Oliver & Nubia: Almo Nature CatLitter? But I thought they only made food!

Hi everyone, It’s both us here together with a BIG surprise from our friends over at Almo Nature! As you know we love their food which we previously reviewed here. This time they’ve given us their new cat litter to try! Nubia: Of course Oli thought immediatly that it must be food… because he is obsessed […]

Two red cats 12 – Stick and Rope

Cats like to play. Usually we used ropes and sticks to interact with them, but one day we had the idea to tie the rope to the stick to make it bounce like a wounded bird in the grass. Lily and Vitali would never stop to play with it! And you? How you do play […]

Happy National Pet Month (ad)

Hello everyone, Today we’ve teamed up with our friends from Tesco Bank to celebrate the UK’s National Pet Month. National Pet Month is all about celebrating the special bond that we have with our pets and of course to promote responsible pet parenting! Oli and me started our celebration day with some quality time together! […]

Purrsday Poetry: A Cats Head Haiku

Hi everyone, Please find below the latest entry in Purrsday Poetry by Steve Dalachinsky. snake plants in the window – a cat?s head Haiku by Steve Dalachinsky 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 Newsletter! 🙂 Thanks, […]

Looking for a new cat toy?

Is your cat bored with their old toys?  Well I’ve brought you a new product hot off the shelf called Bright Bopper. It’s a new irresistible light up toy that bounces, lightweight to play fetch with or you can make them shoot across the room but by pressing down on them they bounce and shoot […]

Cats At The Bar: Dust Bunny

Hi everyone, As promised please find below the latest entry from the Cats at the Bar archive. Dust Bunny reclining by the fire. Dust Bunny has to be one of my favourite cats from the Cats at the Bar gang! If you’ve been a regular follower of CATB what was your favourite and we shall try […]

Anthropomorphism: Making Animals Human?

The Collins Dictionary of Sociology defines anthropomorphism as ‘the attribution of human form or characteristics to natural phenomena, animals, deities, spirits, etc.’. In the past, such attributions were perfectly normal practice. Literature such as the Greek Myths or the Grimms Brothers’ Fairy Tales – all originally part of folklore, not meant for children – provide […]

Best of January LondonCats show January 2017

Hi everyone, As some of you may have read we will once again be attending a LondonCats club show so we thought why not share some of the highlights from the last show in January with you all in the lead-up to the show. While at the show in January we met a huge variety of […]

Happy #TRT – Tummy Rub Tuesday (Week 142)

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 […]

Naughty Cat? Here’s How To Break Some Bad Habits

Even the loveliest, cuddliest, and most well-behaved cat can develop annoying or destructive habits, seemingly out of nowhere. The problem is, the longer you leave it and ignore it in the hope it goes away, the more ingrained it becomes in their routine and the more destructive it can become. Cat’s bad habits need nipping […]

Purrfect Handmade Gift Wrap for Cat Lovers

Purrfect Handmade Gift Wrap for Cat Lovers I’m a bit of a stationery junkie, I’ll admit it. I have way more wrapping paper, gift tags and note cards than any human would ever need. I thought I’d put my obsession to good use and share a few favorites from my overflowing Pinterest board of cat-themed […]

Our visit to Kitty Café – Nottingham: Adoptable kittens!

Hi everyone, We are back with the second part of our visit to the cat cafe Kitty Café in Nottingham (Click for Part 1). In today’s post we would like to share photos of some of the adorable kittens that were up for adoption during our visit. It certainly was A LOT of fun watching […]

The Bengal Games

The Bengal Games…it could be a title of a very bad Hollywood movie, almost as bad as Hunger Games has been (sorry, fans…all the 3 of them!). But this is so much more entertaining: it involves two cats! 🙂 One of our 2 Bengal tigers (Roxy and her son Diego), Roxy mama, is old enough, […]

Katzenworld to attend LondonCats show in Leatherhead 22nd & 23rd of April

Hi everyone, We have once again decided to join the fantastic LondonCats team for one of their shows in Leatherhead, Surrey on the 22nd & 23rd of April 2017. We are very much looking forward to the show and will make sure to bring along a selection of cat toys, treats and of course our Katzenworld merchandise. If you […]

