Saturday, April 28, 2012

Did you know...

A cat can jump as high as 5 times their own height! That's amazing for such a little creature!

Imagine if the average human could jump that high--they'd be jumping about 28 feet in the air!

Thursday, April 19, 2012

New Contest!

With the closing of our previous contest, EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! we are now opening an ALL NEW contest for cat lovers to enter!
Entering is simple--just check out the contest page for full details of the contest. For a brief summary, stay tuned.
I <3 Cats
For this contest, all you have to do is submit a comment on the contests page and give a reason why cats rule! With all the reasons we receive, we'll make a section on the "CATS or Dogs?" page featuring your answers. Good luck, and remember that comments go through moderation before being posted!

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Did you know...

Did you know... that cats can hear in a range from 20-64,000 hertz?
Humans, on the other hand, often can only hear frequencies between 20 and 20,000 hertz.
Wow! Cats can hear really high-pitched sounds!

Friday, April 13, 2012

CONTEST RESULTS!!!

CONTEST RESULTS!
We're sure you would like to hear the results of our contest, so we won't delay any longer...
Congratulations to all our finalists, and thank you to all that entered and voted! Of course, only three can be winners, so here are the names of our winners:
In a tie for third place, we have the following two submissions:
"Grumpy Grandpa
"Ughh! Humans find this cute, i just want to be left alone to relax...or have my belly rubbed....""

~Friend of a CatLvr

"Do Not Fear! Flying Cat Is Here!"
~Anonymous

In second place, it's Anonymous who said:
"Cat is No Beginner at Kitty Yoga!"

And our winning submission in first place is Maroonie=)'s! Congratulations! Here is the submission:
"It's a bird! It's a plane! It's SUPERCAT!"

Once again, you all deserve a big THANK YOU! We hope that all our future contests will be as successful as this one. Thank you for making it happen.
~The EverythingCat101 Team

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Vet Visits--Read&Share

As cat owners, we understand that sometimes getting your cat to the vet can be tricky.
Read&Share
Click here to...
...read through other cat lovers' stories of their cats' vet experiences.
Click here if...
...you have a vet story to share. Post your stories as comments to this post. You can post as many as you'd like. Share your story!

Vote for our CONTEST WINNERS!!!!!

Cat Lovers--
Have a say in the winners of our caption contest! Vote here or vote in the poll on the right hand column of our site. We need your input! For a fairer competition, we need your votes. Please vote for your favorite caption to help us determine our winner(s).
BUT DON'T DELAY! The poll closes tomorrow! Today is the last day to vote!!!!! If you want your opinion counted--get it counted now!
Vote today!!!!!

Monday, April 9, 2012

Happy Easter! Crafts for the Family

Hey everyone! We hope you had a wonderful Easter! Today we'd like to give you some ideas of fun things to do with your cat after Easter's over...

Plastic Egg Toy
Difficulty: Extremely Easy
Materials:
1 plastic egg that can open and close
Some tinfoil (other options could be small bells, but not small enough that a cat could choke on it; a cat treat; a marble; a bottle cap; etc.)
Crumple up some tinfoil into the shape of a ball. Make sure it is large enough so that your cat will not choke on it. If you don't have tinfoil, you can always substitute a bell, marble, cat treat, or a bottle cap. Put your item into the plastic egg. Whatever you use in the egg, make sure that your cat will not choke on it if they happen to crack the egg open--make it fairly big.
Roll the egg across the floor or rug so that your cat can hear the item inside rattling. Get ready for loads of fun!

Bunny Rabbit Catnip Sock Toy
Difficulty: Difficult
Materials:
1 old sock
Scissors
Catnip
Felt
Needle and Thread
Cut the felt into two small circles and a small triangle. With the needle and thread, sew the two circles onto the sock as eyes, and the triangle on beneath them--upside down, like a nose. Make sure you do not stitch the two sides of the sock together--just the top piece of the sock to the felt. These felt pieces will be the eyes and nose of the bunny.

