"Did Someone Say BUTTERBALL?"

June 1 Deadline - Get Your Entries In! Send Entries To MyCatWearsClothes@Yahoo.com! Read The $100 Cat Caption Contest Rules!

Click on the Funny Cat Caption Contest label below to see all the entries so far.

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"MOUSE....(OOPS) I MEAN CHEESE"

This entry was sent in by Lisa of KittyCondos.com

She sent this message with her entry: Here is a picture of our new Baby Spokes model for our product line DryFur Travel Products.

The deadline for funny cat caption entries is tomorrow so get them in now! Win $100!

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Erinn sent in this message: "Sasha is a street cat that we adopted when she was a starving kitten. She is the only one of our four cats who likes watching television. She can watch this cat dvd for HOURS! We limit her to 15 minute stints. We all live in Panama , Rep. de Panama."

And these photos:

"I'm afraid there's a BIG problem with your wiring ma'am."

Time's running out (deadline June 1) to enter in the $100 cat caption contest! Read The Rules & Enter!

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This cool photo of Papas (we've featured him on this site before!) was sent via cellphone!



Send your cat pictures to be featured on this site to MyCatWearsClothes@yahoo.com

"Could Someone Please Turn Down The Lights?"

Time is running out to enter the $100 cat caption contest! The deadline is June 1st. Read The Contest Rules.

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Rosie sent in this photo of her cats Browny and Sandra to us at MyCatWearsClothes@yahoo.com

We're still trying to help Negra get adopted. Negra is being watched by Sowilu who is an active member of our cat forum. Sowilu has posted a lot of information about Negra in the cat forum such as in this thread. Sowilu and Negra are in Robersonville, North Carolina.

Negra has one leg that is injured but she is otherwise healthy and has had all of her shots.

Please check Negra's 1800SaveAPet Page.

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Cats usually will only have the urge to urinate when the bladder is full. In cases of cystitis the wall of the bladder becomes inflamed and each drop of urine that comes into the bladder causes a reaction.

If your cat suddenly becomes very unsanitary this is can be a symptom of cystitis.

If a cat has cystitis they will urinate frequently but in very small amounts. The urine is usually dark colored because of the blood that is in it.

Both male and female cats can suffer from cystitis. If your cat is showing the symptoms of cytitis it is recommended that you take your cat to the vet as soon as possible.

Learn more about caring for your cat with the Cat Care Fundamentals eBook

We have a MySpace.com page for My Cat Wears Clothes.

And we have a lot of cool MySpace Cat Friends!

Take this opportunity to check out a few of our cat friends on MySpace:

TigerPixie - Cat Artist


Lily - Ragdoll Cat


Moef - Once was Princess Snuffle, then Muffle, now Moef!


We have over a thousand cat friends (well they are mostly cats! and some cat lovers & cat artists) So go to our My Cat Wears Clothes MySpace Page to see all of 'em.

When I was young (8 or 9 I think) I remember having an audio cassette recorder that I would use to record my cat's meows. I would then play back the meows to the cat later and write down his reactions. The idea being that I would figure out what the different meows meant to the cat so that I could speak (and listen to) cat. As you might imagine this didn't work so well.

Any other people out there ever try to speak cat?

13 Cat Toys (Click on the photo of the toy to be taken to it's PetCo online page.)

1. Cat Attack Remote Control Cat Exerciser Toy:



2. Panic Mouse Interactive Cat Toy:



3. Bamboo CatFisher Fishing Rod & Reel Cat Toy:



4. The Incredible Motor Mouse Cat Toy:



5. Multipet Ba-Da-Beam Rotating Laser Cat Toy:



6. Micro Mouse Micro Mini Racer Cat Toy



7. Petstages Cheese Chase



8. Kitty Hoots Big Mama's Scratch-O-Rama Scratchy Mat



9. Classy Kitty Cat Post with Feather Toys



10. Thing In A Bag



11. Pet Feather Teaser Cat Toy



12. Miracle Beam Laser Pet Toy



13. Catnip Cat Toys (6 Piece Assortment)

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A few weeks back we received a free catnip sample for Simon from Mountain Lion Catnip and I was absolutely blown away (although not as much as Simon was!) by how powerful this catnip is. It's truly remarkable! The scent was so strong that Simon attacked the envelope that the catnip came in for hours after I had removed it! If your cats are catnip crazy like Simon is then try www.MtLionCatnip.com, I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Litter Box Placement Guide: (or more accurately a guide of where not to place your litter box.)

