100 Ways to Spoil Your Cat

120. Rock Him to Sleep

I am a sucker for my new kitty. In the last year I lost my 2 beloved cats to old age. I thought my heart would never heal, but then I met Taz. We got him as a timy kitten and I have enjoyed baby-ing him. There are 2 special things I do for him. I wrap him in a blanket and rock him to sleep whenever he wants it. As soon as I get him settled in the blanket he lets out this deep breath and goes straight to sleep. He also likes to watch everything so I hold him when I can to let him watch what I am doing. His favorite is when I am cooking dinner!

Nichole Smith

121. They Can Never Be Too Spoiled in France

Can they ever be too spoiled?

I have four cats, Claudette and her three kittens Minnie, Max and Felix. They are all completely different.

To spoil Claudette, I simply let her cuddle on my knee - have to spend longer sitting down than I really mean to a lot of the time! They all love sitting on my knee but there is not room for them all together now, so two at a time is the most we can manage these days. Also Claudette has a bug in her head about going into the back kitchen where I feed them, so I carry her in there as a treat sometimes.

Felix just loves jumping up onto my shoulders and sitting there while I walk round or do whatever I am doing. Max does not like being carried very much but he loves his back and tummy being scratched and massaged - we spend ages in the yard on the gravel. Minnie also seeks affection, coming and mewing a lot just for a cuddle. Her favorite treat is to sleep on the bed, on her warm fleece blanket. They all enjoy cuddling up to their human in bed in the winter

They all love running fast and climbing in the garden . I think that is the biggest treat you can give a cat, a large secluded garden or at least some fields around your house where they can explore and hunt. All our four will follow us for a walk when we take the rubbish up to the bin at the top of the drive.

Of course we give them little treats of food scraps and catnip all the time as well but every morning they get warm porridge after I have made it for ourselves, when the microwave goes "ping" they run in and wait while I swirl milk around the cooking bowl to free up the porridge and they slurp it down.,If they all arrive at the same time I have to divide it into separate bowls as now they are bigger they cannot all get their heads into one bowl!

It is easy to pamper and treat your cats - just give them all the love you can and they will be happy. Everything else comes from listening to them!

Francesca Ashmore, in Vendee, France

122. Neck & Spine Massages

I give my cats and kittens heavy duty neck and spine massages on a daily basis. I began doing this when I found one of my cats hind legs paralized. Along with freaking out, I began doing deep massages and keeping the hind legs moving to keep the blood flowing to the unknown affected areas. She is now up on all fours and gives the rest of the household a run for their money. My veterinarian calls her a miracle cat. I do this now for all of my cats to help them stay healthy and feeling good.

Barb MacNeil – California

Tip 123. Numerous Balls

Our Kitty, Appy, is just over a year old. She is a beauty...a Maine coon/Persian mix with a great personality. She has two scratching posts, 3 "houses", one tunnel, numerous balls of varying sizes, catnip filled rats, mice and a pink purse. We tie shoelaces on long bamboo poles and run her through all of her houses every night and also loves for us to blow catnip scented bubble for her. We lost our 22 and 23 year old Angelo and Amelia about 10 years ago and finally decided it was time to bring another kitty into our home....and we have had a ball. We love her to pieces and shouldn't have waited so long.

Liinda Sabellico