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Choosing the Right Toys for Your Cat

Play is vitally important to a cat’s mental and physical health, and it’s especially important for indoor cats. Even though cats may sleep up to 16 hours a day, when they’re awake, they need stimulation, and the best way to accomplish this is with play. In the wild, when lions, tigers and other wild cats aren’t sleeping, they’re either hunting, or teaching their young to hunt. And play is nothing more than channeling your domestic tiger’s hunting instinct into play.

In an article for Animal We...

Choosing the Right Cat Toys for Your Cat

Play is vitally important to a cat’s mental and physical health, and it’s especially important for indoor cats. Even though cats may sleep up to 16 hours a day, when they’re awake, they need stimulation, and the best way to accomplish this is with play. In the wild, when lions, tigers and other wild cats aren’t sleeping, they’re either hunting, or teaching their young to hunt. And play is nothing more than channeling your domestic tiger’s hunting instinct into play.

In an article for Animal We...

All PEMF Devices Are Not Created Equal: How the Assisi Loop and Therapy Pad Differ from Over-the-Counter Devices

This post is sponsored by Assisi Animal Health*

Whenever I post about the Assisi Loop or Assisi Therapy Pad, I occasionally get the question “why can’t I just buy a PEMF device on Amazon, and for a lot less money, too?”

The simple answer is: you get what you pay for.

What is targeted pulsed electromagnetic field therapy?

The Assisi Loop uses tPEMF, which was first studied in the 1970s and is FDA-cleared for use in humans, uses low-level pulses of electromagnetic energy to stimulate the body’s ...

Sunday Quotes: Patience While Waiting

Patience has never been my strong suit, and lately, it’s really being tested while I’m waiting to be able to get my Covid vaccine, so this quote is timely for me, and I suspect for many of you out there as well.

I’m starting to think about all the things I can finally do again that haven’t felt safe to me for over a year. I haven’t been to a store. I haven’t been to a restaurant. I haven’t been inside a friend’s home, and haven’t had anyone other than Allegra’s vet in my home. Most of all, I h...

Pet Food Recall: Limited Recall of Two Lots of Meow Mix® Original Choice Dry Cat Food

The J.M. Smucker Co. voluntarily recalled two lots of Meow Mix® Original Choice Dry Cat Food due to potential Salmonella contamination.

The impacted products were sold at select Walmart stores in Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming. No other Meow Mix products are impacted by this recall.

The Company has received no reports of pet illness or adverse reaction and has issued this recall out of an abundance of caution. This recall is being conducted in c...

Mews and Nips: Man Browsing Real Estate Listings Sees His Own Cat Lounging on Neighbor’s Bed

A man in the UK was browsing an online real estate listing for his neighbor’s house when he spotted someone he recognized in one of the photos: his own cat lounging on a bed in the house. “The neighbours just put the house up for sale. Couldn’t resist checking it out on Zoopla. That’s our bloody cat,” Michael Hubank wrote in a post on Twitter. For more about the wandering kitty, visit Fox5DC.com.

If you missed any of the stories featured on the Conscious Cat this week, here’s a recap: on Sunda...

Get Ready for the 2nd Annual Tortoiseshell Cat Appreciation Day

I created Tortoiseshell Cat Appreciation Day last year in Ruby’s memory to celebrate torties in all their uniqueness and beauty. I’m hoping that every year on April17, the internet will be flooded with photos of torties. Help me turn Facebook, Instagram, and any other social  networks you’re a part of brown, tan, gold, black, cinnamon and all colors in between. Let’s bring awareness to these often misunderstood cats and their tortitude.

Visit the official page of Tortoiseshell Cat Appreciation...

Cat Crochet or Knitting Project Markers, Zipper Pulls or Purse Charms

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Today’s Etsy find is for the knitters and crocheters among you, but these project markers can be used for so much more!  Use them as a zipper pull on your favorite jacket. Use them as a purse charm to dress up an old handbag. The possibilities are endless!

For those of you who are not into crocheting or knitting, progress markers can help you see how much (or how little) progress you have made on your project from one time to the next.

These adorable little...

Mayim Bialik Talks About Her New Show, Her Special Needs Cat and More on Gwen Cooper’s Curl Up With a Cat Tale Podcast

I’ve adored Mayim Bialik since she starred in Blossom in the 1990’s. I loved her in Big Bang Theory. And I’ve come to enjoy her new show, Call Me Kat, which started in January.

Call Me Kat is based on the British TV comedy Miranda, and stars Bialik as a 39-year-old woman who decides to use the money her parents had been saving for her wedding to buy a cat-themed cafe.

I had high hopes for this show, but I have to admit, I didn’t like it at all at first. I’m glad I hung in there and kept watchi...

Allegra’s World: 11th Adoption Anniversary

Hi everyone, it’s Allegra! Today is my 11th Adoption Anniversary! Eleven years ago today, Mom brought me home to live with her and Amber. Sadly, I never got to know Amber really well, because she passed away six weeks after I arrived. Then it was just Mom and me for almost a year before Ruby joined our family.

For the past year and a half, it’s been just Mom and me again. I still miss my sister, but I also really like having Mom to myself. This past year has been so strange, with Mom being hom...