1. Don't place a litter box somewhere where it's noisy. (example: near washing machine.)

2. Don't place a litter box where people are constantly walking past it. (example: in a busy hallway.)

3. Don't place a litter box near the cats food. Cats usually do not like "going to the litter box" so close to where they eat. Makes sense, right?

Some litter boxes for sale online (from PetCo.) Click on the photo to go to the sales page for that item.



This is an electric self cleaning litter box:

Send in your funny cat caption to have a chance at the $100 prize. Read The Cat Caption Contest Rules.

Join the Cat Forum so you can vote on the winner (starting June 1)

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Melissa sent in these photos of her cat Camille wearing a pink dress and a wig:

This may be the weirdest cat video I've come across yet. In this video a cat owner "spanks" his cat with paddles which the cat seems to enjoy a lot. In fact it's how much the cat seems to enjoy this activity that is most weird.

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Here's another photo of Bobby Mae wearing a shirt:

Who Says Cats Can't Talk? (thanks to Sowilu in the cat forum for letting me know about this great video)

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"Meow! oops... I mean Tweet Tweet!"

Win $100 With The Cat Caption Contest - This is the 14th entry posted so far (I have more to put up that have already been sent in though, so the actual number of entries is probably over 20.) and 10 get selected to be voted on in the cat forum from June 1 to June 10 (you must become a member of the cat forum to be able to vote!)

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"Let Me Outta Here! I'm Innocent!!"

Win $100 With The Cat Caption Contest!

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Rose (from Angelcat Haven Cat Rescue) sent in another great photo of Cecil who has a habit of hanging out in unusual places. This time he's on the roof!

Mitchella the cat sings the Police - "Roxanne..... You Don't Have To Put On The Red Light..."

Win $100 With The Cat Caption Contest

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"This is Phobie and Benny. Phobie is the one with white on her. She is a girl. Phobie is two years old. Her birthday was on March 10'th. She is a rescue cat. Well sort-of. We got her when she was five weeks old. She has mental issues. But don't tell her that!!!!!

Benny is a stray. He is about nine months old. He is such a rascal. He is a boy. His hobbies are annoying Phobie and sleeping. He is sooooooo much fun to have. He doesn't have mental issues!!!!!!!!!!!!" - Courtney





Send your cat photos and cat stories to MyCatWearsClothes@Yahoo.com

Cat Forum member "Sowilu" recently posted these photos of Kiddles outside on a leash. I thought they were cool so I'm posting them here for everyone to see. If you are a reader of this blog you know that we also like to take our cat Simon out on a leash.





"Sowilu" is also taking care of Negra, who still needs a home.

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The contest is still going! I'm sorry I haven't been updating all the entries as they come in but I've been really busy with a lot of stuff recently. But all entries that are sent in will be put up and will be eligible! The deadline is still June 1 and the winner will receive $100! I still have some entries that have been sent into me that I haven't put up yet.

Although I do accept entries where I have to insert the caption text (read the contest rules) there will be a delay with those being put up while ones where the caption text is already in place will be put up much faster, this is just due to the extra step I have to do to put the text on the picture myself.

You may have noticed that I am using the blogger label function to label all of the entries. Unfortunately something seems to be wrong with the labeling function as it's not updating the new entries into the label page and the label page is still showing the old format of the site! Not sure really what (if anything) I can do about that.

"Oh Hiii... Is This Your Stash?"

Win 100 Dollars With The Cat Caption Contest!

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"After 3 false starts, the final of the 50m kitten hurdles finally went ahead!!!"

This was Juno and Jasmines first litter, I kept two of the kittens, as couldn't make up my mind between wee Jinty and wee Jess!! Have sent in a picture before entitled Meet the Whole Family, which shows them all grown up!

