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 […]
Why Does Your Cat Pee Out of the Litter Box?
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Litter Box Mastery Part 2: Cleanliness Is Next To Catliness
As mentioned in Part One of this series, there is no stock, one-size-fits-all solution to litter box issues. So while writing my latest book, Total Cat Mojo, I presented my Ten Litter Box Commandments as a way of offering some general starting-point guidelines for your problem-solving detectivism. This four-part series is a condensed rundown of what […]
Cat Daddy Dictionary: The Wallflower
Wallflower (aka the“victim” or“scaredy” cat) – ˈwôlˌflou(ə)r -(nounˆ) One of the three mojo-based cat archetypes; One who exhibits timid, skittish, or scared behavior as a matter of personality, as opposed to because of traumatic events; As in“Monty is a Wallflower by nature,” to which the answer would be: “Who is Monty? You have a cat?”General Characteristics:
Wallflowers […]
Declawing: Don’t Do It!
Hey Everyone –
I’m privileged enough to have written several books on the subject of cats and my life with them. I often get questions about certain topics and realize that there’s no better way to answer them than to reference what I’ve already written. This is one of those times.
This excerpt is from my latest […]
Skittish? Scared? Hiding? Cat Daddy Cocoons to the Rescue!
Do you have a closet cat, an under-the-bed cat, someone whose primary objective is to remain unnoticed, safe from scrutiny? If so, you likely have a“Wallflower Cat” on your hands.
Hiding is about being small and invisible. It’s hanging out in what we call the “Unconfident Where.” Believe me, there is a stark difference in body […]
Keeping Cats Indoors
Cat Daddy BookmobileHey Everyone –I’m privileged enough to have written several books on the subject of cats and my life with them. I often get questions about certain topics and realize that there’s no better way to answer them than to reference what I’ve already written. This is one of those times.This excerpt is from […]
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 […]