Every surface in my apartment has a permanent layer of fine white fur on it no matter how recently I vacuumed and for the first two years I genuinely thought something was wrong with my cat. Learning why is my indoor cat shedding so much turned out to be one of those explanations that immediately … Read more
My cat has only ever needed a real bath twice in seven years of living indoors and both times I was the one who made it worse by rushing. Learning how to bathe a cat that hates water properly is less about technique and more about pace. Go slow. Fill the sink before bringing her … Read more
The first time I tried to trim my cat’s nails she ended up under the bed and I ended up slightly bleeding from a scratch that came out of nowhere. Learning how to trim cat nails at home properly changed everything about that experience. It turned out the problem was not my cat and it … Read more
Finding a solid mat behind my cat’s ear after skipping a week of brushing was exactly the kind of avoidable problem that taught me just how much coat type determines everything about how often to brush indoor cat. It was not a long-haired cat. It was a medium-haired cat I had been treating like a … Read more