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!

THE STORY BEHIND THE PIC

Welcome

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Animals’ end-of-life experiences may be same as humans, study says • The latest from the feline world!

Charities welcome introduction of Renters’ Reform Bill

Shock collars to be banned from 2024

New products

IN BRIEF

Helping cats abroad • Been on holiday and made a feline friend? Jill Eckersley explores the best ways to help cats we meet abroad.

Safe havens! • Your Cat Good Causes donated 20 cat carriers that are making a big difference to rescue cats in the Cotswolds.

Your Cat GOOD CAUSES updates

The Year of the Cat • In a brilliant new book, author and journalist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett explores how a cat helped her discover herself. Kathryn Hearn caught up with her to find out more.

“My cat recovered from pancytopenia” • Two years on from the outbreak of the rare illness, we find out what it was like owning a cat who got the disease.

Confessions of a cat-sitter • As an author of cat books, Chris does signing events in book stores. They’re not as glamorous as you might think…

Introducing a cat to children Children & animals! • Extending the family — whether with a feline or a little human — is always a lovely time. But preparation is key to ensuring everyone gets along.

Purrfect play every day! • As part of International Cat Day 2023, owners are being encouraged to play with their cats for five minutes a day.

Your Cat Giveaways! • Purrfect prizes for you and your cat!

Lessons Learned from Cats: Cats are an electrical fire hazard! • Keeping cables out the way of young cats might just save their lives!

Cat care

How to keep your indoor cat entertained • Top tips!

Megacolon in cats • Constipation can cause cats a lot of pain and damage the digestive system. Vet Penny Clarke explains.

How did cats become domesticated? • Peter delves into the science of where our feline friends came from.

Together, we can make cats’ lives better. Let’s give all cats the love and attention they deserve!

Worth the while • Bringing home a kitten doesn’t come without its challenges. Sue Cawte looks back and reminisces about her cat and says all the hard work was worth it.

Your Cat Puzzles

Give your cat a health check: part 2 • In the second part of giving your cat a health check, Lucy takes you through how to examine the body.

How the rescue cat chooses the owner! • Our rescue correspondent Sonja delves into her own experience of rescuing a cat and tells us about how her special cat Willow picked her.

Your CAT TOURIST GUIDE STREET CAT BOB STATUE • No tourist guide for cat lovers would be complete without a memorial to one of the most famous cats ever — Street Cat Bob.

Reader’s poster • GINO EXPLORING THE BEAUTIFUL OUTDOORS. SENT IN BY HELEN KERSLEY-ALLINSON.