The Cat Doctor's Blog

The Cat Doctor's Blog is my personal diary about cats and my website.

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Oct 10, 2008, THE CAT HOSPITAL OF BRYN MAWR

The Cat Hospital Of Bryn Mawr is a complete veterinary hospital exclusively for cats. Services include examination, internal medicine, surgery, boarding, grooming, lab, ultrasound, radiology, BP.....

Oct 9, 2008, TESTIMONIALS

Testimonials features real comments from real readers of AskTheCatDoctor. These are actual quotes from emails that readers have sent to Dr. Neely after having their question answered by her.

Oct 8, 2008, VINTAGE CAT ART

Vintage Cat Art is a display of some of the finest cat art of a bygone era. Includes cat fine art prints, posters, and giclee prints of cats. Enjoy browsing our gallery. Purchases available also.

Oct 8, 2008, CAT ART 2

CAT ART 2 is the continuation of the cat fine art gallery on the AskTheCatDoctor website. This section focuses on giclee prints.

Oct 8, 2008, CAT ART

CAT ART is a gallery of cat fine art prints, cat photos, cat pictures, cat posters, cat giclee prints, and more. Enjoy browsing or purchase your favorite. Includes a very enjoyable cat slide show

Oct 8, 2008, CAT ART PRINTS

Cat Art Prints is a collection of limited edition cat art prints. Pricey, but worth it if you want the best cat art for your collection.

Oct 8, 2008, CAT POSTERS

Cat Posters allow cat lovers to collect great pictures of cats at affordable prices. A variety of sizes, colors, types of cats, kittens, funny, beautiful ....any type of cat poster you can imagine.

Oct 7, 2008, CAT PHOTOS

Cat Photos is a section of AskTheCatDoctor's Cat Art gallery, featuring some of the finest of photographic prints of cats. For browsing pleasure or purchase.

Oct 4, 2008, Female Bengal Has Uncoordinated Movement of Her Leg

My female Bengal, Asia, aged 5 years, recently started having episodes where her right rear foot seemed to itch. She will try (usually in vain) to

Oct 2, 2008, Cat Product Reviews

Cat Product Reviews are written by Dr. Neely about cat-related items that she finds particularly useful or of high quality.

Oct 2, 2008, LITTER TRAINING

Litter Training describes the popular E-book by cat expert, Dr, Shelby Neely, called "FROM RUGS TO HUGS: Retraining Your Cat To Think INSIDE the Box." Cat Urine Outside The Box Can Be Resolved.

Oct 2, 2008, The Cat

THE CAT introduces the ASK THE CAT DOCTOR website with information by cat expert Dr. Shelby Neely about cats behavior, cat diseases, cat symptoms, and more. Includes cat pictures and cat lovers gifts.

Oct 1, 2008, LITTER BOX PROBLEMS

Litter box problems are the number one behavioral problem of cats. More cats are euthanized each year from this than from anything else. Dr. Neely advises what to do if your cat has this problem.

Oct 1, 2008, Cat Pictures

Cat Pictures is an enticing section of ASK THE CAT DOCTOR. It includes original photos by Dr. Neely, great public domain photographs, and cat pics from readers around the world. Additions welcome!

Oct 1, 2008, Techno the Cat

Techno is a loving, evil cat. Thank you for the great picture! Techno doesn't look very evil at all. He looks like a great big teddy bear!

Sep 30, 2008, FUNNY CAT VIDEOS

Funny Cat Videos is just what the name implies - a collection of short video clips featuring cats doing funny things. Cat lovers really enjoy laughing at cat antics and this collection is purrfect!

Sep 30, 2008, CAT DIARRHEA

CAT DIARRHEA is one of the most frequent presenting signs of cats taken in to the vet. Dr. Neely discusses the symptoms, causes, diagnostics, and treatment for feline diarrhea.

Sep 30, 2008, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT CATS

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT CATS includes answers by cat expert, Dr. Shelby Neely, to the most common cat questions on the minds of cat owners.

Sep 29, 2008, ASK A CAT QUESTION

Ask A Cat Question is the section of the Ask The Cat Doctor website that invites you to submit your own question for Dr. Neely.

Sep 29, 2008, Unexplained Inflammation
of Cat's Leg

My 10-year-old indoor cat has been limping for the past week. I brought him to the vet, and the vet sedated him for a full exam, finding no wounds

Sep 29, 2008, Hi, my name is Emily!

Hello everyone! My name is Emily, and I am five years old! I live in a small town in Georgia, but I do not go outside very much. In fact, I am very

Sep 28, 2008, MEWS FROM THE CAT DOCTOR

MEWS FROM THE CAT DOCTOR is the free newsletter published by the ASK THE CAT DOCTOR web site. Anyone can subscribe by visiting AskTheCatDoctor.com. The newsletter covers various cat-related topics.

Sep 28, 2008, Cat Constipation

QUESTION: For the past two days my cat cannot go to the bathroom. She pees ok but not poo. What can I do for her? And now she won't eat. Hi,

Sep 28, 2008, DEVON REX

Devon Rex cats can develop skin conditions just as any other cats. Read this question and answer article about brown spots appearing on the skin of a Devon Rex.

