Q. Do you recommend that cat owners should allow their female cats to have one litter before having them spayed? 

Q. Since I have been in Cats' Aid, I have been astonished and dismayed at the number of people who contact us in distress after losing a much loved cat who was left in someone else's care while the owners were on holiday. I feel cats get lonely and upset when their owners are away and are therefore more vulnerable. Unless the cats are to be cared for by somebody who is well known to the cats and who is willing to spend some time with them, surely it is better to consider boarding them. I know a lot of people think that this is cruel, but from the reaction of my own cats I know that this is not so. In general, how do you feel cats take to a spell of boarding? Do they get upset of do they adapt quite well?

Q. Earmites seem to be present in almost all cats. How serious a problem are they and how can the mites be dealt with?

Q. Kidney problems seem to be very common in older cats. I feel that such cats are often taken to a vet for euthanasia far too soon. At what stage in this illness would you feel that it is advisable to euthanase the cat?

Q. People moving to accommodation where cats are not allowed are sometimes persuaded to get older cats put down rather than find new homes for them. Do older cats settle in satisfactorily?