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Typically, cats aren't my favorite pets, but I will admit they do some pretty cute things, and well, they can be pretty cute, themselves. The following five videos are some of the cutest cat videos that I've ever seen.

Cat Climbs a Ladder

Cats Rollover on Command

Cats on an Agility Course

Training Cats to do Tricks

Cat Eats with Fork and Chopsticks

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What Should You Feed Your Cat?

June 15th 2008 17:43

Feeding your family cat is just is a very important aspect of the cat's health and well-being. You want to make sure that your're feeding your cat the best foods that you can, in order to ensure the best health.

You can choose between dry food and can food, or you can make your own homemade cat food. Either way, in the end, it's really up to you what you feed your cat, but you should know the difference between the different types of cat food.

* Wet food is usually made with real meats and generally a higher water content, lower carbohydrates, and lower grains.

* Dry food is generally made of meal meals; they are great to ensure healthy teeth, but can cause a higher alkaline level in your cat.

* Homemade diets can be very healthy, but time consuming to make. You have to know which human foods are not safe for your cat to eat.

Thet best diet for cats is typically a mix of dry and wet foods.

When feeding your cat, you want to create a schedule, to some degree. This feeding schedule is not as important in cats as it is when feeding dogs, but a good schedule will help.

You can provide a fresh bit of dry food in the morning, leaving it out for your cat to nibble on throughout the day, and then at night, feed the cat a little can food mixed with some more dry food.

Cats are typically nibblers, but you want to be able to portion how much he eats, as obesity can be a big concern.

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Personality Tests For Cats

May 16th 2008 14:54

Ok to be honest, I've never heard of these tests. I mean I've heard and performed tons of temperament tests for dogs, but never for cats. When I read the article Yahoo featured this morning, I was baffled.

The article is A personality test for your cat and was written by By Linda Lombardi for Associated Press.

Shy Cat

It think the program is a great idea, personally. It should hopefully prevent the number of cats that are returned to shelters after adoption.

Many people see the cute tabby in the metal cage or wire cat cage and think it's just the cutest cat, but as soon as they get the cat home it's another story. The cat chases the dog, rips up pillows, jumps on the table, and hisses at your kid.

Aggressive Cat

Not the ideal situation, if you ask me...

Many shelters already perform temperament tests on puppies and dogs, so why not perform them on cats.

I mean, I'm not much of a cat person, but why not have a test that would tell me that the cat I'm looking at in the cage is rather social and loves to sit in your lap. That'd be perfect.

Sleeping Cat

Hopefully, with this article being written, more shelters will start implementing the these temperament tests so to better match the cat in question with the person or family who hopes to adopt it.

It will definitely save people from returning cats, who end up with a reputation of being bad cats.

Social Cat

I mean come on, not all cats are sweet and loveable. The one cat that I've had, would swat at you when you tried to pet her... Again not an ideal situation. Although, yes I loved that cat, she probably would have been happier in a different home environment.

Cat temperament tests will definitely be better to match the cat with the perspective owner.

This is a great idea.