Author
Ahsan Nawaz
Founder, developer and editor at PurrQuery
I have kept cats in my home for the past four to five years, and most of PurrQuery started with simply watching them: how they eat, how an appetite shifts when something is wrong, the small signs that come before an illness, and how a cat settles into a house built for people, especially where each one chooses to sleep.
I noted those things down, and the notes turned into questions. Looking them up meant reading nine pages that disagreed with each other, and none of them said where their answer came from. So I started writing the answers down properly, with the source named.
What I learn at home decides what is worth looking into. Each answer is then researched from published veterinary sources and linked, so you can see exactly where it comes from and check it for yourself.
Every tool on the site is one I wrote and use. If something here is wrong, I would rather hear it from you than leave it up, and corrections go to the front of the queue.
- 31 Guides Written Well-researched cat care articles and guides
- 6 Smart Tools Interactive calculators and trackers built for cat parents
- 205 Sources Cited Named on the guide that uses them, not just claimed here
- Cat-First Approach Everything we do is for the health and happiness of cats
Four to five years of cats at home
What living with cats taught me
The guides here grew out of three things I kept noticing at home. Each one is now a subject the site covers in depth, researched from veterinary sources rather than from memory.
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Early signs of illness
Cats hide being unwell. The first clues I learned to catch were small: eating a little less, hiding more, a change at the litter box. Those are the signs worth knowing before anything looks serious.
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How cats eat
Watching what, when and how much my cats ate showed me how easily portions drift and how quickly appetite says something is off. It is why the feeding guides and calculators exist.
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Home life and sleep
Cats are particular about their space. Where each one chose to sleep, where it hid and how it claimed a blanket taught me how much a home shapes a cat's comfort and stress.
How the guides are written
Where the answers come from
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Published sources, named
Guidance is researched from veterinary bodies such as the AAFP, the AVMA and Cornell Feline Health Center, and the tools that use their figures say so on the page.
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Limits stated, not hidden
Where evidence is thin or genuinely disputed, that is written down rather than smoothed over into a tidier answer.
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Clear on when a vet is needed
Where a question needs an examination, such as a diagnosis or a dose, the guide says so plainly and points you to your vet.
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Corrections come first
A wrong answer about what a cat can eat is worth fixing quickly. Corrections go to the front of the queue, and the page records when it last changed.
The full standards, from sourcing to corrections and affiliate links, are set out in how our guides are written.
Sources cited across the guides
- Cornell Feline Health Center
- VCA Animal Hospitals
- Merck Veterinary Manual
- ASPCA
- FDA
- PetMD
- MSD Veterinary Manual
- International Cat Care
Found something wrong?
Tell me. Corrections are the most useful message this site gets, and they get looked at first.
