{"id":558,"date":"2019-04-29T07:23:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T07:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=558"},"modified":"2019-04-29T07:23:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T07:23:55","slug":"home-is-where-the-catnip-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=558","title":{"rendered":"Home is where the catnip is&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the weather improving, people will be noticing more\nfeline visitors passing through their garden. Something that\u2019s regularly\noverlooked is that enhancing your own outdoor space in a way that\u2019s appealing\nto your cats means that they\u2019re more readily going to stay in the garden for\nlarger periods of time. Obviously, there are exceptions to this but for the\nmost part it\u2019s accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically, your home is your cats core territory, and the\ngarden is the outdoor extension of it the same way it is for you. So making\nsure your cat enjoys time in the garden if you\u2019re allowing them to have access\nto the great outdoors is really a part of responsible cat care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few ways that you can enhance your outdoor space\nfor your feline family. The obvious thing is making sure plants are cat safe,\nor even cat preferable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(You can refer to this blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=367\">https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/?p=367<\/a>\nfor a few ideas regarding plants.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another aspect to consider is comfortable areas in both\nshaded and unshaded garden areas.&nbsp; There\nare a variety of cat shelters that are equipped with balconies if you want to\ngive your cat designated vantage points that are comfortable and practical. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you get visiting cats that mark the area, be sure to\ntry and address that with something that neutralises the odour to your cat,\nespecially if you\u2019re aware they struggle with visitors to the garden. If you\ndon\u2019t the smell is likely to impact on enjoyment of their outdoor space, and\ncan possibly cause behavioural issues. (I use a mix of warm water, white\nvinegar and bicarbonate of soda \u2013 mixed over the sink, as it bubbles during the\nmixing process \u2013 and try to treat areas with a water mister that I know are frequently\nmarked by visiting cats.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy the British Summer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sprocket-doing-a-workout-stretch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-559\" width=\"444\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sprocket-doing-a-workout-stretch.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sprocket-doing-a-workout-stretch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sprocket-doing-a-workout-stretch-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><figcaption>The resident mini panther, Sprocket, doing her exercises alfresco&#8230;.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the weather improving, people will be noticing more feline visitors passing through their garden. Something that\u2019s regularly overlooked is that enhancing your own outdoor space in a way that\u2019s appealing to your cats means that they\u2019re more readily going&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":560,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ailurophile.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}