Breeds, behaviour, kittens, seniors and daily cat mischief — carefully researched guides by Oliver Purr & friends, plus a shelf of free tools that plan, count and double-check things for you.
No sign-up, nothing uploaded — each tool runs in your browser and builds a plan, a list or a score made for your cat and your home. Print it, stick it on the fridge.
A stage-by-stage plan for bringing a new cat home, paced for your household — with move-on, wait and step-back signals.
Enter your space and get the mesh area, a wood or PVC cut list, and a realistic materials budget.
Walk room by room, get a safety score, and a fix list ordered by danger — lilies and laundry pods first.
Tell us your kitten's age and get exactly what to introduce this week, while the window is open.
Litter boxes, feeding spots, water points, perches — counted by social group, not just per cat.
A week of play sessions, puzzle feeding and toy rotation matched to your cat's energy — and your schedule.
The gentlest ramp angle and board length — or a step layout — so your older cat keeps their favourite spots.
Your cat's real age in human years — the honest curve, life stage and where they sit in their breed's lifespan.
105 foods checked before you share: safe, caution, avoid or toxic — with what to do if they already ate it.
378 names by gender, coat, style and starting letter — with a shortlist your whole family can vote on.
Daily calories, exact portions in grams, cups and pouches, a treats budget — and their water target too.
Three hands-on checks estimate your cat's body condition score, ideal weight and a safe timeline to reach it.
The due window from the mating dates, a week-by-week milestone timeline, and the signs that mean call the vet.
First year, every year, and the honest lifetime total — editable line by line, in four currencies.
91 houseplants checked, including aliases and look-alikes — and a safe swap for every toxic one.
A print-ready poster with tear-off phone strips, a copy-paste social post, and a search plan that works.
Everything your sitter needs on one printable sheet — routines, rules, vets and the emergency plan.
From today's weight to predicted adult size, with a growth chart and checkpoint weights for the first year.
How much litter you'll really use and spend — with all five litter types compared at your setup.
Cat ate chocolate? Estimate the exposure, read the urgency honestly, and copy a ready-made vet-call summary.
Pick the parents, predict the kittens — orange genes, calico rules and dilution, with probabilities per sex.
Stand-turn-lie fit for cabin carriers against airline limits, plus the official IATA cargo crate formula.
Ten lifestyle questions matched against 40 breeds — with percentage scores and the catch for every match.
Filter 40 breeds by shedding, grooming, noise and family fit — then compare up to four side by side.
A full name journey — kit to paw to warrior to star — by clan, coat and personality. Fan fun, unofficial.
Dig into the shelves — from kitten first weeks to senior-cat comfort.
KittyButts is an independent publication by Oliver Purr. We research carefully, show our working, and stick to what we know: living with cats. Anything medical goes where it belongs — to your veterinarian.
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