How Do I Make My House Safe for My Pet Cat?

You need to make sure you house is safe for your cat, there are many dangers in your house that could cause accidents partiularly when you bring a cat home for the first time. Here are some of the things you should do to keep your cat safe.

• Put the Lid Down on your Toilet. Cats and Kittens can not resist the tempation to drink, and they could fall in or be poisoned.
• Keep doors on appliances (cooker, washing machine etc) closed, also make sure you check these each time you use them in case your cat has climbed in.
• keep cleaning supplies where cats can not get to them as most are toxic.
• Put Lit candels where you cat can not get to them. Cats are drawn to small flames.
• Put medicins away where your cat can not ge to them.
• If you have any breackable ornaments them be sure to put them away safe, cats are drawn to shiny object.
• Keep your doors and windows closed initially to prevent escape.
• Throw away any plastic bags you have right now, these can suffocate your cat.
• Cover any open Electrical outlets, hide any electrical cords as these are attractive toys to cats and every year many cats die from electrocution.
• Give away any Dangerouse plants like poinsettias.
• Do not use Rodent poisons and avoid using chemicals in your garden

these tips should help you to keep your cat safe. If you have any more please send them to us.

Choosing Your First Pet Cat

When you go to chooose the latest addition to your family you need to do an overall assesment of your cat or kitten to make sure that you are bringing home a healthy happy cat that will fit with your overall family. Here are our top tips and things to look for when choosing your first cat or kitten.

1) Environment.
Check the environment, it should  be clean and it should be where the kittens or cat have been raised or live. Look for plenty of cat toys, also look at how the owner, breeder or shelter staff interact with the cats in general.

2) Character
Kittens should be energetic and more than anything else playfull. A well socialised cat should be curiouse to come up to meet you, pay attention to how any cat or kitten enteracts with other people, childern or animals as this will be a good indication of how the cat will behave in your home.

3) Health
You will need to do a physical assesment of your cat to determin if they are healthy. Firstly are the eyes bright? Does the cat look healthy and the right weight? Is the coat clean, soft and shiny?  How does the skin look? Are the ears Clean? Is its nose Moist? Is its gait normal? Do the Teeth and Gums look Healthy? All these questions should be answered before you bring your cat or kitten home.

4) Paperwork
Finally you will need to make sure you get al lof the right paperwork for your new pet. A breeder should offer you registration documents along with a receipt. Shelters will normally provide you with vaccination as well as saying or neutering paerwork. Even if you are taking a pet from a friend or a private person you should get details fo any treatments, vaccinations etc and ideally the contact details for their vet, so you can contact them to check on any procedures.

If you apply all of the above you will be well on your way to choosing the perfect kitten or cat.

Pet Cat Quotes part 4

Thank you for sending us all your great cat quotes.

“Dogs have owners, cats have staff.”
- Unknown

“Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this.”
- Anonymous

” There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats.”
- Anonymous

“No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch.”
- Leo Dworken

“One cat just leads to another.”
- Ernest Hemingway

“The cat has too much spirit to have no heart.”
- Ernest Menaul

“As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.”
- Ellen Perry Berkeley

“People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life.”
- Faith Resnick

“One reason we admire cats is for their proficiency in one-upmanship. They always seem to come out on top, no matter what they are doing, or pretend they do.”
- Barbara Webster

“I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food which they take for granted–but his or her entertainment value.”
- Geoffrey Household

“As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.”
- Cleveland Amory

Pet Cat Quotes Part 3

Here are som more great quotes.

