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.
Good news for cats: no matter what state you live in, catnip is legal everywhere. And this cat is one of many this week gearing up for a raucous 420 celebration. He got “lost” (nudge nudge, wink wink) in a pet store, and found his way to the cat nip section where he kinda went […]
HOMER: This moovey wuz a reel hit with the ladey. RENO: Yep, she’s watched it a gazillion times. HOMER: I have never sawed a kreecher that looks like a porky pine. RENO: He is kyoot, but I don’t think I’d wanna kerl up in my cat cup with him. He looks prikkly. HOMER: I don’t […]
In a feat of unmatched skill and determination, Obi became the first Cat Scout EVER to win back-to-back Cardwood Derbies. The Cardwood Derby is a Cat Scouts institution, with a trophy coveted by every cat who dons the uniform. Winning it requires steely determination, grit, endurance, and an ability to master the use of duct tape […]
Good News! Veterans in the Tucson AZ area are being purrvided with feline assisted therapy, courtesy of the “Meows for Military” program offered by The Hermitage, a no-kill shelter. Every Thursday, residents of the Community Living Center of the VA hospital get a chance to bond with the cats. Not many Mousebreath readers would be surprised […]
If you’re looking to catify your crib, here’s an inexpensive way to do it. These prints by Australian artist Karsten Thomsen are colorful, whimsical, and just plain fun. Even better are her detailed descriptions of the creative process and inspiration for each work… drop by her Etsy shop and explore! The images are printed on […]
I’m not a shopper, not a mall rat. And, since I lost my sense o smell, IKEA’s cinnamon bun siren song no longer calls out to me. These days, I’m just there for the lutefisk pizza. So I was more than a little delighted a couple of weeks ago, when I stumbled across Homer drapes […]
Oreo, a handsome tuxie who heads the staff at a Cleveland, OH nursing home recently exploded in fame online after his employer published a youtube video purrmoting his work. “Oreo found us,” says Dana Carns, director of advancement at St. Augustine Health Ministries. She wandered in to the facility about five years ago. She quickly […]
Birds and Cats: they go together like steak and potatoes, like bacon and eggs…. right? Nothing proves the analogy more apt that with this pairing of the NY Yankees’ Greg Bird, and Mr Delicious, his beloved Sphynx cat. Through Friday, Bird had six home runs in Spring Training, and a .432 batting average, which he has […]
Cats across the globe are madly ordering cardwood boxes from Amazon in an attempt to build the winning vehicle in this year’s Cat Scouts Cardwood Derby. Competition is friendly, but fierce. At stake is a purrsonalized trophy, the envy of your peers, and eternal fame. Rules are simple. You must design and build a vehicle […]
May I get a round of app-paws for Officer Jamie Pietroski and the Boston SWAT team, who recently gifted their resident stray cat with a fancy new condo? The cat, a calico known as “SWAT Cat,” has been fed and cared for by Boston’s SWAT unit since 2013. They decided she needed a crib to call her […]
Chinese government officials have approved plans to establish a mammouth national park in its Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces. The park will provide a sanctuary for two big cats endemic to the area who are perilously close to extinction: the Amur leopard and the Siberian (or Amur) tiger. Part of China’s new national park system, it […]
In Rescued Volume 2: The Healing Stories of 12 Cats, Through Their Eyes, twelve cats share their rescue stories. It’s a feel-good book that will leave you laughing and every couple of pages, reaching for a hankie. Part of the proceeds from sales of the book go to rescue organizations selected by the authors. One of the […]
Percy is a truck-drivin’ tabby based in the Midwest. This week he became something of a Facebook star when his dad, Paul Robertson, described Percy’s most recent adventure. Robertson, a St. Paul truck driver, was sleeping off a nasty case of food poisoning in his truck, parked at a truck stop in Eaton, Ohio. When […]
On my bucket list: making cat art quilts. Unfortunately, it will remain a bucket list item for my foreseeable future, because life gets in the way of dreams, and the closest I’ll get to a cat art quilt in a long while is looking longingly at one on Etsy. Here are ten of my faves. […]
This just in: Cats are not linked to an increased risk of mental illness. (note to self: cancel shrink appt.) You may recall some recent research that suggested that cat stewardship makes you crazy because cats are host to Toxoplasma Gondii (T. Gondii). The parasite, commonly found in cat crap, is linked to mental health problems […]
