A first cat changes the house in the best way. It also triggers a trolley-load of toy aisles, half of which your cat will ignore. After fostering more than a few shy rescues, I've got a short list of…
When Pippa arrived as a foster, she spent most of her days wedged behind the lounge, watching the world from a safe gap she'd claimed as her own. Like a lot of rescue cats, she wasn't unfriendly —…
People are always surprised when I tell them catnip doesn't work on every cat. Roughly a third of cats carry no response to it at all — genetics, not personality. My own boy rolls on a catnip mouse…
Nothing gets a cat moving like a little red dot. Nothing frustrates one faster, either. A laser chase has no ending — the dot never dies — and for a predator, that unresolved hunt can build agitation…
A cat that finishes dinner in forty seconds isn't thriving — it's vacuuming. Fast eating in cats can bring regurgitation, and just as importantly, it wastes the single easiest enrichment opportunity…
Unit living with a cat is mostly lovely, right up until 2am when a jingle ball ricochets off the wardrobe. I've fostered in apartments for years, and the toy box had to adapt: quieter materials,…
The most common complaint I hear from cat owners is "she ignores every toy I buy." Nine times out of ten, the toys are fine — they're just lying still. A feather on the floor is a dead thing; the…