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We first discovered our favorite story of this week on Catsparella, who found the story on social networkReddit. Cheeto, astarving, flea-bitten kitten, was rescued by an independent film maker in Virginia. The little orange cat got his nameafter Chester Cheetah because of his large head and tiny body, was “just a bag of bones and fur,” before he was fed, bathed, and given a warm, safe place to recuperate. Visit Catsparella for the full story and wonderful photos of Cheeto’s road to rescue.

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LalaLand totebag and greeting cards winner

Congratulations, Joanne Anderson! You’re the winner of a totebag and a set of greeting cards from LalaLand Ink!

Look for an e-mail from The Conscious Cat.

Purrs of Wisdom now available for online ordering

I’m super excited to announce that Purrs of Wisdom: Conscious Living, Feline Style is now available for online ordering! You can order the book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

Purrs of Wisdom makes a great holidaygift -some of you have already told me that you have a listof people you’d like to get the book for. If you would likepersonalized and autographed copies, send me an e-mail. The cost for apersonalized and autographed copies is $16.90 for a single copy, which includes shipping and han...

Review: Kitty Cornered by Bob Tarte

If you love cats, you’re going to not only love this book, you’ll probably recognize yourself in at least parts of it. Kitty Cornered: How Frannie and Five Other Incorrigible Cats Seized Control of Our House and Made It Their Home is Bob Tarte’s account of the challenges of a household run by cats. The book chronicles Tarte’s journey from being a one-cat household to ending up with six cats, one of them a hard to manage stray named Frannie.

Tarte writes with an often self-deprecating humor tha...

Review and giveaway: CatAmazing puzzle toy for cats

The new CatAmazing puzzle toy isa super fun toy for intelligent kitties. This sturdy cardboard toy is incredibly well designed. The clever insert createshard to reach areas that catscanaccess through different shaped openings on the outside, making it much more challenging (and fun) for kitty than other puzzle toys.The insert creates three levels of increasingdifficulty,using colors that cats see best.

Allegra and Ruby were pretty impatient with me while I putthe toytogether. Yes, it does requ...

The Conscious Cat wins Muse Medallion

I’m excited to announce that The Conscious Cat wona Muse Medallion for BestWebsitein the Cat Writers’ Association’s annual contest!

The contest showcases the very best in the feline field of professional writers, broadcasters, photographers and graphic artists. The Muse Medallions were awarded at the association’s annual conference in Los Angeles earlier this month. I wasn’t able to attend the conference this year, and just received my medal in the mail.

I’m very proud of this award, but it rea...

In praise of senior cats

November is Adopt-a-Senior Pet month. If you’re looking to add a new feline family member, don’t overlook the joys of adopting an older cat. Jane Harrell, executive producer at Petfinder.com, lists 10 reasons senior cats rule, and I agree with all of them. With a senior cat, you know what you’re going to get: the cat’s personality is already formed, so you’ll have a better idea of how she’ll fit into your family. Senior cats are usually already trained in the ways of living with humans. They’...

DIY custom cat climbing wall

When we ran our recent giveaway for five Cattystacks designer cat climbers, Conscious Cat reader Becky told me about the box building challenges she and her husband hold, much to the delight of their four cats. She said the giveaway inspired her to build a new and bigger box tower for her cats.

Becky is amechanical designer who says she’sknown for taking various size boxes home forher kitties. After all, what cat doesn’t love boxes? But Becky and her husband took the whole box thing one step f...

Support your cat’s immune system

The immune system is an intricate system of biological processes and structures that protects the body against disease. A healthy immune system is able to recognize and fend off invaders such as viruses, bacteria, and other pathogens. Keeping your cat’s immune system strong will help prevent health problems and protect her against disease.

In order to protect and boost your cat’s immune system, consider the following:

Feed a species-appropriate,minimally processed diet. Ideally, this meansa raw...

Conscious Cat Sunday: random acts of kindness

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. -The Dalai Lama

Have you ever been the recipient of a random act of kindness? Maybe someone let you go ahead in the grocery store line because you only had one item. The driver in the car ahead of you at the toll booth paid your toll. A friend you haven’t talked to in a while called for no reason at all. If you’ve been on the receiving end of such an act of kindess, you know how wonderful it feels.

Research suggests that positive emotions hel...