Smile! Enter MyThreeCats.com’s Cat-TEE Giveaway

 

 

MyThreeCats.com wants to give away lots of (kitty) smiles!

Enter MyThreeCats.com’s Cat-TEE Giveaway right meow.  All you need to do is click here to our Facebook page, find the MyThreeCats.com’s Cat-TEE Giveaway posting, and enter.   You can also enter on our Blog, sign up using the Sign Up Email Form on the left side menu bar.  Do it right meow, giveaway entries must be posted no later than Sunday, August 26, 2018.

The winner of the Smile! Cat Tee Shirt (one size fits all) will be posted here and on our Facebook page.  This is a special cat tee that was designed by artist Stephanie Piro and appears to now be “off the market”.

All entries will also receive an email offer for a 15% discount on your next order at MyThreeCats.com.   That should really make you smile!

Click here for complete Giveaway rules.

 

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Trunk Show Featuring Laurel Burch™ Cats & More! Pittsburgh, PA

Enjoy a unique Shopping Event benefiting Pittsburgh area animal rescue organizations.  Trunk Show featuring “The Laurel Burch Collection” of Wearable Art in Cats, Dogs, Butterflies, and Floral Designs”

You’re invited to a special showing of MyThreeCats.com’s eye-popping Laurel Burch™ designer accessories.  We’re featuring our popular cat themes and brand new themes including cat; dog; butterflies and floral designs.

Attend our Laurel Burch™ Trunk Show on Wednesday, August 8th at the Chatham Village Clubhouse at 655 Pennridge Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15211.  Doors open at 5:00PM, shopping hours are 5:00PM to 8:00PM.  Light refreshments will be served.    This unique shopping event features a beautiful collection of Laurel Burch™ designs.  Shop our handbags; totes; jewelry; scarves; tees; umbrellas; travel accessories and more!  Once you see this affordable collection, you’ll want Laurel’s wearables in your closet!  They’re also ideal for early holiday shopping.

Register between 5:00PM-6:00PM and receive an early bird 10% discount off anything in our trunk show during the event.  Make a purchase and enter our raffle drawing to win a Laurel Burch™ designer tote.

A portion of all proceeds from our event will be donated to local Pittsburgh area animal rescue and foster organizations, FosterCat, Inc. and Animal Advocates.

We hope you can make it!

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“Happy Cats are Healthy Cats”

Lynn Baer, DVM, Cat Specialist, shares her top tips for cat owners to ensure well adjusted, happy cats.  Lynn says, “happy cats are healthy cats and happy cats make owners happier and healthier, too”.

  Tip #1) Recognize the fact that indoor only cats have no choices of their own in life

They are completely reliant on what we offer them.  We choose their litter box size, shape, location and litter substrate. We choose where they are fed, what they are fed out of, and what foods they are offered.  We choose their toys, their beds, their bowls, and everything within their lives.  Cats have few choices of their own.   They would be happier given more choices of their own and once owners understand that and begin to expand their options, cats would remain healthier and happier. 

Tip #2) Bring the outdoors in 

Cats are held captive within four walls for their entire lives.  Open the blinds, open the windows, grow grass, bring leaves and branches in for them to smell. Again for owners to be more aware of the fact that their cats have never walked on grass or soil, experienced changes in temperature, smelled different smells, or had the ability to walk around the block to explore new surroundings.  Owners should evaluate every opportunity to enhance their indoors cat’s lives by bringing new things into the home.  Build catios, window units or other alternative opportunities for cats to experience the outdoors.  At a minimum place window seats around the house (off the ground), build vertical spaces for them to climb, train them to walk on leashes, erect cat proof fences, etc.

 Tip #3) Play, play, play and more play

Indoor cats are bored, depressed and inactive.  Owners don’t generally play with their cats daily.  Cats need exercise, mental stimulation and fun.  Having a basket of toys for cats is not enough.  Owners should actively engage with their pets by using wand toys, laser lights, throwing blankets over furniture to create tents, rotating toys daily.  Adding silvervine, catnip, and valerian to their arsenal of toys will give cats new experiences.  Using foraging toys for food rewards, making cats hunt for some of their food all help to stimulate their body and mind.

