Monday, March 29, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Top Ten Tips to help your fat cat
Top Ten Tips To help your Fat Cat Lose Weight:
Recent survey shows that 35% of all house cats are overweight. If your cat falls in that percentile, then these tips are for you:
1. Consult your vet before putting your cat on any diet. Have the vet run a blood panel prior to the diet to rule out diabetes and other health concerns.
2. Weight loss needs to be gradual-no crash dieting for your fat cat.
3. Avoid free feeding and cat treats!
4. Use interactive toys to encourage kitty to exercise i.e. “Da Bird.” or cat teasers.
5. Hide catnip in places high up to encourage your overweight cat to climb.
6. Avoid feeding table scraps
7. Feed small amounts on a regular schedule several times a day. If you work invest in a timed automatic feeder.
8. Provide cat grass for your cat- good for digestion.
9. Provide fresh water- suggest you invest in a Drinkwell Pet Fountain.
10. Introduce new food gradually- otherwise kitty will become ill.
At Felinefurniture.com we just started selling a Big and Fat Cat Modular Playground. It is a great place for them to excercise and then call home after hitting the gym. Take one of our teasers and give your fat cat a work out on our playground. Then put some cat nip at the top and let him/her have a good roll in it.
We are also working on the worlds tallest manufactured Cat Furniture playground that will encourage high climbing for maximum weight loss for your fat cat.
This information was provided by Maryanne at Felinexpress.com.
Recent survey shows that 35% of all house cats are overweight. If your cat falls in that percentile, then these tips are for you:
1. Consult your vet before putting your cat on any diet. Have the vet run a blood panel prior to the diet to rule out diabetes and other health concerns.
2. Weight loss needs to be gradual-no crash dieting for your fat cat.
3. Avoid free feeding and cat treats!
4. Use interactive toys to encourage kitty to exercise i.e. “Da Bird.” or cat teasers.
5. Hide catnip in places high up to encourage your overweight cat to climb.
6. Avoid feeding table scraps
7. Feed small amounts on a regular schedule several times a day. If you work invest in a timed automatic feeder.
8. Provide cat grass for your cat- good for digestion.
9. Provide fresh water- suggest you invest in a Drinkwell Pet Fountain.
10. Introduce new food gradually- otherwise kitty will become ill.
At Felinefurniture.com we just started selling a Big and Fat Cat Modular Playground. It is a great place for them to excercise and then call home after hitting the gym. Take one of our teasers and give your fat cat a work out on our playground. Then put some cat nip at the top and let him/her have a good roll in it.
We are also working on the worlds tallest manufactured Cat Furniture playground that will encourage high climbing for maximum weight loss for your fat cat.
This information was provided by Maryanne at Felinexpress.com.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Stairway To Kitty Heaven in unique configuration
Dear Feline Furniture:
I am amazed. The structure is attractive to cats, and looks better than almost anything else I have seen. I have seven cats ( of 17 residents) on my admittedly interesting construction, so I think I will order some additions after I have lived with is for a bit. (you can't see the kitties in the "condos")The structure has been up about 8 hours. The stair step setup/design didn't fit very well in the space, and because I have dogs I need more high space,so I will have to get more creative. A rubber mallet made assembly much easier. Feel free to share the not-very-good picture, and the testimonial.
She recently ordered a Kitty Hawk to add to the set. This is the most creative use of a Stairway To Kitty Heaven I have seen so far. Can't wait to see the updated set after she gets the Kitty Hawk we are sending today
Modern Cat Blog is very cool
Check out moderncat.net. They have some very cool looking cat furniture. See entire message below.
Hi Scott,
Thanks so much for getting back to me so quickly! Since my cat’s old “Stairway” set finally bit the dust they’ve been driving me up the wall! Per our conversation, I need all the pieces for a new Stairway set except for the connectors and the spring toys. Just to recap, I will need the following (but please double-check me to make sure I haven’t missed anything!):
• 105 of the 13.5” carpeted beams
• two condos (in gray)
• six hammocks (in gray)
• 14 end caps (don’t want the spring toys, just all end caps)
Thanks so much for your help, it is GREATLY appreciated. I hope business is going well for you. Believe me, I know all the cat trees/condos etc. out there and you’ve got a customer for life with my brood! Also, if you aren’t familiar with it, check out this blog called Moderncat (www.moderncat.net) by Kate. She highlights high-end modern furniture and accessories for cats and has some really cool and interesting—albeit very pricey—stuff for people who love their cats but also want their cat’s things to work well with their furnishings (i.e.: none of the typical carpeted cat trees…yuck!). She has a pretty big following in the cat owner/interior design world. With the right marketing, she could probably get the word out and help increase your business!
