HouseOfPurrfection

It seems as if Pooka got his displeasure at sharing his house with these particular guests off his chest. Or else he just didn’t want to spend another minute in solitary confinement. Since Friday, Pooka’s been a good cat and stopped threatening our company. Hopefully his incidents of outrage will stop and he’s done voicing [...]

Yes, thank Goodness for that feline trait because they’ve gone through a lot of changes in the past few days. However, not all cats go willingly into change. A few, like Pooka, go kicking and caterwauling into it. As I mentioned yesterday, Pooka didn’t cordially invite our guests into the HOP. No, unfortunately, Pooka’s tantrums [...]

After receiving a less than welcoming welcome from Pooka, our guests are settling in just fine. My brother’s two cats, Desert and Pattern, are living in the front bedroom with me and Smudge, and my brother and sister-in-law are staying upstairs in the loft of the HOP. Therefore the separation is a bit unsettling to [...]

Does the second picture in today’s post look familiar? That’s what our living room used to look like. Well, at least, that’s the furniture that used to be in our living room. Little by little several pieces of our furniture have made their way out into the enclosure, and we’ve replaced each one. The second [...]

As a kitten matures, so will its personality. By watching a kitten’s behavior closely, an owner will discover the adult cat within. For several months I’ve been watching Preacher display aggressive, alpha behavior towards the adult cats in the HOP. By aggressive, I mean that his feline behavior demonstrates a very rambunctious personality where he [...]

After we got our taxes done on Monday, we needed to go have some fun and enjoy the release of all the stress. We gathered up Avita, her two leashes, water, and my camera and we headed for a place called Table Mountain. Well worth the long, scenic drive, the place known as Table Mountain [...]

Bored, indoor cats without enough stimulation and activities, will find fun on their own terms. Misadventures and lots of trouble always follow. Sunday, which should be a relaxing day in this multi-cat household, was anything but. Last Sunday, the day after the kittens turned 11 months old, Preacher made this fact quite clear. We came [...]

No sooner do I sit down on the smaller couch in the living room and Omar appears by my side as if by magic. Then, he coos, chortles, claws and slinks his way onto my lap. Finally, enjoying my attention and not wanting my caresses to stop, he lovingly, if a bit painfully, returns the [...]

Why do my cats wake me before my alarms goes off just to play or get fed? And, why do my cats get crazy just as I crawl into bed? And, why don’t they care about the inconvenience to me? Well, my fellow ailurophiles, primary instincts control our cat’s behavior. Rather than simple orneriness, cats [...]

1.    It is the cat that resolves to cat a mouse, and at every miss begins resolutely again, that reaches the goal. 2.    A cat belongs to whoever can capture its heart. 3.    A cat has so trained its habits that it relies upon its own powers and depends upon its own courage in moments [...]