If you need to buy a Christmas present for an angry neighbor who is tired of cats making a mess of his garden, and a traditional fence just wont cut it, then this product form Contech might be what you are looking for.
Catnip (also know as Catmint, Catnep, Catrup, Catswort, Field Balm, Field Wort, Nepeta cataria)
As cat owners know, some cats go crazy over catnip, while others could care less about it. It has actually been shown that up 30% of cats don’t respond to catnip, and kittens will not response to it until there are [...]
I find reading old books about cat health and cat care fascinating. For example, The cat; its points: and management in health and disease (1908), found via the Internet Archive. This book, besides the usual information about cat breeds, nutrition and cleaning, goes into great detail discussing building an outdoor cattery.
Housing, or the [...]
Photo from Flickr user xeni (it’s actually a cake!)
In a previous post here on Take Care of Your Cat, At-A-Glance Cat Litter, Ashley covered the pros and cons of various types of cat litter. What also may interest some people are the environmental concerns of cat litter. From Slate’s Dirty Dogs and Carbon [...]
For cat owners who let their cats outside having a cat flap, the cat version of the doggy door, is both a plus and minus. While it is handy to enable your cat to come and go as it pleases, you may not want them roaming the neighborhood at night for a variety of [...]
I stumbled upon Dark Ages: Pet Philosophy in the Times Online today, and thought that the book it reviews, Pets by Erica Fudge, might be of interest to readers of this site.
The Amazon description is as follows:
Why do we live with pets? What are these beings who are kin but not kind? Erica Fudge looks [...]
One of the biggest issues with pets is the monetary costs involved with their care. This is especially pertinent right now because so many people have given up their pets because of the housing crisis. But how much does it really cost to take care of cat for one year? A recent [...]
I stumbled across IKEA Hacker today, and was impressed by the cat furniture that people have created using various IKEA products. From the fairly logical (cat pod and cat stairs) to the more inventive (pet bed made from a doll bed) it is worth looking at the pet furniture category of IKEA hacker for [...]
This is part one of what I hope to be a regular section on this website. Recently, I bought a book entitled “Essential Cat: The Ultimate Guide to Caring for Your Cat” by Caroline Davis. The book, I must say is fantastic. It has all sorts of tips and guides on different aspects of cat [...]
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