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Wednesday, October 27, 2004


Sometimes, sleeping all day, waiting for their owners to bring them their next meal while they're licking their 'nards can be just too much for some mammals. Now, your cat may be stressed out:
Dr Danielle Gunn-Moore, senior lecturer in feline medicine at Edinburgh University's school of veterinary studies, said feline lower urinary tract disease was frustrating for vets and owners because most cases had no apparent cause.

"This group of diseases of the bladder is most commonly seen in pedigree, middle-aged, overweight male cats which don't go out much and eat a dry food diet.

"We believed stress could be a trigger and wanted to identify differences in the cats' environments and temperaments which might cause this condition."
Cats are nuts. Cat-owners will attest that it's part of their allure, while cat-haters will tell you that's why they belong in the barn chasing rats. But it's a hard sell to convince people (cat lovers as well) that an animal that sleeps 20 hours a day is stressed. But let's say you really think you cat is stressed. Is there anything you can do? Sure there is:
University researchers suggest cats with such illnesses should be fed wet food and encouraged to drink more fluid by adding tuna-flavoured ice cubes to water.
That's a sure sign of mental illness, and it's not in the feline. If you're freezing tuna-flavoured water for your pampered pussy, that's a bigger problem. I would say that society should step in before you decide to breed, but something tells me that your breeding isn't an issue.



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