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Get cat tips and advice from the pet experts at eHow. Providing a healthy diet, selecting a veterinarian and training a kitten to use the litter box can seem overwhelming. Simplify life with your cat using eHow's step-by-step instructions. From breeding to caring for an elderly cat's health, keep your felines purring with How To articles from eHow. Take the mystery out of grooming, preventing fleas or buying a fancy cat collar. Looking for scratching posts or cat condos? eHow offers helpful hints on a wide range of cat-related subjects.

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How to Make Cat Toys with Pipe Cleaners

By eHow Pets Editor

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Cats love to play hunting and stalking games. You can buy expensive cat toys at your local pet store, or you can save time and money by making your own. Cat toys can be made quickly and easily from common pipe cleaners. These toys will not only ... more »

How to Make Your Cat Happy

By wytetyger059

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An essential to making your cat happy is loving him. Cats purr. Have they figured out how yet? There are all kinds of theories. When it was a kitten your cat purred when it was feeding. The experts say that helps the mom relax and let down her ... more »

How to make your own litterbox

By MapleAveSouth

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Do you have a big kitty? Big kitties have big needs in the litterbox area. Instead of getting frustrated by dirty, smelly litterboxes, make your own cheaper, and better than most commercially available. This type of litterbox is also useful ... more »

How to Manage if a Cat is Hit by a Car

By eHow Pets Editor

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If a cat has been hit by a car and injured, it's important to know how to get the cat to the vet with minimal struggle and without further injury. It will help to know how to assess the damage and get the cat to the vet as efficiently as possible... more »

How to Monitor a Diabetic Cat's Blood Glucose Levels

By purplejen1

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Cat's diagnosed with Feline diabetes in most cases require insulin. Home testing your cat for blood glucose levels will help you determine whether or not your cat needs it. Knowing the BG level is a powerful tool. This can avoid causing a hypo ... more »

How to My DOG / CAT got skunked ,REMOVE SKUNK SMELL / STINK / ODOR

By BigDaddyUSMC

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Your animal , kids or you got sprayed by a skunk. HORRIBLE ISN"T IT !!! Here are a few things you can do to get ride of that smell... more »

How to Name Your New Kitten

By miacarter

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Bringing home a little kitten or a new cat is an exciting experience, but what will you call your new furry friend? Naming a pet can be a difficult task and many pet owners aren't quite sure where to begin, particularly when there's other family ... more »

How to Own Pets when you have Allergies

By painthorse42

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Having an allergy to your pets does not mean you can't own them. There are a few simple steps you can take to decrease your allergies... more »

How to Pamper a Pet on a Small Budget

By Ryn Gargulinski

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You don’t need millions, or even hundreds, of dollars to treat your parakeet like a princess, your cat like a lordship or dog like a king. Some easy substitutions and a little creativity will insure you can pamper a pet with little money. The ... more »

How to Pet a Cat

By FaerieFyre

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If you love cats, then you should know how to pet them properly!.. more »

How to Photograph Your Cat

By psychonurse

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A cat is often an uncooperative subject, refusing to sit still or creeping inside an inaccessible, poorly lit spot... more »

How to Pick the Perfect Cat

By HardworkinJudy

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You’ve made up your mind. You’d like to bring home a cat to share your humble abode. Some of the wonderful things about cats are that they are low maintenance. You don’t have to walk them. You don’t even have to pay much attention to them if you ... more »

How to Place a Pet in the Right Home

By Melissa Maroff

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If you have a pet that you can no longer keep, rescued a pet from the streets or a shelter or run your own pet rescue—you don’t want to adopt the pet to just anyone. There are general criteria you can follow in order to ensure that the pet is ... more »

How to Properly Play with Your Kitten

By clowder

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Years ago I had a cat that attacked my hand whenever I tried to pet her. I found these tips at the vets and they are a great way to train your kitten to become a gentle cat... more »

How to Protect from Cat Claws

By Gardengates

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Cat claws can reek havoc with furniture and delicate skin. Keeping your cat's nails carefully cared for not only benefits your house and your safety, but can keep your feline healthier, too. Here are some suggestions on how to deal with those ... more »

How to Put Eye Drops In Your Dogs Eyes

By TxLady

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Did your vet give your furry friend eye drops? This is simple instructions on how to administer the eye drops into the dogs eyes... more »

How to Raise a Kitten to Be a Happy Cat

By Sondrac

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We are, as we are taught. We become what we have seen. We treat others as we have been treated. Our environment shapes our lives and the care and love we get,we imitate and give back to others. Kittens thrive and grow in pretty much the same way. ... more »

How to Really Get the Pick of the Litter

By QuackJack

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Picking a pet, from first eye sight, can be like picking your spouse for life from a photo album. There's possibly a better way... more »

How to recognize signs of stress in a cat

By Kate J

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Cats can't be vocal like humans about the stresses in their lives, but they sure do show signs. Here are some signs to recognize stress in a cat's behavior... more »

How to Recognize the Symptoms of Canine Parvovirus ("Parvo")

By Cougar1002

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Being new dog and now puppy owners, my husband and I were very surprised at the number of dog parvo cases we saw when we took our pregnant dog to an emergency vet clinic recently. This is a very serious virus, but there are a number of dog ... more »

How to Recover From the Death of a Pet

By AnneV

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It’s sometimes hard to admit in the face of global tragedy, but the death of a pet is quite an upsetting experience. Friends may not understand or be sympathetic to your loss until they go through it themselves. However, don’t forget that you ... more »

How to Register a Purebred Puppy

By eHow Pets Editor

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Purebred dogs in the U.S. are registered with the American Kennel Club if the parents are registered with that organization. A purebred puppy that bears all the characteristics of the breed can also be registered through the American Purebred ... more »

How to Remove A Urine Odor From A Mattress

By MarlaineMarie

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You have a great mattress and we all know how expensive a really decent mattress can be. For whatever reason, someone or something urinated on the mattress. You grab a can of carpet cleaner or spritz odor remover, or even a bucket of ... more »

How to remove cat hair from furniture and curtains

By Bfastattiffanys

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If you are a cat person and your feline friend has full reign of the house you probably have cat hair clinging to every nook and cranny. A couple of the most troublesome spots can be cushioned furniture and curtains where the hair can cling ... more »

How to Remove Cat Pee from Carpet and Prevention.

By beyond

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Ever sit at work or school and smell something and realize it's cat pee? Like on your shirt or bookbag? I haven't. But for those of you who have, here are some ways to remedy that... more »