It may seem that warmer weather is still out of reach, but now is the time to “beat the heat” by spaying your cat in advance of her heat cycle and preventing unwanted litters before “kitten season” ...

Springtime means there will be kittens and lots of them. Because female cats' heat cycles are regulated by the weather, the litters arrive with the warm temperatures. Feral and stray cats, especially, ...

DEAR PET TALK: Does it hurt a cat to go into heat? -Barry DEAR BARRY: Felines will first go “into heat” (become capable of getting pregnant with kittens) around four or five months. That is when they ...

Global warming and kittens. While it may seem hard to see the connection between the two — a climate phenomenon that melts glaciers and acidifies oceans, and cuddly, 4-ounce balls of fur — experts say ...

Here’s an amazing fact: Female cats who are unspayed are called queens. They must have had some say in the matter, based on what we know about cats and their attitudes. It works out well for humans ...