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Contrary to popular belief, indoor cats can get just as much exercise and mental stimulation as outdoor cats. It simply becomes our job as their caretakers to give them the opportunities they need. There are many different ways to engage your cat's mind and help her get her exercise.

Many cats will entertain themselves when provided with the appropriate toys. Toys that hang from doorknobs and swing when batted or faux-mice, small balls, or puzzles where your cat must reach through something to bat at the toy are all good self-entertainment.

If you'd like to join your kitty in playing, you can try throwing small balls, playing with many forms of toys meant for people to bounce at the end of a pole or string, or try using a laser pointer. Cats often love to chase the light from a laser all over the floor; just be sure you have plenty of batteries on hand, and don't point the light in their eyes as it can cause damage. Any of these ideas will help increase the bond between you and your cat.

To work their minds, you can try tucking their food behind a bowl, paper bag, or other object, making them use all their senses to locate dinner just as they would in nature. This gives your cat something to work at, and provides a sense of accomplishment when they "hunt" their meal! If you don't want to do that with their main meal, you can always hide cat treats in corners, under pillows, and other unusual places so your cat can hunt her snacks.

If your cat is overweight or out of shape, try some of these tricks and feel free to ask us about a more optimal food for her. We want to help you have a happy, healthy kitty!

As we learn more and more about our furred friends, we're trying more and more ways of keeping them healthy and happy. One of these ways is holistic care. Holistic care refers to seeing your pet and his symptoms as an entire organism, a whole being, rather than "just" an upset stomach or "only" hairballs. Holistic care has been used in some cultures for thousands of years.

While allopathic medicine -- the type we're all familiar with -- treats each symptom, holistic medicine sees those symptoms as a guidepost to an underlying problem and treats that, instead. Allopathic and holistic medicine work best when used in tandem. Holistic health care can include:

• Acupuncture
• Nutritional therapy
• Homeopathy and nodoses
• Massage
• Chiropractic care
• Herbal medicine

It is important to find a holistic vet versed in both holistic care and allopathic medicine. The Pet People staff will be happy to help you find a holistic vet in the area, should you desire it.

• 1 year-old cat=16year-old human.
• 2 year-old cat=21year-old human.
• 10 year-old cat=53year-old human.
• 12 year-old cat=61year-old human.
• 15 year_old cat=73year-old human.

• Their absolute need to lay down on whatever reading material you have in front of you.
• When they stare intensely at a spot where there is nothing you can see, keeping a sentry for long periods, leaving you completely convinced there are ghosts in the house.
• When they are desperate for food, and you are going to feed them---the way they need to walk very slowly just in front of you, to make sure you don't change your mind, making you trip every time.
• The way they will eat random substances that are bad for them, like rubber bands or tinsel, but will fight to the death not to take helpful medication.
• Their need to show you how disgusting the off-brand food you gave them is by pretending it's something in their litter box and repeatedly pantomiming that they are burying it.
• Their magnetic attraction to anyone who doesn't like cats, shown by affection to them that is truly over the top, when you some days barely get a second glance.
• Their insistence on having a shorter lifespan than your own, leaving you one day to miss them forever.