Tiki After Dark

There is nothing like a halloween tiki party... with the new catfood Tiki Cat After Dark!  I don't know about your cats, but mine seem to sleep all day and come alive at night! The simple reason is that cats are nocturnal by nature. Wild cats hunt during the night and our domestic four pawed friends retain this behavior as "night owls"!  

Another reason is a typical housecat's lack of activity during the day when their pet family is at school or at work. Even cats that develop sleep patterns like ours wake up several times a  night and once awake, they are ready to play leaping with every move you make!

Just Natural Ingredients

Tiki After Dark is a favorite gourmet cat food in our household and my gang of five considers it a real treat when they get it. Best of all Tiki Cat  Food After Dark is grain free and high in moisture providing my cats with a carefully designed diet that mimics a natural prey diet.  The  moisture content is especially important and the first thing that  Sabu does is devour the tasty liquid broth. The Chicken with Quail Egg actually had a half of an egg which was an enormous hit with the gang of five!

Health Perks

• The Variety Pack provides some interesting and different recipes that keep my gang of five coming back for more - they like it and it is good for them- this of course is the biggest perk of all!
• The food is grain free and high in protein, each recipe also includes liver, heart and gizzards.
• Low in carbs, which is especially important if your cat also eats kibble.
• The added chelated minerals and vitamins support a complete and balanced diet.
• High-moisture recipes help supplement cats that don't drink enough water and helps maintain good urinary and digestive health.

This 12 pack offered by chewy.com includes: Chicken and Duck, Chicken, Chicken and Beef, Chicken and Quail Egg, and their new favorite Chicken and Pork.  Chewy.com sells this Tiki After Dark at a 10% discount with free two-day shipping for orders over $49.

How To Encourage Your Cat To Sleep At Night

Forget locking the bedroom door unless you want to be serenaded!  The best solution is to increase your cat's daytime activity. To do this you might want to provide things to stimulate your cat to decrease the number of hours she sleeps during the day.

• Scratching Post to increase daytime activity (see my last blog for details)
• Get a Bird Feeder - this can hold your cat's attention for hours. 
• Get a Cat Tree or Install a Window Perch - with a view outside this can be like "cat TV"
• Increase your Playtime- play with your cat at night before bedtime to tire your cat out!
• Purchase or adopt another cat for your cat to play with during the day

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Why Cats Scratch & A Solution!

The instant that the new cat scratching post arrived from www.chewy.com the gang of five was excited.  It seems they know when the front door opens and a box arrives from chewy that it is for them!  The cat scratcher by Frisco comes beautifully packaged with easy instructions for assembly that took all of about five minutes. 

The Frisco Cat Scratching Post is 33.5" H x 16" L x16" W and the base board dimensions are 16"L and 16"W making it extremely sturdy. The Frisco cat scratching post is available exclusively at chewy.com. The post comes in two color choices, cream and brown and is 26% off the list price of $45.99 making it $33.99, an excellent bargain for the quality of this item.

Key Benefits 

There are a lot of things I like about this cat scratching tower, most of all I like the way my cats, young and senior have responded to it. 

• The layer of durable woven sisal covers all four sides and entices my cats to dig right into it and so far it seems to have stood up to the test of claws!

• This post is big enough to allow Mocha to do a full body stretch while digging in bringing out the wild kitty in him!

• The plush baseboard makes this tower super sturdy.

• The top makes a perfect place to perch

• The plush carpet is soft on the paws of my four footed felines.

• The tower is a conspicuous object that satisfies their natural urge to scratch and mark their territory.

• Helps to keep their nails healthy and my furniture safe.(luckily, they don't scratch my furniture!).

Why Cats Scratch

It has long been assumed that cats scratch in order to sharpen their front claws, as it turns out, studies have shown this is a secondary reason. Research on cat behavior suggests that the major reason for scratching is communication. By roughing up the bark of a tree (or the leg of your favorite chair or rug) the cat is letting other cats or people know where they are and what they are up to. 

According to Animal Behavior Associates, cats tend to choose a small number of conspicuous objects  in their environment to scratch, such as a tree, fence post, scratching post, the corner of a couch, etc and return to scratch them repeatedly. This scratched surface leaves a highly visible mark that can be easily seen by other cats. The scent glands in the paws of a cat leave scent marks by making the scratching movements.

Although studies have not concluded as to why cats scratch, it is thought that this is a territorial warning or could be a marker that this particular cat lives in this area and is alive and well. They scratch as a form of communication. They also scratch during play or while stretching as a greeting or as a way to relieve frustration.