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6 Ways a Cat Tracker Can Keep Your Cat Safer, Healthier, & Happier

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Being a pet owner is a wonderful thing. Cats in particular are curious and social animals, each with a unique personality. They are an integral part of our homes and families, and we would do anything to keep them safe and healthy at all times.

One of the easiest things to help keep them safer, happier, and healthier is to equip them with a GPS cat tracker. Firstly, simply for knowing where your cat is at all times, a cat tracker is worth the investment, but there is so much more a tracker can do that is both informative, engaging, and beneficial for you and your cat. Dogs have been wearing trackers for years; now it’s time for cats to enjoy the same technology, but with a tracker designed just for them.

Cat trackers are lightweight and small, and fit comfortably, so your cat won’t even notice they are wearing one, especially with the recently launched Pawfit Lite — the lightest tracker in the Pawfit family of trackers. As they go about their daily activity, you will now have loads of information about your pet gathered by smart tracking technology right at your fingertips in the coordinating tracker app.

A cat tracker can make a big difference in the lives of felines and their families, so we put together a list of a few of the top reasons to consider getting one for your precious kitty.

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The 6 Ways a Cat Tracker Can Keep Your Cat Safer, Healthier, & Happier

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1. Helps you keep your cat safer.

While your cat may be inclined for a good game of hide and seek, you may not be. With a cat tracker, you can know where your cat is at all times and find them fast if you ever need to. By setting multiple safety zones, you’ll receive alerts when your cat is outside the zone to help avoid a potential crisis. Even the coolest cat can get spooked by fireworks, wildlife, or other unexpected noises, so having the ability to react immediately can help prevent a “cat”astrophe.


2. Helps you stay on top of your pets’ health.

With the fast-paced lifestyles of today, families may not notice if their cat is lounging more or is not as active as usual. A cat location and activity tracker can show you right from the app how much exercise your pet is getting. It can help detect lethargy or hyperactivity that may not be normal for your pet, or signs that something else is going on. Regular monitoring can bring many insights about your pet’s health to light for even greater awareness.


3. Provides cat and cat owner happiness.

Trackers can reduce anxiety in pet owners by providing the comfort of knowing where their cat is at all times, which also makes for a happier cat. Happy pawrent, happy cat, happy life. A cat out of sight can weigh heavily on a pet parent’s mind, and pet parents can rest more easily knowing their cat’s whereabouts is always available right at their fingertips in the tracker app.

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4. Gives you tracker data to spot trends.

With regular tracking, you’ll discover where your cat’s favorite hiding places are. In the case of an emergency, you may already have a good idea where your pet is hiding and can find them faster. A tracker can also monitor how active your cat is, so if you notice that suddenly there is little or no activity, that could be a sign they are in trouble or ill.


5. Helps with weight management.

With pet obesity on the rise, a tracker can help make sure your pet is staying active by checking calories burned, distance traveled, and more. By setting goals, monitoring them, and adjusting as needed for your pet, you can stay on top of your cat’s wellness.


6. Share tracking with the whole family. More eyes = more peace of mind.

A tracker equipped with family sharing allows multiple people to track the whereabouts of your pet and have access to all the other tracking features as well. After all, sharing is caring. With more eyeballs on the fur balls, this feature is great for traveling pet parents or busy families to make sure your cat is being looked after, to help keep them safe.

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Conclusion

These are just a few of the ways a cat GPS tracker, like one from Pawfit, can help enhance the lives of pets and their parents. There are many other tools to play with on a cat tracker, such as light or sound features and temperature alerts, and with the rapid speed of technology development, many more features will soon become available. Staying connected to your cat in real time can be a game-changer in worry-free pet care.


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