With its endearing personality and unique features, the Russian Blue is still relatively rare, but increasing in popularity worldwide. Russian Blue Cat History Known variously in the past as the Foreign Blue, Maltese, Spanish Blue, and Archangel Cat, the Russian Blue’s origins are not known for sure, though it is commonly believed that the breed…
Petcurean describes Now Fresh as “so fresh, it’s like eating off the kitchen counter”. Now Fresh is a brand of cat food owned by Petcurean Pet Nutrition, Inc. This family-owned Canadian company was founded in 1999 and markets food for dogs and cats under brands including Gather, Go!, Spike, and Summit. All of the brand’s…
Nature’s Logic Cat Food – Is it Really “The Way Pet Food Should Be®”? Nature’s Logic was inspired by the idea that whole foods could nourish pets better than heavily-processed diets with synthetic ingredients. In 2005, company founder Scott Freeman decided to apply these whole food nutrition ideals to pet food. His goal was to…
Jeffrey Bennett started Nature’s Recipe in 1981 after cooking vegetarian meals for his sick and allergic dog. The brand was originally marketed by Bennett’s California-based company, Earth Elements, Inc. Natural and holistic labeling resonated with the market, and by 1996, Nature’s Recipe was the fourth-largest brand in the specialty pet food category. In 1996, Nature’s…
Who makes Lotus Cat Food? Lotus Pet Food was created by the owners of Centinela Feed and Pet, a pet retail store in Los Angeles, California. As the owners of a pet retail store, the future founders noticed a disturbing trend. Repeatedly over the years, pet food manufacturers sacrificed food quality in favor of more…
Is Chewy the best place to buy supplies for your cat? In 2011, Chewy was created to fill a gap in the online retail space. Prior to Chewy, few companies were dedicated to selling pet products online, particularly not on a large scale. With their confidence bolstered by the massive growth potential of a web-connected…
Farmina describes itself as “nature and science in perfect harmony”. This Italian pet food brand is owned by the Russo Magimi Company, which started in 1965 as a producer of livestock feed. Russo Magimi specialized in animal nutrition and produced feed for animals and fowl for decades, but didn’t venture into the pet food space…
We hear a lot about what’s wrong with declawing, but postoperative litter box avoidance is distinctly under-addressed in our conversations about the practice. Tragically, this procedure intended to make the cat less destructive often leads to one of the leading reasons why cats are relinquished to shelters. Primarily in the days and weeks after the…
Imagine harboring a thousand and twenty eight-legged microscopic mites inside your ear canal. You’d hear the sound of their tiny bodies scratching against your skin as they make themselves at home, scavenging on wax and debris and reproducing. The type of mites most common in cats’ ears are called Otodectes Cynotis, a name that roughly…
Bad cat food versus good cat food: can you recognize the difference? Before we dive into the eight cat food brands you should avoid, lets recognize a few important facts about what’s good and what’s bad in cat food. There are a couple of common misconceptions about food for cats. One is that all commercial…
Constipation is defined as “a condition in which there is difficulty in emptying the bowels, usually associated with hardened feces.” Healthy cats defecate once every day. Anything short of a daily bowel movement is reason for concern. While some constipated cats manage to continue having bowel movements, they tend to strain in the litter box…
Can an air purifier help with cat allergies? The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the American Lung Association agree that air filtration is a good choice for individuals suffering from allergies and asthma, but an air purifier shouldn’t be the only weapon in your anti-allergy arsenal. A good air purifier is a powerful…