Sep 28, 2008, Skin Diseases of the Cat

Skin Diseases of the Cat is a general overview of the skin conditions that can affect cats, from flea bite dermatitis to ringworm to allergy. Additional pages are devoted to each condition in detail.

Sep 27, 2008, Cat Case Presentations

Cat Case Presentations takes you behinds the scenes as Dr. Neely shares real cat patient cases. Learn diseases, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and more.

Sep 27, 2008, CATS HYPERTHYROIDISM

Cats Hyperthyroidism discusses a real case about a cat who is exhibiting signs of hyperthyroidism. Symptoms and different diagnostic tests are discussed by expert cat doctor, Dr. Shelby Neely.

Sep 24, 2008, FIREFIGHTER RESCUES CAT

FIREFIGHTER RESCUES CAT is the reality video of a firefighter who brought a kitty back to life with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Sep 24, 2008, Princess Chunk or Prince Chunk

Princess Chunk or Prince Chunk examines the story that caught the nation's attention last week about an abandoned, 44 lb. white cat. AskTheCatDoctor talks about some of the upsetting parts of story

Sep 24, 2008, Cats In The News

Cats in the News lets you view headlines from the very latest cat news stories around the world and select stories to read

Sep 20, 2008, PICTURE GALLERY

PICTURE GALLERY is part of the section of ASK THE CAT DOCTOR called CAT PICTURES. Pictures of cats, cats, and only cats. Reader submissions welcome.

Sep 20, 2008, The Murder of Norman the cat by actor Joseph Petcka

The Murder of Norman the cat by actor Joseph Petcka is the grim, but true, story of a cat viciously killed in 2007. The case has finally come to trial Sept, 2008.

Sep 17, 2008, Starvation Syndrome in a Kitten?

QUESTION: A small kitten (approximately 6 weeks old) arrived at my house. He had severe bite marks around his neck (which I have since taken care

Sep 17, 2008, Callie, North Carolina (3 mos. old)

This is when I first got Callie. A year later, she still has a very inquisitive nature about her and is a world class love-bug! Many thanks to KT

Sep 17, 2008, Lucki- Niagara Falls

I just want to thank you for having such a great website. I have something that makes my cat special. I have a stuffed animal from when I was a

Sep 17, 2008, (Cat) "Astro" (phe)

Astro. Vocal, playful and hugely loving, he is always looking for attention. He is extraordinarily affectionate, the friendliest & most

Sep 16, 2008, CAT SCRATCH FEVER

Cat scratch fever is a bacterial disease that people can contract from a cat scratch. There are many misconceptions about it and enormous fear of the disease and cats has been unnecessarily created.

Sep 15, 2008, Cat Behavior

Cat Behavior is a fascinating, but sometimes frustrating topic. Cat Expert, Dr. Neely, discusses all types of cat behavior and gives interesting examples of actual cases.

Sep 12, 2008, 4 month old kitty with a suckling issue

My mother had two female cats that gave birth one to four kittens and one that had seven. Being inundated with kitties everywhere we decided to take

Sep 12, 2008, Headstands

My cat curls up and puts the top of her head on the couch cushion or she will position herself so that her head is pressing against my arm when she

Sep 12, 2008, Elderly Cat's Bladder Control

Hi, I'm writing because I have an 11 year old cat. She still enjoys going outside and doing everything younger cats do, but yesterday I noticed

Sep 12, 2008, Cat skin disease

My poor cat is diabetic and takes glipizide and cannot take steroids. He has been to the vet several times and still nothing helps. My cat is 7

Sep 12, 2008, Cat Leg Pain

My dog was playing with my cat the other day and my dog was standing on his leg and the cat screamed out in pain and now for the last 3 days he's been

Sep 12, 2008, Cat Litter Box Problems: Going outside the Box

Hi Doctor, First I would like to say I came across your website today when looking for answers and this website is great! It has so much useful

Sep 11, 2008, Old Cat Drags Leg!

QUESTION My 16 year old cat had a problem a couple of months ago. He was dragging his back left leg. I massaged it for a day and a half and he was

Sep 8, 2008, Cat food help/Urine issues

Dr. Neely, My husband and I live in a small town in Wyoming. This creates challenges on finding a local food that is good for the seven cats. We

Sep 6, 2008, Glazed eyes in a Cat

I have been noticing the last week that one of my cats eyes are glazing over ..it appears to have a whiteish color to it. Could this be cause by old

Sep 6, 2008, my black cat

Hello We have a pesty black cat, Puffie who is 11 months old. He thinks he is the boss of everthing and is always fighting with our other cat Tooty

Sep 6, 2008, My Cat Potato

I have 2 cats Potato and Heather, they were very close. Heather had kittens 2 weeks ago, and Potato has been very depressed and eats very little,

Sep 6, 2008, Cat Scratching

My cat attacked me twice and scratched me on my leg. The cat also did this to my husband. We did not provoke the cat. Why did the cat do this for no