Thanks again!
Julie
Hi Scott,
Thanks so much for getting back to me so quickly! Since my cat’s old “Stairway” set finally bit the dust they’ve been driving me up the wall! Per our conversation, I need all the pieces for a new Stairway set except for the connectors and the spring toys. Just to recap, I will need the following (but please double-check me to make sure I haven’t missed anything!):
• 105 of the 13.5” carpeted beams
• two condos (in gray)
• six hammocks (in gray)
• 14 end caps (don’t want the spring toys, just all end caps)
Thanks so much for your help, it is GREATLY appreciated. I hope business is going well for you. Believe me, I know all the cat trees/condos etc. out there and you’ve got a customer for life with my brood! Also, if you aren’t familiar with it, check out this blog called Moderncat (www.moderncat.net) by Kate. She highlights high-end modern furniture and accessories for cats and has some really cool and interesting—albeit very pricey—stuff for people who love their cats but also want their cat’s things to work well with their furnishings (i.e.: none of the typical carpeted cat trees…yuck!). She has a pretty big following in the cat owner/interior design world. With the right marketing, she could probably get the word out and help increase your business!
Thanks again!
Julie
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
There is such a thing as a catman
Check out The George Clooney of Cats. Paul is so funny in this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4 Until I learn to embed video into this blog you will have to copy this clip or type in Engineers Guide To Cats and it will pop up.
And while we are male bashing, check out this incredible story sent to me from one of female customers named Chris.
Cat Lover or Not, this is Hysterical!
We've all had trouble with our animals, but I don't think anyone can top this one:
Calling in sick to work makes me uncomfortable. No matter how legitimate my excuse, I always get the feeling that my boss thinks I'm lying.
On one recent occasion, I had a valid reason but lied anyway, because the truth was just too darned humiliating. I simply mentioned that I had sustained a head injury, and I hoped I would feel up to coming in the next day. By then, I reasoned, I could think up a doozy to explain the bandage on the top of my head. The accident occurred mainly because I had given in to my wife's wishes to adopt a cute little kitty.
Initially, the new acquisition was no problem.
Then one morning, I was taking my shower after breakfast when I heard my wife, Deb, call out to me from the kitchen.
'Honey! The garbage disposal is dead again. Please come reset it.'
'You know where the button is,' I protested through the shower pitter-pa tter and steam. 'Reset it yourself!'
'But I'm scared!' she persisted. 'What if it starts going and sucks me in?'
There was a meaningful pause and then, 'C'mon, it'll only take you a second.'
So out I came, dripping wet and butt naked, hoping that my silent outraged nudity would make a statement about how I perceived her behaviour as extremely cowardly.
Sighing loudly, I squatted down and stuck my head under the sink to find the button. It is the last action I remember performing.
It struck without warning, and without any respect to my circumstances. No, it wasn't the hexed disposal, drawing me into its gnashing metal teeth. It was our new kitty, who discovered the fascinating dangling objects she spied hanging between my legs. She had been poised around the corner and stalked me as I reached under the sink. And, at the precise moment when I was most vulnerable, she leapt at the toys I unwittingly offered and snagged them with her needle-like claws. I lost all rational thought to control orderly bodily movements, blindly rising at a violent rate of speed, with the full weight of a kitten hanging from my masculine region.
Wild animals are sometimes faced with a 'fight or flight' syndrome. Men, in this predicament, choose only the 'flight' option. I know this from experience. I was fleeing straight up into the air when the sink and cabinet bluntly and forcefully impeded my ascent.
The impact knocked me out cold.
When I awoke, my wife and the paramedics stood over me.
Now there are not many things in this life worse than finding oneself lying on the kitchen floor butt naked in front of a group of 'been-there, done-that' paramedics.
Even worse, having been fully briefed by my wife, the paramedics were all snorting loudly as they tried to conduct their work, all the while trying to suppress their hysterical laughter......and not succeeding.
Somehow I lived through it all. A few days later I finally made it back in to the office, where colleagues tried to coax an explanation out of me about my head injury. I kept silent, claiming it was too painful to talk about, which it was.
'What's the matter?' They all asked, 'Cat got your tongue?'
If they only knew!
AND THE LAST PART OF THIS EMAIL WAS: AN WHY ARE THE WOMEN ALWAYS LAUGHING.
And while we are male bashing, check out this incredible story sent to me from one of female customers named Chris.
Cat Lover or Not, this is Hysterical!
We've all had trouble with our animals, but I don't think anyone can top this one:
Calling in sick to work makes me uncomfortable. No matter how legitimate my excuse, I always get the feeling that my boss thinks I'm lying.
