Categories
Cats Life at Home New Pets

A Mouse Has Only 30 Calories, and Other Things You Didn’t Know About Caring for Cats

Article

Reading Time: 3 minutes Even if you’ve shared your life with cats for years or decades, their ways can be mysterious. Cat lover and veterinarian Dr. Liz Bales shares some secrets to understanding how cats think and why they do the things they do. A mouse has only thirty calories. That is a meal for a cat. This translates […]

Categories
Cats Life at Home

What’s That Smell? Secrets Behind Litter Box Odor

Article

Reading Time: 3 minutes A commercial airing for a brand of cat litter shows a woman walking into her house and making a great “stank” face. Perhaps a bit exaggerated, but who among us hasn’t entered a room and sniffed suspiciously? According to Cécile Pétel, writing in “Something in the air: why cat pee stinks and how to control […]

Categories
Cats Life at Home New Pets

New to Cats? Litter Box Basics for Beginners

Article

Reading Time: 4 minutes Cats are great! They are independent but affectionate, playful but restful, and they don’t need to go outside to eliminate—one of the biggest positives for people who appreciate our feline overlords. Sometimes, though, cats stop peeing or pooping inside the litter box. In worst-case scenarios when this occurs, they are relinquished to shelters or re-homed. […]