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Report Sheds Light On Serious Problems in the Pet Food Industry

I’m passionate about species-appropriate feline nutrition, and have written extensively about the topic. I maintain a small list of brands of raw or grain-free canned food that I’m comfortable recommending after doing thorough research. These are brands that I either currently feed Allegra and Ruby, or have fed them in the past.

The pet food industry, like the food industry in general, is not known for its transparency, so it can be difficult to obtain accurate and current information. This...

New Report Sheds Light on Serious Problems in the Pet Food Industry

I’m passionate about species-appropriate feline nutrition, and have written extensively about the topic. I maintain a small list of brands of raw or grain-free canned food that I’m comfortable recommending after doing thorough research. These are brands that I either currently feed Allegra and Ruby, or have fed them in the past.

The pet food industry, like the food industry in general, is not known for its transparency, so it can be difficult to obtain accurate and current information. This...

Natural, Non-Toxic Flea Control

Many of the flea treatments available today contain toxic chemicals. Even when used according to the manufacturer’s directions, these products can be toxic for pets and humans. Thankfully, there are safer, natural ways to control fleas. They may require a bit more effort on your part, but isn’t that effort worth it if it’s safer for you and your cat?

Diet

Many cat guardians are not aware that feeding a high quality, varied diet can help prevent fleas. A stronger diet leads to a stronger immu...

Happy Easter

Happy Easter
from
Allegra, Ruby and Ingrid

Conscious Cat Sunday will return next week.

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Mews and Nips: Cat Personalities Are Not That Different From Humans

After administering an online feline personality test to 2,800 cats in Australia and New Zealand, researchers came to the conclusion that, just like humans, cats have five broad personality traits. The five feline traits that emerged were skittishness, outgoingness, dominance, spontaneity and friendliness. For more on this fascinating study, and how the human equivalent to the feline personality traits, visit the Chicago Tribune.

If you missed any of the stories featured on the Conscious Cat...

Review: Meow: A Book of Happiness for Cat Lovers

If you love cats and quotes, this gorgeous book is for you. Meow: A Book of Happiness for Cat Lovers pairs philosophical or lighthearted quotes, from both famous and ordinary people, with stunning cat photos.

The images capture the essence of cat in all its beauty, cuteness, elegance and style.

This delightful book makes a purrfect gift for cat lovers to treasure and display.

Meow: A Book of Happiness for Cat Lovers is available from Amazon as a hardcover, paperback and for Kindle.

Interi...

Introducing the New Hauspanther Collection by Primetime Petz

Kate Benjamin’s mission is to improve the lives of cats and their humans through design, by showing cat guardians how to create living spaces that accommodate the natural instincts of cats without compromising the human’s sense of style and comfort. Kate has been doing this through her website, Hauspanther, and as co-author, with Jackson Galaxy, of two books on cat-friendly design. And cats’ (and their humans’) lives just got even better: Kate is launching her own line of cat furniture!

The...

Pet Me Here, but Don’t Pet Me There

Most of us learn as we go about our cats’ petting preferences. Some cats like to be rubbed all over, others only like certain parts of their bodies touched, and some cats can be pretty forceful about letting us know that they would prefer not to be petted there, thank you very much, something that is also known as petting aggression.

A recent study aimed at finding out where cats enjoyed being stroked (or not) and whether the person doing the stroking had any influence on the cats’ response....

Global Pet Expo 2016: Highlights from the World’s Biggest Pet Product Show

Last week I made my annual trip to Global Pet Expo in Orlando. This trade show is the largest pet product trade show in the US, with 6.3 miles of display space featuring 1,300 vendors from nearly 40 countries. I tried to see as much as I could in three days, and I know I walked a lot more than 6 miles each day! In the coming weeks and months, I’ll be bringing you a lot more information about some of the fantastic new products I saw there. Today, I’d like to share just a few personal highligh...

Yogi Cats Winner

Congratulations, Janine! You’re the winner of a copy of Yogi Cats by Paige Hodges.

Look for an email from Ingrid.*

Yogi Catsis available from Amazon and everywhere books are sold.

*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. If this information is not received within the timeframe stated, an alternate winner will...