On one recent occasion, I had a valid reason but lied anyway, because the truth was just too darned humiliating. I simply mentioned that I had sustained a head injury, and I hoped I would feel up to coming in the next day. By then, I reasoned, I could think up a doozy to explain the bandage on the top of my head. The accident occurred mainly because I had given in to my wife's wishes to adopt a cute little kitty.
Initially, the new acquisition was no problem.
Then one morning, I was taking my shower after breakfast when I heard my wife, Deb, call out to me from the kitchen.
'Honey! The garbage disposal is dead again. Please come reset it.'
'You know where the button is,' I protested through the shower pitter-pa tter and steam. 'Reset it yourself!'
'But I'm scared!' she persisted. 'What if it starts going and sucks me in?'
There was a meaningful pause and then, 'C'mon, it'll only take you a second.'
So out I came, dripping wet and butt naked, hoping that my silent outraged nudity would make a statement about how I perceived her behaviour as extremely cowardly.
Sighing loudly, I squatted down and stuck my head under the sink to find the button. It is the last action I remember performing.
It struck without warning, and without any respect to my circumstances. No, it wasn't the hexed disposal, drawing me into its gnashing metal teeth. It was our new kitty, who discovered the fascinating dangling objects she spied hanging between my legs. She had been poised around the corner and stalked me as I reached under the sink. And, at the precise moment when I was most vulnerable, she leapt at the toys I unwittingly offered and snagged them with her needle-like claws. I lost all rational thought to control orderly bodily movements, blindly rising at a violent rate of speed, with the full weight of a kitten hanging from my masculine region.
Wild animals are sometimes faced with a 'fight or flight' syndrome. Men, in this predicament, choose only the 'flight' option. I know this from experience. I was fleeing straight up into the air when the sink and cabinet bluntly and forcefully impeded my ascent.
The impact knocked me out cold.
When I awoke, my wife and the paramedics stood over me.
Now there are not many things in this life worse than finding oneself lying on the kitchen floor butt naked in front of a group of 'been-there, done-that' paramedics.
Even worse, having been fully briefed by my wife, the paramedics were all snorting loudly as they tried to conduct their work, all the while trying to suppress their hysterical laughter......and not succeeding.
Somehow I lived through it all. A few days later I finally made it back in to the office, where colleagues tried to coax an explanation out of me about my head injury. I kept silent, claiming it was too painful to talk about, which it was.
'What's the matter?' They all asked, 'Cat got your tongue?'
If they only knew!
AND THE LAST PART OF THIS EMAIL WAS: AN WHY ARE THE WOMEN ALWAYS LAUGHING.
Mahalo Cats Love the Clubhouse
Here is what P (full name is protected because we are all jealous she lives with her cats in Hawaii) had to say about her recent purchase of two Kitty Clubhouses.
Aloha Scott!
My cats love, love, love their clubhouses!
They started to play on them as soon as I put them together!
My dog is extremely jealous, maybe you guys should make a doggy playhouse!
Thanks for all of your help.
Mahalo,
P
P purchased the clubhouses after finding us in the internet. She had a unique need. She is boarding her cats while she is on vacation. The boarder offered her to bring in her kitty condos, but she needed something less than 18" high. After searching high and low on the net she found us. If you take our clubhouse and turn it sideways like she did it is 17 inches high.
From what I can tell Mia & Mavi are enjoying their clubhouses and the view of the ocean in Hawaii. Good luck P getting your cats to the boarder. I think they like it right there just fine.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Wow, they love this stuff
Check out what one customer has to say about our stuff and her cat's love for it. This is from a suzzane in Ohio. Name withheld because cat told her not to tell anyone for fear her stairway may be taken again.
My 16 year old cat had her stairway to heaven since she was a kitten. She was without it for a year while we were out of our home. When we returned home, even though she has other (sorry Scott!) cat furniture in front of every window in this house, she headed straight for the stairway to heaven and if anyone would so much as dare to look at her while she was nestled in a hammock, this normally loving and affectionate cat would let out a growl and if their gaze didn't go away quick enough or if she was approached, she would hiss and growl. I can't help but wonder how many times she tried to ask me where the %$*# her stairway was!!
My 16 year old cat had her stairway to heaven since she was a kitten. She was without it for a year while we were out of our home. When we returned home, even though she has other (sorry Scott!) cat furniture in front of every window in this house, she headed straight for the stairway to heaven and if anyone would so much as dare to look at her while she was nestled in a hammock, this normally loving and affectionate cat would let out a growl and if their gaze didn't go away quick enough or if she was approached, she would hiss and growl. I can't help but wonder how many times she tried to ask me where the %$*# her stairway was!!
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