Catiators Ocicats

10/08/2023

https://fb.watch/nxYp4qmcdz/?mibextid=NOb6eG

08/05/2022

08/05/2022

The Oriental was accepted in 1977 and ranks today as CFA's 12th most popular breed.

🙌 Share with a cat loving friend if you support and love this breed.

Looking to find an Oriental?
https://find-a-breeder.cfa.org/single-category/oriental/

02/27/2022

Check your pet's incision site daily after their spay/neuter surgery! To prevent your pet from further damaging the surgical site, an e-collar or a comparable alternative can be worn. It's recommended that you keep the e-collar during the entire healing process.

02/02/2022

February is for the cats!

Take a meow-ment to observe National Cat Health Month! Utilize this month to give your cat's health a little extra attention so they can live their best life! 🐈

01/18/2022

Cats need mental stimulation just like dogs do! Provide your feline friend some toys and scratching posts to prevent boredom from letting them scratch things you wouldn't want them ruining.

11/05/2021

One of our kitten people sent us this picture of 15 year old Salem. He's doing well! He's a tawny classic tabby. Isn't he handsome!

09/30/2021

Our feline friends deserve to be loved, cherished and well-cared for! And while that’s true all year round, September’s Happy Cat Month gives you an opportunity to pay special attention to your cat! 🐈

09/17/2021

Good news in the fight against a terrible feline disease - Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP). There is a cure. https://www.cliniciansbrief.com/article/feline-infectious-peritonitis-0?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=CB&utm_campaign=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0CdDgeltsJTycc7VdyN9xNwtJTUu9Y3kodtPSYZatKIOPl1jVVlzlEUyo

FIP is a complex disease with a high mortality rate. Learn how to manage feline infectious peritonitis cases and why this disease may no longer be fatal in the future.

07/21/2021

01/07/2021

Nice to see Readers Digest mention our rare breed!

Get ready to swoon over these unique and adorable cats you’ll want to add to your family.

12/24/2020

09/06/2020

So, I recently received an email whose sole content was "prices".

Kittens

From ######XXon 2020-09-06 13:18

Prices

For the record, this is a very offensive way to make an inquiry. I have to wonder if anyone else answers them, because I generally don't. If this is your only concern, then you are not the home for any of my cats or kittens.

I realize the world has become very market-centric. We buy many things online, and price is often the only criteria. But a kitten is a 20 year purchase, and it needs to be an ideal fit into your home and lifestyle. The predictability of temperament and type is the reason for acquiring a pedigreed animal. But an Ocicat isn't a fit for every household, and my homes are carefully chosen.

The price is a very minor part of the cost of ownership of a pet. Any treatment the pet requires for accidents (i.e., broken leg), upper respiratory infection (i.e., ear infection), foreign body (swallowed a sock), or really most anything requiring blood work and treatment will be more than the purchase price of your pet. If price is a concern, then you likely can't afford veterinary care and you are not a good pet home.

Ocicats are fabulous pets. But if you want one, you might want to consider treating the person who spends all their time and money on preserving them with a little respect. "prices" is not the way.

07/11/2020

Happy Kitten Day! Ocicats are the best kittens ever.

06/16/2020

http://wshe.es/ucFnlokv Vote for Boomer! Evangers does make great food and I'd love to win. :)

Enter for a chance to win an Evanger’s Cat Food Shopping Spree

05/24/2020

City the Kitty is against the animal cruelty declawing. The non-profit has a lot of cool stuff, and it supports a great cause.

I still have boxes and boxes of books available and lots of t-shirts, totes, and hats! 😺
My book is filled with funny and unique photos and is great for kids and adults!
Everything is on sale and we lowered the price of 3 books to just $15.99 which is below the cost we had to pay for them. www.citythekitty.org/shop

The proceeds from the sale of my totes, shirts, and book help keep our nonprofit going and help fund our educational declawing advertising campaigns.

