Author Archives: The Swiss Cats

First gifts

What chance ! We won not one, but two giveaways these last weeks :

– on Summer’s blog, we had the pleasure to receive the ” Outtake Edition ” calendar, which presents us the « behind the scene » of the official calendar ; you can find both versions of the calendar in her Zazzle Shop. Thank you Summer !
calendrier Summer
– and on Mikesch’s blog, we won a surprise bag of 5 woolen felted hand-made toys made by Nadine from the CatSiMo Shop. Nadine makes toys for cats and adorable “Mini-Me”, have a glance on her website, and you will see !
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Two small toys on the photo are missing : Zorro took them before Claire had time to take the photo ! And did you see the Christmas bear cub ? It’s Minidosie, the young human of Mikesch who made this pretty decoration. Thank you Mikesch !

We have already received several greeting cards, and our human are a little bit envious :

  • CATS : e-cards 30, cards 8
  • HUMANS : e-cards 0, cards 2

Have a good week !

Christmas is coming : are you ready ?

The fir tree is decorated, the house also, the lights sparkle, greeting cards are sent, presents are almost ready, the menu is chosen, we are ready : Santa Paws can arrive when he wants.
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This survey, realized with approximately 400 members of the community BlogPaws, shows how and how much our humans spend for us for the holidays. We know that Claire and Momo ordered presents for us on the Internet, as 44 % of the surveyed people. We don’t know how much they spent of course, but they certainly have to be in the average !

We also sent our greeting cards (62 % of the surveyed bloggers do it in the name of their pet), but we don’t dress up for Christmas, contrary to 69 % of our friends.
BlogPaws Holiday Pet Blogger Influence and Christmas Gift Spending
And you, if you celebrate Christmas, how far have you come with your preparations ? Did your human plan presents for you ?

How to bring together your Christmas tree and your cats

We’ve been very busy by the preparations for Christmas this weekend. Our tree is now up and decorated !
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Claire is born with cats in the house, then let’s tell you that she knows all the tricks to bring a Christmas tree and cats together.

The fir tree

  • Choose rather a medium-sized artificial tree. Indeed, the real fir trees have a much more attractive smell, their needles can be toxic, and the water of the bowl also.
  • Assure that your fir tree has a stable and solid base.
  • Place it on a table if it’s quite small, or in a clear space. It would be necessary to avoid that a too close piece of furniture can serve as springboard.
  • The perfectionists will still fix their fir tree to the wall or to the ceiling to prevent it from falling over ; Claire prefers to leave the principle which the fir tree CAN fall over without damage for it or for the cats. You can also place your fir tree in a room which you can close during the night. Our fir tree, for example, is 80 cm high and is put on a stool.

The decorations

  • Use plastic or cloth unbreakable decorations, and which do not contain small parts which can get loose.
  • Avoid : garlands, ribbons, and “angel-hair” (risk of breathlessness or intestinal obstruction in case of ingestion), artificial snow (toxin), chocolates (toxin), and real candles.
  • Fix firmly the decorations to the fir tree.
  • Don’t let hang the cord of fairy lights ; connect the lights in presence of an adult in the room, otherwise disconnect them and roll up the thread around the trunk. Protect your cords if your cat tends to chew on electric cords.
  • Be double watchful if your cat is a kitten !

As Claire didn’t find what she wanted, she made herself the small cloth hearts.
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Et moi, j’ai vérifié que les décorations étaient solidement fixées.
Is it firmly fixed ?
Tiens, on dirait que cette boule est de travers…
Is that ball crooked ?
Oooooh ! Un cadeau ! Vous croyez qu’il est pour moi ?
Is it for me ?