For my birthday last year, I was bought an extremely wonderful Chat Noir print by my older sister. I was sat looking at it recently and considering how often cats have inspired people in the arts. Cats throughout the ages…

A timely reminder about an important part of cat care.....

The art says it all…..

Are humans just big cats to domestic felines….?

I recently read an article from a UK university on a friends social networking feed that fascinated me. In it there had been studies that seemed to identify behaviour in domesticate cats that indicated they viewed their human family as…

In the spirit of St Valentines Day that was obviously earlier this month, I thought I’d write a little about some of the unexpected feline friendships that have been extended to animals of other species.   I’m adding a few…

Early experiences with cats

You’d assume, given my obvious obsession with felines that all my early memories are of wonderfully gentle animals that inspired me to be close to them. That’s not actually the case. I certainly had situations with cats in my younger…

Before the Feline Mob, I shared my home with The Original Posse. These cats were the first group to become my feline family.  (Sage is actually the only cat that has been part of both groups. She was the baby…

As well as my obvious passion with regards to this subject, I also adore music. This blog is  dedicated to a musical legend (in my opinion) who had a fondness for the feline species too. His music was remarkable, but in keeping…

This year, there was a clear winner in the supermarket Christmas ads. If anyone else that follows this blog grew up as obsessed with cats as I did, they’ll have read the Mog books too. Sainsburys did an advert featuring…

Play time - a review

This year I invested in a toy called Cats Meow which is manufactured by JML. I think every cat carer who purchases toys like this is remarkably dubious initially and opens the product with trepidation; so many times you see…

Enrich a feral cats life – perform TNR

A few months ago I was made aware of a feral mother cat and her male kitten living in someone’s garden. Obviously, left to their own devices, Kitt and Eartha would have been the start of an ever increasing colony…