Renegade & Nubia: The joy of a new Brush

Hi everyone, It’s me Rennie here today! 😀 Rennie: My humans got this in the post! At first look I wasn’t sure what it was for though I recognised it’s a brilliantly cute cat design by Horitomo from Monmoncats.com 😀 Rennie: Aaaaah thanks for turning it over human! It’s a soft rubber brush that carries […]

Purrsday Poetry: BROKEN & OVER

Hi everyone, Please find below the latest entry in Purrsday Poetry by floridaborne: BROKEN & OVER You shatter my trust, sleeping with a younger soul. Your life is over. ~_~_~_~ Coon Cat ponders the new kitten.  I hide my shoes to escape pay-back. If you would like to enter your own poems for Purrsday Poetry […]

DAYTIME DRAMA FOR CATS: The Adventures of Jakie and His Toys (As told to Cathi Turow) Episode 3

Hello! I’m Jakie the Cat.  Welcome to my Daytime Drama. Episode 3. Today, we have a medical emergency. I accidentally played too hard with my toy, Frankie. I ripped off his eye and tore the ribbons on his tail. I didn’t mean to hurt him. Can we save Frankie??? My humom is taking a look. […]

Our Shylee Challenge

Our Shylee Challenge Our little Shylee is our problem child. He’s our challenge, this untouchable boy, who has stretched the knowledge of his rescuers. But we’re adapting…verrrrrrry slowly. We feed the ferals outside. And in return, they gift us with little kittens. Lots of them. And the house is full now. We simply don’t have […]

Tips for a Stress Free Visit to the vet for Cats

Hi my name is Leah and I am one of the feline friendly nurses at our cat only practice in Worcester. #cats@severn veterinary centre. We have so many amazing and great things in our clinic to help reduce stress in cats and also things that we don’t have are just as important… no dogs! So […]

Our visit to Kitty Café – Nottingham: The Jester

Hello everyone, Today we are back for our last post in the Kitty Café – Nottingham series. If you’ve missed the previous one don’t forget to click here to check it out. Our visit to Kitty Café – Nottingham: Cafe turned Magical Forest As you may know from one of the previous posts there were […]

Happy #TRT – Tummy Rub Tuesday (Week 200)

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 […]

Stray Cat Found With Badly Infected Ear And In Need Of Urgent Treatment

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 […]

Tabatha’s Amazing Dubai Facts

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 […]

TINKERBELLE REMEMBERS: Renewing our Certificate and a Surprise

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 […]

Happy Birthday to The London Cat Clinic for their 1st Anniversary

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 […]

In Remembrance of Pranceen.

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 […]

Two Red Cats 26 – The Tamed Cat

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 […]

Oliver & Renegade: Come and Join me on the Cat Snoozer

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 […]

Purrsday Poetry: Catnap Revue Haiku Senryu

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 […]

The Cat Cafes of France, Part II

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 […]

Founder of Portuguese animal welfare organisation wins iCatCare’s Welfare Award

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 […]

International Cat Care and Ceva launch cat handling videos at BSAVA Congress

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 […]

UK Giveaway: Star Trek Cats are Coming to Planet Earth

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 […]

Happy #TRT – Tummy Rub Tuesday (Week 199)

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 […]

No Easy Task…

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 […]

Recognising the Signs of a Sick Cat

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 […]

Cats in the sun

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 […]

When Cats and Dogs Grow up Together!

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 […]

Sometimes you need a “paw” up…!

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 […]

Love at First Sight

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 […]

The Friday Art Cat: Sunrise in Katzenworld

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

Dirk’s Favourite Cuppa ;-)

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 […]

Purrsday Poetry: The Confessions of Catwoman

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 […]