Your Cat

If you love cats, you’ll know cats bring so much joy to our lives, and Your Cat Magazine is a celebration of all things cat, every month!

PIC OF THE MONTH

Welcome

Your Cat

Charity welcomes private renters’ charter • News from the feline world, plus your stories and views!

PDSA and RSPCA partnership to improve animal welfare

Bob bounces back after suspected high-rise fall

Charity sets up pet food bank to help struggling owners

Shock as cat and kittens found in electric cabinet

Your News & views!

Kitten of the month • Lexi and Luna, sent in by Debra Moores.

A new direction • We’ve launched Your Cat Good Causes to raise funds for cats in need and to promote the positive contribution cats play in society. Editor Michael Hallam explains.

Garfy was more than just “that cat in the supermarket” • The first ever Your Cat Good Causes donation went to help create a statue of a cat who was loved by a community in Cambridgeshire.

Blanket appeal

Subscribe to Your Cat and help support Good Causes • At least 30% goes directly to the many good causes we support.

Confessions of a cat-sitter • When a visitor comes to stay at Chris’ house, she gets more cat than she bargained for!

Your Cat Offer of the month • Subscriber price just £6.99! LickiMat®

Columnist James Bowen • We’re reliving Bob and James’ trip of a lifetime to Tokyo. In the second of three parts, we hear how the Street Cat enjoyed his fame and the lavish surroundings.

Divorced, beheaded, furr-vived! • If one was to describe a pampered, sometimes affectionate, often tyrannical Henry who resides at Hampton Court Palace, most would think of the notorious Tudor King Henry VIII…

ABOUT HAMPTON COURT PALACE

10 cats who rescued humans • Kate Eccles gives an incredible rundown of 10 feline heroes who saved people.

The cat well-being study • How enriched is your cat’s life? Here’s a fun way to find out!

Your Cat GIVEAWAYS • Purr-fect prizes for you and your cat!

Cat care Got a question? • The Your Cat experts are here to help with all your feline dilemmas! Send your question to our experts by email (catcare@yourcat.co.uk).

Hyperthyroidism in cats • It’s a condition that can throw a cat’s body completely out of sink. Here vet Penny Clarke explains how to spot and treat it.

Case studies • “NACHO DIDN’T LOOK BACK AFTER HIS RADIOACTIVE IODINE TREATMENT”

Don’t eat that! • The bizarre case of Poppy — a sock-eating Siamese Cat!

Wild cats

How to cope when your cat is ill • When our cats are ill, we rely on our vets to help get them on the mend. But how do we cope practically and emotionally with a poorly puss? Jill Eckersley looks at how we can make the whole situation easier.

Love Supreme! • When it comes to showing pedigree cats, it is almost time for the feline equivalent of the Oscars — the Supreme Cat Show is nearly here!

“This year has been relentless” • Times are challenging for independent rescues.

Ronnie and his Socks… • When Anne offers to care for a neighbour’s cat, it proves easier than a lively grandson! A lovely short story by Angela Lanyon.

Pawtraits • Your kitties are the stars in our gallery!

You Cat Puzzles

Diary of a cat-mad vet nurse • Training a cat? It’s easier than you think, as Lucy explains.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY HOME AND MUSEUM • The iconic author had a life filled with cats — and you can meet the felines that still live in his former home.

Reader’s poster • LUKA, SENT IN BY DONNA HINGLEY