Cat InSight

Although my cat is gray, I only see black when I look at her these days. If I told you she managed to scratch my new iPad, you’d understand why gray is the new black. Seriously, I was playing with the iPad, when somebody rang at the door. I went to see who was there, but unfortunately I left the iPad on the coffee table, with the screen up. I have no idea what my cat thought that was, but I found her all over it, scratching it as if she wanted to dig in search of some hidden treasure.

I’m sorry I don’t have a picture of the scratch, but I couldn’t bear to see it on my blog. It’s enough I’m seeing it in real life each time I use my iPad. But do you know what’s the worst of all? I had just ordered a great screen protector and it was to be delivered to me in a couple of days. I was impressed with its features, as it seemed to be extremely resistant, just what one needs when cats make the rule in a home. Here’s the thing, if you want to read more about it: http://i.padaccessories.info/ipad-screen-protector/. They say it’s made from a military grade material. I suppose this is better than cat-grade, so the kitty wouldn’t have had a chance to do onto my iPad what she just did.

Anyway, I hope that screen protector would somehow hide a little the ugly scratch. If not, I’ll see what I’ll do next. Meanwhile, the only one in our home who still has sweet dreams is… The Cat!!!

The cat who scratched an iPad

One more thought before I go: it’s still good I have a cat and not a squirrel. The scratch would have been much worse, I think. Just look at these claws:

Squirrel with scary claws

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Long time, no see. I hope you all had a great start in 2010. I didn’t have too much time to write here lately. I’m glad to hear some of you miss the cat blog carnivals we used to host. It’s possible they come back soon with new adventures from our lovely cats.

For today, I have a special post featuring my Russian Blue cat (known as The Cat) and The Bag from a birthday present I got from a friend earlier today. Here are the photos:

Cute, isn’t it? Well, if you want to sleep the night after you get a present wrapped in such a cat-suitable paper bag, don’t let the bag and the cat in the same room over night. Believe me, paper bags can make a terrible noise when provoked by playful cats.

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Best cat insurance is easy to obtain, provided that you do some preliminary research of the insurance market, to see what options you have available in your area or in your country. Cheap cat insurance is not necessarily the best one, as there may be significant differences in the claims and covers. Medical insurance for cats can be useful, especially if your cat is old, or if it has health problems. The biggest issue is that you may encounter difficulties in finding the best cat insurance conditions in case your cat is already ill or old. In such cases, insurance premiums are usually very high, and it is possible that no company would accept to let you buy insurance for your cat at no cost ever.

Aiming For Best Cat Insurance Cover

Be careful what the insurance you are going to buy covers. It is important that you read the whole contract. I know insurance companies have huge contracts, but they contain clauses that may cost you a lot of money if you don’t pay attention from the very beginning. Should you be looking for cat insurance, pet quotation is the way to go. I’m sure you can find a lot of insurance brokers who will be happy to help you for free. Of course, usually insurance broker services are free for consumers, because they get paid by the insurance companies.
Major risks you may want your best cat insurance cover: kidney diseases, all kind of surgery, cancer, chronic diseases, broken bones, car accidents, or other kind of travel injuries. I don’t know if you can also cover cat allergies, but you can ask and see what is the best insurance deal you can get for your cat.

Compare To Select The Best Cat Insurance

Comparison is the smartest invention of humankind since long time ago. Due to our nature, we tend to compare things, services and even persons, in order to make sure that we select the best for our needs. How else could we be able to make choices, if not by comparing variants. This also applies to buying services like car or pet insurance. Your dog, cat, rabbit, or whatever pet you have, deserves the best treatment. However. not everybody can afford those expensive vet bills, so choosing the best insurance for your pet can literally save its life.
I’d say that you need to look for the best cat insurance when your cat is still a kitten. youngsters have better chances to smaller insurance premiums and you may also obtain some waivers.

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Pet meds online buying is a habit which can be good and can be bad in the same measure. If your pet has some chronic disease, then you probably know the pet meds you give him, so it is safe to buy the medication from online veterinary shops or pharmacies. However, I’d say that you need to be very careful and to check if the recipients are sealed when you get them. I don’t know about others, but I’m so afraid of counterfaits that I’d rather buy from brick and mortar pharmacies, than from pet meds online centers, no matter how nice and professional their websites may look.

Are You Buying Pet Meds Online Without Asking The Vet?

If you don’t know what your pet has, you should never attempt to treat him randomly, with products bought from pet meds online facilities. First of all, your cat, or dog, or whatever other animal, cannot tell you exactly what it hurts, so the situation is not similar to yours, when you have a headache and you just take some over the counter products and the pain goes away in a few hours. Pets need to be seen by a vet. Only medical staff can give you a pet meds rx prescription, if necessary. Besides, they know from experience and they can make analogies between cases. You surely didn’t have as many ill pets as a vet has consulted during his practice, so your attempt to use pet meds online orders would only be a more or less lucky guess.

