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💬 Elizabeth "Liz" Italia: "I never thought much about cats and cancer, although I knew they got it. I imagined it was a higher risk with older cats and that if one of my cats got the diagnosis, it would be the end.

I’ve definitely shared plenty about indoor-only cats, and there’s information on our blog about how to care for outdoor-only cats too.

You may as well find the episode #4 of our podcast interesting. Me and Dr. Leslie Brooks discuss the eternal outdoor cat debate.

Every time I play classical music on the piano, my cat Dolly typically jumps onto the keys and then the top of the upright piano, where she rolls around a bunch and eventually falls asleep.

As cat lovers, we hate to think about anything bad happening to an animal we love so much. Unfortunately, bad things do happen, and cats end up in shelters and rescues, often traumatized from their past or simply stressed in their new environment.

Today we’re going to talk about everyone’s least favorite part of owning a cat...the dreaded litter box. 

No cat owner wants their guests to be hit in the face with the lovely aroma of cat urine and feces as soon as they walk in the door. In the article below, I will touch on some helpful tips to keep your cat’s litter box clean and discrete.

The kidneys have many vital functions. They primarily act by filtering waste from the bloodstream, regulating the number of essential minerals (potassium, phosphorus, and sodium) present in the bloodstream, conserve water, and produce urine.

One of the most common complaints I hear from cat owners is that their cats won’t drink water.

Some of my clients report that they have honestly never even seen their cat touch a water bowl. Some cats like to rebel and boycott water altogether by dumping their bowls over in protest. 🤦‍♀️

Dental hygiene in cats is a fairly foreign concept to most people. It wasn’t until about 10 years ago when dental care in felines was recognized as a very important part of overall feline health.

Disorders of the urinary tract are very common in cats. However, urinary tract infections are actually quite rare in cats. Cats have a very different anatomic formation than other pets, such as dogs, so urinary tract infections are much less common than they are in dogs.

By definition, arthritis is inflammation of the bone joints. Many people don’t realize that cats can even get arthritis because they are so small and agile.

Signs of pain in cats can be very subtle and not as easily noticed as they are in dogs.

Many people haven’t heard of cats getting asthma. Asthma in cats is fairly different from asthma in people, however, there are some similarities.

Feline asthma is most similar to COPD in humans.

Most cats are able to effectively groom themselves and do not need nor want any help in this endeavor.

However, there are some cats that need a little help with grooming either regularly or from time to time.

For those of you that don’t know me, I am Dr. Kimberly Couch, the newest content creator for My Lovely Feline.

I recently graduated from the University of Florida of Veterinarian Medicine (Go Gators! 🐊) and have been practicing as a small animal/ integrative medicine veterinarian in the Tampa Bay area ever since.

Did you know that outdoor cats can live just as long as indoor cats? Pretty amazing, right?! As long as an outdoor cat has a caretaker, they can live into their teens.

Lilac or lavender cats are not purple as their name indicates, but it is a very light color, almost dusty.