Modern Cat

Calling all cat lovers! You need this magazine. Modern Cat, the award-winning magazine for cat lovers, is your guide to a better bond with your cat. You’ll find heartwarming, inspiring stories, tested and approved gear, expert behavioural advice, cat life-hacks, beautiful cat-design, useful tips and tricks, and so much more.

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Stuff We Love • Modern Cat staffers’ picks of the litter!

Meet Mister Marbles • Late Instagram Star Lil Bub’s Legacy Continues with “Magical Space Cat” Mister Marbles

Cats Take Vitamix Hostage: THE BLENDER BOX STANDOFF THAT CAPTIVATED THE INTERNET

CAPTION THIS!

HOW CATS SEE THE WORLD • Cats are colour blind, perceiving only shades of blue and green, but can see much better than humans in the dark

SMILE! • moderncat’s Photo Contest Winners!

Great Giveaways ENTER TO WIN • We’re giving it away! Enter to win fabulous giveaways April through September. Go to moderncat.com/giveaways to enter! Lucky readers will win every two weeks.

Catify Your Life! • Cat-tastic designs to thrill both you and your cat!

Cats & The Pandemic: The Surprising Ways the Pandemic Has Affected Cats • Why your cat loves having you at home (and how to help them adjust to more alone time)

Pandemic Adoptions

HAPPY VS. UNHAPPY: SIGNS IN CATS

Enrichment Ideas • One of the things I most enjoyed about writing my book, Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy, was including lots of practical tips on enrichment. Here are three favourites:

Can Your Cat Get Covid?

“Who Will Feed Our Cats?” • Ukrainian Cat Café Remains Open Despite Advancing Russian Invasion

Meet The Cats

Modern Cat Furniture That Hides in Plain Sight

LIFE WITH 600 RESCUE ANIMALS • Funny Farm teaches lessons in kindness, compassion, and cooperation

Bright Idea

Homemade “Rice Socks” Keep Bottle-Baby Kittens Warm & Cozy • Help your local shelter or rescue group with this fun DIY!

No Lilies for Cats! • Have cats? Give lilies a hard pass—exposure could be deadly

WHICH LILIES ARE POISONOUS TO CATS?

VOMITING: Is it a Cat Thing?

How to Spot Arthritis in Your Cat— and What to do About It

HOW TO HELP CATS WITH ARTHRITIS

Great Cat Groups • Photographer and cat rescuer Erica Danger’s five favourite cat charities, rescues, and cat cafés

CAT INFILTRATES CANINE AIRPORT THERAPY SQUAD • A lone feline squad member is brightening the days of harried travelers

Feeding Your Kitten or Cat: • Facts, Myths, and Huge Mistakes

Remember These Important Facts:

Your Cat Wants a Catio • Why “catios” or cat patios are a game changer

THE CAT GEAR LOOKBOOK • Your at-a-glance guide to the best stuff for you & your cat

Amazing Reunions • Missing pets and their unlikely, heartwarming reunions with their families

Prison Cats • Programs pairing last-chance cats with inmates are changing lives

CAT SHELTER MAKEOVER The brief, the inspiration, the transformation • For those of us that love cats and harbour interior design aspirations, this project will stoke the creative fires!

Healthy PAWS • Solutions for everything from itchy ears to litter box germs

Pet Ministry: Blessing of the Animals! • Church events recognizing the deep bond between people and their pets are drawing crowds

CONNIE’S BOOK CLUB • Editor-in-Chief Connie Wilson’s selection of must-read books for cat lovers

Tiny Cat Stories • Cat love in short form: miniature, reader-submitted cat stories of no more than 100 words.

9 INTERESTING CAT FACTS • Social gathering? Try these cat facts to get...