Franny's Cats Blog January 2007 Archive

Dr. Vincent Iannelli, Pediatrician and About.com Guide to Pediatrics, has written a comprehensive article about a disease that is relatively unknown. Many children's parents may not have even known that ... Read More

The Arizona Humane Society, located in Phoenix, tells the story of Lazarus, a cat who was clinically dead on the operating table, but miraculously came back to life 30 seconds ... Read More

The voting has been close all week, but Norton eventually surged ahead and his picture has emerged the winner, by a sizeable margin. In retrospect, I'm beginning to think that ... Read More

The Savannah is a hybrid cross, between an African serval and a domestic cat. The first known breeding was in the early 1980s Judy (or Judee) Frank, a Bengal breeder ... Read More

February is the last big push of winter, and represents the glistening snow that blankets the budding crocuses beneath. You won't feel cold at all, though, with a white February ... Read More

This is my beautiful smiling Zarina Anatarina aka Tina. She is a Russian Blue who grew up in a Cattery with about 20 other cats. She didn't make the grade ... Read More

Pictures of Very Serious Cats Doing Very Funny Things There is nothing quite so endearing as a cat at its comical best, particularly because they take themselves so very seriously. "Air ... Read More

In 1880 the King of Siam gave two pairs of Siamese cats to the English consul-general in Bangkok, and he brought them home to England, where they created a sensation. ... Read More

Smokey is 7 years young and as frisky as a kitten. I believe he still thinks he's a kitten. His favorite pasttime (besides eating and sleeping) is chasing his brother ... Read More

Cat food allergies and feline conditions such as IBD often are treated with a limited ingredient diet, usually using a protein source the cat has never eaten before, such as ... Read More

To the uninitiated, Carnival of the Cats might be a confusing concept, but it is basically very simple. The Carnival of the Cats is held every Sunday at 6 p.m. ... Read More

Cats need to scratch; it is an ingrained need to help maintain their main source of defense, and to develop strong sinewy muscles and connective tissue. Destructive scratching need not ... Read More

Joey wandered into my office this afternoon and was acting so goofy, rubbing his face on something on the floor, that I had to investigate. He had found an old ... Read More

At this time of year, it's normal to look back on the previous year and years beyond, and remember some of the good times. Often the most compelling memories are ... Read More

The votes are in and my readers have chosen the winner. The contestants, in the order of their appearance on this site, were: EmmyLoo Edwin Mandy Rusty Lucy I know this one was a hard decision, ... Read More

Sally was a stray kitten found by my neighbor Sally who rescued her from her dog. My male cat Pax had been wanting a kitten & it was love at ... Read More

The ASPCA does - that is Mission Orange. Upon entering its 141st year, the ASPCA is sponsoring shelters around the country for the purpose of creating "a country of humane ... Read More

Ordinarily, I consider "cat-written" blogs too cutesy for words, but this one is an exception. William paws out his blog entries with typical feline matter-of-factness, although his poor human is ... Read More

Anyone who has suffered stress and anxiety knows the debilitating effects it can have on your health. Stress in cats acts much the same way, and not only can it ... Read More

Pictures of Blue and Silver Cats Although December marks the start of Winter, January epitomizes that season with snow, sleet, and ice. The color of the month for January is silver ... Read More

Cats enter into music more often than we realize. Of course, everyone is familiar with the Broadway musical and movie of the same name, but what about the immortal "Smelly ... Read More

Book Review by Terri Mauro, Guide to Special Parenting Needs. To tell the honest truth, I originally chose not to review this book because in my ignorance, I felt it might ... Read More

Everybody loves kittens, and most cat lovers particularly enjoy looking at pictures of kittens. Enjoy these reader-submitted photos of kittens, and submit your own kitten pictures, by following the Photo ... Read More

This is an older quiz, but it remains perennially popular with my readers. Have you ever watched a cat rolling in the sun and thought how wonderful it would be ... Read More

This quiz is not only fun, but instructional too, and I learned a lot just by putting it together. How extensive is your knowledge about cats' breeds? Are you confused ... Read More

This character is a Save Our Strays rescue cat. As a kitten he was a handful thus, the name, Macadamian. He is Mac when he's sweet and Damian when ... Read More

Although this new gallery did not appear until later last year, the popularity of black cats is undeniable. October has almost always been known as Black Cat Month, and our ... Read More

Ragdolls are said to have been named for their proclivity to relax entirely when held. The Ragdoll adores its humans and would generally prefer to be wherever you are. Don't ... Read More

Klaw Kontrol is a scientifically engineered bag for containing cats when necessary for administration of medications, claw trimming, or other procedures which require cooperation by the cat. This guest review ... Read More

Judging by the popularity of this article, it was read in 2006, not only by new cat owners, but also by experienced cat people. We've all made some of these ... Read More

I originally blogged this on Christmas Eve, admittedly NOT a good time for web surfing. In the time since then, Elizabeth Weintraub, About.com Guide to Homebuying, has written an excellent, ... Read More

I'd suggest that you put this reminder in your New Year's resolutions: Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, and tornadoes are for the birds, but unless we want to be like "Chicken Littles," ... Read More

Awwww...kittens! Everyone loves them, but learning to care for them can be a challenge. Getting a new kitten may raise all kinds of questions about kitten care. But kitten care ... Read More

The foremost characteristic distinguishing the Scottish Fold cat is its small ears which fold forward and downward, giving it an impish look. Sweet-tempered and attentive, devoted, but not demanding the ... Read More

This page also placed very high in my Readers' Faves picks for 2006. Do you think you can tell the sex of a cat at first glance? It may not ... Read More

Year in and year out, this page has always been sought out by my readers, and it weighed in as the top most visited page on this site for 2006. ... Read More