Kitty Bytes - October 2012
Welcome to the October 2012 edition of our latest site news for TheCatSite.com! Today, October 16th is National Feral Cat Day, and we're celebrating these wonderful, and often misunderstood, cats in this edition of Kitty Bytes.
New on the Site
Ten important facts about Feral Cats - share these with your friends!
Even if you're not actively involved in rescue efforts or feral cat management, you can still help by educating people around you about feral cats, and promoting awareness of their needs.
Click to read: National Feral Cat Day - October 2012
What do you know about the leading solution for feral cat management?
TNR stands for "Trap-Neuter-Release", the only viable humane way to help feral cats and prevent them from becoming a pest in the eyes of human neighbors. Join us in an introduction to TNR operations and information about how you can get one going in your area.
Click to read: Cat The ABC of TNR
Did you know Siamese kittens are born white all over?
This month we review one of the most popular cat breeds ever: the Siamese. With its exotic history, its current breed development, as well as its everlasting good looks and unique personality, it's long been a favorite of cat lovers around the world
Click to read: Siamese Cats
What to do if you suspect your cat came in contact with a rabid animal?
The answer to this, along with a thorough review of rabies, the single most deadly zoonotic disease out there, in this new article.
Click to read: Cat Behavior and Cat Health Topics
Did you know they actually managed to save people who contracted Rabies?
Recent news about Rabies, with a special angle about cats, in a special blog entry we had for World Rabies Day.
Click to read: World Rabies Day - The Feline Perspective
Meet a blogger and her cats -
We have a very special pet blog this month as our TCS Blog of the Month: Pawesome. I'm sure you'll enjoy the stories behind the scenes, brought forward in our interview with blogger Sonia Zjawinski.
Click to read: October Blog of the Month - Pawesome!
Our friends over at JW Pet sent us more cat toys to review, and this time it was our moderator Natalie, aka White Cat Lover who rose to the challenge and recruited her clan of nine cats to test the Magneticat and the Fish Ball.
Click to read: Product Review: Cat Toys by JW Pet
Contests and Purrizes!
You're just in time to participate in two contests this month!
Writing Contest - Share Your Feral Cats Stories
October 16th is National Feral Day, and in honor of that, we're having a Feral Cats themed writing contest this month. Do you care for a colony of feral cats? Have you ever tamed a feral cat or maybe taken part in a TNR operation? Now's the time to share that in a well-written story and submit to this contest.
Click here for the contest rules or to read current submissions
Last submission date: Midnight of Friday, October 19th 2012.
Halloween Kitties - Submit Your Picture!
We're looking for Halloween-themed cat pictures this month, so browse through your albums and folders, or grab your camera and snap us a scary photo of your cat in a Halloween setting. Costumes are encouraged, or anything "Halloween" in nature.
Visit the contest thread for the rules, to view current submissions or submit your own photo. Submissions accepted through Sunday, October 21st.
Congratulations!
Congratulations are in order to our member DaisytheCat, who submitted the winning picture for last month's photo contest. The theme for September was Cat Grooming and DaisytheCat won a prize package provided by JW Pet with this picture:
And some more pictures from the same contest:
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Forum Highlights
Join the conversation on any of those - just lurking is fine too ;)
Just for fun - Decorate a pumpkin!
So the shelter said he was Maine coon but
Grain Free bad for male cats?
Please HELP! My kitten has a strange skin problem.
Interferon For FIP: What's the Success Rate??
Cat obsessed with stealing people food
Female cat using her paws to eat and drink...why?
Neighbor dumping her feral kitty
I hope you enjoyed this edition of Kitty Bytes!
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