Now, I'm no stranger to getting stray cats to befriend me, and every single one of the cats I've had has been a stray who ended up finding me and who I took into my home. That includes Avery (here's his story), Bjorn (and his), and Athos (who I eventually took in from this lot, too). I've also adopted out the three strays I couldn't keep to my brother, and so I've gotten to be a pet parent ...
“Why Is My Cat Obsessed With the Bathroom?” Mine Are, Too!
I've written about cats and bathrooms before in my article about why cats follow us into the bathroom. Many cats seem to have an obsession with bathrooms. Seems like the kind of thing that would be unusual, but nope, the more cats you know and the more you get to know cats within the realm of being in a home, the more you realize, this is just another cat thing. A lot of times, however, a ...
“Why Would My Cat Pee on the Floor Right in Front of Me?” It Happens to Me!
Oddly enough, I've had this happen to me a number of times now. Not with my first cat. Not with my second cat, either. But my third, Athos, is at risk of doing this to this day. (But that's okay because look at that face). I wrote a massive list of reasons why cats sometimes pee on their humans before, but that was long before I ever had this situation happen to me. I'd love for you ...
Cat Closing Eyes When Looking At You? Here’s What It Means
I've seen a lot of people talk about this particular cat behavioural phenomenon. Actually, I've spoken about it quite a lot on this blog before: what I call the "slow blink." It's that cute little stare-for-a-second, catch-eyes with you, essentially recognition-of-your-existence and then a slow shutting of the cats eyelids, usually settled on a tiny bit of their eyes remaining open with their ...
“Can I Vacuum a Cat?” Why It’s Dangerous & What to Remove Hair With Instead
I'm sure most of us have curiously thought about how nice it would be if we could just vacuum off all the hair from our cats. Dealing with cat hair and shedding is one of the most frustrating parts of cat ownership and the fluffy stuff gets everywhere! It goes into rooms I don't even let my cats into, it goes into my coffee mugs, I'm basically coughing up hairballs myself with three in the ...
“Why Does My Cat Stare at Me When I Cry?” Why I Think Mine Do
First off, there's absolutely no way I want to get into this topic before making a request for theories from you guys. If you have any thoughts with regards to why cats might do this, I would absolutely love to know what you think because one pet parent trying to figure out a cat behaviour is nothing in comparison to the ability for us to come together and figure out why we think our cats do ...
My Cats Hate Being Shaved, Too: How to Shave a Cat That Hates It
I shave my two Persian cats at home these days, and each time I do it I feel it gets a heck of a lot easier. I explain my process here, but there are a load of tips and tricks I've picked up along the way that has made the process easier. I also mentioned in the intro of that article that I strongly recommend if you're going to try shaving a cat at home that you use a ceramic safety blade ...
How to Shave a Cat at Home: Tips I Learned Regularly Shaving My Own Cats
I've had two cats shaved by a professional groomer, and I leant her a hand, holding the kitties down while it was happening. These poor kitties were cats who frequented my neighbourhood, and I was in the process of adopting them because they looked so shabby that I didn't have the heart to leave them to fend for themselves outdoors when they so obviously weren't cut out for being so bushy + ...
Staring at a Cat? Ever Tried It? How the Cats I Know React
Cats do some weird things, though I'm sure they think the same about us. Some of my favourite odd behaviours are when cats sit like humans or how they somehow seem to follow humans into the bathroom 9 times out of 10. To be fair, they often follow humans everywhere. And sometimes, they're the ones staring and they don't even realize it makes some humans uncomfortable. But what happens if ...