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Hi everyone, Today’s guest story comes from Julie and her cat Vienna who you may have spotted in a recent tummy rub tuesday post! 😉 Vienna was a rescue from a family that moved away and left her behind. While she was a stray, friends of ours had been feeding her for a few months. […]
FRIDAY ART CAT – “Mono Cat” This image was drawn by me in ink pen on white paper – with I’ll admit, some previous pencil marks that were rubbed out afterwards! Mono coloured, or black and white images can be very striking, but what I like most about how this turned out is that the […]
Hi everyone, It’s me Rennie here today and we’ve had a fellow royal meowjesty visit us in our kingdom today! Rennie: Look Freya! It’s your hero! Freya: Is it? Ooooohhhh it is Simba!!! Rennie: It sure is… but what is he doing here? Freya: That is a very good question… Rennie: Looks like he is […]
Hi everyone, Today’s entry in Purrsday Poetry comes from WEISS-NIX The rule for today. Touch my tail, I shred your hand. New rule tomorrow. Die Regel für heute. Berühre meinen Schwanz, (und) ich werde deine Hand schreddern. Neue Regel morgen. Originally appeared on the red
Hello! I’m Jakie the Cat. Welcome to my Daytime Drama. Episode 2. It’s time for breakfast. My humom is making herself sunny side up eggs. Her favorite. And mine. We have the same battle every morning. I want some, but the sunny side up egg belongs to humom. Why does this always happen? Day after […]
Hi everyone, It’s not often that we get a chance to combine our passion for video games with cats! So we were most delighted when we found out about Bethesda launching this awesome campaign. Thanks, Marc ESO CHARITY INITIATIVE TO SAVE CATS AND OTHER PETS KICKS OFF WITH CONNECTED IN-GAME EVENTS AND QUESTS #SlayDragonsSaveCats Charity Effort […]
Moving home with your pet How to avoid stress when you’re moving Moving house can be one of the most stressful experiences in life, both physically and emotionally. So imagine how confusing this time can be for our pets, who can’t understand why all these changes are taking place. PDSA vet nurse, Nina Downing, said: […]
Hi everyone, For those of you that entered our competition with TiggaTowers. Apparently the present went down very well with the two cats and one dog of the winner! “Thank you so much for the lovely prize which arrived safely. The cats absolutely love it, as does the dog! He patiently waits his turn and […]
Hello everyone, Welcome to another week of Tummy Rub Tuesday! We have set up a Katzenworld Forum and would like to encourage everyone to make their entries for Tummy Rub Tuesday on our dedicated Tummy Rub Tuesday post. Simply leave a comment on the post and attach the image you’d like to use. If you’ve got more […]
Hi everyone, The Guinness World Records kindly gave us permission to repost some of their cat world records as part of their 2016 book which is now available in stores! Today we are looking at the Oldest cat living: The oldest cat living is Corduroy (b. 1 August 1989), aged 25 years 339 days as of […]
Hi everyone, It’s me Oliver here today from a Galaxy far far away! Ooops… the wrong movie. 😉 I mean of course in my scratch tree far far away! So what am I up to? Well… here in the UK we are suffering from a major few weeks of constant rain and horrible weather meaning […]
Hi everyone, It seems like it was only just summer here in the UK but as we are reaching the end of September sadly it’s once again time for our annual firework season in this part of the world! Hence why we thought it about time to start sharing some firework season advice with you […]
PDSA vets help cat get back onto three paws A cat from Birmingham has been left with life-changing injuries after his leg was amputated following a horrific airgun attack. Seven-year-old ‘Teddy Bear’ the cat was taken to Aston PDSA Pet Hospital by his worried owners Rhian and Sharon Bhatoe after coming home with an injury […]
Two North East schools have been busy battling to become the UK’s first PDSA ‘PetWise’ School. The vet charity launched the award last year, designed to teach the next generation of pet owners about caring for pets. Morpeth All Saints CofE Aided First School in Northumberland and Benton Dene Special School in Newcastle were among […]