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While most of us have a health insurance for ourselves, not so many people think to get health insurance for their dogs, or cats, or for any other pets they may have. Pet health insurance can be very useful, because we all know how big veterinary bills can be in some situations. Big or small, we make sacrifices to pay them, because we care about our pets and we want them to be healthy. I would never spare efforts to heal my cat, if necessary, and you can be sure I’d try to get her the best treatments I can get. Pets are members of the family, aren’t they?

Pet Health Insurance Can Be Cheap

When you decide to get your pet health insurance, do some preliminary research before making up your mind, as you may have pleasant surprises. Prices and premiums are different from an insurance company to another, so comparisons are more than welcome. If you are busy, you can contact some pet insurance brokers and ask them to give you advice regarding the best option ofr your pet. Brokers are working free of charge for you, as they take their commissions from the insurance companies. They would ask you for details regarding your pet’s age, medical history, living conditions, and then they’d come back to you with several proposals of pet health insurance which you’ll be able to choose from.

Getting insurance for pets was mostly unknown until quite recently. However, people realized that pets deserve the best health care and conditions, just like humans do, so this is how pet health insurance companies started to appear, with various offers and insurance variants.

Tips For Pet Health Insurance Comparisons

When you compare different insurance plans for your pet, don’t forget to scour the web for promotions, special discounts or coupon codes. The competition in the health insurance sector is fierce, therefore companies usually give such discounts in order to attract more clients. There are also promotional offers for the second or for the third pet, so if you have more than one in your household, you may also consider that in your quest.

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One of my friends is a Russian Blue cats breeder. Her cattery, Cendre de Roses, is amazing, all cats are smart and sweet, and it’s a pleasure to watch them playing together. My little cat comes from this cattery, too.

My friend has several fresh new litters of Russian Blue kittens, both boys and girls, so in case anybody is interested, you can apply for a kitten on the cattery’s website, by clicking here.

Like all cat breeders, she’s very fond of her tiny kittens, so she’s giving them only to people carefully selected. First of all, she’s not allowing the kittens to be transported by plane, so those of you who want a kitten have to be located in Europe (we are in Romania). The second step is to have a short interview with my friend, during which she will decide if you are able to take care of a pet or not. I’m sure all my readers here have at least one pet, or in any case they are perfectly able to take care of one, so this shouldn’t be a problem at all.

Now, the best part: here are a few photos of the tiny Russian Blue kittens which are looking for some good parents:

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Taking cats are rather cartoon characters than real life pets. At least this is the first thought that comes to my mind when I hear the words. Nevertheless, I have to admit that I have a dialog with my cat, in which she knows how to tell me what she wants in a very suggestive manner. Like all talking cats, my cat has a fabulous body language and her voice is an efficient instrument of expressing her feelings.

Talking Cats or Meowing Humans?

When I think back to the days when I was trying to tame the beast, when I attempted the clicker training until she refused the treats and treated me with her back side, I feel like smiling. Why? Because two years later, instead of having a trained, talking cat, we ended up by her having a talking cat language master . Isn’t this funny? I know the meaning of so many meows of her, that I could write a dictionary (if only I knew how to spell cattish).

A city cat would have different sounds than a countryside cat. An indoor cat would meow like “please, open that door for me quicker!”, while a night cat would climb on the house roof and cry out loud in the night, like a rudimentary cat telegraph, transmitting messages over the hills.

There’s one common point of all taking cats: a cat in heat. Cats in heat would always have the same call for tomcats which can drive you crazy and sleepless. Of course, cat neutering has a heavy word in this conversation, as it may neutralize cat aggressive behavior especially in male cats.

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The newest edition of 1001 Cats blog carnival is finally here. We have great stories, photos and videos, so you’ll surely have a great time in our company.

Let’s see:

Joana presents Denali Got Burned – But Did She Learn? posted at Nanashi-Inc.net.

Nadine presents Cats are Destroyers or Pumuckl and the Toilet Paper posted at Chica & Pumuckl – The maybe funniest cats in world.

GrrlScientist presents Simon’s Cat, Part 2: ‘Let Me In!’ posted at Living the Scientific Life, saying, “A streaming video of a hungry cat who resorts to increasingly desperate measures to get indoors. If this doesn’t make you laugh, well, you need serious help.”

Ron King presents China Killing Cats For The Olympic Games posted at Cat Care, Breeds and Resources Blog.

