Family with Five Cats is Living in a Litter Box
The headline caught my eye which is why I have reused it. What does it mean? How can a family who own five cats live in a litter box? It is actually not as difficult as one might imagine but … 
Category Archives: environment
How to Keep Your House Clean When You’re Owned by a Cat
The idea for this post comes from Dr Karen Becker. I have slightly unconventional views on this subject. I don’t feel it is hard to keep my home clean because I share it with my cat. Perhaps it is because …
Cat Behavioural Problems Due to Compromised Welfare (a Reminder)
This is a short post which reminds us that some but not all feline behavioural problems presented to veterinarians at their clinics are due to what can be described as “compromised welfare”. Compromised welfare means that the cat’s owner is …
Jackson Galaxy denounces dry cat food in Singapore
Good for Jackson Galaxy. I wonder how the manufacturers react when the world’s best know cat behaviorist and expert denounces dry cat food in public in Singapore. Jackson was in Singapore promoting the sixth series of his television show, My Cat …
Keeping cats emotionally and intellectually stimulated: A recipe for contented kitties
Most feline enthusiasts already know that our domestic housecats – those smaller, cuddlier versions of the big wild cats – are predators by nature. Show a cat a catnip mouse, a feather toy dangling from a wand, or shine a …
Adopt these New Year’s Resolutions for your own cat
The title is misleading because you don’t have to make a long list of New Year’s resolutions for your own cat. There is one principle which cat owners should adopt which will turn them into cat guardians and caretakers. The …
Spoiling Kitties: The Ultimate Cat Furniture
When it comes to giving our cats top notch care – at least in this writer’s opinion – pampering and “spoiling” them ranks high on a kitty guardian’s job description. But before you disagree and get your hackles up let …
Thames Floods Feb 2014 (think of the cats)
Just a quick note about the Thames flooding. Here are a couple of snapshots taken yesterday evening of the Thames about a 15 minutes walk from where I live. They were taken with an iPhone. I live in Ham which …
Monty’s Kingdom – Enriching Your Cat’s Indoor Environment (DIY)
This is about a do-it-yourself project to build an indoor playground for our cat, Monty, with the intention of enriching his life when indoors. Regular visitors to this site are already familiar with our efforts to create a unique overhead …
Halloween costumes for pets to top $330 million
By Elisa Black-Taylor So, do any of you celebrate Halloween with your pets? Do you buy into the excitement of going to a pet store and buying your cat or dog a costume? Or will you purchase materials and make …
Pretty Cat Amongst Ugly Human Behavior
Marc found this webpage showing these pictures. I took a screenshot. It just tells a story about the ugliness of the human’s behavior set against the innocence of the cat. Quite a contrast. It does seem to sum up the …
Got a Garden. Got a Cat. Get Pampas Grass
I am not a gardener but I know that the cats I feed and care for (even when they are timeshare cats) love pampas grass. The grass flowers in August in Britain. It looks nice, feels nice and creates a …
Enriching the Indoor Cat’s Environment
Before I write about this I want to say two things: I normally don’t really think too much about enriching my indoor environment with respect to my cat’s needs. I am writing on this subject with reference to an article …
A Suitable Environment for a Cat
Cat enclosure. Stimulation with safety. Photo by Shamey Jo Cat enclosure – Photo by Kurt Faler Is the garden safe? Photo by * starrynight1 Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, British citizens who keep a cat companion owe a legal …
WE BUILT A CAT RUN
by Ruth (County Durham, England) Building the Cat Run Our neighbour Sylvia has 15 rescue cats and even though we live in a very cat friendly, live and let live neighbourhood, she couldn’t of course let them all have their …