The bow&wow Times — cat health

Summer is here – the season of fun, sun, and frolicking around with your furry friends! However, with the warm weather comes the particularly important responsibility of keeping your pets hydrated throughout the day. Read through these simple tips:    Provide plenty of water: It may seem like a no-brainer, but keeping a fresh supply of water on hand is key to ensuring your pets stay hydrated. Make sure their water bowls are always filled and topped up frequently throughout the day. You can opt to add water to their food for extra hydration and nutrients in their diet.   Loving...

Kitten Food  By Ann Roberts Your newborn kitten has a lot of growing up to do! A kitten grows amazingly rapidly in the first six months of his or her life, developing 75% of adult body weight. A kitten's body has to manufacture muscle, bone, hair, teeth and a fully developed immune system extraordinarily quickly. So it's hardly surprising that they're going to need the highest quality nutrition, and plenty of it, to get there. During the initial eight weeks of life, the mother cat's milk is the best food for a kitten. After that, it's time to offer a...

Why Spay and Neuter Your Pet   One of the most important health decisions pet parents need to consider is to spay or neuter their dog or cat. These surgical procedures are not only beneficial to you and to your furbaby, but it can also be a great help to the community. Here are the top reasons on why you should have your dog or cat sterilized.   Benefits of Spaying Spaying, or Ovariohysterectomy, is the surgical removal of a female animal’s reproductive organs so she can’t become pregnant. This surgical procedure is performed by a veterinarian while your pet...

Cats are known as territorial species since they are great hunters in the wild. They do not like to share they shelter and food which explains how they fight with other cats around them. As pet parents, we would like to adopt more cats as our companions. If you have more than one cat, your pals may have a hard time sharing your home, and this could result in aggressive behavior like hissing, swatting, chasing, and even full-on attacks. Often, one cat will be the aggressor and will present a stiff, straight-legged posture, upright ears, and constricted pupils. Meanwhile, the...