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This post contains affiliate links* Tall, sturdy, well designed scratching posts are a must have for any cat home, and if they’re also a pleasing to the human eye, so much the better. Frisco’s Cactus Scratching Post checks all of those boxes. This tri-post, sisal-wrapped design features a stable, double-layer baseboard. The top and bottom

Hi everyone, It’s Nubia here. 😀 Since normally my brother steals the fame today it will be all about ME and ME only. Oliver: *Whispers* She sure can be full of herself… Nubia: I heard that! Out of my post now! Nubia: Today I am in charge of this tunnel! 😀 It’s pawesome to hide

A cat carrier is an important part of your cat’s life. For most cats, the only time they’re in a carrier is when they have to go to the veterinarian, so the association with carriers is often a negative and stressful one. But carriers can be vital in an emergency, and it’s vital to get

Jackie Brown Pet expert Jackie Brown has spent 20 years following her passion for animals as a writer and editor in the pet publishing industry. She is contributing writer for National Geographic’s Complete Guide to Pet Health, Behavior, and Happiness: The Veterinarian’s Approach to At-Home Animal Care (April 2019) and author of the book It’s

We’ve all seen the heart-wrenching images of Ukranians fleeing with their cats or taking shelter in underground train stations. I don’t know about you, but they make me cry every single time I see them come across my social media feed. I simply can’t wrap my mind around  what these people are going through. And

Melissa L. Kauffman Covering the pet world for more than 25 years, Melissa L. Kauffman has been an editor/writer for a wide variety of pet magazines and websites from the small critters to parrots to cats and dogs. Her advisory team of rescued pets — dogs Tampa Bay and Justice and parrots Deacon and Pi-Pi — help keep her on

Hi everyone, Today’s Purrsday Poetry post comes from Les Noble. Now, cats are often much malignedBy senile females, who, inclinedTo think that felines were designedTo be mere furry playthings,Then find dear pusskins will not stayInside the house by night and day,But often likes to stray away;This failure to remain insideDeflates the dear old ladies’  pride,And,

This post contains affiliate links* When it comes to scratching posts, more is better. They are one of the most important pieces of cat furniture, and every cat household should have at least one in every room. In addition to providing a natural outlet for your cat’s need to scratch, they can also prevent a variety

All Month: National Pet Poison Prevention Awareness Month The online essay contest starts today. Photo courtesy Vet Set Go. Through March 31: Become a Veterinarian Camp Contest Vet Set Go — the first and only community dedicated to aspiring teen and tween veterinarians – together with Merck Animal Health and VCA Animal Hospitals – is helping students pursue

Dr Daniel Allen, Freya Woodhall, Debbie Matthews, Dr Marc Abraham OBE, Beverley Cuddy and John Cooper QC have been nominated for the Petition Campaign of the Year Award at the Your UK Parliament Awards. The nomination follows their campaigning on pet theft reform. Dr Daniel Allen, from Keele, started the petition “Make pet theft crime a

How many times do we wish that our cats could talk and tell us what they really think? No matter how much we know about feline behavior, and how well we communicate with our cats, it’s just never quite enough, is it? In a recent article for The Guardian, journalist and cat parent Sirin Kale

“Just like people, cats need to eat less and move more in order to lose weight,” says Dr. Aimee Simpson, medical director of VCA Cat Hospital of Philadelphia. Think cats are too slothful to exercise? Not true. You just need to encourage the right kind of exercise at the right times. “Cats are not lazy,”

It’s hard to believe Ruby has been gone more than two years after being diagnosed with advanced kidney disease. Some days I still miss my little girl so much, it actually feels like a physical ache. I’m grateful I have eight years of Ruby’s Reflections on this site to comfort me and remind me of some of

As my cat moves, er, “gracefully” into her senior years, I’ve been a bit worried about her sedentary lifestyle. I decided to broach the subject of exercise. Hey Stella, it’s time we talk about exercise, you being a senior cat and all.   Wait, I’m a senior cat? Yeah. Huh. And I’m how old again? You’re

From angles to camera settings, expert photographers and animal behaviour specialists share their top animal photography tips. As anyone with pets knows, capturing the perfect photographs of our furry friends is easier said than done. To help out, photo experts at CEWE have worked with professional photographers and animal specialists on five top photography tips

Cats are mysterious creatures, and learning more about how and why they do the things they do is one of the joys of loving our beautiful companions. When I recently came across the term “feline direct registering” for the first time, I have to admit, my mind was blown. How was it possible that in

Vet charity PDSA is urging pet owners to #WeighUp for their four-legged friends’ health and wellbeing this National Obesity Awareness Week (10-16 January 2022), following research revealing a whopping number of our furry friends have piled on the pounds. The study* of more than 4,500 pet owners by the UK’s leading vet charity, PDSA, and YouGov, found that

A Pennsylvania cat became a media sensation for his habit of stealing neighbors’ shoes and bringing them home. His family couldn’t explain the shoes that kept showing up in front of their house. When they put up security cameras and a GPS tracker on Jordan, they realized that he had been stealing shoes from porches,

iCatCare Feline Wellbeing Panel (FWP) member Esther Bouma shares with us her thoughts on her latest published research on owner relationship perceptions and the consequences for cats.   Why did you want to study the perception of the human-animal bond?   Many studies have examined the benefits of animals for humans, but there has been much less

It’s hard to believe Ruby has been gone more than two years after being diagnosed with advanced kidney disease. Some days I still miss my little girl so much, it feels like she just left me yesterday. I’m grateful I have eight years of Ruby’s Reflections on this site to comfort me and remind me of some of

Siblings Barbara and Bernard have been together since they were kittens Two 19-year-old cats, who have formed an inseparable bond after living together all their lives, are looking for a new home with the RSPCA in the West Midlands. Brother and sister Bernard and Barbara are being cared for by the RSPCA’s Worcester and Mid

I couldn’t resist and had to make up a Super Bowl graphic for today. I haven’t paid attention to football in many years, but I will be watching at least part of the game with friends this evening. As far as I’m concerned, it’s all about the food and the commercials, even though we may