I feel like top entry litter boxes are not as popular as they should be. I'm not going to lie, the reason is probably that once people get used to their litter box, they think, "Hey what's the point in trying something new, what I have works." I'd probably fit into that bracket myself if I'm honest. The opportunity that led me to try a top-entry …
How High Can a Cat Jump?
Watching cats leap into the air is pretty awe inspiring, especially when you consider how tiny the wee ones are by comparison to the clearance they get when they jump! Cats are biologically built to be quite skilled in this arena. House cats do jump much higher than dogs, and can hands down jump incredible distances, even by comparison to humans. …
Blogger Recognition Award!
Mid-week last week, I got a comment from the lovely Alicia from the Stay At Home Cat Mom blog letting me know she'd nominated me for a blogger recognition award! I was definitely caught off guard since I didn't even know Alicia was a reader of KittyClysm! 100 thank yous to you Alicia for passing on the recognition award to me and 14 other …
My Cat’s Quirks: 15 Odd Ways Avery’s Personality Shines Through
I'm convinced that a huge reason why cats feel so much like people to those of us who live with them - it's their quirks. Cats do behave similarly, it's true. They all seem to like roughly the same things: cardboard boxes, bags, crinkly things like paper. They enjoy knocking things over, they hate when doors are closed off - things like that, …
Cheap Cat Toys: Kitty Entertainment Under $10 I’m Dying to Try Out!
My Avery is baaaaaad with playtime, and he's only gotten worse in recent years. When we first got him, we weren't aware he was still a kitten. He was a stray/feral cat we found and when we took him to the vet's for his first visit, the vet told us he was an adult that had no more growing to do. To our surprise he kept growing and growing. Now he's …
Top Entry Litter Boxes I Considered (& What I Ended Up Buying)
There's really only one real reason to be interested in top entry litter boxes: you don't want to have to deal with so much mess when it comes to litter. Right now, I don't live in the biggest apartment ever. Actually, that's an understatement. I live in a studio flat with my husband and my cat. Both my husband and I work from home, and so when …
Why Do People Like Cats? 14 Reasons Behind All the Cat Love
Sounds crazy to me, but there are definitely some people out there who just don't understand why people like cats. They don't get why people have them, why many spend countless hours looking at hundreds upon hundreds of pictures of them - and the videos! Why so many viral videos of cats? Not only are these people not cat people - they don't even …
Why Do Cats Purr? 12 Reasons: Some Obvious, Some Not
Even if you've somehow managed to make it through your life never having seen a cat in person, chances are good you'll know - at the bare minimum - two things about cats from even having watched a few videos of them online: cats meow, and cats purr. Those of us who house the remarkable felines in our own homes know just how lovely it feels to …
Becoming a Pet Person Doesn’t Take Much Time – Just the Right Pet
My mother was never a pet person. Growing up, I wanted a pet, but never really bothered to ask for one more than a time or two. In my mind, it was pointless. My mom just wasn't into the idea, and so I figured convincing her to get one for the family would just leave her miserable if I ever did succeed. This wasn't my brother's line of thinking. …