Dog owners should allow their pets to embrace their world of scent, she said. "Instead of trying to get to a destination, or pull them along by their lead, let them have a little bit more of a loose ...

One way to help prevent cat scratch fever is to keep your cat's claws trimmed ... This is inflammation and deterioration of the myelin sheath (fatty insulation) around your optic nerve.

Scratching serves two purposes for cats, she said. "One is to get rid of this claw sheath, they shed their claws every so often." They also have scent glands around the claws, she said.

A pottery shard recently unearthed upon Mount Zion in Jerusalem proves that cat contentment transcends centuries and ...

One woman was probably questioning everything when she noticed her cat trying to claw his way out of the carrier box she was bringing him home in. And people in the comments section couldn't stop ...

bones in a cat’s paw, including the nail bed and claw. It’s done to stop a cat’s natural scratching behavior. While it was once a common procedure, it has become discouraged in recent years.

And if you don’t have a cat, consider adopting one from the Enid SPCA. But don’t say I didn’t warn you. They have a way of sinking their claws into your heart, as well as your ankles.

But veterinarians, cat researchers, and feline-behavior experts told me that the relationship between felines and the moon has barely been studied. No concrete evidence has definitively linked changes ...