Why Does My Cat Sleep More in the Fall? Fall arrives and suddenly everyone in the house seems ready for a nap. The mornings are darker. The evenings get cooler. Blankets come back out. And your cat has apparently decided that getting out of bed is now completely optional. You may start noticing your cat sleeping later in the morning, spending entire afternoons curled up on a blanket or abandoning their summer hangouts for the warmest, coziest places in the house. And considering cats ...
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Why Does My Cat Follow Me Everywhere? 10 Reasons Why
Why Does My Cat Follow Me Everywhere? 10 Reasons Your Cat Is Always Behind You You get up from the couch. Your cat gets up. You walk into the kitchen. Your cat walks into the kitchen. You go upstairs. Apparently, your cat also had important business upstairs. And heaven forbid you try to go to the bathroom by yourself. Living with cats sometimes feels like having a tiny furry supervisor whose job is to make sure you're never allowed to do anything without proper feline ...
Can Cats Eat Pumpkin? Benefits, Risks & How Much Is Safe
Can Cats Eat Pumpkin? Benefits, Risks & How Much Is Safe The second September rolls around, pumpkin starts showing up everywhere. Pumpkin coffee. Pumpkin muffins. Pumpkin bread. Pumpkin candles. Pumpkin decorations. Apparently, we've collectively decided that fall cannot begin until absolutely everything has been turned into a pumpkin. And if you're opening a can of pumpkin for a recipe, you may have heard that you can give some to your cat too. But can cats eat pumpkin? Yes, ...
Fall Plants That Are Toxic to Cats: What to Avoid
Fall Plants That Are Toxic to Cats: Mums, Autumn Crocus & More Fall decorating season is one of my favorites. Pumpkins start showing up everywhere. The summer flowers get replaced with mums. Fall bouquets appear at the grocery store, and suddenly every front porch looks like it belongs in a fall catalog. Unfortunately, cats don't care whether something is seasonal decor. If it's new, Ellie and Jinx need to investigate it. They need to smell it. They need to walk around ...
Are Fall Leaves Safe for Cats? What to Know
Are Fall Leaves Safe for Cats? What Cat Owners Need to Know There is something about fall that makes everything outside suddenly look like a cat toy. Leaves are blowing across the yard. They skitter across the sidewalk. They tumble through the air. And if you have a curious cat watching from the window, you can almost see those little hunting instincts kick in. To a cat, a crunchy leaf blowing across the ground probably looks a whole lot like something that needs to be chased ...
Why Does My Cat Sit in the Window?
Why Does My Cat Sit in the Window? If you have a cat, there's a good chance you have at least one window in your house that has officially been claimed as cat property. It doesn't matter if there's a perfectly comfortable cat bed six feet away. The window wins. Ellie and Jinx love keeping track of what's happening around them, and sometimes I wonder what exactly they're watching so intently. A bird? A squirrel? A leaf blowing across the yard? The neighbor doing something suspicious ...