Fortunately, recycling is a way of life. Here’s how we can participate when taking care of our cats.
Instead of throwing away all those plastic bags, look at them. Some of them make excellent bags when cleaning your cat’s kitty litter box.
This isn’t garbage! There’s certain types of bags that are particularly good to use: the right size, with an opening big enough for your litter scooper, and a strong enough plastic.
My favorite bags include: bread bags; chip/pretzel bags; supermarket produce bags (although doubling them up is safer since they can rip) and liner bags inside cereal boxes.
Once we repurpose these bags for disposing used kitty litter — then they’re garbage.
A group of 3 or more cats is called a “clowder.” Where did that come from?
According to Wiktionary, clowder was noted as being used in the English language in 1801. But it’s origin is much older. It began with the Old English word, clott (contemporary spelling: clot). Clott became clutter during the Middle English (1100-1500) period, which began because of the Norman Conquest in 1066. By 1167, Oxford University was founded and Cambridge followed in 1209. Both these institutions increased literacy and an expansion of the English language. Clutter became clowder, although currently, it’s not in common use.
These are also acceptable references to a group of 3 or more cats: Cluster of cats Clutter of cats Destruction of cats Dout of cats Glaring of cats Nuisance of cats Pounce of cats — my kitty care favorite
To My Kitty Care, whether it’s one, two or a clowder of cats, we love them.
Why is declawing a legal issue? Let’s start with what declawing is. Except for extreme situations, My Kitty Care considers it a cruel practice, and the desire to protect cats is why it’s become a legal debate. In the USA, New York was the first state to ban declawing with some cities fiollowing suit. In Canada, seven provinces have banned declawing. Hopefully, another state may ban declawing in the near future.
Currently, seven states are considering the ban, but MARYLAND is actually awaiting a vote in the House of Representatives. Senate bill sponsor Cheryl C Kagan expects it to be on the governor’s desk soon, and if it’s signed, Maryland will be the 2nd state to ban declawing. Included in the bill is a fine of $5000 for any vet who performs the procedure.
But nothing is black and white. As abhorrent as My Kitty Care views declawing, absolute outlawing can be problematic. Case in point: elderly woman must move to assisted living but is denied bringing her two older cats due to management worry of damage to furniture,carpets, etc. If the cats are declawed, they can continue to be together, otherwise, the cats will be sent to a shelter and most likely be euthanized (older cats are especially difficult to find homes for). The source of this scenario is from the BBC. My Kitty Care advocates banning declawing, but allowing for severely limited flexibility.
Toby happily making muffins, another instinctive cat behavior requiring use of their claws
The following countries already banned or view the practice as extremely inhuman and performed only under extreme circumstances:
England Scotland Wales Italy Austria Switzerland Norway Sweden Ireland Denmark Finland Slovenia Brazil Australia New Zealand Serbia Montenegro Macedonia Slovenia France Germany Bosnia Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Portugal
Time for the USA to take action. Best of all, create a federal law which would simplify things and most importantly, protect cats.
Why is Hello Kitty and Pringles a post on My Kitty Care?
First, because Hello Kitty is a CAT (despite claims disputing otherwise) and since My Kitty Care says “let’s talk about cats!” we’ll cover just about anything cat.
Second, Hello Kitty is cute. Well, was cute. Now it’s just another voracious corporation selling any damn thing it can.
An article in the econetimes, a global business journal, recently made the announcement about Hello Kitty and Pringles.
Array of Hello Kitty and Pringles products.
The Hello Kitty brand, owed by the Japanese company Sanrio Ltd.is so successful, it continuously adds items to it’s growing categories of products. This includes collaborating with other familiar brands. Their newest partnership is with Pringles.
Pringles, a potato chip snack, has it’s own mascot, Mr. P. Identified by a striking mustache. Since Hello Kitty will be packaged with Pringles, the Hello Kitty character will don the Mr. P mustache too. Yikes!
Hello Kitty with Mr. P mustache
There’s two Pringle chip varieties. But have you ever heard of White Day?
Neither have we. White Day is an annual event celebrated in Japan to thank people who’ve received Valentine gifts. Sounds like another manufactured occasion. Anyway, to the Japanese, it’s a valid. For that day, Hello Kitty and Pringles will sell the recognizable Pringles tube, but filled with candy, alongside a Hello Kitty plush toy. These items will be available February 3, via Sanrio’s website.
Hello Kitty toy with Pringles
Sorry Hello Kitty fans, but I’m afraid Hello Kitty has fallen out of favor for My Kitty Care. Contributing to this conclusion is here we have another thing to tantalize kids to eat junk food. Not good, unless you are indifferent to how you make BIG profits.
Doe anyone else share My Kitty Care disenchantment with Hello Kitty? We’d love to know what you think…
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Those of us who live with cats know that some cats are smart, while others not so much. Just like people. My wonderful sister-in-law, a devoted cat lover, admits that her Himalayan is a “not so bright” cat. Although a main difference between cats and humans is, some cats who appear dumb just might not want to deal with us and are smart enough to ignore us.
Either way, here’s an interesting video demonstrating a cat’s ability to mimic. Studies prove that humans learn by repeating or mimicking others who pass knowledge down to them, like learning a language. We often learn by doing, often via imitation.
Watch this video — how smart is this cat?
To conclude: my cats have trained me very well. I feed them multiple servings of food, clean their litter three, sometimes four times a day, pretty much do their biding. Who’s the smart one?
