One of our cats is a lot fussier than the other – whilst Boo will eat anything and everything, Misty is a great deal fussier. She will happily eat dry food but tends to lick the gravy or the jelly on wet food and leave the meat chunks. Cats seem to certainly know what they like or dislike, not only with taste but with texture too. When we came across brands selling soup for cats we decided to investigate further, is soup for cats a good meal for cats?   Ready to buy cat soup Several of the major cat food brands including Sheba, Whiskers and Gourmet now offer soup…

The main reason an adult cat may lose her teeth is due to gum disease, and older cats are most at risk or it may be that your cat has had to have them removed by surgery for other various reasons. Either way, it’s important to understand the best way to feed your cat to ensure she’s still receiving the calories and the nutrients needed to remain healthy. Why do cats lose their teeth? Just like humans, cats firstly develop milk teeth. These milk teeth appear in the first 3 to 4 weeks of a kitten’s life. The first milk tooth is usually lost at about 3-4 months and by…

Whilst we are all frantically applying sunscreen on ourselves, and our children, in this glorious hot weather, it raises the question of whether we need to apply sunscreen on our cats too?  We are all aware of the potential danger to human skin from over exposure to harmful UV rays and awareness needs to be made that pets too can suffer sunburn from too much time in the sun.  The sun emits both UVA (long wave ultraviolet A) and UVB (short wave ultraviolet B) – UVB rays cause sunburn and UVA rays can lead to skin cancer. Which cats are at risk to sunburn? Light coloured cats, in particular white…

Cat Smoothies and Juices During this latest heat wave the family, including the cats, were all off their food – just too hot to eat! Therefore while I ensured the kids were still receiving their daily nutrition via fruit smoothies it got me thinking – could I make smoothies for the cats? Both our cats adore the little packs of Fun Sauces that are available therefore the same texture and flavours with extra nutritional value surely could only be a hit? Indeed, it was! So here’s a guide to what can be included in cat smoothies and what to avoid. Can cats eat vegetables? Cats are predominantly carnivores, their system…

It was a beautiful hot sunny Sunday afternoon in June, the whole family basking in the sun enjoying a cooling refreshing popsicle when our daughter suggested that wouldn’t it be wonderful to give our cats, Misty and Bella Boo, a cooling treat! Which got us thinking…can you give your cat a popsicle? Therefore after some research and some feedback from our feline friends this is what we discovered. Are popsicles and ice creams safe for cats? To keep your cat healthy, don’t feed them sugary foods. Although sugar isn’t toxic to cats, to keep your cat healthy you should not give them sugary foods as it can cause obesity, cause…

As cat owners we haven’t had a poisoning experience so far, and we hope we never will, but we feel it’s important to gain as much knowledge on the subject as we can as a cat’s inquisitive character can put them at risk of ingesting or coming into contact with poisonous substances. Cats may ingest poisons from a variety of sources; see details below for various dangers.  If you think your cat has been poisoned, even if there are no visible signs, take him/her immediately to the vet for professional advice. Take with you a sample of what has been swallowed if this is possible.  If the poisonous substance is…

This subject can be contentious, for us it was an easy decision because we weren’t even planning on having a pet, let alone one that lived in the house.  So when we rescued Misty we set her up in the garden room/shed, after the initial 7 weeks of getting her acclimatised to us and vice versa and making sure she was fit and healthy we gradually let her out during the day, supervised at first, but it soon became clear that it was impossible to contain her within our garden boundary.  Whilst our daughter agonised at letting her out (and still does), we took this decision early on because we…