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The Isle of Man and all things Manx | ||||
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Isle of Man News, Articles and InformationFeeding cats requires every trick in the bookShiho Fukada/The Associated PressBest of the Best Cali, a 4-year-old short hair manx of Trenton, N.J., is seen with her rosette at the 2006 Cat Fanciers' Association Iams Cat Championship at Madison Square Garden in New York Oct. 15. Cali obviously doesn't have to worry about where her next meal is coming from.I had to laugh when I recently read popular pet writer Gina Spadafori's comments introducing a chapter about feeding cats that appears in her best-selling book "Cats for Dummies" (IDG Books, 2000). "Even given the easygoing nature of the cat at feeding time," the author observes, "you may want to consider which way of feeding a multicat household works best for your cats." "Easygoing nature?" Who is Ms. Spadafori kidding? She obviously has not met my animals, who sometimes act more like famished vultures than graceful house pets. A `can't miss' event for feline faithful Cat show continues today in KalamazooEve Russell's idea of recreation is packing up some of her seven cats and traveling to about 20 cat shows each year.Among the ``can't miss'' shows on her calendar is the Mid-Michigan Cat Fanciers Cat Show in Kalamazoo, which began Saturday and ends today at the Kalamazoo County Expo Center and Fairground. Russell, 69, who lives in the Monroe County community of Carleton, said she has been an entrant in the local show since 1972. She retired in 1991 after teaching first grade for 30 years. Within a soft-side carrier were two of her seven cats, a Manx and a Burmese, each nestled in its own green cat bed with a shoebox-size litter box in between. The Russell household also has two American shorthairs, a short-hair Persian, and another Manx and a Burmese that were not at the show.
Finger-suckling cat separated from mom too earlyThese reader questions were answered by experts who spoke to the crowd at the CFA-Iams Cat Championship, Oct.14-15 at Madison Square Garden. Four-year-old Calie, a female Shorthair Manx from Trenton, N.J., also known as Furry-Foot's Confetti of Deydream, won the hearts of the judges at the prestigious show, and at this moment is considered the nation's most beautiful cat.QUESTION: My 3-year-old cat, which I found at the age of only 5 weeks, will not stop sucking on my fingers. He's purrs, but he also bites down. Is this because he was abandoned too young? Otherwise, he's a wonderful cat. What can I do? - T.S., Charlotte, N.C. ANSWER: Joan Miller, legislative coordinator of the Cat Fancier's Association, who's been breeding cats for 20 years, concurs that the suckling on your fingers is likely due to the fact your cat was separated from her mother at an early age.
Winchester's Saving Grace Animal Shelter struggles to control daunting pet numbersEach week during October, an average of eight dogs and 43 cats were taken from their pens at the Saving Grace Animal Shelter in Winchester, led down a hallway to a small room and put to sleep.Over the past year, a total of 2,519 animals -- 539 dogs and 1,980 cats -- were put down at the shelter on Del Rio Road. In New York City, 21,171 animals were euthanized last year. With 8 million residents, however, New York has a population 80 times larger than Douglas County. If it sported the same euthanasia rate, New York City would put down 201,520 dogs and cats each year. "We've got to do something," said Heather Johnson, the shelter's executive director. "If we don't, we're going to continue to see these numbers escalate out of control." PET OVERPOPULATION Several factors contribute to the problem. |
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