Indoor Cat Initiative

I love this picture of my cat and wanted to share. Have a great week, everyone.

I started the Indoor Cat Iniative to help people enrich the lives of their cats in about 2000 because of what we had learned about cats with chronic lower urinary tract problems. We’ve learned a lot in the interim, and recently published a review about the condition in people, cats, and research animals. The article is freely available here:

Frontiers | Interstitial cystitis—an imbalance of risk and protective factors? Interstitial cystitis (IC) presents as a chronic pain condition with variable combinations of symptoms depending on the species and individual patient. It is...

New research helps owners understand their cats! (Or maybe you knew this before the research came out ;)

Cats aren’t jerks. They’re just misunderstood. According to feline researchers, cats often get maligned as aloof and even spiteful, when many of them are quite social and eager to interact.

Tabby owners: Joanna Klein writes for National Geographic and shares a study reported in Nature Communications: scientists are unlocking the secrets of how the characteristic stripes form in the world's most popular cat:

Now we know how tabby cats get their stripes A close look at feline embryos reveals the surprising start to this distinctive pattern on domestic cats.

Cat Friendly Homes: Form and Function How to meet your cat’s needs without sacrificing style? Join Experts in plants, pet furniture, and cat behavior in this one-of-a-kind panel!

Nice Interactive play graphic from Dr. Delgado! 😺

The Winn Foundation has a new name: https://everycat.org/! 😺

Home - EveryCat Health Foundation EveryCat Health Foundation awards grants for groundbreaking research that benefit every cat, every day. From disease prevention and veterinary treatment to healthy home habits, we advance the science of better medicine for cats.

Happy New Year! Here's a New Years resolution for your cat from Dr. Delgado! 😻

New Year's Resolution: Weigh your cat! - Weighing your cat regularly is one of the best ways to monitor their health -- and it's easy! How to do it and why!!

New blog post by Dr. Delgado! 😻

- a blog by Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado a blog by Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado

Today!

Happy National cat Day - Year?!? 😺

National Cat Day is more like National Cat Year: Americans splurging on pets With Americans spending more time at home, there's plenty of time to celebrate National Cat Day -- not that their cats can be bothered to care.