Hi everyone, Today’s guest post comes from Jody Nerhood Edwards about Blacky and Silver: One day two little black kittens were in at a shelter and they were kind of scared. Their Momma was gone and their sister had left mysteriously the day before. Then this nice Hooman Lady came in and played with them. […]
You may have read about Shinjji, the now seventeen year old Lynx Point Siamese mix. He’s the Assistant Site Mascot on my blog, Mindflight. I really love his markings, which are a cross between a standard Siamese and a gray tabby, while his face reminds me a bit of a cougar. His eyes are nearly […]
Hello there humans and cats! Freya: It’s me Freya here today and you are most likely wondering where I got this super cozy Hiding Den from? Well… it wasn’t always a den… when it first arrived from our sponsor and partner Sleepypod it was flat packed! Rennie: It most certainly wasn’t… 😮 Rennie: And Freya… […]
Six Boxes for Nine Lives A cat named Leonard in the dog’s water bowl up to his waist, like Buddha fishing for his toy. 6 mo old Leonard in the shower clawed my legs to escape the downpour. When I unpack groceries he’s in the first empty bag, wrapped a handle round his neck, flew […]
The cat who finds lost cats Hello, humans. My name is Henry. I’m a Search & Rescue cat. Well, actually I’m in charge of the Search part. The Rescue bit is up to my partner, the Lost Cat Finder. She’s the one who busted me out of the shelter 7 years ago. My job is […]
Now here’s an interesting one, it’s just a shame Alfie has got the direction wrong!
Scientific study investigating where and by whom cats like to be stroked reveals interesting findings… How true are cartoons like the one below? Do they actually reflect a cat’s preferences? While most owners will agree that cats like to be stroked around the face area, there’s less agreement over other areas. For instance some owners […]
I want to take a quick look at how your pictures can sometimes look rather good when you are cropping them for Instagram.
Hello everyone, Welcome to another week of Tummy Rub Tuesday! We have set up a Katzenworld Forum and would like to encourage everyone to make their entries for Tummy Rub Tuesday on our dedicated Tummy Rub Tuesday post. Simply leave a comment on the post and attach the image you’d like to use. If you’ve got more […]
Hi everyone, Today we have a post from Eric and his video that he created in memory of their cat Wilber: More about the video (and click here if it doesn’t play above) by the creator below!: The first episode premiered in 2008 and became popular on YouTube He talked about the lost love of […]
Hi everyone, This is part 2 in our visit to the Little Lions Cat Cafe series. If you’ve missed part 1 please click here. One of our other favourite cats was the mischievous black and white tuxedo cat that tried to steal our food! There was just something about his eyes and the way he […]
Hi everyone, Please find below a story with happy end from our friends over at the PDSA! 🙂 A cat who shares his name with a Hollywood superhero survived a horror 40ft fall from a third floor window – and was back on four paws again within 24 hours. One-year-old Shinji Hancock seems to share […]
Alleycat Learns to Walk at Battersea After Being Abandoned An eleven-month-old cat at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home has been learning to walk after being found in an alleyway in Lambeth, unable to use her back legs. Fortunately for the young cat, a passing couple noticed a pushchair had appeared in an alleyway by their […]
The Finding of a Therapy Cat: a series about Tinkerbelle, Registered Pet Partner Therapy Cat (retired) and our journey together. By Mollie Hunt Part 32: Tinkerbelle’s Challenge Tink was rounding on the ripe old age of thirteen when she began to cough. At first I thought it was a hairball issue, so I brushed her […]
Hi everyone, Today’s guest post comes from our friend Ben Herman and will require you to have a box of tissues at hand. On Sunday June 16th at 3:35 PM, our cat Squeaky Squeakums passed away. Squeaky was a very sweet, affectionate, loving cat. I have written about Squeaky before on this blog. But, in short: […]
FRIDAY ART CAT – Sphynx in a Multicoloured Jumper Finished off this Sphynx I started the other week, including its glorious technicolour jumper! Do get in touch if you’d like me to capture your cat in pastel like this, or oil paint. Thanks for looking! Sara Sara I am an artist making work mostly of […]