Mousebreath Magazine is an award-winning online magazine that celebrates cats and the cat-centric lifestyle. Editor Karen Nichols is a popular conference speaker and writer, whose current project is The Cat Scout Handbook. She is also the denmaster at CatScouts.com.
When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s son was born, there was the usual speculation over what he would be named. You assume it’ll be a name pulled from the annals of British history. But they named him after Meghan’s cat. Yep, her childhood cat was named Archie. The cat was adored by both her and […]
This has a week of losses. Those of you who know cat lady Julia Reiman, know she lost her dear Phil to cancer after a long brave battle. There was of course Daisy the Curly Cat, the empress of the Golden Age of Cat Blogging. And a couple of days later, Rick and Cyndi G. […]
Have you checked your calendars, kittehs? Time’s running out to get your fave cat moms a Mother’s Day Gift! Here a some hand-crafted suggestions that’ll earn you some bonus points and Temptations! Please follow and like us:
Daisy the Curly Cat has joined her soulmate Skeezix at The Bridge. I can picture them, together at last, sharing fashion and wig styling tips and reminiscing about the golden era of cat blogging. Skeezix was dazzled by Daisy. He always said the best day of his life (February 14, 2008) was when she agreed […]
If your mom is a cat purrson, you can score points with her this Mother’s Day with a cat bouquet from 1-800-Flowers. The arrangement is called “Purfect Party Cat,” Product Code: 148651. It’s reasonably priced at $59.99 (exclusive of the charges they invariably add on). Fun, right? Please follow and like us:
We were in a pickle. Our vacuum wheezed its last breath and the cat hair was piling up on the carpet. We’d sorta/kinda been planning to upgrade to a high-end space age vacuum at some point, but the death of our vacuum coincided with a business upheaval and unplanned medical expenses, and the purchase of […]
Not all cats look forward to a barf-inducing meal of Peeps and deviled eggs at Easter time. In fact, a lot of cats hate Easter. Here are 13 reasons why: But the biggest reason cats hate Easter? They just can’t rock the Bunny look anywhere near as well as this dog: Please follow and like […]
I stumbled upon this old video documenting a photo session in which we posed Skeezix for one of his Easter cards. (The resulting photo won the Martha Stewart Easter Pets contest that year.) And here’s the finished productavailable for purchase on Zazzle: Or wear him as a button! So now you’re chompin on the bit […]
No need to call up a bunch of hot hunky firemen this time. A cat hanging from the edge of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) was rescued after quick action from a group of Brooklyn students. Students from Benjamin Banneker Academy noticed the cat hanging off the expressway in the early afternoon and took action, getting […]
A new study suggests household cats can respond to the sound of their own names. WOW! REALLY??????? Yep, Japanese scientists said they’ve provided the first experimental evidence that cats can distinguish between words that we people say, including recognizing their own names. Quite a bit of research has been conducted on dogs’ communications skills, determining […]
As reported in The Washington Post, in 2018, the General Social Survey included a battery of questions on pet ownership. The findings quantified the nation’s pet population – nearly 6 in 10 households have at least one – and made it possible to see how pet ownership overlaps with all sorts of factors of interest […]
Photographer David Williams captures images of men who identify with cats. His project titled Men & Cats began in 2009 as a way to break the stereotype of the “crazy cat lady.” Williams photographs cat guys in their homes and on the street. The indoor scenes feature cat-related tchotchkes and art that leave little doubt […]
At St. Sampton’s Parish Church cemetery on the island of Guernsey, England, a 20-year old tabby called Barney comforted mourners who were burying or visiting a loved one. Barney died of old age at the end of February and the entire town is grieving. Barney didn’t always live in the cemetery. He once belonged to […]
Stormy, a gregarious black cat who has run the Fritz Creek General Store in Homer, Alaska for the last six years, has been forced out of her job because of a complaint from an anonymous customer. Officials notified the store owners that cat’s presence in the store violated food safety standards. Homer News reported, “The […]
It wasn’t a cat stuck in a tree but a black kitten trapped in a water drainage pipe that summoned Menlo Park Fire Protection District firefighters to Selby Lane in Atherton, CA. A resident called the fire station to report that she had heard a kitten crying all morning and discovered that it had slipped […]
Carly Rae Jepsen is a master of sugary pop songs that sear themselves inside your cochlea as earworm classics. With her most recent release, “Now That I’ve Found You,” she challenges Taylor Swift and Katy Perry for the title of the music world’s most fervent ailurophile. And there’s a nod to Breakfast at Tiffany’s thrown […]
Grab a hankie, folks! Bugsy the Cat was lost after the Lee County, Alabama tornado this week. Her home was tossed from its foundation and flipped like a pancake. The family survived, but couldn’t find Bugsy afterward. “We searched the whole house by hand the first day and we didn’t find her,” Hunter Lashley said. […]
Japanese photographer Nyankichi Rojiupa has captured the antics of a kindle of stray street cats in a series of photos documenting their play in and out of drain pipe holes. Just when you thought every possible kind of cat photo has been done, you discover another brilliant feline photog. Be sure to follow him on […]
No use crying over spilled milk, according to these opportunistic looters: Please follow and like us:
As March rolls in, most kittehs start thinking about how they’ll get their green on for St Patrick’s Day. We’ve rounded up 17 ways to commune with your inner leprechaun and catify your St Paddy’s Day experience: Please follow and like us:
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