by Neil Sanderson | Apr 21, 2021 | Oscillot, Oscillot Installations
When we advise people on how to contain their cats on their own property, we try to look at the entire situation from a cat’s point of view. A good example was an installation we did last week in Auckland. The first thing we noticed was that the fence was not...
by Neil Sanderson | Feb 24, 2021 | Cat Safety, Oscillot
Although we try to make our website as simple and easy-to-use as possible, we understand that it can still be a challenge to work out what you need to cat-proof your backyard with Oscillot®. Sometimes that’s because the location is a bit tricky – but, no...
by Neil Sanderson | Sep 24, 2020 | Cat Roaming
Cat owners in East Fremantle, Western Australia, are being encouraged to keep their cats ‘Happy at Home’, as this extends their average life expectancy from just three years to between 12 and 18 years, while helping preserve the 46 per cent of Australia’s threatened...
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 26, 2020 | Oscillot
If you’ve been considering an Oscillot® cat fence system, we have lots of exciting news for you: 1. Our latest shipment has just arrived from the manufacturer and we are once again able to offer black paddles in addition to our customary grey and merino. 2....
by Neil Sanderson | Jul 17, 2020 | Cat Safety, Oscillot
Have you seen our latest video? We are very grateful to Bec at Oscillot in Australia who conceived of this one and offered us a chance to share our contact details on it. We think it’s pretty cool, and hope you do too!
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...
