by The Paws and Effect Gang | Sep 25, 2016 | Cat Behavior
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: We adopted a male cat a year ago who we absolutely adore. Due to financial reasons, we recently decided to move in with my in-laws. They are fine with cats–except they just bought expensive all new leather furniture... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Feb 21, 2016 | Cat Behavior
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: So my boyfriend and I just got a shelter cat last week and we love him to death and he is perfect and well behaved, except we cannot get him to scratch anything we have bought for him. We tried putting catnip on both the... 
by The Paws and Effect Gang | Jul 19, 2015 | Cat Behavior
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My cat can be perfect. She sits on my lap and sleeps, she cuddles with me in bed. But she can also be an absolute terror — flying all over the house jumping, climbing everything and, worst of all, scratching... by The Paws and Effect Gang | Jun 20, 2010 | Cat Behavior
Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I want to find a way to stop my cat from tearing up all my furniture. I have tried almost everything, I think. I am about to have her front claws taken out. Please give me some suggestions. ~Holly Siouxsie: Before we...
JaneA Kelley is a punk rock cat mom and award-winning blogger. She is a regular columnist for Catster Magazine, and she and the Paws and Effect Gang share a home in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.