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Dan has been working in the pet world for over 4 years covering cats, dogs, and all other pets in between. He loves helping pet parents keep their companions happy, healthy, and of course, totally spoiled! Originally from London, Dan now travels and works remotely, which unfortunately means no pets at home, but it gives him plenty of opportunities to fuss over other people’s furry friends.

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Does Your Cat Need A Friend? How to Tell If Your Cat Is Lonely

Cats have a reputation for being perfectly happy on their own – independent, self-sufficient, and solitary. But, like many stereotypes, this one does not tell the whole story. Whilst felines don’t tend to be as gregarious as dogs, they do...

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Why Cats Love To Get High

If you’re trying to find a cat in any home, the search almost always ends by looking up. They’ll be on top of the refrigerator, balanced on a door frame, or wedged into the highest shelf of a bookcase. It...

Siamese cat with bright blue eyes climbing on the tree

Is Your Cat Happy? Here’s How You Can Tell

Cats have a reputation for being indifferent, even inscrutable. But despite their seemingly ambivalent appearance, cats experience many emotions, including happiness, and they express those emotions in ways that are quite readable once you know how. The challenge is that...

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Decoding The Cat Loaf: What It Means and When to Worry

Few cat behaviors have captured the internet quite like the loaf. Paws tucked neatly beneath the body, tail wrapped in, perfectly rectangular. As one of the most recognizable cat positions, it has generated myriad memes, fan accounts, and general appreciation...

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According to Vets, Most Owners Miss These Signs That a Cat is Sick

Cats are famously good at hiding discomfort. It is not stubbornness or indifference; it’s a deeply ingrained survival instinct. In the wild, showing weakness or illness attracts predators, and domesticated cats carry that instinct with them today, which means illness...

tabby cat looking sad or sick lying on bed

What Normal Aging Looks Like in Cats and When You Should Worry

These days, cats can live anywhere from 13 to 17 years on average, with some making it well into their 20s. That is a long life, with considerable changes affecting the body along the way. While some of those changes...

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Why Cats Sit by the Door (But Don’t Go Through It)

Door-sitting is one of those quirky little habits that almost every cat owner experiences at some point. You know how it goes: a cat parks itself at a doorway, often inconveniently, staring, motionless, at the closed door. Although no single...

Sad, calico cat sitting, looking through small front door window on porch

The Original Space Invaders – Why Zero Respect for Personal Boundaries Is a Good Thing

Cats have a reputation for being independent, and in many ways they are. But anyone who has tried to work at a laptop with a cat on the keyboard, or woken up with one sitting directly on their face, knows...

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Weird Cat Behaviors That Actually Make Perfect Sense

We have been sharing our lives with cats for thousands of years, yet we still find ourselves genuinely stumped by what they get up to. From chattering their teeth at the window to leaving dead mice at the door, these...

calico cat bunting on woman's head

Vets Urge Owners: Don’t Ignore Sweet Smell Coming From Cats

Cats are not particularly known for having a pleasant aroma. The occasional whiff of fishy cat breath and that unmistakable post-litter-box scent simply come with the territory. So when a cat suddenly smells sweet, almost like maple syrup, most owners...

Tabby cat smelling a young man in front of the window

The Simple Reasons Cats Refuse to Let Anyone Use the Bathroom Alone

Cats have an extraordinary talent for making themselves present in the most inconvenient places, and the bathroom ranks near the top of the list. It is one of the most universally shared experiences among cat owners, and yet the reasons...

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The Surprisingly Simple Ways to Help a Cat With Hairballs

Cats spend an astonishing amount of time grooming. It is part hygiene routine, part comfort ritual, and part instinct that traces back generations. But all that licking comes with a familiar side effect that most cat owners know well: hairballs....

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The Surprisingly Sweet Reason Behind Cats Chewing Human Hair (and Others)

Cats have a talent for turning the ordinary into something slightly bizarre. One minute, there’s a peaceful evening on the couch, and the next, a cat is chewing on a strand of hair like it’s the most fascinating thing in...

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The 5 Things Cats Are Communicating With a Paw to the Face

Cats have a reputation for being aloof, which makes it all the more puzzling when they reach out and deliberately place a paw on your face. It’s oddly intimate for an animal that supposedly doesn’t care about you. So what’s...

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The Cat Biting Mistakes Most Owners Make (And What Works Instead)

Cat bites sent more than 400,000 people to emergency rooms in the US each year.1 Not scratches. Bites. And the reason they’re so medically serious has nothing to do with how hard the cat bites. It’s about what’s in a...

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