Well, it was a nice time outside and if it […]We have some wonderful furiends at Zoolatry who create beautiful monthly tributes to those who have crossed the Rainbow Bridge. And as the value of the Turkish lira drops, the cost of medicine and food has increased, which makes their cat-relief work even harder.The first felines arrived in Istanbul on merchant ships from Egypt during the Ottoman Empire. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. They’re also one of the city’s biggest attractions. We sure do miss them! Cats have traditionally had to deal with parasites like hookworms or roundworms as a byproduct of devouring rodents, though it’s likely that most cats who aren’t on a diet of rat meat don’t have any parasites to treat. Some of us love snacking on grass, some of us could care less and even 16-year old Jasmine has her morning grass munch every day and she’s been following that ritual ever since she was a kitten. Now the humans of Istanbul are returning the favor by helping the stray cats.A presentation last week at the International Society for Applied Ethology annual meeting in Bergen, Norway offered evidence on why cats eat grass and say it’s what we do when we want to fix an upset stomach.Researchers at the University of California, Davis conducted a survey of 1021 cat owners who spent at least three hours a day observing their pet’s activities and found that of the 71 percent of cats caught chomping on grass, about a quarter wound up vomiting afterward—but roughly 91 percent of respondents reported that their cats did not appear to be ill before dining out on roughage.So if they weren’t self-medicating a sick stomach, what happened?
You are always welcome to meow your […]Hello Furiends,Well, the heat finally hit our neck of the woods. Still, the instinct to chew grass remains.The Tribe of Five says this just might be a bunch of hooey! Toasted_Elvis. The good folks in Minneapolis came up with a doozy. There are three big shelters in the city, which Sable and Çelebi said don’t have the best reputation for care. There is “something intrinsically personal” about the exchange, he says.A post shared by Bodega Cats (@bodegacatsofinstagram) on “When we walk into our corner store we don’t just go to a store, we go to our corner store. The Bodega entrepreneurs’ choice of logo, a cat’s face, was perceived to be just as inappropriate as their chosen name.“When we first came up with the idea to call the company Bodega we recognised that there was a risk of it being interpreted as misappropriation. 11.6m Followers, 6 Following, 14.4k Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Cats of Instagram (@cats_of_instagram) But it’s clear that we may not have been asking the right questions of the right people.“Despite our best intentions and our admiration for traditional bodegas, we clearly hit a nerve this morning, we apologise. Stray cats usually take the best seats at cafes and restaurants in Istanbul without anyone even bothering moving them. Our Female Human had a great time, helping to build floats and hanging out with her relatives at the lake. From “Bodega Cats of Instagram” By day, their job is to greet people and pose in funny, whimsical ways for pictures that wind up on @bodegacats Instagram page .. By night, things get a little more intense, with bodega cats expected to walk the perimeters of their stores and keep invading vermin at bay. So we were left behind […] They did say that it’s evolutionary behavior and, that grass consumption increases muscle activity in the digestive tract, which could force out unwanted contents. The researchers presented them in Lisbon, Portugal.Meowza, this would be a great thing if you can stop human sniffling by just changing our food!By day, their job is to greet people and pose in funny, whimsical ways for pictures that wind up on Sometimes you humans come up with really great ideas.