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Check Up At Home Wellness Test Helps Detect Problems Early

This post is sponsored by Coastline Global

Cats are masters at hiding signs of illness. By the time a cat shows symptoms, a disease may already be at an advanced stage, making treatment more difficult and also more costly. This is one of the reasons why regular veterinary exams are so important. But wouldn’t it be nice if you had a way to detect health problems even before your cat is due for her annual or bi-annual check up?

Check Up is a quick, simple testing method that can give you an ov...

Limited Edition Happiness is Being Loved by a Cat T-Shirt

Let everyone know how happy your cats make you with this adorable T-shirt! Available in a rich, vibrant purple, this Hanes Tagless Tee is made from 100% preshrunk ComfortSoft cotton.

Available in unisex sizing S through 5XL for $21.99 plus shipping.

This T-Shirt is only available until Sunday, May 15!
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*T-shirts will ship after the pre-sale campaign ends. Allow additional time for processing and shipping.

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Researchers Pave Way to Identify Antiviral Treatment for FIP

FIP are just about the three worst letters a cat guardian can hear. Feline Infectious Peritonitis is caused by a coronavirus that affects the cells of the intestinal tract. The corona virus in itself is a common virus in cats, and cats may not even show symptoms other than perhaps a mild gastrointestinal upset. But for reasons that have eluded researchers so far, in some cats, the benign virus mutates into a highly infectious version that then causes FIP. It usually affects kittens and young...

Happy Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is still a bit of a bittersweet holiday for me. Even though my mother passed away 22 years ago, I still feel a pang each year when Mother’s Day cards start appearing in stores.

I owe so many things to my mom, but the two most important ones are my love of cats, and my love of books. Even though we didn’t have cats when I was growing up, my mom was a cat lover. Of all my cats, she only met Feebee, my first cat. The photo below shows her with him. I have a lot of photos of my mom,...

Mews and Nips: A Subway Station Filled Entirely With Cat Photos?

A group in London, England, hopes to raise enough money to replace every single ad in a subway station on the city’s Tube system with cat photos. James Turner, who created the Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds, feels that riding the subway is a stressful experience, and being bombarded with a barrage of ads isn’t helping the experience. Turner and his group want to “strike a small blow for sanity” and offer an alternative for “corporate control of public space.” For more on Turner’s ca...

Bootsie’s Corner Scratcher Winner

Congratulations, The Island Cats! You’re the winner of a Bootsie’s Corner Scratcher from Pioneer Pet.

Look for an email from Ingrid.*

Bootsie’s Corner Scratcher is available for $39.99 from Pioneer Pet (free shipping on orders over $50) or from Amazon (free shipping.)

*Winners are selected by random drawing. Winners need to provide a physical address to which the prize will be mailed within 72 hours of receipt of notification e-mail or announcement of winner’s name(s) on The Conscious Cat. I...

Review: The True Tails of Baker and Taylor

If there’s a better combination than cats and books, I don’t know what that would be. In The True Tails of Baker and Taylor: The Library Cats Who Left Their Pawprints on a Small Town…and the World, former librarian Jan Louch (with Lisa Rogak) shares the remarkable story of two Scottish Fold cats and the people around the world whose lives were touched by them.

Baker and Taylor first took up residence at the Douglas County Public Library in Minden, Nevada in 1983. Baker was named because he s...

One Weekend Only: Catit Playground New York

If you live anywhere near New York City, you won’t want to miss Catit Playground New York on May 14 and 15. Created by the makers of the fabulous Catit line of toys, this event pop-up event will feature adorable shelter cats testing all of Catit’s products.

Catit is inviting you to come play with the cats and get a firsthand look at Catit’s products in action. All of their products, as well as one mystery product, will be sold during the event.

You can even meet and chat with cat photographe...

Giveaway: Pretty in Pink Cat Handbag

This giveaway is sponsored by Triple T Studios

New from Triple T Studios, this Pretty in Pink Cat Handbag is the cat’s meow! This gorgeous bag in the Pantone colors of the year, Pink Quartz and Serenity, creates a soft, eye-pleasing and sophisticated color combination. They also added an adorable hang tag featuring Cartoon Annie and a Limpet Shell Heart. The bag has a soft hand-feel, a wrap band with a hidden magnetic snap closure and a metal name plate add to the high-end look.

The Pretty I...

Allegra’s World: 5 Ways to Charm Your Human

Hi everyone, it’s Allegra! It’s been a while since you heard from me, and I finally got Mom to agree that I can share something I’ve been wanting to tell you about for a long time: how I get Mom to do what I want her to do. Now I’m pretty sure most kitties already know how to do it, but I thought that by revealing my secrets, it might make humans comply a little faster when we employ some of these techniques, because, let’s face it, humans can be a little slow on the uptake sometimes.

So, wi...