As a cat guardian, one of your jobs is to figure out what’s best for your cat. This means making tough decisions that have the potential to be life-changing for your fur-friend. A classic is example is the indoor vs outdoor argument, and which is the best way of life for your cat. On the one hand keeping a cat indoors has the potential to limit natural …
Why Do People Steal Cats? How to Prevent Pet Theft
In today’s world, pet theft is a sad reality and opportunistic people steal cats and dogs from their own homes. The American Humane Association estimates that more than 10 million cats and dogs go missing every year. It's difficult to know though, exactly how many pets are stolen, versus being lost or missing. If you're a cat parent with an outdoor cat who has a tendency to …
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Valentine’s Day Safety Tips for Cats
Spread the love on February 14 and enjoy your romantic celebrations, but take extra care to keep dangerous items out of your cat's reach. We discuss Valentine's Day safety for cats, and how to avoid potential dangers for your cat. Lilies are potentially fatal to cats If you want to enjoy many more years with your cat, know that lilies have no place in a cat …
7 Reasons Pets are Good for Your Mental Health
Do you believe in purr-power? Purr-power is the ability of cats (and pets generally) to improve our mental health and well-being. If you’re not a believer, then you should be, because the latest research sheds light on the ability of pets to improve life for those with long-term mental health issues. [1] Indeed, the evidence for the beneficial effects of a feline friend …
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New Year’s Resolutions for a Happy and Healthy Cat
Every year, people around the world set New Years’ Resolutions – it’s a promise and commitment we make to ourselves to adopt a new behaviour or make a positive change in our life. This year, let's extend that commitment to making New Year's resolutions for our cats. Now is the time to look at your cat's life and what you can do to make this year their happiest, healthiest …
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Should You Dress Your Cat in a Costume?
People often ask, is it okay to dress your cat in a costume at Halloween or at Christmas? To find the answer, we suggest you look away from the costume and into the cat’s eyes. What do you see? Cats dressed in costumes for special occasions are cute. But whilst we might enjoy a cat dressed as a bat or a tutu touting Tonkinese, what need to as ask is: “How does the cat …
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10 Common Mistakes of First Time Cat Owners
Congratulations you are getting a cat! These fur-bulous creatures enrich our lives and provide years of companionship, but there's more to owning a cat than providing cardboard boxes of different sizes to play in (although to be fair that does help). Here is our guide to the 10 most common mistakes of first time cat owners. 1. Acting on Impulse No criticism meant here, …
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High Rise Syndrome: Keeping your Cat Safe from Falls
Cats make great apartment pets and will be purr-fectly content living in an apartment as long as they have an outlet for natural behaviours such as scratching, climbing, and play hunting. Keep in mind though, cats also love to watch birds, chew grass, and enjoy the sunshine, which are activities better suited to outdoor living -- and they have a natural love of …
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How to Transition an Outdoor Cat to an Indoor Cat
Perhaps you’re adopting a stray or maybe you're moving from a house to an apartment -- in these circumstances sometimes it’s necessary to transition an outdoor cat to an indoor cat. The trick is to match expectations: yours and the cats, so that you can both share the same space without the fur flying. Think of things from the cat’s point of view and you won’t go …
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Earth Day: How to be an Eco Friendly Cat Owner
April 22nd is World Earth Day. But as the organisers point out, this is about more than just one day. This is about the fight for the future of our planet. From deforestation to our rising carbon footprint, how each of us go about the way we live our life places demands on the earth. As responsible cat guardians we aim to be the best pet parents we can be, but have you …
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