It's the summer. The humans have retrieved their shorts and t-shirts from the back of the wardrobe, dusted off their sunglasses and are heading to the park to enjoy the nice weather. But spare a thought for your furry friends who don't have the luxury of taking off a few layers of clothing. In this post we explore ways to ensure that your cats are comfortable during hot weather...
Getting your cat used to wearing a collar as quickly as possible is a really important part of keeping your furry friend safe because, even for indoor cats, wearing a collar means that your treasured pet can also wear a personalised ID tag with your contact details on.
In the UK there is no legal obligation to include an ID tag on your cat’s collar, like there is for a dog. However, we recommend cat ID tags for both indoor and outdoor cats so we are going to outline some of the benefits and what details you should and can include to help reunite you with your cat if they get lost...
We have already discussed the safest cat collars here, but do all cats need to wear collars and ID tags, including indoor cats? Since we’ve had Noggins and Binkles, we have lived in different properties and different countries, including Seychelles and Mauritius, but we have always chosen to put a breakaway safety collar and ID tag on them.
To really understand why cats love boxes so much, we need to remember that today's domestic cats have some formidable hunters as ancestors. Whilst Noggins & Binkles and most other domestic cats no longer need to rely on their predatory instincts to get through each day, that does not mean that somewhere, deep inside each and every kitty, there isn't a little lion or tiger trying to get out...