Help Your pet Fight the Flab!

PDSA offers tip tips for keeping your pets fit and healthy It’s estimated that up to 50% of all UK pets are now overweight or obese*. Given the clear pet obesity issue, PDSA’s veterinary experts offer their tops tips of keeping pets healthy, trim and happy. PDSA Vet Nurse, Joanne Wright, said: “It’s easy for […]

World Hearing Day: PDSA Tips on Dealing With Ear Problems in Pets

World Hearing Day PDSA tips on dealing with ear problems in pets The 3rd of March marks World Hearing Day – a day to raise awareness of the importance of early identification and intervention for hearing loss. Ear problems are quite common in pets and can potentially be very painful, but our four-legged friends can’t […]

Happy #TRT – Tummy Rub Tuesday (Week 292)

Hello everyone, Welcome to another week of Tummy Rub Tuesday! If you’d like your cat to appear in our weekly column via not send them in via info@katzenworld.co.uk. Or just leave a comment with the link to the post / photo you’d like us to use. Oliver is always hoping for a tummy rub, especially […]

2019 ‘Cat-Human Relationships’ photography competition winner – Kirsten Sharp from the US

‘A boy and his cat. Miles (2 years old) has spent every day of his life with his best friend Marley by his side. She cares for him as if he were her kitten, grooming him and playing with him and cuddling up to him to snuggle. A child that grows up with a cat […]

The Felines of New York: The Shop Window Cat

Hi everyone, We are back today with another little post on our felines of New York. It comes as no surprise that there is a whole book on the felines of the city available as it certainly seemed that we bumped into another cat at every street corner! This particular beautiful cat was resting on […]

Stress Relief Measures and Enrichment Toys Await Urban Cats at Harrow’s New Low-Impact Homing Centre

Harrow Homing Centre: Grand Opening Event – Saturday, 14 March (12:00-16:30) Harrow will become a wellness haven for London’s city cats and stressed-out strays, thanks to Cats Protection’s innovative new homing centre, opening on Saturday 14 March. The nation’s leading cat charity has converted a former warehouse in Tudor Road into a state-of-the-art homing centre for up to 600 needy […]

PDSA Vets Issue Warning After Cat Loses Leg in Car Engine

Vet charity PDSA has warned drivers to check under their car and bonnet before switching engines on this winter after vets had to amputate a cat’s leg when it got trapped in a fan belt. Using up one of her nine lives, Saffy the cat, from Bradford, hid under a neighbour’s car bonnet. Not realising […]

Renegade: Time for an Outdoor Adventure!

Hi everyone, It’s me Rennie here today and I got to be one of the first cats in the UK to trial the new Martingale Cat Harness from our sponsor sleepypod! Rennie: To help our humans the harness came with a neat and easy to follow instruction leaflet! Rennie: The cat harness is made of […]

Guest Star: The Cats that Saved Their Humans Life

Hi everyone, Please find below a Guest Story from Diana and how her cats saved her life: In early 2017 my cats began to act weird, watching my every move but the way they stared was a worry stare, little did I know they were trying to warn me. I used to tell my coworkers […]

Interview with Artist Quint Cole – He’s a Cat!

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing a true cat artist— No not an artist who paints cats, but a cat who paints artwork! Quint Cole, of Colehaus Cats, has been painting from a young age. Here is his story: ~Please tell us a little about yourself. I don’t know what there is to tell. […]

Charity Searches for UK’s Fattest Pets

Vet charity PDSA is searching for the UK’s fattest pets as it launches its annual pet slimming competition – Pet Fit Club. Now in its 15th year, the competition aims to help tackle the UK’s pet obesity crisis – as the charity’s stats reveal up to half of UK pets (46% of dogs, 34% of cats and 30% of rabbits*) […]

Purrsday Poetry: In a cat‘s eyes – Beloved (by illspk)

Hi everyone, Today’s entry in Purrsday Poetry comes from Ignis Lifestyle: White as snow Heart to melt Came this lovely being you see through our hands to grow ____________________________________ The touch of her fur was creamy Her eyes gleamy Her trust deep ____________________________________ Never had we made her life steep Every time we spent together […]

Are You a Confident Cat?

