CAT FANCY September 2011
Posted: September 25, 2011
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FROM THE EDITOR
1 | Vive la Chat!
By Susan Logan
6 | CatChannel.com
Your Internet Source for CAT FANCY Content & More
Advocacy & Rescue
8 | Rescue of the Month
A tiny, starving kitten finds a home with a young family and discovers the joys of love and napping.
By Michael Marley
10 | Champion for Cats
Katie Watts, senior feline behavior counselor at the ASPCA, helps cats become the perfect pets.
By Michele C. Hollow
12 | Wild Cat Race
The Andean cat, the world’s most endangered small wild cat, closely resembles our domestic felines.
By Brad Kollus
HEALTH & CARE
17 | Health News
By Ruth Macpete, DVM
BREED SNAPSHOT
21 | Everyone’s All American
The American Shorthair’s good looks and personality attract plenty of attention.
By Stacy N. Hackett
BREED PROFILE
23 | Silver Shadow
Though reserved at first, the shimmery Russian Blue shows fierce devotion
to its favorite people.
By Stacy N. Hackett
SPECIAL SENIOR SECTION
26 | Ages and Stages
A new chart helps pet parents calculate their cats’ age in relation to human years.
By Arnold Plotnick, DVM
28 | Oldest Living Cat Contest Results
Click here to see the runners-up to the CAT FANCY Oldest Living Cat Contest Results.
30 | Company’s Coming
Five simple ways to introduce a
younger cat to your feline senior
By Debbie Swanson
33 | Get Up and Go
Make playtime fun and easy for your senior cat.
By Fran Pennock Shaw
36 | Keep Your Senior Cat Healthy
Routine checkups can prevent and treat these six most common diseases.
By Elaine Wexler-Mitchell, DVM, ABVP
38 | In Their Own Time
What you should know about hospice care
By Maryann Mott
Click here for a CatChannel exclusive resource guide to cat hospice care.
ART & CULTURE
64 | Cat Chat
Illusionist Criss Angel talks about the mystical qualities of felines.
By Christopher Ameruoso
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1 | From the Editor
4 | Reader Letters
14 | Cat Calendar, Coming Up in CF
16 | Garfield Weighs In
18 | Ask the Veterinarian
20 | Ask the Behaviorist
42 | Feline Shopper
45 | Gallery of Breeds
48 | Cat Products
50 | Cat Breeder Directory
59 | Classified Ads
60 | Ad Index
61 | Cat Book Club
Click here for an interview with Jennifer Holland, author of Unlikely Friendships.
62 | Cats for Kids, Sadie
63 | Reader Snapshots
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