Two Red Cats – Strip 32 – Stelvio (part 2)

Those who you are reading are the exact words that my father said, when we presented Stelvio to him. In practice, he immediately accepted the little ginger kitty as our new cat, and put between his paws a whole fish.  Welcome, buddy! Want to see more adventures (and photos!) of the Two Red Cats? Follow […]

Top 10 Tips to Tackling Obesity

Hi everyone, The following tips and advice are largely based on chapter 8 of the book “Obesity in the Dog and Cat” which is available at https://www.crcpress.com/9781498741477 It all starts with an accurate diet history. You need to know how many calories your pet is currently consuming in order to best determine where feeding adjustments […]

Remarkable Cat-Human Relationships Captured on Camera for Charity Photo Competition

Remarkable Cat-Human Relationships Captured on Camera for Charity Photo Competition Last Chance to Enter! From veterinary staff dedicated to their feline patients, to delightful cat-child connections and memorable street cat encounters, the entries submitted to the 2019 Cat-Human Relationships Photography Competition are truly showcasing the incredible bond humans have with cats. Organised by feline charity […]

Happy #TRT – Tummy Rub Tuesday (Week 256)

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 […]

Ha’Penny: It’s a Hard Life Being a Kitten

Hello everyone, Today I get to talk for myself for the first time after the humans introduced me to you a few weeks back. 😀 Ha’Penny: And I learnt that human laps are super comfy and warm… Ha’Penny: The only problem is… they keep moving about… why can’t they keep still! Ha’Penny: Do they not […]

A Wynter’s Tale, Part Two, by Andria Redlin

Dear Wynter, It has been just about six months since you’ve left me for the Great Catnip Fields in the Sky, yet the pain of your absence grows no less. I don’t know why I’m writing this to you. After all, you’re a cat, and a dead one at that. It’s not like you’ll ever […]

According To Dr. Cat: Episode Seven

Post by Stephanie Musarra Dr. Cat: Episode 7″ I stormed into Dr. Cat’s office. “How dare you send me a bill! I’m letting you use my home office to see your patients! How could you be so ungrateful?!” “I’ve been getting complaints from some of my patients. Let me show you.” He led me to […]

Helping Cats Grieve: My Experience With Teddy and Mookie

When I lost Sammy to cancer a few months ago, it was difficult for me, but also for his brother’s Teddy and Mookie.   I have noticed a few changes in their behavior. They have always been close, but I’m finding them together more often. It’s good to see them getting comfort from each other. When […]

Agria to Highlight the Need to Adopt at Catfest

Agria to Highlight the Need to Adopt at Catfest According to Agria Pet Insurance, an impressive 1 in 3i of their cat claims involve cats under the age of two. Thinking about the extremely weird, funny and completely crazy antics that we’re familiar with seeing young cats and kittens get up to as they explore […]

Guest Star: The Cat who Never Killed that Mouse

Hi everyone, Please find below a guest story by Nora Hamilton: Our vet told us when looking for a kitten don’t worry about the paint job, look at the personality. Find a kitten that’s been raised by little girls.  So when we arrived at the home where the offered kittens were, we saw to our […]

Megalophilia もの久保作品集 – A World Filled With Giant Animals That Live Alongside Humans

Hi everyone, Most of you probably know how much we love Japan so when we came across the artist known as Ariduka55, or Monokubo on social media we simply had to do a little post about her artwork. The artist describes that her gigantic animals living amongst normal sized humans was inspired by Studio Ghibli. […]

Freya & Renegade: Cat Treats to Good to Share!

Hi everyone, It’s me little Freya here! Today we are trialing healthy cat treats from our friends at Blink! who make awesome cat food and treats. If you missed our previous review of their wet food you can find this here, plus we got a handy 10£ off voucher for their wet food subscription if […]

Purrsday Poetry: I AM BRUSHED

Hi everyone, Please find below the latest entry in Purrsday Poetry by VARJAKBABY: I AM BRUSHED brush on me on my back of fur on my naked belly making me purr making me paw making me mrr and stretch on my blanket VARJAKBABY If you would like to enter your own poems for Purrsday Poetry don’t […]

Dirk Chasing yet Another Fake Rodent

Dirk and I previously reviewed Frolicat’s Cheese toy which Dirk loves playing with. This time Dirk and I played with FroliCat® RoloRat: a robotic rat. This toy will appeal to cats that are triggered by chasing laser lights and cats that enjoy playing with moving toys will also like this. When you switch the mouse […]

