Author Archive: Dusty Rainbolt
Dusty Rainbolt is AdoptAShelter's vice president of media and
communications. She also serves as vice president of the Cat Writer's
Association. With 25 years of animal rescue under her collar, Dusty has
rescued or fostered over 1000 cats. She's author of Kittens for Dummies
and Cat Wrangling Made Easy.
Diseases that Cause Aggression
Help me, Einstein, My people are mad at me. Sometimes I just feel sick and don’t want to be touched. When the little girl hangs onto me or pets me, I’ve been known to give her a warning nip. Then someone screams at me or hits me. I just want to stop the hurting. When [...]
Cat Carrier
Dear Einstein, My mom’s stalking me with the evil carrier again. As soon as I saw it, I turned into David Copperfield and disappeared. Don’t tell her I’m hiding inside the turkey roaster under the kitchen sink. I’ve seen this horror movie before. She wants to shove me in that little box, where I’m going [...]
Peggy Atkerson
Got Rats? We Have Cats! Animal control promised that Sven was a Swedish sweetheart, but in his cage at the adoption center, the charcoal and white tuxedo shrieked like a cat possessed. Volunteers stood back and watched Sven cautiously as a volunteer applied pressure to the deep scratch on her hand. Sven obviously wasn’t housecat [...]
MethuseLeah
I was getting out of my car one Saturday evening last month when I noticed Connor, the teenager next door, along with one of his buddies hanging out by my fence. On the ground next to him stood a calico cat, a cat that didn’t belong to his family. Even though Connor has been nothing [...]
Ask Einstein: Senior Cats
Dearest Einstein, Ouch, ow, oooch. I’m a sixteen-year-old cat and I don’t get around very well anymore. Now—ouch—it hurts every time I take a step. Owww. It even hurts to write this letter. I cry, but my human doesn’t understand what I’m saying. He thinks I’m just going senile. Can you tell him I’m asking [...]
Dr. Kimberly K. Weiss, DVM, CPT RES USAR USARC
FOUNDER OFHEARTLAND HEALING HANDS AVIAN SANCTUARY Plato mused, “Man is the plumeless genus of bipeds, birds are the plumed.” The National Geographic Bird Watchers Bible adds, “Of all the animals in nature, birds are at once the most elusive and the most visible. With todays’ species now numbering around 10,000, they coexist with us in [...]
Ask Einstein: Jabba the Cat
Dear Einstein, I can’t believe it. My life has taken such a terrible turn. My human took me to the veterinarian for routine shots. It was bad enough getting stuck with sharp objects and having a close encounter with a rectal thermometer, but then the vet started insulting my waistline. (What’s wrong with it? I’ve [...]
RPAL
RPAL, Helping the Animal Welfare Community Feed Companion Animals since 2010 Feeding and caring for homeless pets is an expensive endeavor for any animal shelter or rescue group. After paying the veterinarian bills, pet food comes in as one of the most costly aspects of rescue. Many groups that house cats and dogs in private [...]
Have a Little Heart(worm)
Hey Einstein, I love everyone, even the Stupid Chinese Crested I live with. But I think I’m noticing some discrimination in my house. Howard, the dog, gets this medicine to keep him from getting heartworms. I don’t. Does that mean that cats have a better design and don’t need it, or that I’m not as [...]
Moo Kitty Finds a Home (Book Review)
I loathe children’s books. And when I was approached to review the 72-page laminated hardcover, Moo Kitty Finds a Home (Squidgy Press, 2011), I actually groaned and rolled my eyes in the publisher’s face. “Just read it,” she begged. Okay. It’s a kid’s book; it’ll take five minutes, then I can hate it and throw [...]
