Tails & Tips

Advice and insights on cat behavior and health.

Behavior Lucy Chronicles

The Lucy Chronicles: Unraveling the Aftermath of Cat Neglect & Abuse

Post author By LizsKittyBootCamp
Post date November 13, 2018
4 Comments on The Lucy Chronicles: Unraveling the Aftermath of Cat Neglect & Abuse

Lucy nuzzling me.

Discover how to help an abused or neglected animal adjust to your safe home.

Tags HelperNotHoarder, ilovelucy

Activity/Playing/Training Kitty Kare Korner

DIY Cat Shelves

Beaker, Vito, and Dolly explore the cat shelves I made them.

How to build cat shelves on your own … with a little help from Home Depot.

Tags DIYCatShelves, HelperNotHoarder

Foster Diary Handling

Cellulitis from Cat Bites & How to Treat It

Post author By LizsKittyBootCamp
Post date October 30, 2018
5 Comments on Cellulitis from Cat Bites & How to Treat It

First night in the hospital post-Lucy bite.

All about cellulitis, the symptoms, and what you need to do to get it treated.

Tags HelperNotHoarder, kittenbehavior

Handling Thinks & Blinks

5 Rules for Greeting Cats

Vito with an apprehensive look.

Gain a better understanding of cat behavior, and learn what you can do to properly greet and communicate with a cat you just met.

Tags felinebehavior, HelperNotHoarder

Health Lucy Chronicles

The Lucy Chronicles: A Really Bad Case of Flea Allergy Dermatitis (FAD)

Post author By LizsKittyBootCamp
Post date October 16, 2018
5 Comments on The Lucy Chronicles: A Really Bad Case of Flea Allergy Dermatitis (FAD)

My long-term foster, Miss Lucy, has come a long way. The early days with her were very challenging and exhausting.

Learn about feline allergy dermatitis (FAD) and how it affected my long-term foster Lucy.

Tags HelperNotHoarder, ilovelucy

Kitty Kare Korner Nails/Scratching

Get Your Cats to Stop Scratching Furniture

Post author By LizsKittyBootCamp
Post date October 10, 2018
7 Comments on Get Your Cats to Stop Scratching Furniture

Beaker doesn't discriminate when it comes to cat scratchers - he loves them all! He has never scratched my furniture or carpet. I like to think I've raised him right haha

Everything you need to know about cat scratchers.

Tags felinebehavior, HelperNotHoarder

Foster Diary Health

Feline Agenesis: Simba’s Story

Post author By LizsKittyBootCamp
Post date October 2, 2018
2 Comments on Feline Agenesis: Simba’s Story

You'll notice his eyes are a strange shape. He doesn't have eyelid shelves on the top so his fur grows into his eyes. The condition is known as feline eyelid agenesis.

How eyelid reconstruction for one kitten’s birth defects saved his eyes.