Tiger Lily for Katzenworld. Taking the Coolest Portrait

Confidence, it’s what keeps us cats going when things get tough. We walk the feline walk and meow the feline talk. Hello everyone, my name is Silver and I help my mum blog at Dash Kitten. I am here to talk Cat Confidence for those who may feel they don’t quite have it yet. A […]

Giveaway: Win a Tigga Towers Raspberry Catnip Bear

Hi everyone, Today we have teamed up with TiggaTowers for a chance to win their Raspberry Catnip Bear! Tigga Towers has been established for over 10 years, a small independent online family business that designs and sells luxury cat scratchers, pet bedding and catnip toys. Each month they let their customers know what pet shows they […]

6 Reasons Why Cat Trees Are Important for Your Pet’s Health

A multitude of surveys have proven that now, more than ever, we are spending more time and money on our pets than on other human beings. When you want to splurge on your feline friend, then one of the best investments would be a cat tree. Especially if you are constantly catching your kitty scratching […]

London Catfest – The Cat Festival is Back in Beckenham Place

Hi everyone, We are so very excited that we are going to be part of the third installment of Catfest in London this year! Amongst selling some of our favorite products such as the fantastic 4cats toys we will have a huge selection of products available for you to browse After two successive, sell-out editions, […]

Happy #TRT – Tummy Rub Tuesday (Week 291)

Hello everyone, Welcome to another week of Tummy Rub Tuesday! If you’d like your cat to appear in our weekly column via not send them in via info@katzenworld.co.uk. Or just leave a comment with the link to the post / photo you’d like us to use. Today we have not just got one but THREE […]

World Spay Day

Challenging the myths around neutering Tuesday 25 February is World Spay Day – an international event to raise awareness of the importance of neutering. Neutering (spaying or castrating) a pet means removing the reproductive organs – for females the ovaries and womb, and in males the testicles. This prevents unplanned litters at a time when so […]

Cat Wars With Neighbours

This article first appeared on ProtectaPet’s own blog. A recent article in the Guardian has caught the attention of ProtectaPet and it intrigued us as well!. The article discusses how cats are causing disruptions between neighbours. One of the stories involves a couple in Hammersmith who opened a legal case against a neighbour. John and […]

The Finalists are in! Vote for Your Top Shelter Cat as The ‘Grand Prize Winner’ in Petcurean’s ‘Uplift the Underdog’ Contest

Today we would like to share a feel-good story and exciting update from Petcurean’s Uplift the Underdog: Cat Edition contest. Please note all links will only work for US & Canadian readers on this occasion as the campaign is exclusive to the US. Just this week, the 12 feline finalists – 6 from Canada and […]

Nubia: Kingdom Under Attack!

Right so I was sleeping in my castle minding my own business and all of a sudden I heard that noise! Nubia: Luckily it’s got a protective wall to hide behind! 😮 Nubia: And there it was!!! The rainbow BIRD! How dare it to invade my realm! :O Nubia: But what’s worse he brought a […]

Start of Life – Choosing the Right Nutrition for Your Puppy or Kitten

World-respected veterinary nutritionist, Dr. Marge Chandler, will talk us through what makes a complete and balanced diet and what essential nutrients growing puppies and kittens need to live healthy lives in a free live webinar on 17 March at 7.30pm. Marge will discuss the various feeding options faced by todays owners and breeders. She will explain exactly you should look for when choosing the […]

Guest Star: Earnestine

Hi everyone, Today’s guest story comes from Eric and Earnestine: We moved into this house about a year and a half ago, the house is smaller than we preferred, but the yard is huge, two greenhouses and two storage sheds, and still plenty of room for my workshop.  When we moved here, we inherited a […]

The Friday Art Cat: “Contre-jour Maine Coon”

FRIDAY ART CAT – “Contre-jour Maine Coon” This is a little pencil sketch of an Maine Coone against the light, which is throwing a dark shadow over its face. Hope you like it! Sara I am an artist making work mostly of animals and people, specialising in oil painting and soft pastel.  Three cats live with […]

Nubia: A New Almo Nature Food Range + Find out how they Protect Nature!

Hi everyone, It’s me Nubia here today with a little update from our friends over at Almo Nature! The new range is called Almo Nature Mega Pack (6 x 70g)  Nubia: So what is new about this? Made with Natural Ingredients of which 75% is meat or fish, providing the best source of animal protein […]

Purrsday Poetry – Coco: A Cat’s Self Portrait: Written for Masterblaster

I’m elegance personified: the sphynx Is just a dusty lion compared with me: No curtain-climber, no great Hilary, It’s slept in Egypt’s sun a million winks. No matter that I’m a computer jinx: A mouse is still a mouse. We both agree It’s paradise to play with: let me be! Who do you think you […]

Guest Star: Omani Mau

Hi everyone, Please find below a guest story from Rumi an Omani Mau: My name is Rumi! I’m an Omani Mau – u ask what’s that ? In other words, I’m a stray cat from the country of Oman. I’m trying to change the perception of Omani Maus in the world as we face abuse […]

TV Vet Scott Miller Reveals the Nation’s pet Regrets

Sainsbury’s Bank Pet Insurance launches interactive tool to help dog and cat owners avoid pet regrets More than half of cat and dog owners (51%) don’t research their pet’s breed A fifth of pet owners have rehomed an animal Sainsbury’s Bank launches a Pawfect Match tool to help future pet owners make informed decisions about cat and dog […]