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Sunday Quotes: Friends

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Friendship is important at any time, but I’d argue that strong, solid connections with friends have never been more essential to our mental health than they are now. And yet, the pandemic can also bring new challenges for friendships.

For me, the connections with my friends are fundamental to my emotional and spiritual health. G getting together with my friends is one of the great joys in my life. I’m grateful that we live in an age where we can easily conne...

Mews and Nips: Cat Brings Home Swimming Goggles

We’ve heard stories about burglar cats before, but 4-year-old Avery is putting a new spin on feline thievery: for the past three weeks, she’s been bringing swimming goggles to her home in Bristol in the UK. Her human checked with her neighbors and even posted on social media, but nobody has reported any missing goggles. For more about Avery and his antics, visit BBC.com.

If you missed any of the stories featured on the Conscious Cat this week, here’s a recap: on Sunday, I shared a process that...

Watch “How to Deepen Your Bond With Your Cat” with Sarah Chauncey

Sarah with Ariel

You’ve come to know Sarah Chauncey through her compassionate writing about loss and grief  here on The Conscious Cat over the past few years. After her heart-cat Hedda died in 2016, she wrote P.S. I Love You More Than Tuna, a beautifully illustrated and healing gift book which is available for pre-order now.

Last Saturday, Sarah gave a talk on “How to Deepen Your Bond with Your Cat” as part of Meowfest Virtual. What made this talk different from others about similar topics is t...

Giveaway: Enter to Win an Assisi Loop

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. This can be especially true when it comes to arthritis, a degenerative joint disease that affects as many as 3 in 10 cats. Only 7% of cats with arthritis receive treatment for this often debilitating condition.

While...

Remembering Ruby: That Time When Ruby Helped Me Install the Cable Box

Not a day has gone by since Ruby passed away that I haven’t thought of my little girl. Some memories make me cry, some make me smile, and every single one is precious. I’ll periodically share some of these memories so you can take a trip down memory lane with me.

I thought of today’s memory when I installed my new Fire TV Stick (affiliate link*) yesterday, thinking how much Ruby would have loved to “help” me. Of course, she probably would have been rather disappointed that the Fire TV Stick wo...

Review: Cheerble Board Game

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A board game for cats? Yes, please! The Cheerble Board Game is a clever 3-in-1 interactive toy for cats. Featuring a sturdy scratching pad, a puzzle toy, and a “smart” ball, this toy will bring hours of fun for your cats and for you.

The “smart” ball moves when activated by simply pressing a button. It does not require an app.You can toggle the ball between gentle, normal and active mode.

The Cheerble Board Game comes in two designs, the Maze and the Pool, ...

How to Help Your Cat Cope with Thunderstorms

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Thunderstorms can be extremely stressful for cats. While cats may not show their fear in quite the same way as dogs (in severe cases of thunderstorm anxiety, panicking dogs have been known to destroy furniture, jump through windows or otherwise harm themselves during storms,) they may still become extremely anxious.

Behaviorists are not sure which part of the storm frightens pets the most – the lightning flashes and thunder, the winds blowing around the hous...

Sunday Quotes: Accept What Is

The other day a friend and I were talking about how frustrated we are with so many aspects of this pandemic: being unable to do the things we usually love to do in the summer, the fact that every trip to the grocery store requires strategic planning, people refusing to wear masks and being irresponsible in general, and she said something that stuck with me: “I’m tired of being so angry all the time.”

Anger is not part of my normal emotional make up (but then, is anything normal these days?), b...

Mews and Nips: World’s Oldest Cat Dies Aged 31

No matter how much time we get with our cats, it’s never long enough. 31-year-old Rubbles was with her human Michelle Heritage for more than half of Michelle’s life. Heritage credits Rubble’s long life with the fact that she never had children and treated him like he was her son. For more about Rubble, visit The Daily Mail.

If you missed any of the stories featured on the Conscious Cat this week, here’s a recap: on Sunday, we talked about the importance of play to help us manage stress, and we...

Motion Sensor Night Light Winner

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Congratulations, Nancy Dloughy! You’re the winner of a Motion Sensor Night Light from Triple T Studios.

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The Motion Sensor Night Light is available in white and pink.

For more information and to purchase, please visit Triple T Studios.

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