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Feline Adventures: Tips To Make Traveling With Your Cat A Real Treat

No one likes to leave their fur babies at home. This applies whether they go away on vacation, for the holidays or even for a quick get-away weekend. Even if you have pet-sitter extraordinaire caring for kitty, you know she gets lonely for you and only you. So what’s a good pet parent to do? Take her with you, of course! Travel with your cat!

According to the Roanoke Times, 78 percent of Americans travel with their pets each year. That’s a lot of people and animals taking to the road and airways!

Travel Tips

Traveling with any animal can be challenging. Fortunately, MyThreeCats.com offers easy solutions. We want to make your trips relaxing, safe, and even loads of fun for both your human and your furry feline friend.

Keeping your beloved pet safe is always your priority so a sturdy, durable cat carrier is a must for short day trips to the veterinarian or long rides to your family cabin or favorite beach. Your cat will love the new Expandable Cat Carrier with its foldaway canopy and poly lounge pad that makes it paw-sible for her to stretch out and get comfortable for the ride! You will love the lightweight, stylish carrier that folds flat for storage and travel, making it both attractive and functional. Take a close look at this innovative new Carrier.

So, you’ve reached your destination! Now, how do you keep your cat both safe and happy? She’s meowing up a storm to get out of the carrier and explore her new surroundings, but you can’t just let her have the run of the beach. Problem solved! She can be safe both indoors and outdoors playing in her durable Portable Cat Playpen that’s a breeze to set up and folds flat to fit back into its convenient travel bag. Durable polyester and mesh vents allow your pet to enjoy fresh air. Plus she has a purr-fect view of all the tempting creatures outside as she does at home in the front yard. It’s available in two sizes so dogs can also enjoy it and the rousing attention from onlookers walking their envious pets nearby.

You’ve been traveling all day and like you, your feline companion is ready for a nice long cat nap! Her portable cat playpen is now folded and safely stored in the car. You’ve reached your destination, so she is now meowing loudly, reminding you that it’s time for her favorite hideaway, the Lucy Cat Cave (mythreecats.com).

The lightweight home is shaped like a cone with a comfortable, washable cushion. Easily rolled up for travel, the cave serves like a familiar “mobile home” wherever your travels take her. As with all furniture featured at MyThreeCats.com, the Lucy Cat Cave is designed to blend with any home décor. See more luxurious and charming cat cave designs at Luxury Cat Beds for Sale | Quality Cat Hideaway Beds (mythreecats.com)

So, plan your next trip and pack your car! Kitty is excited about his next excursion, and with help from mythreecats.com, you can be, too! Don’t be surprised if she creates her own travel blog!

Unleash Your Indoor Cat’s “inner kitten” With These Easy Tips

Cats are intelligent, active creatures that need daily stimulation just as we do. Helping your cats tackle boredom can keep unwelcome behaviors to a minimum.

Constant, compelling meows, scratching furniture, and urinating outside the litter box may be symptoms of medical issues that should be treated by a veterinarian. In healthy cats, those behaviors can be avoided by keeping your feline companions entertained throughout the day.

Try these solutions:

Here’s a simple way to entertain your cats for hours at a time. Place a sturdy, multiple-tiered cat tree with a good scratching surface such as sisal next to a window with an exciting view! They’ll ogle at birds, passing cars, and anyone walking by.
Before you leave your cat home alone, turn on calming music or nature sounds to soothe and comfort him. Go a step further to delight your furbaby by finding a compelling video for him to watch on “Cat TV”, a television channel created specifically for cats.
If you have empty wall space, quench your cat’s need to climb by installing perch wall units which create safe pathways for him to launch to tops of bookshelves and other high places.
Indulge the natural hunting instincts in your cat by hiding treats or dry kibble in your home. Use a kitty food puzzle that will provide your cats with a stimulating activity. The challenging activity appeals to the natural love of hunting and will stimulate them both mentally and physically. Change the locations frequently to keep things interesting and encourage your kitty to embrace his inner stalker!
Shake things up by surprising your cat with new toys to sniff, play with, and explore. Catnip toys, puzzle toys, teaser toys and tunnels all make wise investments that will go a long way toward keeping your cat healthy and happy.
Introduce your indoor cats to one of many attractive models of secure cat enclosures for the yard. They allow your kitties to enjoy some of the perks of being outdoors without any of the risks! Enclosures that can be folded up for easy travel are a bonus!
Treat your cats to quality one-on-one playtime and cuddle time as often as possible. It is as good for you as it is for them!

Since your cats have a distinct personality just like you do, experiment with several of these entertainment options, then pick and stick to the ones they like best! You’re sure to find just the right options for your cat at MyThreeCats.com.

“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.

Introducing our Pumpkin Catnip Toy AND Catula!

We have a FURR-ightingly great offer for you, our private customers and bloggers, just in time for Halloween!

Our perennial favorite, the Yeowww! Catnip Pumpkin has arrived, stuffed with the freshest, best quality catnip around, at a 15% Savings! Order six (6) Pumpkins and you’ll get an extra Pumpkin Catnip toy FREE with your order!

Our cats love the Pumpkin – they grab it with both paws and deliver their notorious “bunnykicks”. The Pumpkin also makes a great little gift for your favorite cat lover’s kitty. We’ll ship it anywhere, including internationally.

While you’re visiting our site, click to see our Halloween book, Catula: The Misadventures of Dracula’s Cat. This book is a clever take off on the Dracula theme, with a unique twist – Catula! Since we’re offering discounts, we’ll also extend to you a 15% discount off the retail cover price of Catula.

Important: To get the 15% Pumpkin and Catula discounts, simply type in the word pumpkin in the promo code box at checkout and then click UPDATE. (Note: You must enter the word pumpkin in the promo code box and click UPDATE in order to get the discounts).

This offer is for our private customers and bloggers only. It expires on Sunday, October 7, 2012, so please act now. Happy Shopping!