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. […]
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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”, […]
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When looking to adopt a kitten, one of the most important questions you should know to ask is, “has she been weaned?” What is weaning, you ask? Weaning is the process of graduating a kitten from milk to solid foods, and that she has learned everything she can from her mother. Once a kitten is […]
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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 […]
Everything You Need To Know About Cat Territory Marking
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 […]
Kneading 101: Why Your Cat Kneads
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, […]
