http://www.catfaeries.com/blog Thoughts and Ideas About The Modern Housecat Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:35:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 is claiming ... 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 orginal 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text was copied from the Premium Edge website: http://premiumedgepetfood.com/announcements Diamond Pet Foods has withdrawn from distribution the following date codes of Premium Edge Finicky Adult Cat and Premium Edge Hairball cat: RAF0501A22X 18lb., RAF0501A2X 6 lb., RAH0501A22X 18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/ 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 certainly hopes so! At present only one city in the US has successfully banned the procedure which declaws cats.   Several years ago ... 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/ "Age 17 seems like a magic age when many cats suddenly lose their hearing," says Anne-Marie Benfatto, DVM of San Francisco's premiere cat hospital, Especially Cats. The cats who live at Cat Faeries are known as "the little old ladies" and we'd say that what Dr Benfatto is telling us is ... http://www.catfaeries.com/blog/feliway-benefits-eldery-cats/ Juno, a stunning calico residing in Seattle, loves Cat Faeries corn on the cob catnip toys. Juno's mother/maid/videographer wrote to tell us: "My calico LOVES her corn cob and has destroyed her last two. Nothing else (carrot, pepper, strawberry) gets her going like the corn cob. Something about the shape, I ... http://www.catfaeries.com/blog/cat-toys-fun-video/ No one expects to get sick or injured. And when it happens often we cannot do more than stay in bed until it passes. But we have our daily obligations, in particular we are obligated to care for our cats, and perhaps other animals. But who will help you ... http://www.catfaeries.com/blog/why-you-need-a-purrsonal-assistant/