Expert cat gear reviews and care tips in one place.
If you’ve ever stood at your back door at 6am, cold tea in hand, physically operating a manual flap for three different cats with three different opinions about the weather, you already know why a cat flap for multiple cats isn’t a luxury — it’s basic household infrastructure. A single dumb flap that lets anything … Read more
There’s a particular kind of madness that sets in when you live in a flat with no back door, just a lovely big window and a cat who has decided, with total conviction, that the great outdoors is her birthright. If you’ve ever propped a window open on a warm evening “just for five minutes” … Read more
Sliding patio doors are brilliant right up until your cat decides 2am is the perfect time to demand access to the garden. Anyone who has stood, bleary-eyed, wedging a stiff aluminium door open six inches “just in case” knows the problem a cat flap for sliding glass doors is trying to solve. It sounds like … Read more
There’s a very specific kind of 2am wake-up call that only cat owners know: the thud-thud-thud of a paw against glass, followed by a yowl that says, quite clearly, “I have decided the outdoors is over, let me in.” A door mounted cat flap solves this before it starts. Instead of a hole cut into … Read more
Right, let’s be honest with each other for a second: nobody actually wants to spend their Saturday morning hunched over a door with a jigsaw, wondering whether they’ve measured the cut-out correctly. But that’s the trade-off, isn’t it? Either you keep getting up at 6am to let the cat out, or you install a flap … Read more
Somewhere around 2am, a cat that isn’t yours is going to try your ordinary flap door, and if it’s just a swinging plastic panel or a magnetic one, it’s going to win. That’s the entire reason the microchip cat flap exists. Rather than reacting to a magnet on a collar (which falls off, which gets … Read more
There is a very particular kind of heartbreak that comes from watching a cat you adore methodically destroy the sofa you saved up for. It is not malice on their part — it is instinct — but that knowledge rarely makes the shredded arm cushion any less annoying. Choosing between a clear vs fabric sofa … Read more
Bringing a cat home is a bit like inviting a small, extremely curious burglar to live with you permanently. Cables become chew toys, cupboards become treasure hunts, and that gap behind the blinds becomes an irresistible climbing frame. A cat proofing kit under £50 is a budget-friendly collection of individual safety products, cord protectors, cupboard … Read more
If you live above ground floor and share your flat with a cat, you already know the particular flavour of dread that comes with an open balcony door. balcony cat nets exist for exactly this reason — they turn a genuinely dangerous ledge into a spot your cat can actually enjoy without you standing guard … Read more
Somewhere between “lovely new monstera” and “soil all over the windowsill” is the exact moment every cat owner discovers their houseplants have become a toy, a toilet, or a snack. Cat proof plant protectors are physical barriers, deterrent covers and repellent products designed to stop cats digging in pot soil, chewing leaves, or knocking plants … Read more