Easy Comfortable DIY Cat Carrier

Have you noticed lately just how expensive cat carriers can be?  How about how hard it is to load your furry friend into them?  I’ve noticed the same thing.  Luckily, I haven’t had to stuff a protesting feline into a cat carrier in years, and she even complains less when she’s in one! Best of […]

Meet Ha’Penny the Latest Member of the Katzenworld Clowder

Hi everyone, If you had asked us if we were going to increase the size of our Clowder a year ago we probably would have said no but… things change and we always loved meeting our friend Arthur who is an Australian Mist cat at cat events. So when his mother said she had Australian […]

Happy #TRT – Tummy Rub Tuesday (Week 255)

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 […]

Have a Story to Share? Get Typing now! ;)

Hi everyone, We’ve decided to once again open up our publication to submissions of readers. From fun stories to cat health and advice or simply a story about your own feline companion. No story is too small and none is too big! If you’ve got one you’d like to share with us and our other […]

You & Meow: The Cat That Jumped Over the Moon

Hi everyone, We are back for another look at the fantastic cat cafe You & Meow! While we were there we got one of those once in a lifetime chances for a photo opportunity… One of the cats in the cafe decided to lie across the front room carpet which reminded us a lot of […]

Cat-Human Relationships: The Bond Between Humans and Felines

Feline charity International Cat Care (iCatCare) has once again started its search for the world’s best cat photographers, with the 2019 annual photography competition. And there has been an amazing amount of entries to the ‘Cat-Human Relationships’ photography competition already!   If you haven’t entered yet, or if you still have lots of great images to […]

Mookie’s Year With Kidney Disease

A year ago Mookie was showing signs of weight loss and loss of appetite.  He was diagnosed with advanced kidney disease with only 25% of his kidneys functioning.  It was a scary time getting the diagnosis, then leaving him at the vets for three days of fluid therapy.  I didn’t know what the outcome would […]

Great Gifts for Crazy Cats

We all love our cats, and when it comes to big occasions, like birthdays and Christmas, it’s great to spoil your furry friend with an excellent gift. Whether you have a bouncing new kitten who is full of energy, or an old fluffy tom who would rather lie on the sofa all day, we have […]

Guest Star: Lulu

Hi everyone, Today’s entry in our Saturday connections comes from Donna and her beautiful cat Lulu Lulu is turning 16 years old this year. She is a lovely gentle girl.  She is quite timid, and is not open to being friends with other pussycats. Lulu and I have been together since she was a few […]

The Friday Art Cat: George the Turkish Van

FRIDAY ART CAT – George the Turkish Van I painted this small oil face shot of George after exhibiting my work at a cat show with Katzenworld.  One of my stall prizes was for me to paint the owner’s cat. I’d never before seen a Turkish Van breed of cat, and I thought George was […]

Renegade: Which of the Sleepypod Carriers Suits you and Your Feline Companion Best?

Hi everyone, It’s me Rennie here today! We will be doing an impawtant comparison of the various options our Sponsor & Partner Sleepypod provides with their carriers. Since I am in the Sleepypod Mobile pet bed let’s start with that one! 😀 This particular carrier comes in 2 sizes: Sleepypod Mini: Accommodates pets up to […]

Purrsday Poetry: Portrait of a Cat – Siberian Iris

O Iris, glittering apple of my eye! You dainty silver imp, just like an elf You magic’lly appear upon a shelf So arcane and so acrobatic’lly high, Then, like a snow leopard, you nimbly fly Say eight feet down or so upon my bed To land right on the pillow near my head, My will-o-the-wisp, […]

Foxy in the Play-den

Since we converted this little attic room from a vivarium for our iguana into a play den for the cats, I have sometimes photographed them on the window sill. Every time I wonder what made me have the sloping walls painted bright yellow. I wanted a happy room for the cats to have fun, but […]

Two red cats – Strip 31 – Stelvio (Part 1)

Now begins the “second part” of Two Red Cats, where we leave the adventures of Lily and Vitali… to begin those of Lily and Stelvio! Keep calm, the ghost/angel Vitali will not be set aside, he will always be with us 😉 Anyway, that’s how we found Stelvio: three or four days after the death […]

Why you Should Microchip Your Pet!

Over 5 million pets in the UK are not microchipped* June 2019: National Microchip Month Microchipping is the best way of permanently identifying your pet, and can increase the chances of you being reunited should the worst ever happen. However, research in the latest PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report revealed that 800,000 dogs (9%), 3.6 […]