It’s spring!

Hi everyone!  It’s me, Iago.  Since it doesn’t look like Akasha’s going to post much, I thought I’d jump in.

Man, I can’t believe it’s spring! I wish the weather would cooperate more so I could go sit out on the porch. Hasn’t this been an awful winter, though?

The worst thing about winter is how dry it gets. It makes me very itchy, and I get little flakes of dry skin and spend too much time bathing. A lot of cats probably have this problem. There’s a few things you can do that help us feel better and look better, if you want!

- Get a humidifier. Really, it’s good for your skin too. You can just put it up in the room you sleep in, and if your cat-friend sleeps with you too, we’ll both benefit!

- Make sure we have good quality food. It should have lots of meat, and some foods even have extra Omega fatty acids that help our skin and coat look nice. Canned food is good too since it gives us extra water and will keep us from getting dehydrated.

- Make sure our water is fresh. We really don’t like to drink water very much, so if it has bits of food or hair or dirt in it we REALLY don’t like to drink it. Eww!

- Moisturizing wet wipes. You can get these from a store, but you have to make sure they’re for cats. Cats and humans have very different skin types. Anyway, they help our coats look all shiny and healthy, and they get rid of the flakes of dry skin.  And they feel kind of nice, too, even if they make me smell funny.  That’s okay, I can live with that if I’m not as itchy.

- Pet us a lot! The oils from human skin help our fur look nice and shiny!  Actually, I don’t know if that’s true or not, I just want more head skritches.  So I’ll go ahead and put it on the list.

Tadah!  Wow, this was easy. I wonder why Akasha doesn’t post more often? Maybe I’ll go ask her.  If she’s not going to use this blog-thingy, maybe I could have it.  “Ask Iago” sounds pretty good, doesn’t it?

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