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Make Mealtime Peaceful for Your Cat

Mealtime for your cat should be a happy, relaxed experience. Your cat shouldn’t have to worry about whether she can eat in peace. This can be challenging in multicat households, especially if cats eat at different speeds, require different diets, or one or more of the cats is a “food bully.”

Why do cats feel vulnerable at mealtime?

In order to understand why cats can feel vulnerable at mealtime, we need to look at life from the cat’s point of view. Margaret Gates, the founder of the Feline N...

Conscious Cat Sunday: Don’t Wait for the Other Shoe to Drop

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy. – Leo Buscaglia

Do you ever find yourself holding your breath, waiting for the other shoe to drop? Maybe life has been going really well for you, and it almost seems too good to be true? Maybe something bad happened, and you’re afraid it’s going to happen again?

There is no question that worry is a waste of time. Worrying won’t keep life from happening. It won’t change the outcome of what might happen. Worrying is a litt...

When Bunnies Go Bad Winner

Congratulations, Robin L. Coxon! You’re the winner of an autographed copy of When Bunnies Go Bad by Clea Simon.

Look for an email from Ingrid.*

When Bunnies Go Bad is 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 tim...

Mews and Nips: Two Japanese Cats Watching Their Humans Eat Become Instagram Stars

Japanese cat guardian Naomiuno has turned what is probably a fairly common occurrence in most homes – cats watching their humans eat – into an Instagram sensation. She has been posting photos of the two cats inspecting (and probably judging) each meal, and has amassed more than 64,000 followers. The cats names are believed to be Hatchan and Oko, and you can see more of their adorable photos on Instagram.

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

Review: Creative Cues From the Cat

Cats have served as inspurration for creative types through the ages. Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allen Poe and Mark Twain all shared their lives with cats. John Lennon and David Bowie were both cat lovers. Salvadore Dali and Picasso both had cats. Creative Cues From the Cat: The Visionary Virtues of Our Feline Friends turns to cats for clues about living with vision, and how to follow the lead of the cat to turn that vision into creative reality.

Featuring a foreword by one of the most creative...

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

We’re celebrating St. Paddy’s Day over on our Facebook page – share photos of your kitties showing off their green!

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Meowsic: Study Seeks to Understand Human-Cat Communication By Analyzing Cat Sounds

A fascinating new Swedish research project is looking at gaining a better understanding of human-cat communications by analyzing how voice, melody (intonation) and speaking style – in human speech as well as in cat vocalizations – influence the communication between cats and humans.

Researchers from the universities of Lund and Linköpin will look at these parameters in human speech addressed to cats, and in cat sounds addressed to humans. The results may have profound implications for how we...

Cozy Cat Beds From a Company That Cares – Special Discount for Conscious Cat Readers

Last week, we reviewed the Abby Pet Hut cat bed from Urban Paws, and the post turned out to be so popular, I thought I’d share a few more of our favorite beds from this company.

I love the philosophy behind Urban Paw. Their tag line is “pet products that care.” Headed by a mother and son team, Urban Paw’s mission is to improve the lives of pets and the people who love them. In addition to creating comfortable and stylish products for pets, they also strive to to lessen the environmental impa...

Cats on a Diet: Will They Still Love You?

Last week we wrote about the obesity epidemic among America’s cats (58% of cats in this country are either overweight or obese) and the serious health risks of obesity. What makes this trend so disturbing is that it is created entirely by the guardians who love their cats. There are no obese cats in the wild. Our cats rely on us to make appropriate nutritional choices for them, and one of the biggest mistake cat guardians can make is to equate food with love.

Getting a cat to lose weight can...

Review and Giveaway: Yogi Cats by Paige Hodges

I’m pretty sure cats are the original yoga masters. After all, who better to show us the importance of meditating, and keeping our mind and body flexible and strong? Yogi Cats explores the connection between yoga and cats with a combination of practical advice, quotes by famous yoga practitioners, and a healthy dose of feline wisdom. Accompanied by whimsical illustrations, this little book is a treasure.

Yoga and cats have always been a huge part of author Paige Hodges’ life. She has been pr...