All Natural Cat

Hi, and welcome to All Natural Cat! My name is Sonya, and I started this blog to combine a lifetime of cat ownership with my 5+ years of working in the natural foods industry and provide my readers with a resource for safe, healthy, eco-friendly cat care. I try to make my own life as green as possible by eating whole foods (organic, local, free-range and/or fair trade whenever possible), avoiding over-packaged and over-processed junk, recycling whatever I can, reducing my energy consumption—why shouldn’t I give that same level of attention to caring for my cats?

I am currently a cat mom to two. Bill is a, erm, pleasantly plump orange tabby with a surprisingly sensitive tummy. He loves all food but it doesn’t always love his in return. We’re trying to find the perfect cat food that will satisfy all of his nutrition needs without upsetting his digestion or causing other health issues (he has a history of bad teeth and urinary tract problems). We’re slowly moving towards an all-meat and at least partially raw diet, and that seems to be helping. He is also the sweetest, nicest, most good-natured cat in the world, which kind of makes up for all the barfing and expensive vet visits.

Emily is a perfect angel cat, at least when it comes to medical issues (apart from that one time she ate a length of Christmas ribbon and had to get x-rayed). Behaviorally speaking, she is a little less of an angel. She is alarmingly smart, and our big challenge with her is keeping her entertained without breaking the bank on toys, cat furniture, etc., but luckily, some of her favorite toys are cardboard boxes and crumpled up paper balls. She is a beautiful yet surly tortoiseshell, possibly with a touch of Maine Coon, and even though she’ll be six years old in July, she is as playful and energetic as a kitten.

In this blog, I plan to address such topics as raw diets and the canned food vs. dry food debate, why some expensive “all natural” pet foods are actually worse for your cat than the by-product laden cheap stuff, how to grow your own wheat grass or catnip, green cat toys (making your own and places to purchase them), recipes for making your own cat treats, the indoor vs. outdoor cat debate, the occasional quirky post (spinning your cat’s loose fur into yarn that you can use for knitting) plus general cat care tips and a generous supply of kitty pics.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you stick around. I’m looking forward to having a lot of fun here at All Natural Cat.

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