Cat Care & Health

Read our Cat Care tips, articles and advice. We offer guidance on mental and physical development, nutrition and wellness for every life stage of your cat. Our Cat Care & Health range has been hand-picked to help you provide your feline friend with the best possible environment and lifestyle. Keep on top of your cat’s health with information, tips and advice written by experts with real world experience.

Everything You Need To Know About Easter Lily Poisoning

Everything You Need To Know About Easter Lily Poisoning Despite their magnificence, Easter lilies are a great health risk to your cat. Indeed, all parts of the sensitive white blossom that shows up on such a large number of Easter supper tables is dangerous to your...

Moving to a New Home With Your Cat

Moving to a New Home With Your Cat Today on SoPurrfect we have a special guest blog by Evelyn Valdez, creator of PlaywithMeow! She has kindly shared her experiences of moving with cats and how to settle them into their new home. Have a read and let us know what you...

7 Tips for Owning a Cat while Renting

  7 Tips for Owning a Cat while Renting   Millions of people are renting while they establish their lives and save up for a place of their own. Millions of people also have pets. However, the two don't always go hand in hand. We've collated our top tips for...

Keeping Your Cat Cool in Summer

  Keeping Your Cat Cool in Summer Whenever you bring a new pet at your home, you already have a picture of what life will be with them. Everyone wants to love their pets. They want to do everything to make their life easier and smooth. And having a furry friend...

Everything You Need to Know About Caring for Your Pregnant Cat

  Everything You Need to Know About Caring for Your Pregnant Cat Whether you're an owner of a queen, in other words, a feline that's pregnant, or you decided to adopt a stray cat that's been confirmed pregnant, you have to learn about feline pregnancy and find...

Cat First Aid Kit – What You Need to Know

  Cat First Aid Kit - What You Need to Know It’s a logical precaution to have a first aid kit in your home for your own safety and that of your family. But has it ever occurred to you that your pets also require a first aid kit. What would you do if your beloved...

My Cat Has Gone Missing. What Should I Do?

  My Cat Has Gone Missing. What Should I Do? Few things are more stressful or upsetting than a missing cat. You find yourself worrying incessantly about them, terrified that something has happened to them. Fortunately, more often than not, missing cats will come...

Top 7 Tips for Surviving Summer with Your Cat

Top 7 Tips for Surviving Summer with Your Cat When the weather gets warmer, cats start to want to spend more and more time out doors. Whilst it can be great to let your feline companions explore the world in the sunshine, it is also important to ensure that they are...

5 Boredom Busters for Cats

5 Boredom Busters for Cats Cats can get bored just like humans can. And you know how painful it is when you are bored and can't think of anything to do to lift yourself out of that boredom. So, why would you want to put your kitty through that awful experience too?...

5 Tips to Exercise an Indoor Cat with Infographic

  5 Tips to Exercise an Indoor Cat with Infographic The notion of cat exercise is not one that crosses every cat lover's mind very often. After all, cats are pretty good at looking after themselves. Playful animals, they will run and jump around throughout the...

How to Keep Your Cat Safe During Natural Disasters

How to Keep Your Cat Safe During Natural Disasters As a cat owner, you must be prepared to effectively handle disastrous situations. As much as we hope that nothing bad will ever happen to us or out cats, we plan for the worst so that we can be prepared and act...

8 Truths All Cat Owners Who Live In Apartments Know

  8 Truths All Cat Owners Who Live In Apartments Know How to make living in an apartment with your cat easy. Living in an apartment with your cat can be wonderful. You get to wake up to hear them purring at the end of the bed, and you can sit and watch endless...

How Can I Help My Cat Adjust To A New Home?

How Can I Help My Cat Adjust To A New Home?   Moving house with cats is simple when you know how! As all cat owners know, cats can get stressed out in new environments. Add to that the need to put them into a cat box and take them on long car journeys and the...

4 Ways to Get Rid of Stray Cats

  4 Ways to Get Rid of Stray Cats   Stray cats can pop up in any neighborhood, and they can be a real menace. Fighting, food stealing and multiple litters of kittens can all be a result of a stray cat 'problem' in your back garden. Perhaps you are wondering...

What to Expect During Kitten Development Stages

  What to Expect During Kitten Development Stages Kittens when born, weigh just a few ounces and just like a human offspring, you have what to expect of them as they grow hoping to detect any abnormalities. Newborn kittens normally can manage on their own with...

How and Why You Should Clip Cats Nails

  How and Why You Should Clip Cats Nails Cats are generally pretty good at looking after themselves. They keep themselves well groomed, for example - in fact they always seem to be grooming themselves! One thing that you can do for your cat, however, is to clip...

4 Steps to Give Your Cat a Pill

  4 Steps to Give Your Cat a Pill For many cat owners, administering pills when their cats are sick, or need flea or worm treatment, is one of the hardest things that they have to do. So, how do you do this without getting your cat all stressed out - and without...

How and Why You Want to Shave Your Cat

  How and Why You Want to Shave Your Cat   First things first - why might I need to shave my cat? Shaving a cat is something that should only be done in certain circumstances. Some people shave their cat's fur for aesthetic reasons or because they believe...