Cat Care & Guides

A tabby and white cat crouched on a pale patterned rug next to a hard wooden floor

Why Is My Cat Pooping Outside the Litter Box? 8...

Quick Answer Why is my cat pooping outside the litter box: start by assuming it is medical, because the three commonest explanations are constipation, diarrhoea and pain, and none of...

Why Is My Cat Pooping Outside the Litter Box? 8...

Quick Answer Why is my cat pooping outside the litter box: start by assuming it is medical, because the three commonest explanations are constipation, diarrhoea and pain, and none of...

Three cats resting in different spots of the same living room, each with its own space

How Many Litter Boxes Per Cat, and Where to Put...

Quick Answer How many litter boxes per cat: one per cat plus one spare, so two boxes for one cat and three for two. Every veterinary source gives that number,...

How Many Litter Boxes Per Cat, and Where to Put...

Quick Answer How many litter boxes per cat: one per cat plus one spare, so two boxes for one cat and three for two. Every veterinary source gives that number,...

Four cats walking across a woven rug on a pale wooden floor in a bright room

How to Make a Litter Box Not Smell: 8 Fixes Tha...

Quick Answer How to make a litter box not smell starts with one fact that changes the whole shopping list: the odour is not in the litter and it is...

How to Make a Litter Box Not Smell: 8 Fixes Tha...

Quick Answer How to make a litter box not smell starts with one fact that changes the whole shopping list: the odour is not in the litter and it is...

Close-up of a ginger cat front paws resting on a wooden floor

How to Stop Cat Litter Tracking: 8 Fixes, Ranke...

Quick Answer Cat litter tracking is decided inside the box, not at the door. Most of the litter on your floor left the box stuck to a paw, or was...

How to Stop Cat Litter Tracking: 8 Fixes, Ranke...

Quick Answer Cat litter tracking is decided inside the box, not at the door. Most of the litter on your floor left the box stuck to a paw, or was...

Bengal cat leaning into a bathroom basin to drink from the running tap, one paw in the stream

Do Cats Really Need a Water Fountain? What the ...

Quick Answer No. Three controlled studies have compared a cat water fountain with an ordinary bowl, and none of them found that the fountain raised water intake across a group...

Do Cats Really Need a Water Fountain? What the ...

Quick Answer No. Three controlled studies have compared a cat water fountain with an ordinary bowl, and none of them found that the fountain raised water intake across a group...

Black and white cat clawing the shredded edge of a wooden stool

Why Indoor Cats Need a Scratcher, and How to Ch...

Quick Answer Cats scratch to stretch, to mark territory and to strip the worn outer layer off their claws. It is not a habit and it cannot be trained away,...

Why Indoor Cats Need a Scratcher, and How to Ch...

Quick Answer Cats scratch to stretch, to mark territory and to strip the worn outer layer off their claws. It is not a habit and it cannot be trained away,...