recently asked me to write an article about lockdown with pets, I jumped at the opportunity.Continue Reading
There is no question that meditation is good for us: it helps us handle the stress of daily life, it has numerous health benefits, and it is a wonderful way to get in touch with our true spiritual nature. In fact, there is so much evidence that meditation is good for you that it seems like meditation should be as much a part of our daily lives as breathing. Never has this been more true than right now.Continue Reading
Face masks will be with us for a very long time, so we might as well have some fun with them, right? Our friend Kate Benjamin at Hauspanther has been making fabric face masks for the past few months in some of the most adorable cat patterns I’ve seen anywhere. And now, she added a fabric she named “black, beige and metallic gold circles,” but as soon as I saw it, my mind said “Torties!”Continue Reading
We’ve all come to understand the importance of physical distancing to help curb the spread of COVID-19, but it occurred to me earlier this week that perhaps another form of distancing is equally important. Negativity distancing is not a term, but maybe it should be.Continue Reading
I’ve been thinking a lot about acceptance lately. In the Elizabeth Kuebler Ross grief model, acceptance is the final step (the other four are denial, anger, bargaining and depression.) And make no mistake, we are all grieving right now. Continue Reading
I’ve written about emergency preparedness for cats and the importance of having a plan in the past, but never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be writing an article about how to prepare during a pandemic.Continue Reading
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Friendship is important at any time, but I’d argue that strong, solid connections with friends have never been more essential to our mental health than they are now. And yet, the pandemic can also bring new challenges for friendships.Continue Reading
Guest post by Ingrid R. Niesman, MS PhD
As COVID-19 continues to spread globally among humans, veterinarians are starting to track COVID in animals as well.Continue Reading
The pandemic has changed almost everything about how we conduct our lives, and visits to the veterinarian are no exception.Continue Reading
Guest post by Ingrid R. Niesman, MS PhD
Cats, including community cats, are daily reminders of the simple joy animals bring into our lives. In times of crisis, caring for our cats gives us purpose when the rest of the world is beyond our power to control. This is the final installment of my three-part series based on my experience caring for the campus cats at San Diego State University. Click here to read Part One: The Mad Dash and Part Two: Orion is Missing.Continue Reading
Guest post by Harry Shubin
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… if you are an animal rescuer. As municipal shelters closed to the public, they besieged rescues with requests to take cats. However, with adoption events suspended and PetSmart adoption centers closed, the ability for rescues to find homes for any of those animals seemed out of reach. Yet, when the Feline Foundation of Greater Washington (FFGW) put out a plea for fosters for the cats we already had at our center at PetSmart, we were flooded with offers – and ended up with more potential fosters than we had cats. Continue Reading