Many thanks to everyone who sent us cat questions! We picked nine common concerns and discussed them with Carole Wilbourn, who has been a cat therapist since the 1970s, when she cofounded New York City’s first hospital exclusively devoted to cats. The author of Cat Talk and several other books, Wilbourn makes house calls from coast to coast and does phone consultations internationally. She also writes a monthly column for Cat Fancy and lectures throughout North America.

Click to read Wilbourn’s insights.