October 13, 2026
“In terms of surrender prevention, this is low-hanging fruit. It costs nothing.”
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September 22, 2026
“Cats aren’t spicy. They’re not mean. They’re just scared.”
November 13, 2025
When we think about litter boxes, the conversation usually revolves around the cats themselves: where they like their boxes placed, how often they need cleaning, or what type of litter they prefer. But there’s an overlooked side of the story—the people who care for those cats.
For many cat lovers, bending, lifting, and crouching to scoop or clean the litter box isn’t a small task. It’s a real barrier.
October 28, 2025
“It’s better to miss than to mistime the drop—because once they learn it’s a trap, they won’t come back.”
September 21, 2023
Contributed by Allison Hunter-Frederick, Certified Cat Behavior Consultant and Trainer, Allison Helps Cats When the time comes that you decide to add an additional cat to your home, one of the most important foundations you can give all of your cats is a solid introduction. Most of the time when […]
June 27, 2023
Contributed by Allison Hunter-Frederick, Certified Cat Behavior Consultant and Trainer, Allison Helps Cats Thinking of new ways to enrich the lives of our cats is a fun part of being a cat owner. Enrichment is also good for our cats. It provides them with opportunities to express species-appropriate behavior, which […]
November 3, 2022
Contributed by Dr. Rachel Geller, Certified Cat Behavior & Retention Specialist As summer turns to fall and then winter, we humans can throw on a sweater or a blanket to stay warm. We may wear layers to save money if we have drafty windows or we don’t want to put […]
October 20, 2022
Contributed by Allison Hunter-Frederick, Cat Behavior Consultant, Trainer, & Educator at Allison Helps Cats If you foster cats, you may be asked to socialize feral kittens. My husband and I first faced this challenge in 2020. I’ve also worked with fearful cats of all ages at our local shelter for […]
July 14, 2022
Contributed by Devon Smith, Executive Director, League for Animal Welfare, and panelist for Real World FeLV Success during Online Feline Leukemia Day, this Saturday, July 16, 2022 Want more FeLV content? Register for Online Feline Leukemia Day on July 16. You’ll hear from Devon and so many others who are […]
June 30, 2022
Contributed by Rachel Geller, Ed.D. Certified Cat Behavior and Retention Specialist Cats find fireworks, with their loud noises and bright lights, stressful. Fireworks loudly go off at irregular intervals, and your cat has no way of knowing when the next loud bang will happen or how long the noise will […]
May 5, 2022
Last month, Community Cats Podcast’s own Technical Tabby, Kristen, packed up her car and made her way from Massachusetts to Florida, bound for the 2022 HSUS Animal Care Expo. Here’s what she had to say about her experience: After two years of virtual gatherings, it was refreshing to see the […]
April 21, 2022
By Rachel Geller, Ed.D. Certified Cat Behavior & Retention Specialist Earth Day is April 22, so let’s look at ways we can celebrate by going green with your cat! First of all, recycle everything that you can. If you feed your cat canned food, buy the biggest cans. It’s more […]