An Open Letter to My Crazy Cat Ladies
To My Favorite Crazy Cat Ladies, At 5 a.m. this morning, I was wide awake. I had just fed the alcohol cats some breakfast, but instead of stumbling back to sleep like I usually do, I found myself...
View ArticleA Month to Be Thankful For
November was a good month for adoptions and learning experiences at Best Friends Animal Society in Los Angeles. I’m kicking myself for the lack of updates on this blog, but once you read this, you...
View ArticleGoodbye, Kirby
Saying goodbye is always bittersweet and this was no exception. Kirby, our 14.5 year-old diabetic cat left for the sanctuary this past Monday, where he will live out the rest of his days in luxury (or,...
View ArticlePurrfect Picks: Phantom
Purrfect Picks is a new type of blog post where I’ll be periodically highlighting some of my favorite kitties at the shelter and why they are so awesome (and why you or someone you know should adopt...
View ArticlePurrfect Picks: Xela
NAME: XELA AGE: 10 years old GENDER: female (spayed) DESCRIPTION: black and white short-haired MIXED breed Xela is an unusual-looking older lady who, in any other shelter, might have been adopted ages...
View ArticleThe Cat Who Got Himself Adopted
This isn’t really my story, since I was a fairly passive participant in it—but it’s too good not to share. In fact, if I had been there for more of it, it very well may not have happened. So perhaps...
View Article‘Tis the [Kitten] Season
Los Angeles had a warm winter, which means one thing: an early start to kitten season. The little balls of fur are beginning to find their way into shelters and into our kitten nursery, foreshadowing a...
View ArticleSmirnoff’s Adopt-iversary
Smirnoff’s shelter photo Four years ago today, I went to the Animal Rescue League of Boston and adopted a one-year-old cat named Bolt. I gave him a new name: Smirnoff. A few months later, I began...
View ArticleCats That Twitch: Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome
The most famous cat in recent news—Lux, the “911 cat”—made headlines back in March when he attacked his family’s baby and held them hostage at their home in Oregon. The family called 911 for rescue,...
View ArticleTop 6 Items to Donate to an Animal Shelter
The donation of physical items to an animal shelter can be extremely welcome, as shelters don’t necessarily have the funds to provide these items themselves. But unless you volunteer or work at a...
View ArticleNEW VIDEOS – meow.
Hello wonderful world! You may or may not have secretly noticed a new thing going on in the Alcohol Cat world…. which is why I’m here to officially announce it: THERE ARE VIDEOS. VIDEOS ARE HAPPENING....
View Article[Cats] Jumping Through Hoops
A few months ago, my dad sent me the following email: Here is something I thought you would be interested in that we saw in Key West. It was part of the early evening entertainment going on around...
View ArticleNow with More Alcohol…. NEW VIDEOS!
In case you’ve missed them… here are the latest ALCOHOL CAT videos! Take a look: And don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to never miss out on the latest Alcohol Cat videos. Because you can never watch too many...
View ArticleNew Podcast for CAT LOVERS!
Hey Alcohol Cat readers! There is an exciting new project I’m so happy to be sharing with you… I have recently teamed up with my friend Marci Koski – owner of Feline Behavior Solutions, a cat behavior...
View ArticleNEW Episode of “Cat Chat with Liz and Marci”
Hello wonderful cat people! There’s a new episode of “Cat Chat with Liz and Marci” for your listening enjoyment. This episode covers cat adoption (what it’s like, what to expect, etc.) along with the...
View ArticleRead More: Socializing a Shy/Fearful Cat
Check out my NEW article “No Cats Under the Bed: Socializing a Shy/Fearful Cat”, which I wrote for Heaven on Earth Society for Animals. Here’s an excerpt: For a shy or under-socialized cat, the world...
View ArticleNEW – Episode 3 of “Cat Chat with Liz and Marci”
Hello wonderful cat people! I’m excited to share the third episode of “Cat Chat with Liz and Marci.” For those of you yet to listen, Cat Chat is a fun podcast where Marci (felinebehaviorsolutions.com)...
View Article5 Years’ Worth of Cats, Part 1
Part 1: Introduction In 2010, shortly after I graduated college, I met a cat named Smirnoff. And what seems so crazy to me now, five years later, is that on the day I adopted him I had 1) never stepped...
View Article5 Years’ Worth of Cats: Part 2
Part 2: The Acquisition of Cats I am a crazy cat lady. And by that, I mean I love cats a crazy amount. I am now the proud owner of three adopted cats (which, I’ll admit, was more than I intended to...
View ArticleNEW EPISODE of Cat Chat with Liz and Marci: Learning to Love the Litterbox
Hello Alcohol Cat fans! Open a beer, pour a glass of wine, take a shot, and celebrate this week with a new episode of Cat Chat with Liz and Marci. This new episode is all about the litterbox—how to set...
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