Jonathan Calder presents Cat of the Day: Dorofei posted at Liberal England, saying, “The most powerful cat in Russia”

JT presents i drinked all teh milk – g2g sleep now posted at ~LUKLI~, saying, “i drinked all teh milk – g2g sleep now [is cleavage nsfw these days?]”

Chase presents One too many, again! posted at Wantabetravelin’s Weblog.

Jamie McIntosh presents Cats in the Garden posted at Suite101: Organic Gardens blog, saying, “Teach your cats which parts of the garden are off-limits, and enjoy their companionship outdoors.”

Christine Wilhelm presents Fritz’s diagnosis – Saddle Thrombus posted at The Cat / Dog Log.

Tom Thomas presents Help My Fat Cat Lose Weight!: The Surprising Cause Of Our Cat Obesity Epidemic posted at Help My Fat Cat Lose Weight!.

Tip Diva presents Tip Diva | Top Ten Tips – Getting A New Pet posted at Tip Diva, saying, “Tip Diva has had many animals over her lifetime, including fish, cats, dogs, gerbils and prairie dogs. Having a pet brings a lot of love and fun into your life, but also brings a lot of responsibility. Before buying or adopting a pet, there are many factors you should consider and steps you should take.”

That’s it. Thank you all for participating. If you want to get featured in the next edition, submit your blog article to 1001 Cats Blog Carnival using our carnival submission form.

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Hi everybody, our 1001 Cats Blog Carnival is up again. This edition brings us more useful advice, more funny stories, street cats, as well as celebrity cats.

Let’s see:

Christine Wilhelm presents Natural cat litter evaluation posted at The Cat / Dog Log.

Joana presents Intruder Alert! Activate the Denali Defense! posted at Nanashi-Inc.net.

Susan Daffron presents Tabbies Worship the Flame posted at Logical Expressions Blog.

Jennifer Wolkonowski presents Mischief Mine posted at The World of Jenotopia, saying, “My blog features stories about my naughty cat and dogs, as well as my adventures in raising chickens. Food and wine musings, recipes, and snippets about life in Tennessee are all threads in the world of Jenotopia.”

January Cat presents Karnak Street Kats: Toby the Housecat posted at Karnak Street Kats, saying, “Toby is the biggest cat I have ever known. This was not the only time he was mistaken for an ocelot.”

Silveral presents Celebrity Pets – And Their Owners. | Celebrity News, and Gossip posted at Celebrity News, and Gossip.

That concludes this edition. If you want to see your cute cat featured here, please submit your blog article to the next edition of 1001 cats using our carnival submission form.

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Caring for every member of the family: Sainsbury Pet Insurance

Pets do naughty things and very often they get injured. If your pet gets sick or suffers an accident, you shall take care of it, by going to the vet and providing all the help you are able to. It is normal, as your pet is part of your family. Such vet interventions can be very costly. Aren’t your worries enough? Why worry about money for the vet’s bills which can be huge sometimes? You can consider to get a pet insurance, like Sainsbury’s Pet Insurance.

Sainsbury pet insurance is underwritten by AXA Insurance UK, which makes it a certitude that you’ll get the money in the unlikely event of your pet injury.

I’ve looked around to see what’s available and I discovered that Sainsbury Pet Insurance comes with 10% discount if you make it online. Who doesn’t like discounts of all kinds? Please tell me then, why are the shops so crowded in several periods of year, usually after big holidays? Why wouldn’t this joy of savings apply also to pet insurance, or to insurance in general? Insurance is expensive, and many times you just pay the premiums and nothing happens, the event you are insured for doesn’t occur. Of course this should make you happy, but one probably cannot stop from thinking that insurance is a waste of money.

Sainsbury Pet Insurance Benefits

1. In case of pet illness or accident, the vet fees are covered up to the amount of £6,500
2. If you pay your premiums on time, you’ll get coverage for your pet’s treatment no matter how long it may take to get well
3. A Sainsbury pet insurance grants you help with the cost of getting back stolen pets or lost ones
4. Sainsbury pet insurance covers vet’s fees regardless your pet’s age
5. Free 12 months Petback Protect from missing Pets Bureau
6. £20 worth of Sainsbury’s vouchers

UK is not a very big country, but their inhabitants surely have a lot of pets. Many people live in houses, so they have at least one dog and one cat nearby, and probably some of them have two cats. UK is very expensive, and so are the services there, including the vet fees, therefore a Cat Health Problem Guide could be useful to save some money on the vet visits by learning how to care for them in the best possible way. So, the last thing in the world you want is to get sick or get one of your pets ill. Besides the sorrow and the mess, you’d have to take a lot of cash out of your pockets. It is normal in such circumstances that many UK residents get pet insurance.

This could be one of the best options of UK pet insurance: Sainsbury.

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