Instantly Improve Your Cat's Life with these 7 Things

I'd say submitting to my cat's every whim and accepting her role as overlord of the house has made her life better

I had a cat who was my soul mate. I found him and 4 baby siblings covered in mud outside. As a kitten, he was sick one day and the vet said there’s not much to do. He had kidney failure, liver failure … I decided to take him home from the vet. Some people told me they wouldn’t have. My precious Boise lived 20 years. The best boy in the world.

1. Variety of food 2. Spread out their resources (food, bed, litter box, water, toys) 3. Litter boxes. 2 for 1 cat, 3 for 2, etc,. (Put in social area) 4. Avoid whisker stress (use a wider food bowl vs a deep one) 5. Clip claws & give medicine 6. Cat proofing your house 7. Play with your cat!!!

The BEST thing you can do when it comes to PLAYING WITH YOUR CAT is to do it just before meal time! Whatever the feeding schedule, put a timer on for 5-10m and play with your cat, then put their fresh meal down when you're done. Feeding them after a 'hunt' is an easy way to incorporate play into the day and combine their physical/mental health by nurturing their base instincts.

What has made my cats' life better? Me paying attention, making more of an effort to understand their perspective. They have a lot more to say to me than I thought.

I noticed my cat never drank water from his bowl but he always wanted to drink out of my mug. So now he has his own mug of water! He loves it!

Just adopted a cat 1 week ago and watching your videos has seriously helped us aid him in breaking him out of his shell. He’s adventuring through the house and accepting play/treats AFTER A WEEK! I feel like that’s incredible especially for a 2yr old shelter cat. We love him to death and I can’t wait to watch his personality grow :)

We adopted a fourteen year old declawed kitty. I thought her paws probably felt very sensitive, so I bought a sensitive paw cat litter and she seemed to like it. Because of you Mr. Galaxy, I started to think about how to improve their lives since we are their guardians. Thank you for the gift of your teaching!!

I love how over 1 million people have watched this to try and make cats lives happier ❤

I’m a brand new cat Mom. I found a tiny 4 week old kitten on the side of the road and when I got out of the car she literally leapt into my arms. I said she wasn’t staying but we’ve been together a month and now I say she isn’t going 😂 I’m so happy I found your channel because I have never ever had a cat and I feel so lost somedays. In comparison to “raising” my dogs, I have no clue how to be the best cat-mom I can be. Your videos have made me confident I’m giving Twix her best life, thank you so much for your content!!

I am blessed. I can hold my cats like a baby..kiss them, massage their bellies and beans endlessly..everywhere I go, cats find me. I carry catfood when I travel because for sure they need food and water. I talk to them like a loving mom and they respond like loving children..I am proud to be the catlady.

My motto is "kind hands". Whatever you do with your cat, be gentle and loving and show and mindful. Whether it's playing or working in the same room or picking them up or administering medicine. I apply this even to the noise I make. When I step around my cats, I try to be careful and tread lightly. When I have to open a garbage bag, I go into another room. It's a small thing but we love the gentleness and peace this adds to our life.

The part about the whiskers almost made me cry. I had no idea about whisker stress. When we adopted our cat, he was a day away from getting euthanized by our local animal shelter. One side of his whiskers was cut off to about a half inch long. He had serious trust issues and it took him a long time to adjust. Now 2 years later he is an amazing cat, and we spoil him with love.

I trim my cats nails when she's sleepy/napping. Just pet her a few times, get her purring and then trim a few at a time, come back for the rest later. No pressure, no rush, no stress. It works great for us :)

Jackson my cat absolutely loves your shows she focuses on the screen and enjoys it. Specifically the teaching shows she loves the Improve your cats life. She gets very annoyed if i rewind cause I missed something. She looks at me as if to say “really! I was watching that!!”

Getting my cat a brother was the best thing i could have done for him. I recently rescued a new kitten and my 1yr old cat is so thankful to have a little brother. They are both so happy. Im on dopamine overdrive with the cuteness.

I acquired a feral cat. She wouldn't play with me directly. Guessing being feral and not being in close contact with humans. She was a year old when I got her. She wasn't completely wild and would let me pet her: to a point. When she had enough, she'd let me know, politely. Our favorite activity would be to sit together outside (she hated being inside) in the sun. Companionship. We definitely had a connection. She lived 17 years and I still miss her.

I adopted my first cat this year ...Im 52. He loves me and I think he's an incredible guy. He loves my dog and the three of us live in a serene environment

PRO TIP: If you provided your cat with plate-style food dishes and they still insists on taking food off the plate to eat it on the floor, then you are left with 2 options: Accept that you need to mop your kitchen floor every day or put something under their plates that you won't mind washing or throwing away. I went with option #2. I found a big roll of butcher's paper online and that works PERFECTLY. Butcher's paper has a plastic coating one one side, so I just unroll about 3 feet of it and put it on the ground, plastic side down. The cats don't seem to care that it's there and the plastic layer keeps smells and juices from reaching your floor. It makes mopping easy. Hope that helps!

I have had a single cat for about 6 years now, and he adores having at least two littler boxes, food and water separated as well as placed in various spots. When I moved and had to rebuy bowls, I purchased shallow bowls for him <3 My wife had never had a cat and now we have a few. She has learned countless facts about cats and keeping their lives positive through my little facts. They all live very happy, content lives, cuddling up to us at night. We have catproofed about everything, their claws are trimmed at least once a month, played with often <3 I'm so glad that there are resources that give good information for everyone! Giving our pets a good life should be the goal of all animal owners. We have some mice and keep the cats from harassing them while still living enriching lives in their own tanks with hides, places to climb, spots to eat or forage for food! Animals are wonderful companions.