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Food Foraging
Cats in the wild spend 6 hours a day hunting - we need to simulate that indoors through prey play and food foraging. A great DIY wet food...


Great Audio Stress Reducer!
Stress is a major contributor to medical and behavior problems in cats, and music can help releive it - but what kind of music to play...


Simple Toys
Toys don't have to be expensive or extravagant. As long as it catches the cat's attention and moves/disappears like prey, the cat will...


Attractive Litter Box Step 8: REPLACE THE BOX
Throw out the box and get a new one as soon as there are scratches in the bottom of the box (usually about every 6 months.) These...


Attractive Litter Box - Step 7: CLEANING
Remember when I told you cats have more scent receptors in their nose than dogs? If you can smell the litter box, imagine how intense the...


Attractive Litter Box - Step 6: DEPT OF THE LITTER
You'll have to watch your cat to see what it prefers; if a cat digs a lot, the litter is likely too deep (or they are young and just...


Attractive Litter Box - Step 5: THE LITTER
Your house cat is a descendant of the African Desert cat (which tells us a LOT about why kitty behaves the way he does.) Your cat carries...


Attractive Litter Box - Step 4: PLACEMENT
Litter boxes need to be placed a minimum of one foot away from each wall. This creates multiple "escape routes". Your cat feels...


Attractive Litter Box - Step 3: QUANTITY
How many liter boxes should you have and why? Rule of thumb is to have one more box than you do cats. Often there is subtle "bullying"...


Attractive Litter Box - Step 2: TYPE
Now that you know how large of a litter box to get, the type of box is just as important. Get an UNCOVERED litter box. If your cat tends...


Attractive Litter Box - Step 1: SIZE
The size of the litter box is important to cats. Measure your cat's body length, from neck to base of tail. You need a litter box that...


Some causes of urination issues
Medical issues are a common problem for cats urinating outside the litter box. If you take your cat to the vet and it checks out healthy,...


Make them a sand box!
Your domestic cat (Felis catus) has a strong, direct lineage to the African wildcat (Felis lybica) and thus, shares similar preferences...


What do I do when my cat bites from overstimulation?
1. NEVER PUNISH - not only do cats not respond positively to punishment, but they associate the fear with you and it degrades trust and...


Outdoor Enrichment
Cats are gentically wired to HUNT, thus the draw to the outdoors (where the critters are!) Taking your cat outdoors can give it a lot of...


Open Top Litter Boxes
Cats do not pee/poop in holes or caves in the wild; they "go" out in the open, where they can see potential threats coming. They cover...
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