December, 2006

Ask Dr. Richards 12/06

Subscribers Only Many of you will recall that Dr. Mew, our longtime feline companion at the Cornell Feline Health Center, passed away earlier this year. We weren’t actively interviewing to fill his vacated position, but Elizabeth, the lovely tricolored kitty pictured here, had recently lost her previous job. We offered her a temporary position until she proved her capacity to fulfill the responsibilities which she most certainly has and she recently accepted our offer of full-time, permanent…

Taking Kitty For a Sunday Drive

Subscribers Only How many of us simply dread the thought of taking a car trip with our cats? First, we must be clever enough to catch the wily feline.

Beware Holiday Hazards

Subscribers Only Cats, being the inquisitive creatures they are, appreciate things that are new and different. Because the holidays bring an array of novel and interesting stimuli into the home, the curious kitty can certainly get into trouble. While a child may wait for Santa Claus to come down the chimney, a cat may also wait for the perfect moment to climb up the tree. For the climbing kitty, a holiday tree offers the excitement of the…

Feline Herpesvirus: A Big Threat, Especially to Kittens

Subscribers Only any cats, at some point in their lives, will contract an upper respiratory disease characterized by persistent sneezing, nasal discharge, conjunctivitis (inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the inner surface of the eyelid), and in some cases keratitis (inflammation of the transparent outer covering of the front of the eyeball).

Best Care For a New Kitten

Subscribers Only It is well known that few can resist the winsome charm of the teeny, tiny kitten. He is loving, playful, downright adorable and a wonderful companion. I remember, as a child, bringing home two beautiful kittens.

Cats That Love Too Much

Subscribers Only Whenever Alexandria Brooke, a junior at the University of Massachusetts, would return home from school, she would wake up with hives on her face. She thought it might be the laundry detergent her family used at home or some new cosmetic or soap.

Look Out for Eye Disorders

Subscribers Only The feline eye is a complex arrangement of delicate structural components that, in a normal, healthy creature, operate in exquisite harmony to enable a cat’s typically keen vision.

Short Takes

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