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.
It Will Take 3 Years And $1.5 Million, but Washington D.C. is going to count every single one of its cats. A coalition of groups, including PetSmart Charities, the Humane Society, The Humane Rescue Alliance and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are collaborating on “The D.C. Cat Count,” whose goal is to more accurately estimate […]
The musical Cats – which is the fourth-longest-running show in Broadway history – is soon to be a major motion picture, with production scheduled for later this year in the U.K. Not all of the cast has been announced, but so far Taylor Swift (cat lady extraordinaire), Jennifer Hudson, James Corden and Ian McKellen have been […]
This week, the Burtonsville MD Volunteer Fire Department responded to a “Firefighter save my cat!” plea. The cat, Simon, was lodged in an air conditioning duct and after five days, the owner had given up hope of getting him out without professional help. The department’s chief, Michael Ryman, led a team armed with power tools […]
OK, so the name–Finding Rover–is unfortunate. But it covers cats, too, and it’s free, so if you have a smart phone and a cat you need to download it right NOW! What is Finding Rover? It’s a pet facial recognition app that uses biometric technology to identify pets. Backed by the Petco Foundation, it is […]
Ukrainian artist Mary Derkach creates fanciful felted felines with delightfully whiskered faces. Her materials of choice are sheep’s wool and polymer clay…. and maybe a little magic! She’s done a series she calls “spherical cats” that are little roly-poly balls. The mighty hunter…. purrhaps in purrsuit of the elusive red dot? And anyone with […]
If you own a dog who mines for cat crap treats in the cat litter box, or have multiple cats with one on a special diet, MeowSpace might be for you. It’s an enclosed box that can only be accessed by a cat with an rfid or a magnetic tag on her collar. That opens […]
I’ve been utterly charmed by the printmaking art of Arna Miller and Ravi Zupa at the Treasure Prizes studio in Denver. Their most recent collection is faux-vintage matchboxes featuring ne’er-do-well hooligan cats engaged in all manner of shenanigans: Each box is $20 (shipped sans matches). ABOUT THE ART Arna said: I draw in pencil and […]
It should be noted that I detest wallpaper, after I spent a summer scraping and steaming off many walls of the stuff in our house. But if I were inclined to put up some wallpaper, this is what I’d choose: CATS! (of course) Maybe in a powder room with the fourth wall painted in a […]
Having a Cat Lady Confab? Order a bunch of cat cookies…. just $36 for two dozen. Special order designs are available. They are delicious vanilla-almond sugar cookies that can be frozen up to two months. Order from the San Diego Cookie Lady here.
Is there a cat alive who doesn’t know who Dr Who is? I think not! Cats ‘n’ the Doctor are a natural! Save up your allowance, kittehs! You’re gonna want to lay down some green papers to get some of this Whoriffic swag! (Click any image to go to purchase info.) […]
I’ve never seen planters quite like these…fuzzy cat plant holders! (Click any image for the specific product page.) A tiny plastic pot is meant to go inside, so you don’t have muddy water leaking all over your furniture. It comes in practically any permutation of cat breed/color you can imagine. (She also does other cute […]
Looking for some inspiration for summer crafts projects? Or maybe material for a feline-friendly sun dress? Click any swatch below for info on purchasing the yardage — custom fabric designs from Spoonflower. And not just fabric, but wallpaper, gift wrap and more! Don’t see anything you like? You can design your own! […]
The Savitsky Cats are in purrfect pawsition to win this season’s million dollar prize on America’s Got Talent. They’ve already set the interwebs ablaze over their amazing purrformance. Yes, they were a sensation. One of the acts following them was probably heard to say, “Those cats have got it in the bad. There’s no reason […]
Are you a kitteh who’s always wanted to drive Toonces? You may get your chance–in a trammy sort of way–by driving a trolley across a hand-drawn landscape. Short Trip by Australian artist Alexander Perrin is an interactive illustration in which you drive a tram for cats as it rumbles up and down the hand-drawn mountains. […]
Act quickly, and you can get a free breakaway cat collar from Dr Elsey’s Cat Litter in specially marked 40-lb bags. It’s part of a purrmotion to encourage people with indoor cats to put collars on them to decrease the number of lost pets. Even if your cat is microchipped, if she’s lost, a reunion […]
OK, maybe it’s a stretch to say they’re the stars of the show, but Taylor Swift’s cats, Olivia and Meredith, make an appearance in Deadpool 2. Taken to Charles Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters to be nursed back to health, Ryan Reynolds’ character, Wade, ends up wearing an Olivia/Meredith t-shirt that boasts, “Olivia and Meredith, Friends Furrrrever.” […]
There are few things as fun as happening upon a cat sculpture or art piece while exploring a new city. So as you plan your summer vacation, how ’bout heading for a destination that features some urban cat art? Here are ten to consider…. The sculpture above is “Cats on the steps” in the UK. […]
After disappearing from her home when she was 4 years old, this cat spent the next 14 years as a feral on the streets of Sydney, Australia. Yes, you read that right. FOURTEEN YEARS! But the story has a happy ending, and Her family, who assumed the cat had died after failing to find her […]
Wanna be a cool cat? Here’s how. Boy bits and ladyboxes are nuthin but trouble. Enter Scooter and Marmelade who brilliantly demonstrate the upside of spay/neuter. (Points to the creative team who found rhymes for ovaries and testicles.)
You know what I’m talking about. You buy the bestest, hottest new new thing and your cat LOVES it for about 37 minutes and then refuses to even look at or sniff it thereafter. Unless it’s to give it a sniff of disgust when you’re looking. But once every year or two I run across […]
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