Dr Sarah Caney BVSc PhD DSAM(Feline) MRCVS and CEO of Cat Professional Ltd.  Author of 'Caring for a cat with kidney failure' and 'Caring for a cat with hyperthyroidism'

Dr Caney trained as a feline specialist at the University of Bristol and has worked as a feline only vet since 1994. She is internationally recognised as one of only eight veterinary specialists in feline medicine working in the UK. As a clinician she sees a mixture of first opinion and referral  patients.

Furthermore, she has published widely in prestigious international journals and has been an invited speaker to many national and international conferences for veterinary surgeons and nurses/technicians. In 2004 she co-authored the ‘Self-Assessment Colour Review of Feline Medicine’ with Dr Andy Sparkes which is a textbook for the veterinary professional.

Alongside her clinical work and publishing, Dr Caney has worked for many years with the UK cat charity, the Feline Advisory Bureau (FAB). Her work with FAB includes chairing their feline expert panel which lobbies organisations for better cat care.

Currently Dr Caney lives in Scotland and has a very handsome, elderly tabby cat called Hobi.

Other contributors to Cat Professional:

Natasha Mitchell MVB CertVOphthal MRCVS. Author of ' Caring for a blind cat '.  

Natasha grew up in Co. Tipperary, Ireland and graduated from University College Dublin in 1998 with a degree in Veterinary Medicine. Upon graduating she spent one year working in a mixed practice in the UK, followed by three years working and travelling in Australia. It was during this time that she developed an interest in ophthalmology and returned to the UK to study for a Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Certificate in Veterinary Ophthalmology which she obtained in 2004.   Having completed her certificate, Natasha worked in referral ophthalmology in Hampshire UK for 18 months followed by the Eye Veterinary Clinic in Herefordshire UK. More recently she has returned to her homeland and is working as an ophthalmologist in Limerick, Ireland (www.eyevet.ie). Natasha has lectured to veterinarians and veterinary students in the UK and Ireland and published widely in both UK and Irish veterinary journals and in cat charity bulletins.

Professor Danièlle Gunn-Moore BSc BVM&S PhD FHEA MACVSc MRCVS RCVS Specialist in Feline Medicine. Co-author of ‘Caring for a cat with lower urinary tract disease’  with Dr Sarah Caney.

Danièlle is currently one of only three professors of feline internal medicine globally and she graduated from the Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh with Distinction in 1991. The following year she joined The Feline Centre at the University of Bristol where she trained as a specialist in feline medicine and completed her PhD on feline infectious peritonitis. Since 2000 she has been based back at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies  where she founded the Feline Clinic and is Professor of Feline Medicine and Head of Companion Animal Sciences. As an internationally recognised expert in her area Danielle lectures extensively and her work has been published widely. She is on the Executive Committee of the European Society of Feline Medicine and is Associate Editor of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.

At home she has a husband and two beautiful cats; a 10 year old Bengal girl called Teaninich and 5 year old Maine Coon boy called Mortlach (both named after Scottish single malt whiskies). Danièlle is pictured (right) with Mortlach.

The picture is included with the kind permission of the University of Edinburgh.

Dr Andy Sparkes BVetMed PhD DipECVIM-CA MRCVS. Author of the information leaflet ‘Giving subcutaneous fluids to cats – an owners guide’ which is featured on the Publications page of this website.

Dr Sparkes is also a specialist in feline medicine and has worked as a feline-only vet since 1987.  He trained as a specialist at the University of Bristol, England and is internationally recognised as one of only eight specialists in feline medicine working in the UK. As a clinician Dr Sparkes sees purely referral patients and he is currently head of the Feline Unit at the Animal Health Trust. Furthermore he has worked for many years with the UK cat charity, the Feline Advisory Bureau, (FAB) and is the current Chairman of this charity.

Due to his expertise, he has published widely for veterinarians in international journals and in 2004 co-authored  ‘Self-Assessment Colour Review of Feline Medicine’ with Dr Sarah Caney. Dr Sparkes has been an invited speaker to many national and international conferences for veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses/technicians. Dr Sparkes is the co-editor-in-chief and founding editor of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.