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Review: The Cat With Twenty Toes

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The Cat With Twenty Toes is an illustrated children’s book featuring a polydactyl cat named Sookie. The author uses Sookie as a metaphor to celebrate the physical differences among all living creatures.

Colorful illustrations and a rhyming verse make this book a fun and lighthearted way to introduce the concept of diversity to young children.

Sookie is based on Tony Lovitt’s brother Brad’s cat and is dedicated to Brad’s memory. A portion of all proceeds for this book will go to the City of Ho...

How to Care For Your Cat’s Ears

A cat’s sense of hearing is more sensitive than that of humans. Cats’ ears can rotate up to 180 degrees, which allows them to locate and identify even the faintest noise. In a healthy cat, ears are generally “self-cleaning,” but regular monitoring can help prevent problems that may interfere with hearing or health.

Caring for the outer ear

The outer ear is the visible part. It is covered by a layer of hair on the outer surface. The inner surface should be light pink and clean. If you notice an...

How To Care For Your Cat’s Ears

A cat’s sense of hearing is more sensitive than that of humans. Cats’ ears can rotate up to 180 degrees, which allows them to locate and identify even the faintest noise. In a healthy cat, ears are generally “self-cleaning,” but regular monitoring can help prevent problems that may interfere with hearing or health.

Caring for the outer ear

The outer ear is the visible part. It is covered by a layer of hair on the outer surface. The inner surface should be light pink and clean. If you notice an...

Allegra and The Snowflakes

Hi everyone, it’s Allegra! We had some fun here earlier this week – we got snow! Mom had been talking about being sad about not having had any for a while, and I could tell how happy she was when we woke up Monday morning and it was snowing really hard.

I was happy that Mom was happy, but mostly, I just slept in my favorite bed. But halfway through the morning, I decided to check things out.

I never got all that excited about snow, Ruby was the one who always tried to catch snowflakes. Maybe ...

A Tortoiseshell Cat Journal for the New Year

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I always have several journals on hand for writing whenever the mood strikes me. Writing something out by hand can often be more powerful than typing on the computer. When I got ready to journal on New Year’s Eve, I pulled out the journal shown above. I’ve had this particular journal for several years, and every time I use it, the cover just makes my heart sing.

Created by artist Tracy Mello, the cover was inspired by the idea that a cat could take care of h...

Make 2022 a Healthy and Happy Year for Your Cat

Even though most New Year’s resolutions are abandoned within a month of making them, the New Year is still a good time to start fresh and create some healthy habits for yourself and for your cats. The following tips will help get you started.

1. Feed a species appropriate diet

Nutrition is the foundation for good health for cats and humans, and the most important thing you can do every day for your cat’s health is to feed a species-appropriate diet. If you’re not already feeding a raw, cooked...

Sunday Quotes: New Year, Fresh Start

I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions, I set intentions for the year instead. I’ve found that it’s a more powerful way to go about making permanent changes in your life, and intentions tend to “stick” better than resolutions, at least for me. I do love the blank slate a new year offers us, though, and I like to spend time reflecting, journaling and meditating to set the right tone for the year ahead.

Last Sunday, Cat Love and Above Club founder Siena-Lee Tajiri shared a wonderful process...

Happy New Year

Happy New Year
from Allegra and Ingrid

May your year be filled with health, happiness and purrs!

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Have a Safe and Happy New Year’s Eve

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I’m not much of party girl, so New Year’s Eve has always been a quiet day of reflection for me. I look back over the past year, and set some intentions for the coming year. If you’re going out to celebrate, please be safe.

2021 was a pretty good year for Allegra and me. We’re both healthy and safe, and even though the pandemic rages on, at least vaccines have given me the ability to safely gather with and hug my friends again. There are still a lot of things I loved to do that I’m not comforta...

2021 Cat Book of the Year

Last week, I shared my list of my top 5 cat books of 2021. Even though I loved all five of the books I picked, the choice for Best Cat Book of the Year was easy:

When Dean Nicholson set off from Scotland to ride his bicycle around the world, he expected to learn more about our planet, maybe have some adventures. What he didn’t expect was that he would meet a cat who would change his life as much as he changed hers. In Nala’s World, Nicholson shares his incredible journey as the pair travel th...