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All that water ! How to help animals affected by hurricane Harvey ?

After three months of temperatures around 30 C (86 F), it’s finally cooler : the temperatures fell in a few days from 30 to 18-20 C (64-68 F), and we had rain, a lot of rain, too much rain as here in the area of Graubünden :

However, what we lived in Switzerland is not commensurate with the damages caused by hurricane Harvey.

Several actions are in progress to help animals (and humans !) affected by this disaster. One of the communities of bloggers of which we are a member, BlogPaws, published a list of ressources. We also mobilize for our friends, and we’re going to take part in the action carried out by Dash Kitten in favour of the organization Austin Pets Alive.

All these organizations bustle to evacuate animals and their owners, get back the wandering animals, and place them in safety. They need supplies, food, and premises for storage or reception. The work to be carried out is titanic, and we are happy to help them thanks to our modest contribution.

❤️ All our thoughts go towards those who suffered from this disaster. ❤️

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Recognition

We’re happy to tell you that we received the Blogger Recognition Award from Johnny , of Pets Overload, about ten days ago.

It’s always pleasant to receive one of these blogger-to-blogger awards, and it’s a nice way to let our new readers know a little bit more about us.

Here are the rules :

Thank the blogger who nominated you and provide a link to his blog
Write a post to show your award
Give a brief story of how your blog started
Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers

Johnny, Beau, Walker, Twitch, Flub, and Blub, thank you for giving us this award !

How did The Swiss Cats start ?

Inspired by Mr Bumpy, his very first Internet buddy, our Angel Loupi founded the blog The Swiss Cats in April 2012. He wanted to share his adventures with the world, spread some Swiss cat wisdom, and find pals.
Step by step, our goal has become clearer : we want to educate and entertain our readers ; we speak about topics like behavior, health and safety, and we share many anecdotes inspired by our daily life. Since 2013, The Swiss Cats began to post more regularly. two or three times a week.

Our advice to new bloggers are :

First : have fun !
Be true and trustful to your readers. Always.
Learn and make friends : join communities, ask questions, respect copyright stuff and other fair blogging rules, and visit and comment on other blogs.
Oops ! That’s more than two pieces of advice !

« Select 15 other bloggers »:

Are you kidding ? We know and follow far more than 15 bloggers all around the world who deserve that award ! This last rule is impossible to respect for us, feel free to grab this award if you want it.

Early International Friendship Day : meet a multipet household

We love multipets households : it’s always interesting to see how different critters interact with each other, and how to take care of them. The Poupounette, Kitty Cat Chronicles, Pawsitively Pets, or Indulged Furries are some examples of that kind of household.

A few weeks ago, we began to get nice comments from « Johnny ». We discovered that he had a nice blog, Pets Overload, but when we visited first, we thought he was blogging about fishes. The second time we visited, we thought he was blogging about snacks.

– Snacks ?
– Yes : hamsters, and stuff…

The next time, we saw that Johnny was blogging about cats too ! We became curious, and we decided to ask him a few questions :

– How did you manage to have so many differents pets ?
– Currently, we’re housing one cat (Beau), a hamster (Twitch) and two fish (Flub & Blub), although I also co-parent another kitty named Walker (who lives with my mom because he doesn’t get along with any other animals!)

– How did you introduce them to each other ?
– When Beau and Walker first lived together we introduced them very slowly over a two week period. Allowing them to meet under the door long before they saw each other fully. When the two-week mark passed we began feeding them treats together and pet them in the same room so they could understand the fact that they are not to be enemies! Although they got along at points, Walker is a very dominant cat who used to start fights with Beau all the time. When my partner and I moved in together we had to make the sad decision to leave Walker with my mother as our place is much too small for two cats who quarrel. (As it would be too difficult to separate them whenever problems arose). I still see Walker at least once a week and offer my mother all of the advice I can give !

As for Flub & Blub, the introduction was very quick and easy. Beau loved watching fish videos and never showed signs of being aggressive towards them, so we knew it would be super easy to introduce him to them. He spent plenty nights sleeping right next to them and still visits them in his spare time.

As for Twitch it was a bit harder… Beau used to hunt mice & other small mammals. So as soon as he saw Twitch he thought she was food! It took about a week to get him to understand that she was part of the family. We would bring Twitch out of her cage and let him sniff her (while she was still in our hand.) We would pet her in front of him and anytime he would get close or try to bite we would scold him. Now he watches her from the top of my office chair, happily wagging his tail but not getting too close !

– Is Twitch soon ready to eat for Walker or Beau ?
– Oh, no no no! We would never let that happen! We actually keep her very far away from them when we aren’t around! We love Twitch too much to let anything happen to her !

– Is fishing allowed for kitties ?
– Oddly enough, Beau hasn’t tried to go fishing yet! He has tapped on the fish tanks before, but never aggressively. It actually makes me wonder if he understands that fish can be food…

– Do Walker and Beau get into mischief together ?
– They get into A LOOOOT of mischief together. Sometimes we have play dates with the two of them, although one of our most recent play dates ended up in a big, big fight with lots of blood. Since then we’ve been even more careful with them… 🙁 <3

– How long have you been blogging about your pet family ?
I’ve been blogging since December, so not too long !

– What is the purpose of your blog ?
– Honestly, it’s partly to archive the memories of our pet family and also to learn from & aid other pet owners. It’s sometimes hard to know what’s best for your little ones, especially when you have little ones who run into health problems. I know I’ve learned a lot from other amazing bloggers so why not pass on what I’ve learned while also taking adorable photos of the little ones !

International Friendship Day is on July, 30th, and we thought that introducing our new friends was a nice way to celebrate, even if we’re a little bit early.