05/19/2020

This is a great idea to minimize cat allergies.

$11.99

04/17/2020

If you have tried to reach me lately via my catiators (at) ocicat.com email, and haven't heard from me, I apologize. I have had computer issues, and my ocicat.com email doesn't play nicely with my phone. If you are still seeking information about Ocicats, please contact me through catiators (at) gmail.com. Thanks!

03/10/2020

It's so sad that we have to work so hard to end this cat cruelty.
Please help us get this post out to more people and make a short comment on it.
Also, please take 60 sec. and sign our petition to National Veterinary Associates. https://www.change.org/p/nva-national-veterinary-associates-nva-please-stop-declawing-in-your-vet-practices
We reached out to National Veterinary Associates a couple weeks ago to ask them what their declawing policy is. They have 700 vet practices.
We haven't heard back from them.
So...we had to do some research on our own to see how NVA practices address declawing.
There are some NVA practices that don't declaw cats but unfortunately it appears that the majority of them perform this mutilating and inhumane amputation procedure.
Here's an example...when a cat owner calls this NVA practice, North Florida Animal Hospital in Tallahassee, to ask for the price of a declaw/spay, they say it's $1100 for a 2 paw declaw/spay and $1550 for a 4 paw/spay.
(This animal hospital has this saying on their website,"Every cat deserves tolive a long and healthy life."
When asked if they have a vet who is skilled at declaws, they said all 10 of their vet$ perform declaw$. They said that they just did one on Friday.
One of their surgery techs said that they give a nerve block so the cats don't feel it after they do the amputations. They said that most cats don't like the bandages that they put on after the declaws.
When asked if a declaw is ok for a cat long term, they said yes.
When asked if the cats have any issues from their declaws they said that the owners are happy with them.
This North Florida Animal Hospital is also an American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) and American Association of Feline Practitioners GOLD Cat Friendly Practice. Both of these organizations are opposed to declawing but allow their clinics to do this mutilating procedure on cats.
Please help us end this cat cruelty by signing our petitions and supporting our nonprofit work. www.citythekitty.org
Always take the high road and educate.

Do you work at or take your pets on an NVA clinic. If so, we'd love to hear from you. We will protect your identity and keep your information anonymous. [email protected]

02/28/2020

Lavender silvers. Blep!

02/28/2020

If this stuff works, it's quite a concept! https://www.purina.com/pro-plan/cats/liveclear-cat-allergen-reducing-food

12/10/2019

I'm saddened by the mammary cancer diagnosis for https://www.facebook.com/RacyMooner/, one of Facebook's notorious Abyssinians. But, her owner and breeder made a very poignant comment about the life of a cat breed preservationist. While I would modify this to say Ocicat, I thank you, Lisa-Maria Padilla, for your sentiments and wanted to share it here. "The Abyssinian breed is historic, handsome, and most importantly, loving and delightful. These cats are balm for the soul. The only way this breed will survive--like every other breed of pedigreed cat--is if there are people willing to care enough, work hard enough, and stick around long enough while surviving the challenges, tragedies, joys, and yes one's own second-guesses--to continue breeding."

Racy Mooner is an Abyssinian cat. She is not very smart, but she tries to do the right thing.

11/29/2019

Wouldn't you like an American Shorthair?

10/21/2019

My sincere thanks to Laurie Patton for showing Copter to this fabulous win! He's TICA's Best Ocicat!

10/17/2019

Looking for a cute little Cornish Rex? This one is even tabby (unusual in Cornish) and white. :)

09/13/2019

Amy always has great suggestions!

Learn about pet smell and why it's hard to clean pet potty accidents. Read about 6 pet smell eliminators and how to neutralized pet smells and stains.

07/11/2019

It's National Kitten Day! Can't miss that! ;)

05/18/2019

Indeed!

Ocicat - these sociable cats love to hang out with and chat up their humans; but their brain comes with a caveat that could be amusing for some, vexing for others.