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Mews and Nips: Tortie Rescued from Drain Pipe

A family on a camping trip in Washington State found a small tortie inside a drain pipe along the side of the road. They brought the emaciated cat to their RV and took her home after the weekend. A few days later, Caci the tortie gave birth to six kittens. The babies needed to be bottlefed initially, but as Caci became stronger, she was able to nurse the kittens. The kittens have already found new homes, but Caci is still waiting for her purrfect forever home. For more about this beautiful fam...

Review: Paws for the Good Stuff: A Cat Lover’s Journal for Creating a Purrfectly Pawsitive Life

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I’m a big believer in the benefits of journaling, especially when it comes to keeping a gratitude journal. It’s harder than ever in today’s world to maintain a positive attitude, and a gratitude practice helps you focus on all that’s good in your life. Paws for the Good Stuff: A Cat Lover’s Journal for Creating a Purrfectly Pawsitive Life offers daily and monthly journaling prompts to help you create a sustainable gratitude practice, inspired by cats.

I just...

Giveaway: Win Two Copies of P.S. I Love You More Than Tuna – One for You and One to Give to a Friend

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Tuesday was launch day for P.S. I Love You More Than Tuna,.and we couldn’t be more excited that this little book is selling like the proverbial hot cakes!

Really helpful books about pet loss are few and far between. While there are plenty of books and websites out there that offer support, ultimately, grief is a solitary journey. No book or website can do it for you.

The best books about grief will support you in your uniqu...

Remembering Ruby: That Time When Ruby Unplugged the Router

This time last year, Ruby’s health was already on a downward spiral, and I’m having a hard time with the memories flooding in. First anniversaries are always difficult, and there’s something about the changing light of fall and the approaching holidays that is intensifying my grief again. Thankfully, memories of some of the silly things my little girl did bring smiles through the tears.

Today’s memory goes back to October of 2011, when Ruby had been with us for six months. She loved being in m...

Review: Sheer Fun for Cats

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Sheer Fun for Cats is an interactive toy that stimulates your cat’s natural instinct to hide, hunt, stalk and pounce. Developed by a cat sitter, this patented versatile product makes old toys new again and keeps playtime interesting.

Sheer Fun for Cats features

18”x 32″ durable sheer fabric with Crinkle Paper sewn in the edges
VELCRO® brand loop fasteners sewn on two corners of the sheer and one sewn in the middle to attach the wiffleball
two 2 1/2″ adhesiv...

How the Assisi Loop Helps Dusty the Camp Fire Cat with Multiple Health Issues

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Today’s featured kitty in our series of cats who have been helped by the Assisi Loop is a very special cat named Dusty. He was rescued by FieldHaven Feline Center following the horrific November 2018 Camp Fire, horribly burned over his face, feet, legs and ears.

For the next several months he was cared for at UC Davis, where he received frequent bandage changes and surgery to amputate burned toes and on his eyes for a non-fire related condition. W...

The Conscious Cat 2020 Holiday Gift Guide

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Welcome to The Conscious Cat 2020 Holiday Gift Guide – your one stop shopping solution 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 even better: many of the companies featured are offering exclusive discounts to Conscious Cat readers!

You’ll find gifts ranging from cat furniture to toys to art to p...

Happy Halloween

Allegra and I would like to wish you and your kitties a safe and happy Halloween!

This Halloween will be very different from anything we’ve ever experienced before, but I promised Allegra that she’d have some treats in her little bag at the end of the day.

And even though there may not be trick or treaters this year, which eliminates the chances of cats dashing out open doors, please be mindful of some of the other hazards of the holiday, such as decorations, electrical cords and candles. Clic...

Sleepypod Air Winners

Congratulations, Angela Gosselin and Jody A. Vernay! You’re the winners of our Sleepypod Air giveaway.

If you’re wondering why there are two winners – well, it’s because I messed up. I prematurely picked our first winner early in the week before the giveaway had expired, because i thought we were already a week ahead. I’m chalking it up to pandemic brain. I had already notified our first winner, and I really didn’t want to have to tell her “oops, sorry, just kidding!” Thankfully, the wonderful...

Get $60 off a Basepaws Breed and Health DNA Test

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Have you ever wondered about your cat’s genetic background? Maybe you were curious what breeds might make up your rescue cat’s genes? Or maybe you’d like to know whether you should be worried about any genetic health conditions so you can be proactive about them? The Basepaws Cat DNA test answers all of these questions. And to celebrate National Cat Day, Basepaws is offering a $60 discount on their test kit!

I submitted Allegra’s sample back in May, and foun...