Over the past few years, having moved quite a large number of times from house to house, and even country to country with my cat Avery (he's been from Canada to the UK to Portugal), I've tested a lot of bowls considering I rarely took anything along with me. I have actually noticed, while it wouldn't have been obvious to me at first, Avery does genuinely have preferences with regards to what he's ...
Help! My Cat Bites & Won’t Drop Toys; How Do I Keep Kitty from Swallowing?
Okay, I'm super-duper stuck. Usually when I answer questions on this blog, it's because I already have the answer to them. Typically, I've been asked the question by a reader or seen a bunch of people online ask it, and decided to research and do up an article with as much detail as I possibly can so those in a similar situation can get all the information they need in one place. Not today! Today ...
Outdoor Shelters for Multiple Cats: From Basic to Heated Pet Houses
If you're trying to grab a shelter ideal for multiple cats - whether they're your own outdoor kitties, strays you're trying to gain the trust of outside, or feral cats you're trying to keep warm and safe from bad weather conditions - in my opinion, the top feature a multi-cat outdoor shelter can have is not a large size, but a dual-door design. Why? If cats ever get into squabbles between ...
Save Your Sofa! How to Keep Cats from Scratching Leather Furniture
There's no such thing as a cat proof couch, but in terms of sofa materials that rank best for cat owners, leather is probably #1 or #2 on the list. In my opinion, no material does better for scratch and spill prevention overall, though velvet can be a little more hard-wearing when it comes to weathering scratches, and pleather can be a smidgen better at handling spills. Yet we're here to ...
Close Indoor Doors, yet Grant Kitty Access? Easy Fix: Interior Cat Doors
We all know the purpose of a cat door - they useful for letting your cat into and out of places without your help, so you don't end up being a Feline Doorman for the rest of your life! But not all cat doors are meant for letting cats freely come and go outdoors - some are purrfect to use or even created for interior door use instead! I've loved the idea of having indoor cat doors integrated onto ...
Negative Thoughts & Worries I Had Taking In a New (Second) Cat
We've finally taken cat #2 into the Xavier clan. His name is Bjorn. Bjorn is a stray or feral cat who hung around on our property for months waiting to be adopted. We would've taken him into the fold much sooner if we'd clued into the fact that he actually didn't have a home, but take one look at his face and you'll understand why, for so long, we thought he belonged to somebody - Picture from ...
A Grey Cat Tree to Match a Gray-Based Room? Some Greyt Options
First off, sorry for the pun in the title. I know, it's pretty bad. Second off, if you like your cat furniture to match your human furniture, just know that you'll hear absolutely zero judgement from me. After all, I'm that person who went so far as to buy quite an expensive litter box - a modern, Modkat top entry litter box - in a lovely, glossy white just so I could best match my ...
Do Cats Have a Sense of Time? Can They Tell Time? Conceptualize It?
Truth be told, there doesn't appear to be a heck of a lot out there in terms of known facts, or even small studies, done on cats with regards to their sense and conceptualization of time. As such, please read this article with a grain of salt. Since cats and their relationship with time is not something we know all that much about, pretty well near all of what I'll be discussing is a matter of ...
Cats Itchin’ to Claw Sofa Corners? Let ‘Em at These Couch Cat Scratchers
If you can't beat 'em, or you don't even want to bother, join 'em straight away! And when it comes to cats scratching up furniture, I can think of no better way to simultaneously feed into your cat's desire to scratch, prevent further damage to your sofa, and even make an already damaged sofa look quite good than with one of these. I actually was a little disappointed to find there weren't more ...