Every year after the glow of Christmas subsides, after the trees come down, Bing Crosby stops crooning and the ugly sweaters are tucked away for another year, Americans engage in another time-honored tradition — returning gifts. Americans return more than $70 billion in gifts each year according to Optoro, a “reverse logistics” company that helps retailers manage returns. […]
There are a billion YouTube videos and pictures of cats in boxes spread generously across the internet. Yes, a billion. I counted. I take my research very seriously. Even my own baby girl Marzipan loves curling up in her cardboard box painted to look like a delivery truck (aptly dubbed her “little beep beep box”, […]
Do you know the signs that your cat is stressed? How about recognizing your cat’s natural behaviors to calm down? These are both incredibly important to understand – not only to understand your kitty’s behavior but also so you can respond correctly. Don’t be that cliché that over-cuddles their cats, stressing them out more rather […]
Many of us have had to deal with this before; a territorial cat who, despite our greatest efforts, have made it their number one priority to repeatedly mark everything. Like, everything. And isn’t it just the best when you’ve got company over and Fiddlesticks decides to grace your new couch with a generous dousing of […]
I love biscuits. Look, I’m Southern; it’s a thing. I love biscuits almost as much as my tabby Tiger Jack enjoys making biscuits – not actual biscuits, of course. For one thing, it’s pretty hard to mix dough without thumbs. No, I’m talking about kneading. When it comes to kneading cat beds, blankets, my lap, […]
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 […]