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Win $100 With The Cat Caption Contest!

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"They Throw These Awesome Caves Away?"

Win $100 With The Cat Caption Contest

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(more pictures of Bobbie Mae coming...)

"Mutation Cat Breeds" refer to cat breeds that have not been bred for a very long time and are based on one striking, unusual, hereditary characteristic. The simplest way of thinking about it is that a genetic mutation can occur and then a new cat breed may be based on that mutation by breeding the cat with the mutation. Sometimes it's a single cat that is the basis of a new cat breed in this way but usually the breed will be based on a group of cats with a similar mutation.

Today's Thursday 13 is a list of 13 of these mutation cat breeds. I'm also linking to a cat blog for a cat of that breed when I can find one. If you have a cat blog for a cat with one of these breeds leave a comment here and I'll edit you in!

1. Munchkin

2. Devon Rex
(Check out Daisy The Curly Cat)

3. American Bobtail

4. German Rex

5. Bohemian Rex

6. American Curl

7. American Wirehair

8. Selkirk Rex

9. Cornish Rex

10. La Perm
(video of Cornish Rex & La Perm cats below)


11. Sphynx
(Check out Dragonheart's Domain)

12. Don Sphinx

13. Manx

Discuss Cat Breeds On The Cat Forum (You Can Now Post As A Guest!)

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The very generous people at Mountain Lion Catnip sent Simon a free sample of their West Virginia homegrown fresh catnip. As soon as we got the envelope Simon was trying to tear into it! This is some really strong stuff! Inside the envelop was a very cool looking little catnip toy and also a bag of catnip. The smell was very strong and Simon was VERY interested! I got out the video camera and taped Simon's first meeting with his new catnip toy.

Watch Simon lick his new friend:


Later I put the toy away because I like to keep his catnip toys put up so Simon gets more excited when he gets to play with them. With his toy put away he went ahead and played with the envelope the catnip came in for 3 or 4 hours! That's how strong this stuff is, even the envelope it came in became a great catnip toy! Go to www.MtLionCatnip.com to learn more about how you can get some of this stuff for your cat (they have online ordering.)

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"this is jemima in her pink shades and her pink puffa jacket she has a wardrobe of clothes"

Hi! Interested in being a guest blogger on MyCatWearsClothes.com ? We get nearly 1000 unique visitors a day (and rising!) so if you'd like to reach a wide audience of cat lovers then this could be a great fit for you. I'm interested in people who really love cats and who would like to be a blogger but haven't got started with it yet. This blog is on the blogger format and it's rather easy to create new blog entries and upload pictures to the site. If you send me an email to mycatwearsclothes@yahoo.com letting me know you're interested I'll try to get back to you within a day or two.

Thanks to Rose from Angelcat Haven who put up a 1800-Save-A-Pet page for Negra.

Negra is currently being taken care of by "Sowilu" who is on our cat forum. Rose (under the name "Cecil" for her awesome orange cat) is also in the cat forum. Come join the community and if you live near Robersonville, North Carolina please help Negra find a loving home! If you can't take her, maybe you know someone who would like to take care of a special needs cat? Negra is healthy but she has one bum leg as can be seen in this video:

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Nicole sent in this picture of her black cat Dahlia wearing a shirt. I think the shirt is blue, but I guess it's kind of gray too? Maybe it's just my monitor? Let me know what color it is!

"Dahlia again, she likes hoodies for the winter" says Nicole.

Abyssinian cats are one of the oldest breeds of cats in the world. The Abyssinian breed resembles the cats found in the pictures of cats from Ancient Egypt but a direct link to ancient Egyptian cats has not been found.

The breed is named after the land where they came from which was called Abyssinia. Today Abyssinia is known as Ethiopia.

The Abyssinian cat is known for it's highly active & intelligent nature. They are also usually very friendly. They do not often meow. They like attention from their owners and generally go wherever their owners go; following them everywhere. They get along well with other cats and also with dogs.

Abyssinian cats are of medium size with a medium build. They give the impression of standing high on their legs with a muscular, sturdy, & elegant body.

