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Review: Cats on the Job by Lisa Rogak

There’s no question that cats make everything better, and that includes businesses. I love visiting stores or offices who have a resident cat. I think having a cat on the premises completely changes the energy of an establishment. In Cats on the Job: 50 Fabulous Felines Who Purr, Mouse, and Even Sing for Their Supper, Lisa Rogak shares the stories of 50 hardworking felines in all sorts of purrfessions.

Boat Captain Cat, Photo credit: Captain Chris Perunko

From bookstore cat to firehouse cat...

Giveaway: Ultimate Peacemaker from Spirit Essences

I’ve been using Spirit Essences successfully for several years, both for my own cats and for my clients’ cats, with results that sometimes seem to be almost miraculous. This line of remedies was formulated by Dr. Jean Hofve, a holistic veterinarian with more than a dozen years’ experience working with essences, and Jackson Galaxy, who helped develop and refine the remedies based on his decades of working with cats. The remedies are constantly updated and refined, incorporating Jackson’s expe...

Interview With Jenny Dean of Floppycats.com

A couple of weeks ago, I was interviewed by Jenny Dean, the founder and publisher of Floppycats.com. Inspired by her childhood Ragdoll cat, Rags, Jenny created Floppycats to connect, share and inspire other Ragdoll cat lovers around the world. The site also offers general cat health care and well being tips, interviews and more. I’ve been following Floppycats for a number of years, and was delighted when Jenny asked to interview me.

Jenny asked me how I got interested in cats, why I started...

Home Testing Can Help Detect Possible Health Issues Early

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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?

Home testing is not a new concept

Home testing for people has been around for decade...

The Benefits of Omega-3 Supplementation for Cats

Guest post by Jodi Ziskin

Cats, like humans, require both omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids for optimal health. Both are considered essential fatty acids, meaning they cannot be manufactured in the body and therefore need to be obtained through diet.

Omega-3 fatty acids help reduce swelling, relax blood vessels and airways, improve circulation and reduce blood clotting. Omega-6 fatty acids help increase swelling, constrict blood vessels and airways, reduce circulation and increase blood clotti...

Conscious Cat Sunday: Are You Asleep at the Wheel?

Are you content like a cat in a sun puddle with your life? Are you happy with the choices you made that got you to this point? Or are you so busy just getting through your daily to do list that you don’t have time to pay attention to your life?

I was listening to an old Matchbox 20 album the other day, and there were two lines in the lyrics of “Sleeping at the Wheel” that really struck a chord with me: “Our hands are full, our lives are not.”

This seems to be true for so many these days. We...

Mews and Nips: Police Officer’s Cat is a Cat Burglar

Talk about irony: a police officer with a cat who’s a burglar? Sounds more like a script for a sitcom than real life, doesn’t it? But Oregon police sergeant Dave Kempas happily admits that his kleptokitty Tigger appears to be the ringleader of a well-organized heist that began four years ago. Tigger, sometimes accompanied by one of Kempas’ other cats, has stolen everything from socks to Wendy’s French fry boxes, candy wrappers and rubber gloves. One time, he even brought back a small bag of...

Cat Lady Box Winner

Congratulations, Cindy Lou! You’re the winner of a Cat Lady Box!

Look for an email from Ingrid.*

For more information about Cat Lady Box, and to order your own, please visit CatLadyBox.com.

*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 wi...

Review: How Smart is Your Cat?

I think most of us would agree that cats are pretty darn smart. What, Allegra? Oh, you think that Ruby is too smart for her own good? I have to agree with you on that. Ruby, stop blowing raspberries at your sister!

Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled book review! How Smart Is Your Cat is a fun little book that allows you assess your feline family members’ intelligence with a series of intelligence tests and easy to teach tricks. From Hide and Seek to Opening Doors to Hitching a Ride (tea...

Now Available: The 2016 Conscious Cat Wall Calendar

It’s that time of year again! The 2016 Conscious Cat Wall Calendar is now available for purchase.

Allegra and Ruby helped me pick out the photos (and believe me, there was quite a bit of spirited debate!) To my knowledge, this is still the only calendar on the market that exclusively features tortoiseshell cats.

Calendars are $19.00 plus $7.95 shipping and handling (US only, please contact me for international shipping rates.)

Purchase Your Calendar Now – Supplies Are Limited!

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