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RSPCA Flea Markets: This Saturday.

18 August 2009

After the last one was cancelled due to bad weather, RSPCA NSW are attempting to hold their Flea Markets again. It costs nothing to go and have a wander through the stalls – yay for cheap entertainment! RSPCA NSW is holding a fundraising Flea Market jam-packed with stalls, entertainment, pet microchipping and of course – [...]

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August is National Desexing Month

15 August 2009
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Did you know that August is National Desexing Month? There are many benefits of making sure your pet is desexed, including: Health – Reduced risk of getting cancer or other diseases of the reproductive organs. – Pets generally live longer and healthier lives. Behavioural – Pets are less prone to wander, fight, and are less [...]

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Reminder: RSPCA Cupcake Day 2009!

14 August 2009
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This Monday the 17th of August is Cupcake Day for the RSPCA. You can register online here, and vote for the current entries for ‘Most Creative Cupcake’ and ‘Extreme Cupcake Eating’ here. There is some serious cupcake decorating talent out there… I’ve also been informed that New Zealanders can also take part in their own [...]

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Happy International Cat Day!

8 August 2009
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Did you know today is International Cat Day? (Also known as World Cat Day). I don’t even know what it means, but Wikipedia says it’s true, and I’m not one to argue with Wikipedia. I can’t find any explanation of why there is an International Cat Day or what you’re meant to do on the [...]

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Cat Protection Society Feline Health Seminar #3.

4 August 2009
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Another Sunday, another Cat Protection Society Feline Health Seminar. I’ve been looking forward to these seminars – not only for the interesting topics, but to play with the kitties before and after the seminar as well. The topic was ‘Happy and safe inside: creating an enriched environment for the indoor cat’. Mr. J accompanied me [...]

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Could your cat be New Zealand’s Next Top Cat Model?

17 July 2009

This one is for our New Zealand readers… Happy as Larry is giving your cat the opportunity to become New Zealand’s Next Top Cat Model – as well as helping the SPCA and the Lonely Miaow. There are some great prizes on offer. All you have to do enter is donate a minimum of $10 [...]

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Cat Protection Society Feline Health Seminar #2.

15 July 2009
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On Sunday I went along to the Cat Protection Society for the second of their Feline Health Seminars. The topic was “Feline nutrition: maintaining healthy weight, teeth & coat” which was run by their local Hill’s Pet Nutrition representative. I learned heaps and want to cover it in more detail on savvycat, but will look [...]

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a savvycat survey

13 July 2009

savvycat seems to be a popular little blog. Well, way more popular than I would have thought after 4 months. I’m interested in getting to know you all a little better… via an anonymous survey. I timed Mr. J and the survey took him a whole 32 seconds. If you have that to spare, I’d [...]

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Photos from the Cat Protection Society.

29 June 2009

Some more photos of the cats available at the Cat Protection Society of NSW. If you can’t see the above in your feed reader, click here to view on the page. savvycat x //

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Cat Protection Society Feline Health Seminars.

28 June 2009

Today I went to the first of five feline health seminars that the Cat Protection Society (based in Newtown, Sydney) are holding between now and the 30th of August 2009. They are free and open to the public – but you do have to book your spot in advance, as there is limited capacity. The [...]

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