Catnip: if you’re a cat person, there’s no way you haven’t heard of it. Chances are, you’ve been confounded by a truly overwhelming number of catnip products at the pet store: balls of compressed catnip, catnip paper, catnip bubbles even. Chances are you’ve also been tickled to laughter watching cats get their catnip on: let […]
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A Cat Lover’s Guide to Coping with Cat Allergies
As many as 10% of Americans suffer from some form of pet allergy and cat allergies are the leading offender. Symptoms of exposure to cats can range from runny nose and watery eyes to itching, rash, and difficulty breathing, and these can vary from the mild to the severe. Here’s the funny thing, coming from […]
How to Choose The Right Food For Your Cat
When you walk into any pet mega-mart, you can feel completely overwhelmed with choices. Not only are there a confusing range of dry and wet cat foods, but there are also dozens of specific dietary recipes designed for each stage of a cat’s life. So how do you choose? Well, first and foremost, you should […]
You’re Training Your Cat to Bite You: What Is Play Aggression?
For those of you who have ever taken home a particularly rambunctious kitten, you know all too well what it means to get suckerpunched by a tiny fur ball who’s gotten just a little too zealous with his rough-housing. Especially when it’s 4 a.m. and you have to get up for work in three hours. […]
DIY Hacks for Entertaining Your Cats
I’m not much of a crafter or builder, but as a cat lover I’ll do just about anything for my three slave masters cats. Factory-made cat toys are cute and everything, but they can get expensive (particularly if you also have a dog that doesn’t get that the cat toys aren’t hers). They are also […]
Fireworks & Fluffy: How To Keep Your Cat Calm During the 4th of July
If you’re like me and you live in an urban area, the 4th of July may be a distinctively fraught holiday for you. Were those fireworks? Were they gunshots? Haha who knows! Well, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, your cat is easily distressed in a similar way. For many cats, every firework that is let […]

