Cats – Page 18 – Dr. Pet Mom

Dr. Pet Mom’s Cat Oscar Needs Your Help! 🆘

Our beloved cat Oscar, is in need of surgery for bladder stones. We are asking pet lovers from Dr. Pet Mom’s pet parenting community to chip in and help.

Here is a chronology of Oscar’s health care crisis:

Pets For Life in Pet Service Deserts 🐱 🐶 🐇 🦜

Have you ever heard of a pet service desert? It’s a community where services for pets are not available or affordable. Families in pet service deserts live in low-income areas. But the Humane Society of the US (HSUS) Pets For Life (PFL) program is working to close the gap in pet wellness services.

Poverty creates barriers in access to health care, quality food and veterinary care. One source noted and that the “extreme lack of access to pet resources is a national crisis” that is often ignored.

Is Your Cat Psychic? Try This Fun Experiment! 🐱

I bet lots of cat moms and dads know this story:

You are sitting on the couch and your cat is sitting on the floor nearby.
Kitty is looking at you like she wants to jump up on the couch to join you.
You tap on the sofa to encourage her to jump up, and say “C’mon kitty! Jump!”
Your cat looks at you and just sits there.
You give up.
Two minutes later, your kitty jumps up onto the couch.

Celebrating Adopt A Senior Pet Month 🥳

The holiday season is a time of celebration. I’m happy to celebrate Adopt A Senior Pet Month in November to help senior pets find their new families.

“To create a pet parent community to encourage adoption of rescue and shelter animals. We want to help pets find their forever homes.”

My mission statement keeps me focused on helping animals. Many shelter and rescue animals are senior pets and they’re all looking for a furrever home.

November Pet Awareness Days 🗓️

The month of November is the middle of the holiday season. It’s a month to honor our military veterans, give thanks, and promote animal awareness events.

November animal events celebrate shelter animals, senior pets, and pet awareness.

Pets Of Twitter 11/8/19 🐱 🐶 🐇 🦜

I spend most of my social media time on Twitter. Thankfully, I find lots of pet lovers out there!

For something different, I’d like to share some nice pet pics I found on Twitter…

Why I Love My Cat, Oscar 😊

If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I am open about my anxiety and depression. This week my spouse Dr. Pet Mom, is away in ‘Frostbite Falls’ Minnesota doing some academic stuff.

Enter my cat, Oscar! He’s been great! He is very empathetic, knows when to purr and sit by my side. Thanks Oscar!

The story behind how we got Oscar is quite amazing: He is the result of some sad circumstances and God’s kindness…

More Kudos For Dr. Pet Mom! 😎

Update: This week, Dr. Pet Mom received a thank you letter from the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of West Palm Beach, Florida.

They were grateful for Dr. Pet Mom’s kennel quilts donation. Below is the letter…

Volunteering For Pets 🐱 🦜 🐶

In a few weeks, it will be time to change the clocks again. Changing the time reminds me that the holiday season is right around the corner! It’s only October. But if you love shopping, you can find Black Friday and shop-early-for-Christmas sales in the stores this month.

I’m also thinking of other ways to make the holidays meaningful for my animal friends and pet parent community.

Mobile Veterinary Clinics Pros and Cons 🚚

In the United States alone, over 300 million pets are living in their forever homes. Worldwide, over 1.1 billion pets live with their pet families. Pets need veterinary care and mobile veterinary clinics are stepping up to fill the gap.

Mobile clinics give veterinarians the benefit of running a business. And pet parents everywhere are taking notice of alternatives to the traditional veterinary clinics as the only source for pet care.