While the spring has just arrived, the cold weather is still wandering around. The dramatic temperature variation in these days and the big temperature difference between day and night makes your cats more easily catch flu or a common cold. Below are 14 tips from my interview with a small animal DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) in private practice. I hope this post will help you prevent your cats from cat flu and common cold in the early spring.
Baby, it’s cold outside
Have you ever been scratched by your cats when you tried to kiss their lips? A lot of cat owners like to express their love by kissing their little kitties and expect a kiss back. However, the truth is kissing a cat are more like kissing a tiger than a dog.
According to the opinions from Latisha, a professional animal keeper with 28-year working experience for the cat house, unlike dogs, cats don’t like mouth-to-mouth kiss with human. If they allow you to kiss their forehead, that already makes you a very intimate pal to them. They may relax and enjoy your affectionate caressing only when they fully trust you.
Don’t mistake their intentions even if cats may sometimes lick your hands or face like what dogs do, or even touch your lips by their nose. That’s not a kiss in the world of cats. In fact, cats do nose-to-nose touching all the time. This is just the way they clean and play with other cats and you. Therefore,don’t force your cats to kiss with you in the way they don’t understand. Watch out for their teeth and claws since they may protect themselves from your kiss.
So how do cats kiss with each other? Latisha disclosed the secret for me. Actually, cats express love through their eyes rather than a mouth-to-mouth kiss. They show their trust and reliance on you by squinting towards you. So next time when you are enjoying a peaceful afternoon with you kitty cats, they stare at you, squint and slowly open their eyes again, you’ll suddenly find out that you’ve just got the sweet kiss that you’ve longed for from your little furry buddies.
Happy Chinese New Year to you! Spring Festival is the most important and traditional festival all along Chinese history. Today is the Chinese New Year’s Eve, that is, the evening before the 15-day celebration for Chinese Spring Festival. Chinese people gather for family reunion to celebrate the harmony and harvest of the last year and pray for the fortune and happiness of the new year.
This is my second Spring Festival here as an international student in United States. Although I can’t go back to China for family reunion, unlike last year, my little kitty Zhuzhu’s company makes me not alone any more. So in this post I want to share my happiness with you on the special holiday. Follow my tips to celebrate the biggest Chinese cultural event with your kitty cat and I bet it would be an amazing experience for both of you!
CAUTION! CATTITUDE 