Cats and cake? Cat Cafes, the new UK craze

There’s a new craze for cat lovers popping up throughout the UK. Something that originated abroad is slowly but surely infiltrating quite a few UK cities; and it’s causing quite a divide in opinion. The concept is cat cafes. Coffee…

I’ve seen this a few times, and it makes me smile every time I watch it….

And just because it's accurate....

We all know it’s true and we love them anyway…  

Cats are not the easy option

Sometimes I have discussions with people about why I’m “more of a cat person than a dog person.” Inevitably, people will use the term “low maintenance” when comparing the care of a cat to that of a dog. I firmly…

Body art dedicated to feline friends

I was recently greatly relieved to realise I’m not the only person obsessed enough with my feline family to get a tattoo in honour of them. While looking for design ideas, I came across a site entitled Cattoo Design. The…

ASBO Cats....

I have a fair few friends in feline rescue, and recently, I seem to be hearing about a rise in feral colonies in this country. One of the main things regularly remarked upon, is that it’s impossible to tame a feral. I…

Getting Pawlitical....

Happy New Year! For UK cats, it hopefully is. This year, one of the largest charitable organisations for felines is being heard in the House of Commons with a “cat manifesto.” An article in The Independent mentions seven points of the…

The Story of Thomas the Christmas Cat (and the myth surrounding FIV)

I thought the final blog of the year should be a positive post about something that is pretty intimidating to a lot of cat lovers, so here’s a Christmas tale about a lovely cat called Thomas. I moderate on a…

Tis the season…

To be jolly…. And if you’re a cat parent, wonder exactly how you’re going to keep your Christmas tree vertical throughout the whole of the festive season. Previously to Darwin joining my family, I’d never had a cat that was…

The Language of Cats

When Chi, our first “Garden Cat” came on the scene about three years ago, I noticed something pretty fascinating. He didn’t use the noises I was used to when trying to communicate with us. His noises when conveying something were…