{"id":1771,"date":"2017-02-07T04:32:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T12:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1771"},"modified":"2017-02-07T04:32:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T12:32:42","slug":"newsday-tuesday-why-cats-need-a-companion-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1771","title":{"rendered":"Newsday Tuesday \u2013 Why Cats Need a Companion Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you who have dogs, there\u2019s another pet food recall. This one\u2019s for Evangers Hunk of Beef. Here\u2019s the scoop: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/us-world-news\/234086968-story\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/us-world-news\/234086968-story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1733\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lilysophietoy5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Lilysophietoy5\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lilysophietoy5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lilysophietoy5-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lilysophietoy5.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We explored the concept of having more than one cat last week. Today, I\u2019d like to discuss the benefits of having more than one cat. In my world, two is a purrfect number. Here\u2019s why: When you\u2019re gone, the cats have each other, just in case they would be comforted by another being in their space. And when there are two cats, they\u2019re more inclined to get the exercise they need. Our two\u2014Lily and Sophie\u2014play chase, peek-a-boo, and other games almost every evening. And if they don\u2019t seem in the mood, I\u2019ll give them something to get excited about\u2014newspaper sections folded over like little tents, I\u2019ll bring out toys they haven\u2019t seen in a while, or introduce something entirely new.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I\u2019ll sit on the floor with them and wriggle a wand toy. If Lily\u2019s in the mood, I\u2019ll <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1599\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Rookie-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"rookie\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Rookie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Rookie-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Rookie.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>toss wads of paper for her to leap after and chase. Sophie usually sits that activity out. But she will show off her feline speed by racing up and down the hallway.<\/p>\n<p>Some cats happily cozy up to dogs, hamsters, birds, or other types of animals. In my latest Klepto Cat Mystery story, Rags (the cat) enjoys a special relationship with the family horse, Peaches.<\/p>\n<p>Do you find that your cats are happier with another cat in the house? Certainly some cats don&#8217;t get along together. Or they tolerate each other&#8211;heaven-forbid they play together, but it could happen when you aren&#8217;t looking.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, did you watch the Hallmark Channel Kitten Bowl? They showed some toys I haven&#8217;t seen before&#8211;one was a kitten ball&#8211;like a hamster ball and boy did those kittens have fun rolling around inside there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you who have dogs, there\u2019s another pet food recall. This one\u2019s for Evangers Hunk of Beef. Here\u2019s the scoop: http:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/us-world-news\/234086968-story We explored the concept of having more than one cat last week. Today, I\u2019d like to discuss &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1771\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1772,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771\/revisions\/1772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}