Indoor Cat Initiative

Frontiers | Interstitial cystitis—an imbalance of risk and protective factors?

08/29/2024

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...

Now we know how tabby cats get their stripes

04/14/2022

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.