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Could you easily afford to pay $1000 to $3000 if your cat had a sudden medical emergency? Could you cover the cost of a prolonged illness, which can easily run into several thousand dollars? Can you easily pay for your cat’s annual or bi-annual exam, preventive lab work, and dental cleaning? Costs for routine exams

Photographer Sabrina Boem lives in a small town near Venice, Italy. She had never had cats before and never really knew that much about them. But when she adopted felines Sissi, 9, and Ricky, 8, they introduced her to the world of cats. She combined that with her passion for photography. Her cat photography started

Nominate an unsung hero at FelineGenerousHeroes.com by Nov 20th for a chance to win cash donations, an award, and a year’s supply of cat litter! Happy National Cat Day! If you’re looking for ways to celebrate, the ARM & HAMMER™ Feline Generous program just launched the ‘Unsung Heroes’ Awards to recognize the most inspiring staff

This Holiday Gift Guide is sponsored by participating vendorsand contains affiliate links* Welcome to The Conscious Cat 2021 Holiday Gift Guide – your one-stop shopping spot for all the cats and cat lovers on your holiday gift list! This year’s guide features only the best products for cats and cat lovers on the market. And

On average, 430 insurance claims for cats are made every day of October Dental treatment is the most common ailment  Pet ownership rose from 41 percent of households to 59 per cent during lockdown It isn’t just Halloween which is frightening for felines as October sees a spike in cat insurance claims compared to the

I’m pretty sure that if cats had anything to say about it, they’d get rid of Halloween. From a cat’s perspective, there’s not much to love about a holiday when strangers come knocking at your door, your humans dress up in weird outfits and scary looking masks, and some  humans even try to put you in

Animal Rescue Corps teamed up with BISSELL Pet Foundation in July to orchestrate a massive pet rescue by air, flying more than 300 dogs, puppies, cats and kittens from an overburdened El Paso Animal Services to communities with high adoption rates, where the pets will quickly find new adoptive homes. The University of Florida’s Maddie’s

With National Cat Day fast approaching, have you ever wondered if your cat loves you as much as you love her, or him? You will be astonished by what science says! 29 October 2021 is National Cat Day and SCAS wants to take this opportunity to celebrate cats as companion animals. Stereotypes of cats as

This post contains affiliate links* If you’re already using 1TDC™, you already know what a great product it is. I don’t use the term “miracle” lightly, but I am using it for this product. Right now is a great time to stock up, or try it for  the first time. The worksSOwell Halloween sale starts

Hi everyone, Please find below an entry in Purrsday Poetry by Martin H. Samuel: In a race on the savannah fleet of foot is the cheetah at up to 75 mph no animal can beat her and with a top speed of 50 mph lion is the second fastest cat tho’ at 38 mph a

This post contains affiliate links* Volana Kote (aka Jen Glick) is a Delaware based jewelry designer who creates gorgeous pieces incorporating naturally fallen cat whiskers. Jen has always saved her cats’ whiskers. “They bring good luck,” she says. She has also designed jewelry as long as she can remember, and one day, she started incorporating

A few years ago, a trend led people to test the theory that you could know if a smile was real or fake by examining the eyes. Squinty, wrinkly eyes meant the smile was genuine, while eyes that lacked wrinkling indicated the smile was insincere. The Duchenne smile became defined as a smile that involved

Today is National Black Cat Day! It’s reported that black cats in homing/rescue centres take longer than cats of other colours to find homes, but there have been some reassuring findings that this is changing. In celebration of black cats, we’re countering some of the negative superstitions associated with them by looking at some of

This post contains affiliate links* We are big fans of Okaysou’s air purifiers. We already have three of them, one in our living room, one in my bedroom, and one in our family room aka kitty playroom. Cayman 608 features The Cayman 608 is one of their newer models. The sleek, round design houses an

Things have come a long way since the first litter box — E-Z Klean Kitty Toilet — came out in the 1940s. E-Z Klean boasted a metal and paper-lined pan filled with whatever people could find around their homes, such as dirt, sand or ashes. Today the sky’s the limit when it comes to cat

