From the litter box
Tips, stories, and science from our cat-obsessed lab.
Asked mostly at 3 AM: when does this animal calm down? The honest answer is a timeline: kitten chaos, the teenage peak nobody warns you about, and the settle that arrives somewhere between two and ...
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The internet is full of DIY cat toys your cat will ignore. These five builds are the ones that actually work, because they serve a real i...
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Six budget toys under eight dollars that actually earn their spot, ranked by play-per-dollar, with the combos that build a full kit for t...
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The cat toy industry would like a word, but the truth is cheap: half of great cat play is free, and the paid half costs less than lunch w...
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Cat agility is absolutely a thing. It just runs on prey drive instead of praise. How to build a full obstacle course tonight from boxes, ...
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Cats absolutely play games. They just refuse to play the ones designed for dogs. Eight games built around actual cat instincts (stalking,...
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Most owners of overweight cats don't know it, because the change happens a few grams at a time. Three 30-second checks that need no scale...
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A cat that ignores every toy usually isn't lazy. The toy is wrong, the timing is wrong, or the prey moves wrong. Here's how to find which...
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There's no single magic number. A cat's daily exercise need depends on age, energy level, and what actually happens during each session. ...
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