Stray Cat Found With Badly Infected Ear And In Need Of Urgent Treatment London-based animal welfare charity, Mayhew, marked the World Stray Day (April 4th, 2018) by highlighting the story of one of its residents that has been at the rescue for nearly a year. In May last year, Mayhew’s Animal Welfare Officers discovered an injured stray […]
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What to do if you find a stray animal: PDSA tips for helping lost pets
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Transform Playtime with These Safe and Fun DIY Cat Toys
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Hello everyone! This your favourite cuddly travel cat Tabatha! Kat and I spent quite some time in the UAE during 2016/17 (see our previous post!) It is my pleasure to share with you all ten facts about Dubai that this small ball of fluff finds completely amazing! The UAE is located on the South East […]
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The Finding of a Therapy Cat: a series about Tinkerbelle, Registered Pet Partner Therapy Cat (retired) and our journey together. By Mollie Hunt Part 15: Renewing our certificate and a surprise. Tests make everyone a little nervous, and re-taking the Pet Partners certification test was no exception. Tinkerbelle and I had taken our initial test […]
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Hi everyone, Today the London Cat Clinic turns one year old and we’d like to take this opportunity to wish them a Happy Birthday and a successful year to come! 🙂 We are huge fans of this clinic as they are completely Feline focussed and in fact have achieved the Gold Standard of the Feline […]
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This story is in remembrance of Pranceen. From 1997 to 2014. Pranceen came to me as a stray. She stayed as family. All through her long life she touched many hearts. In the winter of 1997 I was living in an apartment in Clear Lake Iowa with a girlfriend, her two daughters and two cats […]
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Immediately after the death of Vitali, which of the two cats was the most gentle and tame, Lily has suddenly become cuddly. Too bad that in the beginning was not very good in the matter of cuddles and kneaded on our legs with unsheathed claws! Want to see more adventures (and photos!) of the Two […]
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Hi everyone, It’s me Rennie and my brother Oli here today and our humans got a new accessory for us. 😀 Rennie: It looks like it’s designed to be placed on an existing location to make it more comfortable. Oliver: Right! Brother! Are you doing a bed inspection without ME here? That looks like a […]
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Hi everyone, Please find below the latest entry in Purrsday Poetry by brucejewett: Catnap Revue Haiku Senryu even my cats yawn don’t bat a whisker car alarm shrieking by brucejewett If you would like to enter your own poems for Purrsday Poetry don’t forget to email info@katzenworld.co.uk Never miss a post again by signing up to our […]
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Greetings, Katzenworld readers! Last time, we visited four cat cafes across France, and I hope you enjoyed their delightful charms. Today, we will travel to three more feline focused coffee shops, all stylish, yet different in their approach. One features rescue kitties available for adoption, while another hosts a clowder of pedigreed Maine Coons, and […]
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Founder of Portuguese animal welfare organisation wins iCatCare’s Welfare Award
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Founder of Portuguese animal welfare organisation wins iCatCare’s Welfare Award Every year, as part of the Ceva Animal Welfare Awards, International Cat Care (iCatCare) recognises outstanding contributions to feline welfare with the International Cat Care Welfare Award. This award recognises individuals who are working on all levels, from hands-on welfare to collaborative work with governments […]
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International Cat Care and Ceva launch cat handling videos at BSAVA Congress
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International Cat Care and Ceva launch cat handling videos at BSAVA Congress International Cat Care, in partnership with Ceva, launched a series of cat handling videos at this year’s BSAVA Congress. The comprehensive set of videos, which detail best practice handling techniques and approaches, is designed to reduce stress for cats and improve safety in vet clinics, and also to help build a bond between owners and cats at […]
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Hi everyone, Following on from our review of the new Star Trek cats book and Pin we’ve teamed up with the publisher for one of you to have the chance of winning a copy of the latest book and pin set! Missed the Review? Check it out here: https://katzenworld.co.uk/2018/04/24/meow-long-and-prosper-star-trek-cats-are-coming-to-planet-earth/ The winner will receive the Star […]
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Hello everyone, Welcome to another week of Tummy Rub Tuesday! Oh, and if you haven’t subscribed to our newsletter yet, why not sign up by clicking here to never miss a TRT again. We have setup a Katzenworld Forum and would like to encourage everyone to make their entries for Tummy Rub Tuesday on our dedicated […]