They have an easy to care for coat that is short and fine and lies close against the body. Abyssinians have a ticked tabby coat pattern which means that the basic color of the coat is alternated on each separate hair.

Abyssinian cats usually have a coat of ruddy, sorrel, blue, fawn, or silver color.

The nickname "Aby" is sometimes used to refer to Abyssinian cats.

Use the Complete Cat Training Guide to train your Aby.

Abyssinian videos:

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We got this photo of Papas the cat sent from a cell phone:



Send your cat photos to MyCatWearsClothes@yahoo.com

This week's Thursday 13 (and my second Thursday Thirteen overall) is going to be a bit of a serious topic: 13 cat diseases and disorders you should be aware of if you're a cat owner.

1. Diarrhea - Occasional diarrhea is probably not need for concern. But if your cat has constant diarrhea or if the diarrhea contains blood or is an abnormal color then you should take your cat straight to the vet. This can be a symptom for many different kinds of illnesses.

2. Hepatolipidosis (or Fatty degeneration of the liver) - This can occur if a cat does not eat for a few days. When a cat does not eat their body may release a large amount of stored up fat which then gets into the bloodstream. Cat's bodies have a hard time dealing with this large quantity of fat and it actually poisons their body. This can be a very serious condition that can lead to death. If your cat does not eat for more than a day you should take him to the vet to find out why he is not eating. If your cat will not eat it may need to be force fed by a tube to make sure this disorder does not occur.

3. Diabetes - This is particularly common in older cats. The first symptom of diabetes is an a huge increase in appetite and thirst along with increased urination and a loss of weight. If your cat shows signs of diabetes it must be taken to the vet or he or she will surely die. If your cat does have diabetes it can be treated with daily insulin shots.

4. Cancer - Just like with humans there are many different forms of cancer that can affect a cat. Cancer can affect any cat organ and it's location and type will determine how it should be treated. Surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy are all available for cats with cancer.

5. Abscesses - These are rather common. They come from wounds (usually from bites or scratches) that cause an inflammation under the skin after the skin has closed up. Often times they will heal up without the cat owner noticing but sometimes the abscess is a bigger problem and should be treated by a vet. Cats can get a fever and become lethargic from an abscess. They can also cause bald patches on the coat to develop where the abscess is.

6. Food Allergies - Just like people cats can have food allergies. A food allergy in a cat cannot be confirmed by a simple test. Instead a cat must be given a special diet where you slowly introduce different foods to see if the cat has a reaction to them.

7. Flea Allergies - Some cats are allergic to fleas. If a cat has a flea allergy it is important to treat your cat periodically with a preparation that will kill the fleas before they bite your cat. This is because a single flea bite can cause a long lasting reaction in a cat that is allergic to fleas.

8. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - This is also known as HCM. It's an inherited cardiac disorder that can occur in any kind of cat. Cats that have HCM tend to be quieter, breathe faster, eat less than normal, and get tired quickly. Sadly HCM is always fatal. But some cats can live to an older age before they die of HCM causes. There is medication to treat HCM to help a cat suffering from it to live to an older age but there is no cure.

9. Epilepsy - Any cat can have epilepsy, both pure breed and non. A cat with epilepsy will have uncontrolled body movements either in one section of the body or throughout the entire body. Sometimes, but not always, a cat will lose consciousness during an epileptic seizure. Obviously if your cat has an epileptic seizure he or she should be taken to the vet.

10. Stud Tail - Stud tail only effects non neutered male cats and unspayed female cats. It effects male cats much more often. It can occur once a cat has reached sexual maturity but sometimes it may not occur till later on in a cat's life. Extra vitamin B and food with a high fat content can help stop stud tail from occurring. Study tail is when the scent gland in the tail is working "too hard" and results in a sticky brown discharge which looks ugly and can cause the hair to fall out in tufts.

11. Cystitis - This is the inflammation of the bladder. Usually a cat will only have the urge to urinate when it's bladder is full. But in the case of cystitis the bladder becomes inflamed with even the smallest bit of urine in the bladder and can cause the cat to urinate frequently. The most common symptom of this type of bladder infection is a sudden d