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The KatKin Nibbles High Five Challenge
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The KatKin Nibbles High Five Challenge

We are so excited about the launch of our new KatKin Nibbles! The wait has been worth it, and just like our Fresh meals, Nibbles are made using the freshest, best ingredients. They're freeze-dried to gently preserve and lock in all the taste and nutritional goodness, and come in salmon and chicken flavours (tell us your favourite flavour in the comments!)


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The Garfield Complex – Managing the Obesity Epidemic in Cats
Cat health

The Garfield Complex – Managing the Obesity Epidemic in Cats

Dr Caity Venniker, KatKin Veterinary Consultant As a vet, bringing up the topic of a cat’s weight can often be a daunting task. Any suggestion that Felix or Fluffy may be a little too round around the edges is often met with an awkward shrug or an uncomfortable silence! However, obesity is considered to be the primary nutritional disorder of cats in the western world, and comes with many dangerous consequences


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Stress In Cats - Multi-Cat Households
Cat behaviour

Stress In Cats - Multi-Cat Households

How To Manage A Multi-Cat Household If you imagine a very basic scale assessing how sociable different species are, on the reclusive end we have polar bears and sloths taking secluded walks; and on the other we have dolphins and bees, living in beautiful harmony. Humans and dogs are on the more friendly end of the spectrum


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Stress in Cats - Environment
Cat behaviour

Stress in Cats - Environment

How to Manage the Environment and Create the Purrfect Home Some cats are much more prone to stress and anxiety than others. These differences can stem from genetics, physical wellbeing, past experiences as well as their level of socialisation and habituation


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Stress In Cats - Pheromones
Cat behaviour

Stress In Cats - Pheromones

Pheromones – What, Why and How We Can Use Them In the last two articles we have looked at ways to manage stress in your cat through making changes to the environment as well as interactions between cats in a multi-cat household. Today I want to focus on a very interesting topic - the use of pheromone therapy in cats


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Cats and Separation Anxiety
Cat behaviour

Cats and Separation Anxiety

One bonus we’ve found from the pandemic, is the extra quality time we’ve been able to spend with our cats. Many welcomed a new kitten or cat to our family and had the opportunity to settle them in properly


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