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cats

How to turn your bathroom cupboard into a cat box

Behind that door is a cat box. This bathroom cupboard didn’t have any shelves inside. So I put a piece of carpet down, added a cat door and the cat box is inside!

The best way to integrate a new dog into our cat-only household

My boyfriend and I are moving into a new home; one large enough to bring a dog into.

Right now we’ve got a cat. We’re wondering if the Homies have suggestions on how to help Rosa, our cat, become comfortable with a new dog. How can we bring in a new pet without creating a cat disaster?

When a pet dies, what do you do with it?

In preparation of the sad time that a pet dies, how will you… deal with his remains? I’ve rounded up seven ways to bury/honor/deal with a dead pet, but first I need you all to do me a favor…

How do I shoo this cranky neighborhood cat away from our house?

My cat Nacho is the queen of her domain, but there’s a neighbour cat who wants to fight. It riles her up something fierce. What can we do?

A Japanese house built especially for cats — and cat ladies

Cat shelves are nothing new — whether folks build little window ledges or whole series of perches along the wall, it’s been done. What I HAVEN’T seen, though, is this: Dornob’s feature on a Japanese house designed as much for kitties as for humans.

A soothing laundry room makeover — guys, it’s like a SPA in here!

When one thinks about the easiest room in her or his house to makeover which is it? The bathroom? Guest room? Mudroom?

In our house it was most definitely the laundry room. So off to Lowe’s we went with a soothing vision dancing in our head. And we killed it.

Tips from your neighborhood cat lady: the six deadliest plants for your pets

Whether you’re trying to keep your cat from killing a houseplant or you’re deerproofing your garden, most people think of plants as delicate beings in need of defense. But some plants — even common, unsuspicious looking plants — are trying to kill your pet, even if your pet doesn’t munch them.

Library cats, bunnies, and guinea pigs in the pantry — photos from our readers

It’s an animal-filled Monday Montage, and we’ve also got a homemade reading tent and a radical balcony gardening solution. In the links, nerd out on office supplies and learn what people make from 200 plastic bags.