Purring. One of life’s furriest and snuggliest feline mysteries. Cat lovers everywhere know what purring is, and there’s little more relaxing than cuddling a cat and feeling that rumble start up. Yet none of us know exactly how purring happens – I mean, besides knowing that happy cat generally equals purring – or even what […]
It was 2 AM and Tiger Jack was straining in the litter box with no relief. Our middle-aged fluffy orange tabby had been agitated the entire day, pacing and crying piercingly. We found several spots where he’d squeezed a little urine out – the bathroom floor, the kitchen floor. Some of the urine was tinged […]
Have you ever seen a mitten cat? And broken into a cold sweat even as you said “awwww!” over the fluffy feline with its extra toes? Seriously, cats with thumbs are a “what if?” world domination scenario that can keep you up at night, but you don’t have to worry about that with polydactyl cats. […]
I’m an old-school Game of Thrones fan (yeah, I actually call it A Song of Ice and Fire) which means that this story begun by George R. R. Martin and adapted by HBO takes up a not-small portion of my brain. Periodically, that part of my brain gets tangled up with cats – probably because […]
Welcome to the future! We have palm-sized computers, vacuums that run themselves, a robot on Mars, and tiny chips we can put under our pet’s skin so they don’t get lost and stay lost. We’re talking about microchips, y’all, and giving you the 411 on microchipping your feline friends. What is microchipping? Microchipping is magic. […]
It’s National Book Lovers Day! If there’s one thing people know about me, it’s—well, it’s that I love cats. All my clothes are covered in cat hair; you can’t miss it. But if there’s a second thing people know about me, it’s that I love books. Often my two loves come together when my silver […]