Tip #4) Lots of scratch posts – both vertical and horizontal for cats to scratch on. 

I am completely opposed to declawing (having never performed one in my entire career).   Scratching is a form of communication and also gives cats the ability to stretch their muscles.  It is important they have great areas and substrates to scratch on.  It makes them happy.

 Tip #5)  Seek out cat only veterinarians

Don’t allow a veterinarian who declaws to treat your cat.  Take your cat to a vet at least once a year for a good physical exam and blood work.  Cats are notorious for hiding pain and illness and if an owner thinks their cat is sick, they are likely very sick.  Pay attention to any changes (no matter how small) and seek veterinary care immediately.  Age is not a disease and many owners ignore signs of illness as due to advanced aging.  That is not in a cat’s best interest.  Owners need to advocate on behalf of their pets and insure good medical care.  Seek second opinions.  Good veterinarians encourage owners to do so and are never offended by it. 

 Tip #6) Cats need wet food more than dry

Wet food is lower in calories and higher in protein and moisture.  It is extremely important to feed cats at least 5-6 times daily.  Don’t feed one brand or diet only.  Variety is the spice of life and cats are used to eating birds, squirrels, rats, mice, chipmunks, bugs, etc.  One diet or one brand is not normal.  Either is feeding once or twice a day.

 Source:  The Purrington Post

Editors Note:  Find many of the toys, scratchers, outdoor enclosures and cat furniture mentioned in this article right here.

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Cat’s Bill of Rights

Remember fidgeting at your sixth grade desk, while your teacher earnestly attempted to teach you about our country’s forefathers and how they created the Bill of Rights?

Now it’s your time to help create the first ever MyThreeCats.com’s version of the “Cat’s Bill of Rights”!
You and MyThreeCats.com will together author this marvelous document, combining our wisdom and experience with cats and creating a veritable Cat Manifesto!

The purpose of this document is to set forth ways in which our cats can attain “life, love, and the pursuit of happiness” in their brief, but meaningful lives. Your suggestions can be serious or humorous, but must ring true about cats and their nature. (Note: all comments will be screened for appropriateness by MyThreeCats.com staff before posting to this website.
By adding your comments and submitting your “Cat’s Bill of Rights” contribution to this blog site, you acknowledge that MyThreeCats.com reserves the right to publish your contribution as part of the MyThreeCats.com “Cat’s Bill of Rights” on any website or print publication owned or not owned by MyThreeCats.com.
Let’s get started.

Listed here are the first five tenets of the MyThreeCats.com’s Cat’s Bill of Rights:

I, cat extraordinaire, have certain unalienable rights:
#1  I have the right to assume my normal position on your lap and stay there for an indefinite period of time, until nature calls, someone opens a can of cat food, or a bug crawls across the floor.
#2  I have the right to walk all over your computer keyboard, !@#$$%^&*(()!! causing you to lose forever that hour long document you’ve been carefully typing and not saving.
#3  I have the right to tear through your bedroom at 3:00AM, knocking over who knows what and scaring the living daylights out of you.
#4  I have the right to decide if, when and where I allow you to pick me up, hug me and fuss over me. The optimal time is usually right before dinner. I will readily accept bribes, I am shameless.
#5  I have the right to send projectiles of litter and other assorted contents out of the litter box when using it, and scratch all the way to China if I so desire.
Now, it’s your turn! Add your comment, and together, we’ll create one of the cat world’s greatest achievements.

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Can you do simple math? Enter our Cat Genius Quiz. Win a $25 MyThreeCats.com Shopping Spree!

We have a fun contest for you! Take a look at the three equations below, then find the correct values for each of the cat symbols listed under the equations. Once you know the values, click here to enter your name, email address and the correct values.

Entries must have all three values correct in order to be eligible for the drawing for a $25.00 shopping spree at MyThreeCats.com. Winners are chosen by random drawing from the correct entries.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: We’ve extended the deadline for entries due to a brief technical difficulty with the entry form this week. You will have until Wednesday, May 23, 2018 to submit your entry. Only one entry per person, please. The lucky winner will be announced on May 25, 2018 here and on our Facebook page.

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