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Conscious Cat Sunday: Contentment

When I think about what contentment looks like, I think of a purring cat. If there’s anything that illustrates happiness better, I don’t know what that would be.And it doesn’t take much for cats to be content: a sunny spot on the floor, a full tummy, a lap to curl up on – those are the ingredients for contentment when you’re a cat.

Why is it so hard for humans to reach that same state of contentment? Why do so many of us always look for the next best thing? For some people,the mindset for happ...

Up Close and Purrsonal with John Fulton, Host of Animal Planet’s Must Love Cats

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Review and Giveaway: The Big New Yorker Book of Cats

I absolutely adore The Big New Yorker Book of Cats. Aside from the from that fact that it combines two of my great loves, cats, and New York City, into one beautiful book, it’s everything a special cat book should be.

This beautifully illustrated collection is a celebration of cats. The book features articles, poems and humor pieces by such literary luminaries as Margaret Atwood, Roald Dahl, Robert Graves, Ted Hughes, Jamaica Kincaid, Jean Rhys, James Thurber, John Updike, Sylvia Townsend Warn...

Giveaway: Litter Lifter Litter Scoop Assortment

Two weeks ago, we reviewed the Litter Lifter™ litter scoops. These cleverly designed litter scoops feature No-Sift™, peaked blades that are designed to only lift out the waste, leaving the clean litter in the box where it belongs. They make cleaning out the litter box fast and easy. The Litter Lifter™ comes in three sizes and 14 colors.

Enter to win a Litter Lifter™ Assortment – three winners!

To enter the giveaway, tell me in a comment how many litter boxes you have in your home. For an additi...

How Cats See the World

Cats’ eyes are perfectly designed by nature to aid them in hunting in low light and at night. While they are nearsighted and can’t see colors as we see them, they have great night vision, and they can also pick up movement better than human eyes.

I recently came across a series of images created by artist Nickolay Lamm. After consulting with several veterinary ophthalmologists, he created visualizations comparing how cats see the world vs. how humans see the world. The photo below is only one...

Tipsy Nip Organic Catnip Products Review

Let me just cut to the chase: Allegra and Ruby went nuts as soon as I slit open the package from Tipsy Nip™ Organic Catnip Products, the creators of the original Tickle Pickle™! Even I could smell the catnip before I took the toys out of their plastic wrap. Allegra started chewing on the packages – clearly, I wasn’t opening them fast enough. That is some potent catnip!

The girls were in catnip heaven. We received two Purple Haze Tickle Pickles™, two packages of Tickle Gherkins, a Tummy Tickler...

Too Cute Kittens Winner

Congratulations, Michelle! You’re the winner of a copy of Too Cute Kittens: Animal Planet’s Most Impossibly Adorable Kittens.

Look for an e-mail from Ingrid*.

*Winners were 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. If this information is not received, an alternate winner will be chosen.

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How to Calm a Fearful Cat

Fear in cats can manifest in different ways. Some cats will hide, others will become aggressive and lash out at their guardian. Cats may be fearful of strangers, loud noises, or simply have a fearful personality. No matter what the cause, a cat who is constantly afraid is not a happy cat.

In a recent article on Answers.com, I provided some solutions on how to help your cat manage her fears.

Click here to read the full article.

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50% Off The Conscious Cat 2014 Wall Calendar – Offer Ends Monday!

Now is the time to purchase your 2014 Conscious Cat Wall Calendar – all calendars are 50% off! Regularly priced at $23.50, you can now get your calendars for only $11.55! But hurry, offer ends Monday.

The calendar features Allegra and Ruby in beautiful, four color photos. Tortie lovers, to my knowledge, this is the only calendar on the market that exclusively features tortoiseshell cats.

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Only $11.55 per calendar!

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Mews and Nips: New York Artists Compete in Cat Painting Takedown

A competition at Brooklyn’s Active Space Gallery is challenging artists to create the purr-fect work of art. Artists will have two hours to complete their cat themed paintings. Contestants are already planning their contributions for the November 24 contest. “I definitely want to defend my title,” Susanne Lamb, 25, told the Daily News. Lamb took first place in a related Black Velvet Painting Takedown in August. She’s using her tortoiseshell cat, Olive, shown in the sketch above, as her mewse....