Practicing Safe Cats

Podcast 5/1/18

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The focus of this episode is nominally about keeping your domicile safe for felines, but of course there are a few wild divergences...and naturally, poop.


Fun Facts and Photos:

A Handy List of Cat Safe plants

Sampo Samples a Succulent!

And lastly, one of the Many Dangers of Finnish Grammar...

Juhannussima teemukissa - -the Juhannus sima is in the tea cup

Juhan nussima Teemu kissa - Juhan screws Teemu the cat!!!

Thanks for Listening!

Whoops, We Did It AGAIN

Podcast 01/27/18

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In which Karin and Trish discuss introducing new feline members into their clowders, anal glands, and sperm whale spew.



Fact Checks and Fun Fotos:


Does vanilla help cats integrate?  Looks like the jury is out on this one:

Some say yes:

Others, NO

And what you really came here to learn...
All about Ambergris!

Pekka (of exploding anal gland fame), playing Spin Da Kitty with Mesi.

Salem, the Tiny Whale.

Salem has NOT produced ambergris.  Yet.

Please--leave us a comment if there's anything you would like to hear us attempt to discuss, and thanks for listening!

The pH test

So I tried some investigative work - is it possible to pH test  puddles in the litter box ? I thought it would be, but nope. It was easy to get Sampo's sample as he pees far too freely outside the box. 

I then tested the clumping litter I use, with a little water. I was surprised it was so alkaline, and at this point realised that as soon as mildly acidic urine hits it, it will not give an accurate reading.

And Mirsku's sample was indeed pretty acidic. I'm keeping an eye on him. 

Now, I did also wonder about a little 'hula skirt' to go at the base of a tail, and constructed one. 

Sampo was very unimpressed by it.

He did lick it before it was removed, thus confirming cat saliva is alkaline.Sadly it did not last long enough to be exposed to pee.

 It did make a very decorative Bottom of Disrespect though.

So in conclusion, I've not found a way of testing out the pH of litter box puddles. But I'll keep thinking......

Karin

Episode Four, or, Under The Paw

Podcast 12/09/17


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Cats rule our lives, and this episode covers some of the crazypants ways we serve our little Feline pals Overlords.


Fact Checks and Fun Photos:

Do male honeybees have a penis?  YES!  click HERE to read all about it.

Scouty, the UnTouchable Despot.

The Baby inspecting chicken jerky production.

Now, don't forget, post a photo on our Facebook page, Putting the Cat on the Table, of you being subjugated by your sneaky clever kitty and you could win "your" very own Dickaroo cat toy!

Mesi savaging a Dickaroo!

Mirsku likes 'em too!