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Cat Kitchen Accessories Make Cooking Fun

Whether you love to spend time in the kitchen, or whether cooking and baking is a chore for you, these fun cat kitchen accessories are sure to make your time in the kitchen more fun. All of these also make great gifts for the cat lover cook or baker on your gift list.

Cat Measuring Cups

These ceramic measuring cups are fun and functional. They are microwave and dishwasher safe. Available from Amazon with free shipping for Prime members.

Cat Measuring Spoons

Even if you don’t cook or bake,...

Study Suggests Link Between Feline Aggression and Certain Coat Colors

A new study at the University of California Davis suggests that there may be a link between feline aggression and certain coat colors. Lead researcher Dr. Liz Stelow and her team looked at data from 1,274 anonymous cat caretakers who answered an online survey about their cats’ behavior.

Guardians reported sex-linked orange female (tortoiseshells, calicos, and “torbies”), black-and-white, and gray-and-white cats to be more frequently aggressive toward humans in three settings: during everyday...

5 Common Myths About Pet Insurance

I’ve previously written about why I got pet insurance for Allegra and Ruby after being on the fence about it for many years. I looked at a lot of different plans, and found that there is a huge variety from plan to plan both in terms of what’s covered and what’s not, and in terms of how much is reimbursed. After making my decision and talking to people about it, I found that there are a lot of misconceptions about this topic out there. Today, I’m addressing five of the most common myths abou...

The Conscious Cat 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

Welcome to The Conscious Cat 2015 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 some of 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 products for your home as well as some gift ideas you may not have thought of. I can gua...

Mews and Nips: Devoted Mother Cat Tracks Down Her Missing Kittens

When the staff at the Mill Road Vet Clinic in Whangarei, New Zealand, found a box of kittens on their doorstep, they did what any veterinary clinic staff would do: they took the kittens in and cared for them. When they came to work the next day, they discovered another cat hanging around the facility. The cat tried to sneak into the clinic every time the door opened. When they picked the cat up, they realized she was a nursing mom – and sure enough, she was the abandoned kittens’ mother. Mom...

Happy Halloween

Allegra, Ruby and I would like to wish you and your kitties a safe and fun-filled Halloween!

We’re celebrating Halloween on our Facebook page today: post photos of your Halloween kitties!

Make sure you keep your kitties safe tonight! If you open your door to trick or treaters, keep your cats in a safe room so they can’t dash outside. Click here for more Halloween safety tips.

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Review and Giveaway: Simon’s Cat Off to the Vet and Other Catastrophes

You’ve come to know and love Simon’s Cat from his YouTube videos. It all started with Cat Man Do, featuring black and white pencil drawings of a cat trying to wake his guardian, which has garnered more than 55 million views since it was posted eight years ago. Since then, Simon’s Cat has become an empire, featuring more videos, books, and merchandise ranging from t-shirts to cat beds to fine art prints.

Simon’s Cat Off to the Vet and other Catastrophes is the newest book in Simon Tofield’s s...

Giveaway: Kool Kitty Toys Furniture Protector Scratcher

This giveaway is sponsored by Kool Kitty Toys

New from Kool Kitty Toys, the Furniture Protector Cat Scratchers are patent-pending cat scratchers designed to protect furniture from being damaged as a result of instinctual cat clawing. The scratcher can be positioned under the leg of a chair, couch, table, or other household furniture to protect it from being damaged.

The scratchers come in a sisal and carpeted version. The sisal version offers a special design to attract cats, with a removabl...

Halloween Costumes for Cats: Just Say No

It happens every year around this time: every pet store you walk into has Halloween costumes for pets for sale. Your Facebook feed explodes with photos of cats and dogs in costumes. Admittedly, some of the photos are adorable. But do you really think cats, if asked, would want to dress up in anything but their own, beautiful fur coats?

I’m not a fan of putting outfits on cats unless they’re photoshopped. I think most cats would find it stressful. There may be some cats who are the exception,...