I spent months watching my cat walk directly past a perfectly good sisal post to shred the corner of my sofa, and for a long time I assumed this was personal. It is not personal. Understanding why does indoor cat scratch furniture changes everything because the behavior is not a complaint about you or your … Read more
The first time I tried to brush my cat’s teeth she sat perfectly still for about four seconds before launching herself to the top of the bookshelf and refusing to come down for the rest of the evening. Learning how to brush cat teeth at home properly is almost entirely about the preparation steps that … Read more
The first winter I ran my apartment’s heater continuously, my cat developed what looked like a light dusting of flour along her spine and I spent two weeks wondering whether something was seriously wrong with her. Learning how to get rid of cat dandruff turned out to be mostly about fixing the environment rather than … Read more
Finding a fur tumbleweed rolling across the kitchen floor every morning is one of those indoor cat realities that nobody warns you about before you bring a cat home. Figuring out how to reduce cat shedding in house took me a full season of lint rolling every black item I owned before I realized the … Read more
I noticed my cat had been tilting her head slightly to the left for a few days before I looked inside her ear and found a small accumulation of dark debris near the outer canal from her favorite dusty hiding spot behind the radiator. Learning how to clean cat ears at home properly turned a … Read more
Every surface in my apartment has a permanent layer of fine white fur on it no matter how recently I vacuumed and for the first two years I genuinely thought something was wrong with my cat. Learning why is my indoor cat shedding so much turned out to be one of those explanations that immediately … Read more
My cat has only ever needed a real bath twice in seven years of living indoors and both times I was the one who made it worse by rushing. Learning how to bathe a cat that hates water properly is less about technique and more about pace. Go slow. Fill the sink before bringing her … Read more
The first time I tried to trim my cat’s nails she ended up under the bed and I ended up slightly bleeding from a scratch that came out of nowhere. Learning how to trim cat nails at home properly changed everything about that experience. It turned out the problem was not my cat and it … Read more
Finding a solid mat behind my cat’s ear after skipping a week of brushing was exactly the kind of avoidable problem that taught me just how much coat type determines everything about how often to brush indoor cat. It was not a long-haired cat. It was a medium-haired cat I had been treating like a … Read more
The first time I watched my cat sleep through an entire Saturday afternoon and well into Sunday morning, I started genuinely worrying that something was wrong with her. Nothing was. She was just being a cat, and understanding why does indoor cat sleep so much turned out to be one of the most reassuring things … Read more