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I have been trying to get a picture of all my barn kitties together. They usually gather around me (and on me) when I sit down to take a break. However, with 5 active kittens and one grumpy old man, I haven’t quite manage it. Today I finally managed this shot. Maybe one of these […]
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Recognising the Signs of a Sick Cat Just like humans, cats can have off days when they just feel a bit under the weather. They may not want to eat or spend a lot of time sleeping or they may hide away for a few hours, perhaps lying in a hunched up position. Most of […]
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Last week I photographed a couple of our cats in the sun. Like me, they were stunned to find these bright spots in our south-facing rooms. It was like watching iron filings attracted to a magnet. Cats and the sun. Same thing. The featured image is of our beautiful one-eyed, three-legged cat. I had already […]
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It’s good to hear that Katzenworld has become so popular that even those in the dog world have started to visit us 🙂 Here’s a short, amusing article by a founder of a dog blog over in India (see details at the end); Though cats and dogs are the most common household pets, they have […]
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Hi everyone, Following on from our intro post about Catipilla last months our three siblings have decided it would be good to demonstrate to you all the practical applicability of this product! As most of you know Nubia generally gets around just as well as her siblings despite the fact that one of her front […]
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Love at First Sight by Joe Longo When Baby Kitty was placed in the palms of my hands, it was love at first sight. My partner Bob and I were living in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles in 1997. In a typical pink stucco apartment complex that surrounded a fenced-in pool. It was […]
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Hi everyone, This beautiful art collage was produced for us by our friend Steve Dalachinsky We especially love the belding of the sunrise with the kittens and buda in the front of it. 🙂 Have you too got a story or piece of cat art to share yourself? Drop us a message! 🙂 Thanks, Marc
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The people at Freak Meowt must have somehow figured out that Dirk & I often “drink coffee together” (I drink the coffee of course and Dirk knows that’s the perfect time to sit in my lap). Dirk has also shown great interest in any types of coffee that come with a foam layer of milk […]
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Hi everyone, Please find below the latest entry in Purrsday Poetry by Judy Dykstra-Brown: The Confessions of Catwoman What’s happening tomorrow? the same thing that happens every Friday since I was forced into retirement last year. I’m going to go make my collections. It will be my first day off the diet I’ve been on for […]
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This is my PurrForm complete raw cat food diet review. I decided to re-focus on my cats’ diet to try and get the best possible dietary nutrition for them and so contacted PurrForm , a company who are specialists in feline raw cat food and nutrition, to see if they would send a few trial […]
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“My kitten would like the Chickadee Fricassee, Kitty-Sized serving, & I would like to order the Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker Soubise.” Cartoon by Purrsanthema
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An article by cat behaviour expert Anita Kelsey I’m not a big advocate on scruffing cats and during my cat behaviour consultations I often hear clients tell me that, as a way to get their cats to obey them when they have been ‘naughty’, they scruff them ‘ because that’s what their mummies would have […]
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We all know how our pets love to be near us in every room of the house. Especially the bath room. TigGRRR III’s quirk is he likes to try and fit into small spaces to see if he fits. Imagine after finishing your toilet duties. Standing up and then having to bend over without moving […]
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Hello everyone, Welcome to another week of Tummy Rub Tuesday! Oh, and if you haven’t subscribed to our newsletter yet, why not sign up by clicking here to never miss a TRT again. We have setup a Katzenworld Forum and would like to encourage everyone to make their entries for Tummy Rub Tuesday on our dedicated […]
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Becoming Buddies Cookie, Albert, and I are fast becoming good buddies. They are thriving! They are so happy to see me every day. I left the barn door open today. They played on the path, but never strayed far from the door. The romped and pounced and got underfoot. Loving it!
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Young Stray Cat Found Covered in 11 Ticks A six-month-old cat, found covered in 11 ticks and living in an outdoor cupboard, is now on the mend and looking for a new home. The black and white stray, named Victoria, was discovered by a member of the public near Brent Cross in North West London. They were […]
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Now as you all MAY know Kat and I went to the UAE to teach and travel in the year 2016 🙂 Kat and I really were now getting the travel bug (and since Kat now had her teaching qualification!) nothing was stopping us from exploring our home planet! I remember feeling a little nervous […]