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Help for the Finicky Cat & the Exasperated Human
I know I’m dating myself here in a major way, but back when I was a kid and Morris the Cat was pretty much the only feline celebrity (yes, kids, that was way before the interwebs), the 9 Lives commercials would end with a tagline about how their food was for finicky cats like Morris. [...] -
Declawing Debate - Jackson's Response
Declawing has always been a very important issue to me, as it should be for anybody who loves cats (or respects animals). This video is pretty self-explanatory but, just to recap: I got a last minute interview request from a “news” show discussing proposed legislation to ban declawing in the state of New Jersey. I [...] -
Fur Dying Rant
I was looking through Facebook comments yesterday, and hiding among shoutouts and shared pictures was this:“Hey there, Cat Daddy! I’m a huge fan of the color purple, just like you. So when I was thinking about dyeing my cat’s hair, that seemed to be the logical color to choose. What do you think?” Wait… what? [...] -
How Often Should I Bathe my Cat?
It’s interesting to me that, whenever this question gets asked, it’s always about how often as opposed to at all. The question itself is an example of how we tend to look at cats through“dog-colored” glasses. Since it’s pretty well-established that dogs need to be bathed regularly, it is usually presumed that cats do, as [...] -
Does Your Cat Have Dementia?
Some years back, my friends and I rescued an old Maine Coon from a freezing barn in Iowa after a blizzard. We took him home, named him Grolsch (my friend was Dutch and liked beer, what could I say?), and he quickly adapted to indoor living. It was difficult to ascertain his age since years [...] -
Litter Box Avoidance 101
Litter box avoidance remains one of the most prevalent dilemmas cat guardians have to navigate. Let's take a look at a few of the more common reasons your cat may be electing to take things“outside the box.” It’s a Medical Thing The first thing you need to address is the prospect that there could be a physical [...] -
How To Get Your Cat Into a Pet Carrier
Hint: for more on related topics, see Vet Trips // #TeamCatMojo Tips What You Should Do If Your Cat Is Sick The Best and Worst Ways to Train Your Cat Everyone thinks cats just hate carriers… but that’s not true; we taught them to hate carriers. Imagine growing up in a household where your family had two station wagons: a [...] -
Living With Cats, Dogs, Kids and More
Hint: for more on related topics, see Catifying Your Home for Harmony How to Introduce Two Cats The Best and Worst Way to Train Your Cat It’s one thing to establish a harmonious household when there are only adults and cats co-habitating. It’s quite another when you add both dogs and children to that domestic stew. Finding harmony in [...] -
What To Do After a Catfight
Hint: for more on related topics, see How to Introduce Two Cats The Best and Worst Way to Train Your Cat The Do's and Don'ts of Introducing Cats Sometimes two cats decide that they just don’t like each other. Perhaps they’ve had an event of some sort, and this turned them into temporary enemies. But as with all conflicts, [...] -
The Do's and Don'ts of Introducing Cats
Hint: for more on related topics, see How to Introduce Two Cats The Best and Worst Way to Train Your Cat Before You Get a Kitten As we all know, cats are intensely territorial beings. And yet, when the subject of introducing two cats has come up through the years, I would constantly hear people advise, “Just put them [...] -
Catifying Your Home For Harmony
Hint: for more on this topic, see • Tips to Catify Your Home • How to Stop Your Cat From Scratching Furniture • Resolutions for a Healthy Cat: Catify Catification is the art of creating an enriched home environment that is acceptable to both you and your cat. Catification teaches us that every square inch of the home can be shared in [...] -
Train Your Cat to Let You Sleep
Training for Your Cat Hint: for more on related topics, see For A Healthy Cat: Play Therapy You're Feeding Your Cat All Wrong! For A Healthy Cat: Catify Is your cat keeping you up, waking you up in the middle of the night by knocking things off the shelf, or relentlessly meowing to get you out of bed [...] -
How to Stop Your Cats From Scratching Furniture
How to Stop Cats Scratching Furniture Hint: for more on related topics, see For A Healthy Cat: Catify Play Therapy The Best and Worst Way to Train Your Cat Why Having Claws and Scratching is Important to Cats Claws are a physically, socially, and emotionally vital part of every cat. Scratching, for a cat, is not only a natural act, [...] -
Cat Allergies
Allergies Hint: for more on related topics, see Bio Appropriate Diet Team Cat Mojo Tips: Vet Trips How to Switch Your Cat To A Raw Meat Diet Cat Allergies: The Facts Between 5 and 10% of the human population has at least some sensitivity to cats. When people come into contact with a cat to which they are [...] -
Aggression In Cats
Pet`s Agression Hint: For more related topics, see Play Therapy You're Petting your cat all wrong For a Healthy Cat: Catify Is your cat biting and/or attacking you or other people? Aggression in cats is not uncommon, but it’s unusual for it to be serious enough for people to seek professional help. Feline aggression is absolutely treatable; but to [...]