Diagram 1
Diagram 1
Next, fill the sock with catnip to make it enticing for your cat. Before tying the end, cut the top of the sock so that it is two pieces that you can tie in a knot. For an example of this step, see Diagram 1 at the right. You will cut along the dotted line in the diagram. Once you tie the end of the sock, the two strands will become the ears of the bunny.
For the finished product, look in Diagram 2, below.

Diagram 2
Diagram 2
We hope you all had a wonderful Easter, cat lovers!

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Picking the Best Cat

When it comes to chosing the best cat breed for you and your family, you could have a lot of trouble. Some breeds are loud, some are lap cats, some are energetic, some sleep a lot, some are outgoing, some will hide when visitors come... the list could go on and on!
Look no farther for a solution to finding which cat breed is best. We can help you make your decision. Here are some cat breeds and their personalities...

American Bobtails will get along well with kids and other pets that you might have.
Ragdolls are great with kids because they like to fetch, have their belly rubbed, do tricks, and will sometimes follow you around.
Himalayans like to be around their family and are calm lap cats. Although they will play with you often, they are not highly energetic. Persians are the same way.
Siamese cats are loud talkers.
Bengal cats demand to be active. They are highly energetic.
Abyssinians are very social and dislike being left alone.
Tonkinese cats have lots of energy.

There are tons more cat breeds than the ones that are listed here! In fact, there are about 100 cat breeds! Look over this list and also our cat breeds page to see which cat breed is best for you.

Sources:
http://www.cat-breed-info.com/american-bobtail.html
http://gracefuldolls.com/breed-info/
http://hybridcatbreeds.com/bengal-cats-a-breed-with-attention-deficit-disorder/
Personal Experience/Our own cats
http://www.catbreedsjunction.com/abyssinian-cat.html

For more information:
http://everythingcat101.blogspot.com/p/cat-breeds.html

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Sleeping Beauty--Cat Version

Sleeping Beauty--Cat Version!
An all time favorite fairy tale twisted to be acted out with cats.

P.S. Don't forget to vote for our contest winners in the right-hand column!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Contest Results !!!!

Attention all cat lovers! This is the moment you've all been waiting for! We are going to announce the results of our contest, EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

First of all, we would like to congratulate all of our participants--every answer was amazing! This contest was particularly hard to judge. We would like to thank you all for making this event the one of highest participation so far in the history of our site (created September 2011)! We had 10 total entries, and as you know, there can only be three winners. But who?

We would like to congratulate all of our semi-finalists. Here are our semi-finalists and their responses...
Anonymous said... "Wow, What A Tiring Day!"
Anonymous said... RARE PETRIFIED CAT RUG "I HAVE BEEN STRETCHIFIED!! :D:D"

Congratulations semi-finalists!

And now for our finalists... drumroll please...
Here are our finalists and their responses...
Maroonie=) said... "It's a bird! It's a plane! It's SUPERCAT!"
Steph =P said... "me haz fluff... u no see me"
Anonymous said... "Angry Fuzzy Cat Rolling in a Carpet"
Friend of a CatLvr said... Grumpy Grandpa
"Ughh! Humans find this cute, i just want to be left alone to relax...or have my belly rubbed...."

Anonymous said... "Do Not Fear! Flying Cat Is Here!"
Anonymous said... "Cat is No Beginner at Kitty Yoga!"

Congratulations to all finalists!

And now... it is up to YOU to decide who the three winners are! Cast your vote! You only have until Friday, April 13 to vote. Vote now!


April Fool's Jokes

Happy April Fool's Day, Cat Lovers! Here are some funny things related to cats to get you in the spirit for April Fool's...

What do you get when you cross a cat and a lemon?

A sourpuss!


Here's a link to a funny guide on taking photos of cats. We take no credit for this guide. Click here.

While you're in the mood, here is an extremely funny video with cats...


Happy April Fool's Day!