Guest Star: Impy’s Last Adventure

Hi everyone, Today’s guest post comes from our regular contributor Stuart. I am afraid that this story has got a “tissue box required” warning attached! (Photos used for illustration purposes as no original photos were available, see credits in the footnote)                             […]

Her Meowjesty Queen Nubia and the Maya Temple

Hi everyone, Hope you are all well? My humans got me something very nice recently… Nubia: It may not look like much at the moment… Nubia: … and hopefully my humans are better at DIY than I think they are BUT this will be my Maya temple! 😀 Nubia: Ah it looks like they actually […]

Cat Poetry: A Kitten Sonnet

The little kitten pokes the mitten with its paw, the threads in the wool reminds kitty of `nother toy; a ball of yarn, which also easily hooks the claw, and awakens within kitty: instinct and joy. In a moment of sharp-edged innocent desire; a thread of wool in the claws of a little kitten. A […]

Respect Your Cat

WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP: No, Lola! I’m talking about International Respect Your Cat Day! What? I’ve never heard of that Sasha. I’ve only heard of Hairball Awareness Day, National Cat Day, National Feral Cat Day and Happy Mew Year. Well, Lola, International Respect Your Cat Day is one that our humans missed. Talk about not […]

Cats At The Bar: A Room With a View

Hi everyone, As promised please find below the latest entry from the Cats at the Bar archive. “Everything is sooo big!” To a kitten the whole world must seem like a gigantic maze… Full of things to explore and cause MISCHIEF! LOL More from the CATB files to come soon! Never want to miss a post […]

11 Cat Breeds That Love Water – Who Knew

Hi everyone, Today’s guest post comes from Mike James: 11 Cat Breeds That Love Water – Who Knew How does your cat feel about water? Does he like to get wet? Play in puddles? Take a bath? And the ultimate: Does your purry companion enjoy a swim in the pool now and again? By now, you’re […]

Worldwide Giveaway: 4cats Valerian & Catnip Toys – April 2017

Hi everyone, We are back for a third round of giving away these fabulous 4cats toys that Dirk kindly tested for us in the past. 😀 We are co-hosting this event with our friends from 4cats to give you the chance to win a box of their Valerian or Catnip toys! Giveaway: So to be […]

Happy #TRT – Tummy Rub Tuesday (Week 141)

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 […]

Photo competition launched to raise awareness of street cat plight

Budding photographers are invited to enter ‘Street Cats’, International Cat Care’s fifth annual photography competition – running from 1 April until 15 May 2017. The charity is searching for images of street cats (also thought of as stray cats, feral cats or community cats) which capture the character of these amazing cats surviving without owners and […]

How Presence of a Cat in Our Life Affects Our Mental Health

How Presence of a Cat in Our Life Affects Our Mental Health  Apart from being cuddly bundles of joy, cats also share a special bond with humans and impact our lives on many levels. These fluffy companions can significantly improve the overall quality of our lives. Besides having a play buddy who loves to purr, […]

Charity Mews: Abandoned Young Mummy Cat Finds her Fairy Tale Ending

Hi everyone, Today we have another story from our friends over at the Mayhew Animal Home. Please do share with everyone to highlight the importance of neutering your cat and of course to watch out for poor abandoned and stray cats and kittens at this cold time of the year that might be in need […]

A Street Cat Named Bob the Movie!

Hi everyone, It’s Oliver here today! And I am here to show you what my humans got in the post the other day. Oliver: It’s a movie about my dear friend A Street Cat Named Bob! 😀 Oliver: Do you guys think there will be a movie named after me one day? ;D Oliver: When […]

Guest Post: The Cat Museum Singapore

Hi everyone, Today’s guest post comes from Citra: Hi everyone, We are a family of cat lovers from Singapore! Unfortunately, at the moment we don’t have a cat. Like most people in Singapore, we live in a high rise building with very limited space. We all know life is not complete without a cat, so thank […]

Two Red Cats 11 – Vitali’s tongue

Vitali had a special way to show that he was hungry: not meowed, as did her sister, neither he rubbed on the legs of humans. No, he began to lick all his face in a very funny way, with the tongue that seemed to go in all directions like a soft fireworks. What a laugh […]