http://www.catfaeries.com/blog Thoughts and Ideas About The Modern Housecat Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:13:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are so proud to be Californians.  On the heels of West Hollywood, Santa Monica, and our beloved San Francisco, Berkeley has also banned declawing cats!   Next up - the city of Los Angeles will decide. Then it's the rest of the US.  Come on, you can do it!  Start calling ... http://www.catfaeries.com/blog/berkeley-has-banned-declawing/ The recall does not effect cat food, just dog food.  You can call Wysong at 800 748 0188. The following is from the Wysong website: MOLD IN PAST EXTRUDED DOG FOODS -Notice, Explanation, and Response- PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AND COMPLETELY BEFORE EMAILING WYSONG. Higher than target moisture levels have been found in some ... http://www.catfaeries.com/blog/wysong-dog-food-recall/ They did it!  The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to BAN declawing cats in the city of San Francis.   It's about time! West Hollywood did it years ago!   Santa Monica recently banned declawing!  Berkeley and Los Angeles will be the next cities to consider it! We take a deep bow to ... http://www.catfaeries.com/blog/declaw-ban-san-francisco-did-it/ The news is good!  Nine out of eleven members of the San Francisco's Board of Supervisors have co-signed the bill introduced by Ross Mirkarimi to ban declawing cats. The two holdouts are Michela Alioto-Pier and Sean Elsbernd.  Their reasoning?  Alioto-Pier thinks the board has better things to do.  Elsbernd  feels that ... http://www.catfaeries.com/blog/san-franciscos-attempt-to-ban-declawing-getting-closer/ For all of you who love Anti Icky Poo for it's ability to really and truly get rid of the smells of cat urine, but don't love the scent,  we now have the long awaited Unscented Anti Icky Poo. It performs and behaves exactly like the original Anti Icky Poo, which ... http://www.catfaeries.com/blog/unscented-anti-icky-poo-has-arrived/ Here we go again, another cat food recall.   The following text was copied from the Premium Edge website: http://premiumedgepetfood.com/announcements Diamond Pet Foods has withdrawn from distribution the following date codes of Premium Edge Finicky Adult Cat and Premium Edge Hairball cat: RAF0501A22X 18lb., RAF0501A2X 6 lb., RAH0501A22X 18 lb., RAH0501A2X 6lb. The ... http://www.catfaeries.com/blog/another-cat-food-recall-premium-edge/ UPDATE:  November 10, 2009 - we did it!  The Board of Supervisors VOTED TO BAN DECLAWING IN SF! Here's our first blog post: The citizens of the city named after St Francis are trying to convince the Board of Supervisors to ban the de-clawing of cats.  Can we do it?   Cat Faeries ... http://www.catfaeries.com/blog/can-san-francisco-ban-cat-declawing/ Seeing spots? Dots are IN this Spring and Summer! You’ll be seeing spots very soon, and they are all over our catnip mice and catnip carrots! Whimsical dots and spots on pastel colored fabric, coupled with our legendary catnip, artfully sewn up in two of our most popular cat-pleasing shapes await ... http://www.catfaeries.com/blog/seeing-spots-dots-are-in/ Cat Faeries has been following the story of Midnight the cat for months.  We are on Arlene Blum's email list. This article was in the Los Angeles Times, Friday, October 17, 2008.  Arlene's website has additional information - for example, how to find out if your furniture and bed are ... http://www.catfaeries.com/blog/fire-retardant-chemicals-in-our-homes-could-be-killing-our-cats-and-us/ This morning we came to work to find a delightful email from a long time and well loved customer, Cheryl W. It was about a blind old man who envisioned that all in his life was beautiful and well ordered. This gave him inner peace and the ability ... http://www.catfaeries.com/blog/staying-calm-in-this-crazy-financial-storm/