My husband Thomas and I adopted our first cat - Avery, a stray we found in our garden - back in 2013. He was an only-child cat for years upon years, as I because we were trying to figure out which country we wanted to make a permanent home in, we moved from Canada to the UK, and then a few years later, took him with us by plane again, this time to Portugal, and in that time did not want to look ...
“My Old Cat Hates New Kitten, But I Love Both! Can You Help?” Yes!!
I got an ever so lovely email from a reader named Cindy who not too long ago stumbled across my blog posts about getting two cats to get along. She's herself in this situation and asked for some more help if I had any to offer her for her particular case. The TLDR (i.e. "too long didn't read") version of her thorough message to me is the following summary: She's newly adopted a kitten, ...
I Don’t Think Most People Realize How Sweet Cats Can Be…
Back in August, our friends brought over their two kids to meet our three cats. Of the two kids, one was a boy who was used to the idea that cats could be cool pets, but hadn't had any experience with them, and a girl who was really scared that cats would scratch and hurt her. Now, our three cats our giant softies. They're what I call "old man cats" because they're so stinkin' lazy for the ...
“Why Does My Cat Meow Before Drinking Water?” 7 Reasons, Some Serious
I'm going to start off by saying that unlike most weird cat behaviours, which I've written about extensively on this blog, this particular strange cat behaviour has a lot of different explanations behind it. Most behaviours have maybe 3-4 explanations tops. But meowing before drinking water - to me - has a lot more variance to it and hopefully you will be able to figure out why your cat does it ...
“My Cat Screams When I Shower: Why?!” The Consensus Is…
I've seen a number of posts in my days browsing Reddit about how their cats will scream, yell, cry (and for the less dramatic of us) meow at them while they are in the shower. The general trend seems to continue on far past a few days. It seems like cats that do this do it every time you shower or nearly every time, and it definitely is a common enough behaviour for it to be considered a "cat ...
“Are Three Cats Too Many?” For Me, 3 Is Probably Perfect Number
I've had a lot more cats go through my house at one time than I ever expected to. I've gone through the vast majority of the years I've spent with cats having just one, then at some points, I've had 5 that I've been taking care of at once, plus an additional two under my roof in my basement, because my brother moved in with us for a number of months and had two cats of his own. So that's a ...
“Can Two Cats Share a Litter Box?” Why It’s a Very Bad Idea…
I've had multiple cats in this household, and had enough go through this home, for long enough to realize they're a really strange bunch. And while usually their quirky, odd behaviours are just fine - being neutral or even positive and pretty sinkin' cute! - when it comes down to their behaviours around litter boxes, you want to be very careful. See here's the thing - most cats come with ...
“Can Cats Like Each Other?” Mine Do Now, But Didn’t Before
So I have three cats right now. Three old man cats who are cuddly little bugs and love spending time with me. Most of the time, they'll put up with each other to be around me. But sometimes, especially during colder weather days, and especially over time, they've begun to even seek each other's warmth and cuddles out. To the point where now that it's winter and the weather's taken a little ...
“Why Does My Cat Like My Shoes?” Mine Too! 6 Reasons Why
I have three cats right now - three old man cats that snuggle up in my lap together. And while they all share being snuggle bugs in common, there's one trait that they don't all share - an obsession with shoes. Now, 2/3 are pretty into shoes. Like this fluffy one of them likes shoes considerably and will hang out and sleep by them and even sit and sleep on my feet when I'm wearing shoes ...