Cat care reference
What to buy for your cat, by type and by brand.
Start from the thing you are buying — litter, food, a box, a feeder — then narrow to a brand. Every table says where it came from and when it was last checked.
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- Products listed
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- Guides
Product types
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Cat Litter
Every litter brand we have covered, so you can start from what the litter is made of — clay, wood, corn, walnut, paper or crystal — and narrow to a brand from there.
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Cat Food
Wet, dry, raw and prescription brands, with the ranges each one sells and who they are formulated for.
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Litter Boxes
Manual, semi-automatic and self-cleaning boxes, by the brand that makes them.
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Automatic Feeders
Gravity, timed-portion and microchip feeders, by brand.
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Litter Mats
Trapping mats that keep litter off the floor, by brand.
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Flea and Tick Treatments
Collars, spot-ons and sprays, by brand.
Reading
Health, behaviour and everything else
The tables answer what to buy. These answer why your cat is doing that, and what to do about it.
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Health
Symptoms, parasites, vaccination and the questions that come up between vet visits.
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Training & Behaviour
Why cats do what they do, and what actually changes it.
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Grooming
Brushing, bathing and mats — what a cat needs help with and what it handles itself.
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Breeds
Breed guides, coat types, and the general questions about cats that do not fit anywhere else.
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Everyday Care
Carriers, harnesses, water fountains and looking after a cat that goes outdoors.
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Adoption & Advocacy
Bringing a cat home, and what to do about the ones that are not anyone’s yet — ferals, strays and trap-neuter-return.
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Insurance
What cat insurance covers, what it excludes, and when it is worth having.
How this works
Properties, not prices
What a litter is made of, whether it clumps, which life stage a food is for, how a box removes waste — these are stable properties. They stay true for as long as the product is made. Street prices are stale within weeks, so this site does not publish them.
Every product table is flagged one of two ways. Current line-up means we checked it against the maker or a major retailer this year, and any change since our original review is noted at the top of the page. As reviewed means the table lists what our own review named and has not been re-checked — honest about its age rather than quietly presenting it as today's range.