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January 30, 2019

Safe Relocation of Community Cats

Ideally, feral cats should not be relocated from their territory. Unless they are threatened or their environment is in danger, the best place for

Category iconBehavioral Resources,  Shelter Best Practices,  Wellness Tag iconcat,  community cats,  TNR

January 23, 2019

Should we release feral cats who test positive for FIV?

“What we do as feral cat caretakers and advocates is not easy. But we do it because we care — because we love cats. There is a lot of fear around FIV.

Category iconShelter Best Practices Tag iconcat,  community cats,  TNR,  wellness

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January 15, 2019

Community Cats: Discover the truth about the vacuum effect

Organizations like Alley Cat Allies and Friends For Life have long been proponents of TNR (trap-neuter-return) efforts. Friends For Life does this in

Category iconShelter Best Practices Tag iconcat,  community cats,  TNR

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December 27, 2018

Hand Raising Orphaned Kittens

Kathleen M. Gallagher put together this manual on how to care for orphaned kittens: “in celebration of the hundreds of orphan kittens that I have

Category iconShelter Best Practices,  Wellness Tag iconcat,  community cats,  kitten

December 5, 2018

Hazards in the Home

Make your home a safer place for your pets by keeping them away from the following hazardous household items, plants, foods, objects, and trouble

Category iconWellness Tag iconcat,  dog,  kitten,  pet ownership,  puppy,  wellness

November 21, 2018

FLUTD: Feline lower urinary tract disease

What is Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD)? Feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) describes a collection of conditions that can affect

Category iconWellness Tag iconcat,  kitten,  wellness

Marley Cat

November 14, 2018

Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)

FIP is a very rare virus. In the last seven years, Friends For Life has only had around a dozen cases of cats that our veterinary team has labeled

Category iconWellness Tag iconcat,  kitten,  wellness

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November 7, 2018

FIV: Catching a Bad Case of Rumors

“I was on my way back to the sanctuary after a family visit in Colorado. Curled up beside me, purring contentedly, was Reggie, the cat nobody dared

Category iconWellness Tag iconcat,  kitten,  wellness

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October 23, 2018

Why Cats Need Claws

Claws are involved in almost everything a cat does during her waking hours. In the morning, she digs her claws into her scratching post and pulls

Category iconBehavioral Resources,  Pet Ownership,  Wellness Tag iconcat,  kitten,  wellness

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