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 …
Ways to Keep Your Cat Warm this Winter
As you pack away summer shorts and reach for a snuggly jumper, spare a thought for your cat. As the temperatures plummet she doesn’t have the luxury of donning extra layers and still pads around on bare paws. Just as we suffer more sniffles and colds in bad weather so can our feline friends. The chilly weather is a sap to the immune system that leaves two and four-leggers …
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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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Living with a Deaf Cat
Has your cat recently got braver? For example, perhaps she’s stopped running from the vacuum cleaner or fireworks no longer make her fearful. In fact, now you think about it she no longer comes running when you open the fridge door. The explanation for this change in behaviour might be that she’s gone deaf. In a similar way that elderly people suffer from hearing loss so …
Raising Newborn Kittens – Tips for Surrogate Cat Mothers
Mama Meow! Is your cat having kittens? Or perhaps a stray has identified your shed as a safe place to give birth. Whatever the reason, it is a privilege to be part of that wonderful experience that is a mother raising her kittens. Hopefully everything goes well and Mama does all the work, in which case your job is to make life easier for her. But if, for whatever reason, you …
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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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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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How to Prepare Your Cat for their First Vet Visit
Have you ever considered a cat’s eye view of a visit to the vet? I was purr-fectly happy snoozing on the sofa, when along comes Mum, scoops me up and shuts me in a plastic box smelling of damp and fear. A nausea-inducing car ride later, we arrive at a place that reeks of disinfectant. Mum puts the box on the floor and this huge, nosy hound sniffs around, but I’m trapped and …
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Kitten Development: From Newborn to Active Kitten
A kitten is arguably the cutest thing in the world! But did you know the “Awww!” feeling you experience around kittens, is down to an oxytocin rush? Oxytocin is the hormone a nursing mother releases when she sees her baby, and its nature’s way of bonding them. So if you’re a sucker for cute kittens and find them irresistible, it’s all down to hormones! Aside from …
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Cattery or Pet Sitter: What’s Best for Your Cat?
The holidays are fast approaching, which may involve a trip to visit relatives or if you’re lucky a vacation. The chances are your feline family member isn’t invited along (rightly or wrongly), which means you need to make sure they’re safe and taken good care of while you’re away. You have a choice between a pet sitter coming into your home or taking your cat to board at a …
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