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Activities & Enrichment Cats Life at Home

Cattens: The Young And The Restless

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Cattens: They’re not quite kittens, not quite cats. They’re tweens through teens. Adolescents. Can go from “Mommm-muh!  Don’t! Won’t!”  to “Mommmy?!” in five minutes. Absolute challenges in the bum. I love them at that awkward time. Sometimes, it’s fun. Often, sweet. As we did ourselves, they’re going through changes. Watching your Noodles develop into the […]

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Activities & Enrichment Cats Life at Home New Pets

Emotional Rescue: How Play Meets Needs Of Young Cats

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Reading Time: 3 minutes When you waggle a feather for your kitten, toss her a catnip mouse, or encourage her to chase a wand type toy, you’re doing a lot more than having fun with her. Play is exercise, stress reduction, and motor skill training all in one. For kittens, play is also an important part of social bonding, […]

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Activities & Enrichment Cats Life at Home Training & Grooming

Nighttime Crazies? How To Take Your “Catten” From Wild To Mild

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Noodles gets the “crazies,” the zooms-at-three-a.m. stuff. Dusk and dawn are favorite times, when the predator is on alert. She thunders up and down stairs, races down halls, or gnaws on your head, on your nose, on toes. She’s after prey, whether imaginary or just you. Cattens also knock things over, for the fun of […]