Why does cat bite me for no reason? My cat used to bite my hand during quiet evening sessions on the couch, always right after what felt like a perfectly happy petting session, and for months I had no idea what I was doing wrong. Here’s the fact that changes everything: there’s no such thing … Read more
I spent months watching my cat walk directly past a perfectly good sisal post to shred the corner of my sofa. For a while I took it personally. I was wrong. Understanding why does indoor cat scratch furniture changes how you see the whole problem, because the behavior isn’t a complaint about you or your … Read more
You want two cats but your apartment is small, and you’re not sure it’s fair to them. That worry comes up constantly with two cats in a small apartment, and the answer is almost always better than people expect. Floor plan size matters far less than how you set up the space. I saw this … Read more
You bring the cat home Saturday. It’s Wednesday and your apartment has a couch, a bed and nothing a cat actually needs. That gap between “I want a cat” and “I have a cat” closes fast, and most of what you’ll read online about it is either padded with filler or written by someone who’s … Read more
You cleaned your apartment top to bottom and the smell is still there. That is the maddening part of cat odor. It does not respond to regular cleaning the way other smells do. Knowing how to get rid of cat smell in an apartment comes down to one idea: eliminate the source, do not cover … Read more
Your cat moves fast. The moment you open that carrier, they’re already behind the stove, inside the cabinet, and halfway up the curtains. An apartment cat proofing checklist most owners wish they’d finished before day one covers more than moving a plant or two. I learned this the hard way when I found my cat … Read more
How to keep apartment clean with cat is a problem that sneaks up on you slowly. The first week your cat moves in, everything seems fine. By week three there’s a fine layer of fur on the couch you can’t explain and a smell near the litter box that greets you every time you open … Read more
My cat spent three days under the bathroom vanity after my first move. I spent those same three days sliding food under the cabinet and talking to a piece of furniture like it might answer back. What I’ve learned from that move and every one since is that the outcome gets decided in the 48 … Read more
I learned how to set up cat space in a small apartment slowly and expensively, by buying things in the wrong order. First purchase: a wide three-tier cat tree that ate a third of my living room floor. My cat used one shelf on it twice, then ignored the whole thing for good. What I … Read more
Is it ok to have a cat in a small apartment is the question I asked myself on repeat the first week I moved into a 380-square-foot studio with my two-year-old cat. She spent the first three days sitting on the single windowsill and I spent those three days convinced I had ruined her life. … Read more