HouseOfPurrfection

Cats are known for their stealth and quickness. They’re also known for their persistent opportunism. Given the chance, they will take advantage of any situation where they gain comfort and ease, even if they live exclusively in the comfort of indoors. This is one aspect of their natures that makes them the ultimate survivor. However, [...]

Pooka, as always, was propped like a statue on the left corner of the kitchen table, waiting to receive a kiss atop his adorable head. Signaling to us that he wants ‘kisses’, Pooka will sit in strategic places around the house. And, he’s very patient. The kitchen counter and the bathroom sink are two other [...]

Always ones to investigate, discover, and improve, Mom and I are constantly looking for ways to help make the HOP and even better multi-cat household for both us and the cats. Quite often this means we conduct lots of trial and error experiments. Last year I posted on two such experiments, and now it’s time [...]

In this installment of Pictures of Cats, the cats are ready for their close-ups! But, aren’t they always? _uacct = “UA-3905945-1″; urchinTracker();

Despite the winds, rain, hail, and snow of the recent storms and the fact that the tarp covering the cat’s outdoor enclosure is more than a year old, the tarp is still intact. Every year since we put up the enclosure, we’ve had to put up a new tarp in the spring. For the first [...]

Since we keep the doors to the two bedrooms closed, the back bedroom doesn’t warm up like the rest of the house. There is a vent in the bedroom, so when the heater is on, heat does get into that room. However, I’ve had to resort to bringing in an oil heater so that Juga [...]

Living indoors, cats don’t usually exercise as much as their outdoor counterparts, especially when they become adults. Even cats that live in a multi-cat household with several other cats to play with don’t always play or exercise as much as they need. Bringing in new cat toys, scratching posts, carpeted cat trees, cardboard boxes, and [...]

Before we’ve introduced new cats into the HOP, it’s always the most perfect multi-cat household. There’s a balanced structure between the cats, albeit the couples of feuding pairs, that’s taken months to build, and a harmonious routine. We always thought that the addition would throw off the equilibrium. But, just as we’ve blended and molded [...]

Caring for so many cats in the HOP, either I don’t brush and groom them as often as I should or I ignore certain cat’s grooming needs for too long. For example, Juga’s, Bruce’s, and Jewel’s fur knots quickly and badly around the lower back area, just in front of the tail. With lots of [...]

The cat blog, The Smudge Report, is full of delightful and very cute stories by Carriegood of both her cats and her mother’s multi-cat household. And, my favorite part, she posts lots of pictures! The blog centers on Carriegood’s cat, Smudge, a rambunctious ginger and white male. As she states on her About Page, “I [...]