 

“You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats.”
- Colonial American Proverb

“With the qualities of cleanliness, affection, patience, dignity, and courage that cats have, how many of us, I ask you, would be capable of becoming cats?”
- Fernand Mery

“I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.”
- Winston Churchill

“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
- Hippolyte Taine

“A meow massages the heart.”
- Stuart McMillan

“No matter how much cats fight, there always seems to be plenty of kittens.”
- Abraham Lincoln

“Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God.”
- Unknown

“Time spent with cats is never wasted.”
- Unknown

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
- Unknown

” No heaven will not ever be Heaven be; Unless my cats are there to welcome me.”
- Unknown

” How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven.”
- Robert A. Heinlein

Facts about Cats and Kittens Part 6

today’s Cat Facts

1. Cats eyes come in three shapes:   round, slanted and almond
2. The color of a kitten’s eyes will change as it grows older
3. At birth, kittens can’t see or hear.   Cats open their eyes after five days and begin to develop their eyesight and hearing at approximately 2 weeks.  They begin to walk at 20 days.
4. Kittens begin dreaming at just over one week old
5. A cat’s ear pivots 180 degrees.   They have 30 muscles in each ear, and use twelve or more muscles to control their ear movement
6. A group of kittens is called a “kindle.”
7. A group of grown cats is called a “clowder.”
8. Cats rub up against other cats, and people, in an attempt to “mark” them with their scent glands.  They most often use the scent glands between their eye and ear (near the temple area) or their scent glands near the base of their tail.
9. Have you ever tried to feed your cat food that was just taken out of the refrigerator?  Most cats prefer their food at room temperature, and will boldly REFUSE any food that is too cold or too hot.

10. Many experts report that cats will purr when feeling any intense emotion (pleasure or pain).

The Cat Bed: One Solution for Three Problems

Animal shelter workers and volunteers see cats dropped off and returned to shelters many times a day. Each owner surrender comes with an excuse, often valid. But sometimes after the former cat’s owner leaves, the workers spread the funniest (or saddest) excuses all over the shelter as well as to their friends and family. Many times, there is a simple solution to whatever problem the cat owner claims to be having.

Cat Drop-Off Excuse #1: She Didn’t Match Our Furniture

This was a real excuse given to a staff member at an animal shelter. The staff member was too shocked to find out more information. Did they recently buy new furniture and forgot to take a swatch of cat fur with them to the store when they went shopping? Or did the cat look like it would match their existing furniture, but once they got the cat home they realized that the cat was a slate grey while the furniture was actually more of a blue-toned silver?

In either case, buying a separate cat bed would have been the perfect solution. If it was so unappealing to witness the shear clash of the cat’s fur against the velvet armoire, a stylish cat bed could have offset the entire color scheme with a splash of color. The color of the cat sleeping in the bed would have been separated from the precious furniture. Luckily, the shelter workers concluded that the cat would be better off in its eventual new home, anyway.

Cat Drop-Off Excuse #2: His Fur Gets Everywhere

It’s true. Cats shed. It’s a shame that anyone would be oblivious to this fact prior to adopting a cat. They shed when it’s hot outside. They shed when they are stressed out (such as, perhaps, when they can sense their owner doesn’t really appreciate them?). They shed when they are sick and they can shed when they aren’t fed nutritionally enough.

For this excuse, a cat bed would also make an excellent investment. Many cat beds have removable, washable covers, making cat hair removal a breeze. Many cat beds are irresistible to cats, having been insulated for warmth or lined with lamb’s fur. That means more cat fur ends up in the cat bed and less lands in other places of the home. Cats love having their own spot that they can count on to always been there for them.

Cat Drop-Off Excuse #3: Allergies

Allergies can develop as we age. They can also change for better or worse. But many people who work at shelters and own cats are allergic to cat dander, fur, or saliva. And they would try every solution they could find before they would get rid of a cat they loved.

The first solution to try if allergic to a pet is to stop allowing them in the bedroom; not just overnight, but all day long. Of course, many cats love cuddling in bed or napping on it during the day. So once again, getting your cat her own cat bed will make this transition much easier. You might also want to get a few different shapes and styles of cat beds to situate around the house, so that the cat can reposition herself throughout the day and night and will be less likely to hop in bed with you. And as with the previous excuse, designated cat beds mean designated areas where cat fur and dander will reside the most, and can be disposed of the easiest.