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Simple Cat Toy Storage Idea

Last updated on: October 27, 2021 By Kaylene Filed Under: Animals, Pets, Storage and Organising 1 Comment

Grey and white cat in a leopard print play tunnel. There are lots of various cat toys in the foreground and two cat trees in the background.

Cat toy storage can be an issue when you have multiple cats and lots of toys in the house. We found a simple solution to cat toy storage that complements our décor! The cats that we had years ago spent a lot of time outside, so they didn’t have many toys. Nowadays our cats spend more time inside. Firstly, because our local council has a cat curfew at night, but also because we have installed cat nets to limit how far they can roam. We installed the cat nets a few years back after one of … [Read more...]

Dainty Swallowtail Butterfly Update

Last updated on: March 3, 2018 By Kaylene Filed Under: Animals, My Garden Leave a Comment

Dainty swallowtail butterfly sitting in a tree in my garden after emerging from its chrysalis only hours earlier. thelinkssite.com

It has been almost a year since I first learnt about the dainty swallowtail butterfly. Last summer this beautiful butterfly could be seen fluttering around our vegetable garden where we had planted some zinnias. The butterflies laid their eggs on our citrus trees and we were lucky enough to find several growing caterpillars. In an attempt to ensure their survival they were collected and kept in a large storage contain that I had set up to house them. You can read about it … [Read more...]

Dainty Swallowtail Butterflies in My Garden (And My House!)

Last updated on: April 24, 2017 By Kaylene Filed Under: Animals, My Garden Leave a Comment

The dainty swallowtail butterflies seemed to love our zinnias! thelinkssite.com

Towards the end of this summer we were lucky enough to be visited by some beautiful dainty swallowtail butterflies. Actually I’m not sure how many there were because I only ever saw one.  When we first saw them we were not sure what they were called. We just knew that they were very pretty! This was the first year that we had zinnias in the garden so maybe that is what attracted them - they seemed to love our zinnias!  I haven’t got a good photo of the butterflies because they just didn’t sit … [Read more...]

How to Keep Ants out of Cat Food (A Quick and Easy DIY)

Last updated on: July 22, 2019 By Kaylene Filed Under: Animals, How To, Pets 4 Comments

Blue bowl containing dry cat food with small black ants walking around the edge of the bowl. Text overlay says: How to Keep Ants Out of Cat Food! (a quick & easy DIY).

Are you frustrated by ants getting into your cat’s food bowl? This simple DIY will show you how to keep ants out of cat food bowls quickly and easily. Our two cats (Maddy and Wally) are part inside and part outside cats. They have a few hours outside each day and are brought back inside in the late afternoon. When they are out during the day we always put out some dry food for them to eat. There’s no issue with doing this over winter because there’s not many ants around. Once the weather … [Read more...]

Easy Homemade Sock Cat Toy

Last updated on: March 30, 2016 By Kaylene Filed Under: Animals, Craft, DIY, How To, Pets 11 Comments

If you want to make a cheap and easy cat toy from items commonly found around the house you can’t go past these homemade sock cat toys! Both of our cats still love the cork cat toys that I made last year but Wally in particular needs lots of mental stimulation. That means that the toys he plays with need to be varied quite often! I recently decided to make up another cat toy using old socks. Wally likes to play with my old shoes (see here) so I thought that he would love an old sock! I … [Read more...]

Cheap and Easy Cat Toys

Last updated on: November 8, 2019 By Kaylene Filed Under: Animals, Craft, DIY, How To, Pets 12 Comments

Easiest ever cat toys made from wine corks and wool!

These DIY Cat Toys are so cheap and easy to make they are practically free! Plus unlike bought cat toys, cats will actually play with these toys! How many times have you bought a toy for your cat only to get it home and find that your cat or cats just ignore it? It has happened quite a few times in our house and the result is that we have a box of cat toys that the cats are not interested in! The problem is you never know what toys will take their fancy until you get them home :( What is … [Read more...]

National Pet Adoption Day

Last updated on: February 7, 2015 By Kaylene Filed Under: Animals, Family, Pets Leave a Comment

I could not let today pass without writing a post in support of National Pet Adoption Day. This event is one that is close to my heart, and that of my family, because we welcomed two adopted cats into our home a little over 12 months ago. Pet ownership is not for everyone but after our experience I would urge anyone who is contemplating getting at pet to consider adopting one from one of the many animal shelters around the country. The idea of getting a new kitten or puppy from a breeder or … [Read more...]

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