I’m a letterpress addict. Letterpress is a technique of relief printing that uses a printing press in a process by which many copies are produced by repeated direct impression of an inked, raised surface against the paper surface. In an electronic world, it is sadly a lost art. Mejiro Graphics is keeping letterpress–and cats!– alive […]
RENO: This one made me hungry! HOMER: Yah. So many berdz, so little time! RENO: Thare wuz lots of diffrint berdz. I dunno if they wuz all good eetin’ berdz. But they shur looked yummy! HOMER: At first, I thot the movie wud be a dud cuz the berdz at the beginning wuz not all brite pritty […]
RENO: This week’s moovey wuz kind of a horrerr moovey. HOMER: I’m glad yoo hided my eyes thru part of it, bro. RENO: I watched it thru one eye. This is a moovey about an oringe-faced alien hoo takes over the country. HOMER: Frum whut I could see, he wusn’t a happy alien like Mork […]
A Hero Cat in the Alberta community of Clairmont put the bitey on his owner to wake her up and alert her to a house fire in progress. At first, she just thought Fluffy was poking her to get an early breakfast, but smoke soon enveloped them and they fled the house. In the quote of […]
We get it. We know you’re sad that Skeezix the Cat Valentines are not available for purchase. But don’t despair… and don’t wait until the last minute when your only choice for a Valentine’s Card will be on the chewing tobacco rack at your corner 7-11. Here are 20 hand-crafted cards that will surprise and delight their […]
The Eastside Inside Outside Cats
What could be sweeter than an adorable non-edible chocolate cat? Chocolate and his inside / outside family are from the blog Eastside Cats. Funny Farmer Felines: Please introduce yourself and your human. Chuck: My name is Chocolate, but everyone calls me Chuck, or Chucky. My humans are The Cat Mama and The Hubby. Funny Farmer […]
Many of you remember Angel Willie Snapp from the Phin, Feather and Furr Gang blog. The Kitty Who Came After is Buckwheat and we are pleased to be able to interview him today. Funny Farmer Felines: Please introduce yourself and your humans. Hi! I’m Buckwheat. I am about 6 years old and I am a […]
It’s always interesting to interview a full house of cats. Different personalities and different beginnings blended into one family. Today we are privileged to visit a home (Clarissa’s House of Cats) with fourteen different stories – or one story, depending on your perspective. Funny Farmer Felines: Please introduce yourself and your human. Clarissa: My name […]
Many of you know today’s interviewee. She is a popular blogger and has her own Caturday Art blog hop. Yes, you guessed correctly – Athena Cat Goddess Wise Kitty. Funny Farmer Felines: Please introduce yourself and your mom. Athena: Hi! Thanks for inviting me for an interview. I’m Athena from England and I am a […]
There is no Mousebreath interview this week and we apologize for any inconvenience. We didn’t forget; we do have one and intended to publish it, but sometimes life intervenes. We’re taking a nap to prepare for next week and suggest you take one too. Naps are so refreshing! *** Come on, don’t be shy. All […]
We have said every cat has a story, and we are pleased to introduce you to a senior kitty who contacted us and proved our theory is correct. Funny Farmer Felines: Please introduce yourself and your human. Hi, I’m Biscuit and my human is Leslie. Funny Farmer Felines: If you have any furry siblings, please […]
Meet the retired “puma” who lives the good life now at Pets Overload. Funny Farmer Felines: Please introduce yourself and your human. Beau: My name’s Beau and my human’s name is Johnny. Funny Farmer Felines: If you have any furry siblings, please introduce them too. Beau: I used to have a brother named Walker, although […]
Valentine and Zombie Squirrelygigs
We are not well-acquainted with today’s interviewee from Noir Kitty Mews but perhaps you are. Still, there is more you can learn. Funny Farmer Felines: Please introduce yourself and your human. Valentine: Mew Mew hellos! I’m so humbled that you wish to interview me. My name is “Valentine” (pronounced like one of my fav holidays). […]
There is an interesting story behind Binky and Granny from the blog Angels Whisper. We know you will enjoy reading it. Funny Farmer Felines: Please introduce yourself and your human. Binky: I’m Little Binky and that’s my Granny. *points paw at Granny* I was born somewhere in Autum of 2002. I’m a cow kitty and […]
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