A person who wants to adopt a male cat might ask why they should neuter their cat if they are going to be indoors full-time and there will be no other cats in the home; no chance of procreation. Incidentally, the word “neuter” has two meanings. It can mean the removal of the male cat’s …
One of the big problems in multi-cat homes is keeping down litter tray odours. Ideally you need one litter tray per cat plus one (Jackson Galaxy). Depending on the number of cats it can be quite a lot of work keeping the odours down. It might even be impossible, which is why my neighbours home …
An idea on reducing litter tray odour in multi-cat households and saving money Read More »
This screenshot of a TikTok video is said by a visitor to this website to show a large number of domestic cats trying to run from a large snake in their enclosure. That’s all we know. I’ve tried to find the video without success. We know the name of the TiKTok user as it is …
Disturbing image of many cats scrambling to escape a large snake in an enclosure? Read More »
There are apparently seven ways to exercise your cat. There are probably more ways, but in practice there are less. I’m going to list seven possible ways to exercise your cat and comment critically on those suggestions. In my view there are three general ways to exercise your cat: allow them to go outside to …
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Are blind cats more affectionate? I don’t know for sure but I’ll guess that they are because they are more vulnerable. They need a human carer more urgently than a sighted cat. They are more dependent on a human guardian. This may strengthen the relationship which may lead to a blind cat becoming more affectionate …
Ed Sheeran’s sprawling property empire in Framlingham lends itself perfectly to a large cat enclosure using ProtectaPet. I’d strongly recommend this because of these reasons: He loves cats and had three, He now has two cats because Graham, a rescue tabby who he loved dearly, was recently killed on the road and, He has a …
Ed Sheeran should build a very large cat enclosure on his sprawling estate Read More »
This is a smartphone (cell phone) photo of my cat enjoying the garden cat enclosure I built for him. It is not a large space but when combined with the house it makes for an adequate amount of space. He gets lots of interaction and play so I think it is a fair compromise between …
The motor vehicle, invented by humankind in the late 1800s is a hellishly dangerous invention for the domestic cat. There are so many ways that a domestic cat can be hurt by an automobile. A cat can be trapped in the engine compartment or most commonly killed on the road and in the story below, …
When Man Invented the Car He Did the Domestic Cat a Great Disservice Read More »
By Ruth Young Monty had some adventures this summer, but not of the kind I would like to see repeated. My husband and I spent some time beefing up security in his cat enclosure in order to better keep him in and other cats out. Since cats cannot get over a fence topper placed at …
We can see the gradual trend towards domestic cat confinement inside people’s homes and backyards in Australia. In support of that trend and in further encouragement of it, RSPCA Australia has provided information entitled ‘cat containment tips’ within a document prepared by the government of Australian Capital Territory. This is what they recommend, in my …
Good day Michael. Here is the video of LAILA’s cage. The work is still in progress. I am making the cage with the art of DANMARK handicraft style, which is making the furniture in parts instead of in single pieces. The cage will surely go up to 8 feet high, with every necessity which a …
DIY cat enclosure under construction Islamabad, Pakistan! Read More »
This is an article about cat shelters anywhere in the world but the ones that I most often read about are in America. I recently stumbled upon an article about the cats at the McKean County SPCA. An outdoor facility for the cats is going to be opened on June 22, 2014. The facility includes …
Your neighbour does not care that her cat constantly comes into your backyard and attacks the birds that you are feeding with a bird feeder and even terrorizes your dogs. There is an 8 foot wooden fence between you but your neighbour’s cat scales it quite easily. You talk to your neighbour and she is …
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This is a simple question. Nothing clever. There are no underhand intentions here. I just want to know why, in a land of space and relatively low house prices for an industrialized country, there are very, very few cat gardens when something approaching half the population keep a cat or cats. By “cat garden” I …
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 freedom, particularly the ones which were badly abused before they came to her. But we …
