Do You Deserve Your Cat? Take the Quiz

Revealed April 4, 2024 by PETA Employees.

Are you the cat’s meow or a failure to felines? Price your cat-care competence by taking this quiz tailored from PETA President Ingrid Newkirk’s cat guardian’s bible, 250 Important Issues Your Cat Desires You to Know. Every “sure” response is price one level.

1. I’ve had my cat spayed or neutered.
2. I by no means go away my cat exterior unattended. (Give your self two factors when you’ve got supplied your feline buddy with a catio.)
3. I all the time maintain the litterbox impeccably clear.
4. I all the time serve meals on time.
5. I maintain a cat provider and my veterinarian’s quantity useful.
6. I do know the indicators of painful, life-threatening urinary tract infections and that if I see them, it’s very important that I get my cat to the vet instantly.
7. My cat can see out of a minimum of one window with out being a contortionist.
8. I take time to play with my cat on daily basis, even after I’m busy.
9. I all the time keep in mind to convey dwelling a gift for my cat, even when it’s as small and cheap as a paper bag, a leaf, or a pinecone.
10. I might by no means give my cat aspirin or Tylenol. (Only one Tylenol can kill a cat.)
11. I by no means permit anybody to smoke within the neighborhood of my cat’s delicate nostril, throat, and lungs.
12. I by no means make loud or startling noises when my cat is making an attempt to relaxation.
13. I all the time maintain the door on the garments dryer closed or verify inside for a sleeping cat earlier than turning the equipment on.
14. I’ve supplied for my cat within the occasion of my loss of life.
15. There’s a sticker on my entrance door that reads, “IN CASE OF FIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCY, PLEASE RESCUE MY CAT(S).”
16. My cat is microchipped and all the time wears a removable, break-away collar with a present handle tag.
17. I might by no means be so barbaric as to declaw my cat. (In case your cat got here to you declawed, you continue to rating some extent when you had been horrified.)
18. I by no means board my cat after I go on trip and as a substitute prepare for a dependable pet-sitter who has handed an intensive background verify. (Give your self two factors when you by no means go on trip!)
19. I by no means permit the veterinarian to maintain my cat in a single day—until my cat is at an emergency clinic or animal hospital the place animals are attended to all evening.
20. I might by no means fly my cat within the cargo maintain of a airplane.
21. I by no means hit or elevate my voice at my cat.
22. I by no means throw or push my cat away from bed or some other furnishings—however I might throw or push off anybody who did!
23. I might by no means give away my cat—until I grew to become incapacitated, terminally sick, imprisoned, or deployed abroad.

24. I give my cat contemporary water and scrub all their bowls (or put them within the dishwasher) a minimum of as soon as a day, even when my very own dishes pile up within the sink.
25. I always remember to say goodbye after I go away or to announce myself after I get again dwelling.

Kittens rescued by PETA India make themselves at dwelling after being sterilized.

How Did You Rating?

For those who scored 23 or larger, you’re the cat’s pajamas. A rating under 14 is claws for concern—for goodness’ sake, form up!

Go to PETA.org/Cats for recommendations on bettering the lives of each companion and homeless cats.

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