by Neil Sanderson | Jul 3, 2020 | Climbing Posts
Exciting news for the big cats of New Zealand: today we unveiled a heavy duty cat climbing post designed to handle the feline heavyweights. The Maxi-3 is based on our popular Mega-3 post, with the same large base and spacious platforms. But we’ve strengthened it...
by Neil Sanderson | May 3, 2020 | Cat Care, Cat Safety
Dr Arnja Dale, Chief Scientific Officer at the SPCA, is a leader in animal welfare science – as well as having three cats and a dog in her own home. Here she is in a recent video, talking about how to keep your stay-at-home cat safe and happy. And we have to...
by Neil Sanderson | Apr 28, 2020 | Climbing Posts, Oscillot
UPDATE – 28 April 2020 On Tuesday 28 April, New Zealand switched to Level 3 of the COVID-19 response. That means we are able to ship our products. So, whether you’re looking for Oscillot® cat fencing, or would like one of our big and strong cat...
by Neil Sanderson | Dec 14, 2019 | Cat Care
The SPCA has been working flat out to desex more than 80 animals a day over the past year, which is the most desexing SPCA has done since recording the figures. 29,683 animals were desexed through SPCA’s Snip’n’Chip campaign this year, at SPCA centres and in...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 31, 2019 | Cat Care
By Lauren Finka, Nottingham Trent University Many of us will have experienced that super friendly cat who seems to love being stroked one minute, only to bite or swipe at us the next. It might be easy at this point to blame it on the cat, but what’s likely happening...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 19, 2019 | Cat Roaming, Non-Roaming Cats
Many people think that keeping a cat contained, i.e. not letting it roam beyond their own property, will lead to an unhappy cat. But experts agree that this is simply untrue. The Government of Victoria puts it this way: Contrary to popular belief, cats don’t...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 8, 2019 | Cat Safety
It was an early start yesterday for the two-hour drive from Auckland through typical winter fog to Hamilton. All worthwhile though, to be part of another very well-organised and well-attended Hamilton Cat Club show. Thanks to the HCC organisers and judges, and...
by Neil Sanderson | Jun 24, 2019 | Cat Safety
What a nice show! The Oriental Shorthair Cat Association show yesterday in Kumeu was very well-run and had so many beautiful cats, I really struggled to vote for the Public Choice...
by Neil Sanderson | Jun 15, 2019 | Cat Safety
Thanks to NZCF and the Patches and Pointed Cat Club for today’s National Cat Show in Tauranga. We also enjoy seeing the beautiful cats, and we were pleased to talk with so many people interested in ways of keeping their cats safely at home. 15 June...
by Neil Sanderson | May 27, 2019 | Cat Roaming, Disappearance
We’re delighted to hear that Wilbur the roaming cat was found – 25km from his home in Cambridge – after he showed up at Waikato Hospital in Hamilton. But it seems that Wilbur’s safe return to his owner, after 16 days away from home, owes an...