Oliver: While I was happily sleeping when my… …decided to have the biggest yawn attack ever and wake me up!!! @_@ Nubia: Hey now! Not everyone can fall asleep so easily… Oliver: Right and why do you have such big and pointy and SHARP looking teeth? Nubia: Same as you silly… Signed by His Meowjesty

Welcome to our regular “Ask the Cat Doc With Dr. Lynn Bahr” segment! Once a month, Dr. Bahr answers as many of your questions as she can, and you can leave new questions for her in a comment. Dr. Bahr is a 1991 graduate of the University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine and founder

A four month old kitten who needed emergency care after being rushed into Blue Cross with a raft of injuries including a suspected broken leg and head wound has found a loving new home after months of treatment and care by the national pet charity. Vets were unsure the poor kitten would pull through because

If you’ve ever watched your cat starting at something that doesn’t seem to be there, you might have wondered whether cats see things that we can’t. We know cats’ senses are more developed than humans’, so perhaps it’s not such a stretch to ask this question. Just in time for Halloween, Jackson Galaxy talked to

Cats, ever the resourceful explorers, have a knack for finding new and interesting aspects of each holiday or season and, when the calendar rolls to Thanksgiving, they’re all in. Cats are eternally grateful for these six fall-centric feline activities. Watching leaves fall Humans aren’t the only ones who enjoy Thanksgiving’s bounty. Many cats rejoice in

Hi everyone, Please find below a guest story by Bonnie: On mothers day i went to my daughters house on an invite from her and my grandson to have lunch at their fav restaurant. She does animal rescue and had gotten a 3 month kitten the day before. This kitty was found in a bush

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Hi everyone, Please find below our latest entry in the Purrsday Poetry series by James Purslow. Don’t forget if you have a cat poem you’d like to publish on our Blog do send us an email to info@katzenworld.co.uk. 🙂 Honey likes children, when they’re quiet as a mouse,Honey likes children when they’re not in the

This giveaway is sponsored by Assisi Animal Health Since cats are so good at hiding pain, it can be difficult for even the most dedicated cat parent to recognize. By the time pain become obvious, chronic pain may have already had a considerable impact on the cat’s quality of life. While there are conventional pain medications

A “utopia” is defined as an imagined place in which everything is perfect. So, can you imagine just how idyllic Utopia would be if it included cats? Meet Jason Gluck, the man who created such a reality in Catopia, a gorgeous, imaginative, magical (no apology for the string of adjectives), state-of-the art feline adoption center

Rescue mission to save eight-week-old kitten who fell into quarry A tiny kitten could be heard meowing for help from a 30ft-deep quarry. An RSPCA rescuer was called to a quarry near a caravan park in Leyburn, Yorkshire Dales, on Sunday (10 October) after passersby heard meows coming from the 30ft-deep chasm. Animal rescue officer

The Helen Sanders Cat Protection and Welfare Society in Seal Beach, CA has a very special program: the Kitty Comfort and Therapy Program brings cats and kittens into an assisted living facility. The program was inspired by beloved children’s book author Priscially Maltbie. Maltbie, a lifelong cat lover, spent the last  years of her life

Although both dogs and cats can become infected with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), cats may catch COVID more readily than dogs, according to a study published in June in the scientific journal Virulence. University of Minnesota researcher Dr. Hinh Ly teamed up with his wife Yuying Liang, also with UM, to test cats and dogs for COVID

Hello everyone, Welcome to another week of Tummy Rub Tuesday! The easiest way to enter is by sending them in via info@katzenworld.co.uk. Or just leave a comment with a link to the post / photo you’d like us to use on this blog post. These three beauties are Boots, Tiger and Star from My Sweatpainteddreams.

If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you know that I’m passionate about species-appropriate nutrition for cats. Cats are obligate carnivores, and they need meat not only to survive, but to thrive. You can find many of the articles I’ve written about this topic in the Feline Nutrition section right here on this