This is a great idea: Instead of trying to prevent your cat(s) from scratching the furniture – or, heaven forbid, brutally de-clawing your feline companions – why not just get furniture that’s designed to be scratched by cats?
Furniture maker Viesso is partnering with Cat Livin to create this line of, dare I say, fur-niture.
This one goes out to my husband.
The cat-loving men of the week this week are New York City Transit workers Mark Dalessio and Efrain LaPorte and Con Ed meter reader Christopher Cuddy. These three men helped find a missing cat, Georgia, who had been lost in the New York City subway system for weeks when she escaped from her carrier as her owner was transporting her via subway.
Not only did these men find the cat in the NYC subway system – no small feat in itself – and return her to her rightful owner, they are actually donating their reward money to the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC Animals and the ASPCA.
Mark, Efrain, and Christopher – You are menandcats.com’s Cat-Loving Men of the Week!!!
Picture of Georgia recovering from leg surgery from Daily News
Thurston isn’t interested in people food, except for two things: Canned tuna and popcorn. Yes, popcorn. If I make popcorn at home – which happens rarely – he gets VERY excited and will start meowing as soon as he hears the popcorn popping, and then he’ll start acting extra-cute and rubbing his head all over me until I give him a piece of popcorn (don’t worry, he doesn’t get an entire kernel all at once, just a small kitty-sized piece of a kernel).
Yesterday evening, Thurston was in the kitchen YOWLING – which is unlike him. He’s a pretty mellow cat, and usually all he wants to do is cuddle. So I walked into the kitchen, and then I realized what the problem was: It smelled like popcorn. I opened the front door of my apartment, and clearly, one of my neighbors was making some popcorn and the smell was permeating the hallway and even my kitchen. Poor Thurston thought I was making popcorn and not giving him any! A neighbor of ours was throwing her trash down the trash chute and I had to explain why Thurston was yowling. She wasn’t the source of the popcorn, but she thought Thurston was adorable (of course). Then I distracted Thurston with some treats and he seemed to forget about the popcorn.
Ah, February. Love is in the air, with Valentine’s Day rapidly approaching. Two things I love are pets and New York City. So let me remind you, dear readers, it’s I Love NYC Pets month!! It’s a month-long celebration including adoption events, extended shelter hours, and spaying and neutering promotions. So if you’re looking for love, head over to your local shelter and adopt a cat (or two) or a dog. You’ll get many years of unconditional love from an animal who needs you. Don’t get me started on how many pets in New York City get euthanized each year. So have a heart – adopt a pet.