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Dear Pammy, Can cats get depressed?

A reader writes: Can cats get depressed? What does it look like? Dear Readers, I know… how can we tell? Doesn’t the cat lie around all the time anyway? Aren’t they resigned and long-suffering as a default? see more Lolcats … Continue reading

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Dealing with the cat’s storage battery

This morning, our local heat wave broke; and a friend on the phone told me her two cats were “going mad!” We both knew why. They felt like playing now, when they hadn’t before. During the actual heat wave, cats … Continue reading

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The downside of those lightning reflexes

As we humans mature, we tend to get into less trouble; because we have learned how to see it coming. Legions of frustrated parents confront clueless children with the cry, “What were you thinking?” The answer, always, is that they … Continue reading

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