Host a Cat Playdate

When best friends Carolyn Miller and Jennifer Cohen adopted kittens around the same time, they decided it would be fun for their cats to become playmates. The reality of the situation was that one cat spent an hour terrorizing the other cat, causing worry about the cat’s safety. They agreed that would be the first and last playdate.

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Five Steps to Better Feline Friendship

For weeks, Nicholas Dodman’s family hardly ever saw their two kittens outside of meal times. That’s because Dr. Dodman, DVM, director of the animal behavior clinic at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, adopted kitties that had not socialized much with people before they arrived at his house. "With patience," he says, "they came around in a year’s time."

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Outdoor Enclosures for Cats

Glenda Moore of Utah could be called a cat lover: The U.S. Forest Service employee shares her home with eight felines, which she lets enjoy fresh air and bird watching. Her cats luxuriate within the safety of a 26-foot enclosure that includes a ladder, perches, a scratching post and even wind chimes. "The cats get the benefit of the fresh air, the ability to check out the activity in the backyard and a different place to nap," she says.

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Are Two or More Cats Better Than One?

When advertising copywriter Angie Dunne brought her two kittens home from the shelter last year, she already knew they got along. "The people at the animal shelter told me they really gravitated toward each other, that they played together all the time," says Dunne. "I’d actually planned on adopting only one cat, but I was convinced that they shouldn’t be separated. Now I couldn’t imagine one without the other."

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