If you're going back and forth as to whether or not it's a good idea to grab a litter box for your outdoor cat, I'm hoping this article will do the trick helping you decide. It's absolutely your choice, as in my opinion, litter boxes are nowhere near necessary for outdoor cats. There are a number of different reasons you may want to have one, but there are also plenty of people who choose not to ...
Waterproof Pet Beds: For Dogs & Cats Who Need Vomit & Pee Protection
When I wrote up my article about waterproof bed covers for pets a little over a month ago, I was making a list I thought would come in handy for pet owners who wanted their pets to sleep on their beds at night, but whose pets struggled with issues from incontinence to vomiting frequently, or even every so often. At that point, Bjorn, the new addition to our furries, was doing quite well in this ...
Why Cats Spill Water from Bowls: Paw, Play, Splash, & Knock Over Behaviour
Quite a large number of cats spill water out of their bowls, but not every cat who spills water out of his or her bowl does it in the same way. Some cats have the habit of tipping and/or knocking over their entire water dishes, but many other cats splash and spill water in different ways. Some cats play in their water, getting the floor wet without necessarily toppling over the whole ...
Outdoor Litter Boxes for Cats: To Keep Gardens Cleaner & Plants Safer
I don't have an outdoor cat, but I get a lot of neighbourhood cats coming by to visit my garden, and they leave one heck of a lot of "presents" amongst my plants. They also do a lot of their business in fresh soil, which isn't so bad. Heck, sometimes we even find surprises in the gravel we've laid down as grass replacement to help conserve water. There's no guessing where you'll uncover a little ...
How to Get Two Cats to Get Along: What I Did & Yes, It Absolutely Worked
If you're here, my guess is you've came across this article because you were looking for a solution to a problem you already have, or one you're expecting to have in the upcoming months. Either you've taken in multiple cats, and at least one of them doesn't get along with another, you've just adopted a second cat, or you're hoping to adopt kitty #2 and are trying to troubleshoot before issues ...
No Spill Cat Water Bowls: Spill Proof Dishes, Some Heavy & Weighted
Quite a lot of cats spill water out of their water bowls. It's a common issue amongst cat owners that isn't often discussed, in my opinion, mostly because it's not such an enormous or agitating problem in comparison to a lot of other, more pressing issues we cat owners frequently have to deal with. Cat waking you up earlier and earlier with meows every morning, or even meowing into the wee hours ...
Why Do Cats Bite Their Nails? Why Does Mine Chew & Pull at Her Claws?
Let me start off by saying that some nail biting in cats is very normal, healthy feline behaviour. It may sound like a peculiar thing to say, but just because you see your cat pulling at his or her claws gently with teeth once in a blue moon, does not mean you necessarily have any cause for alarm. I'll get into why in the body of this article. That being said, it is absolutely, 100% true that ...
Waterproof Bed Covers for Pets: Nighttime Urine & Vomit Protection
I couldn't imagine going to bed at night without my two little furries, Avery and Bjorn. They're extremely snuggly Velcro cats who typically follow me around the house and come join me when I sleep, even if I'm merely having a nap in the afternoon sun. There's no way I could imagine not letting these two into my bedroom at night, though truthfully, I'm not sure if they'd even let me keep the ...
Why Does My Cat Lick My Hand & Fingers so Much? What’s It Mean?
I've written about why some cats bite, then lick you before, but I do feel the act of licking by itself is quite a bit different from biting then licking your hands and fingers. My newly adopted furbaby, Bjorn - a stray cat who just wouldn't leave our property - is obsessed with licking. We learned this fact about him quite early on, ages before we even took him in, and his obsession hasn't ...