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.
Cat Introduction Planner
A stage-by-stage plan for bringing a new cat home, paced for your household — with move-on, wait and step-back signals.
Catio Planner & Calculator
Enter your space and get the mesh area, a wood or PVC cut list, and a realistic materials budget.
Home Safety Audit
Walk room by room, get a safety score, and a fix list ordered by danger — lilies and laundry pods first.
Kitten Socialization Tracker
Tell us your kitten's age and get exactly what to introduce this week, while the window is open.
Multi-Cat Resource Calculator
Litter boxes, feeding spots, water points, perches — counted by social group, not just per cat.
7-Day Enrichment Generator
A week of play sessions, puzzle feeding and toy rotation matched to your cat's energy — and your schedule.
Senior Cat Ramp Planner
The gentlest ramp angle and board length — or a step layout — so your older cat keeps their favourite spots.
Cat Age Calculator
Your cat's real age in human years — the honest curve, life stage and where they sit in their breed's lifespan.
Can Cats Eat…? Checker
105 foods checked before you share: safe, caution, avoid or toxic — with what to do if they already ate it.
Cat Name Generator
378 names by gender, coat, style and starting letter — with a shortlist your whole family can vote on.
Calorie & Feeding Calculator
Daily calories, exact portions in grams, cups and pouches, a treats budget — and their water target too.
Ideal Weight & Body Condition
Three hands-on checks estimate your cat's body condition score, ideal weight and a safe timeline to reach it.
Pregnancy Due-Date Calculator
The due window from the mating dates, a week-by-week milestone timeline, and the signs that mean call the vet.
Cost of Owning a Cat
First year, every year, and the honest lifetime total — editable line by line, in four currencies.
Cat-Safe Plant Checker
91 houseplants checked, including aliases and look-alikes — and a safe swap for every toxic one.
Lost Cat Poster Maker
A print-ready poster with tear-off phone strips, a copy-paste social post, and a search plan that works.
Pet Sitter Instruction Sheet
Everything your sitter needs on one printable sheet — routines, rules, vets and the emergency plan.
Kitten Growth Predictor
From today's weight to predicted adult size, with a growth chart and checkpoint weights for the first year.
Litter Usage & Cost Calculator
How much litter you'll really use and spend — with all five litter types compared at your setup.
Chocolate Exposure Meter
Cat ate chocolate? Estimate the exposure, read the urgency honestly, and copy a ready-made vet-call summary.
Kitten Coat Colour Predictor
Pick the parents, predict the kittens — orange genes, calico rules and dilution, with probabilities per sex.
Carrier & Crate Fit Checker
Stand-turn-lie fit for cabin carriers against airline limits, plus the official IATA cargo crate formula.
Breed Selector Quiz
Ten lifestyle questions matched against 40 breeds — with percentage scores and the catch for every match.
Breed Directory & Compare
Filter 40 breeds by shedding, grooming, noise and family fit — then compare up to four side by side.
Warrior Cat Name Generator
A full name journey — kit to paw to warrior to star — by clan, coat and personality. Fan fun, unofficial.
What Breed Is My Cat?
Eight questions about coat, ears and build — find the closest breed match, or get the honest 'domestic' verdict.
Second-Cat Compatibility Checker
Will they get along? Score a candidate against your resident cat — friction points named before adoption day.
Cat Body Language Quiz
Twelve everyday scenarios. Learn to read tail, ears, eyes and whiskers like a behaviourist.
Essential Oil Safety Checker
38 oils checked for cats: avoid, caution, or lower-risk — plus the diffuser rules that keep cats safe.
Cat Harness Size Checker
Two measurements in, real brand sizes out — with the escape-risk checks that stop Houdini cats.
Cat Food Carb Calculator
The carb % labels never print. Five label numbers reveal it — as-fed and dry-matter, with calories.
Cat Food Label Decoder
Paste an ingredient list and get a plain-English verdict on every ingredient — what it is, why it's there, which rule fired.
Wet & Dry Food Mix Calculator
Feeding both? Split one daily calorie target between wet and dry — exact cans, cups and grams per day and per meal.
Cat Food Transition Planner
A dated day-by-day switch schedule with exact old and new amounts — plus a step-back button for tummy-trouble days.
Cat Weight-Loss Planner
Vet-first daily calories with the 70% safety floor built in, a safe 0.75%-a-week pace and a weigh-in tracker that recalculates.
Cat Weight Tracker
Log weigh-ins with body condition score, watch the trend, and print a one-page vet summary. Stored only in your browser.
Kitten Age Estimator
Eyes, ears, teeth, movement and weight give an honest age range and birth-date window for a kitten of unknown age.
Kitten Milestone Checker
What should your kitten be doing this week? This week's milestones, next week's preview, and signs worth a vet mention.
Kitten Litter Size Predictor
How many kittens will your cat have? A most-likely number and typical range built on real published studies.
Cat Door & Flap Sizer
Two measurements in, the right flap out — matched to real PetSafe and SureFlap models, with a true-size test template.
Scratching Post & Cat Tree Sizer
Your cat's minimum post height from their own full-stretch length — plus a checker that flags too-short posts before you buy.
Exercise & Playtime Calculator
A daily play range and session schedule for your cat's life stage and breed energy, anchored to published shelter guidance.
Birthday & Gotcha Day Countdown
Days until the big day, days together so far, the age they're turning — and a shareable celebration card.
Pattern vs Breed Checker
Tabby, calico, tuxedo — pattern, colour or breed? The verdict in seconds, plus a tabby subtype key.
What Cat Breed Are You?
Twelve questions matched against real breed trait scores. Twenty breeds can honestly win — one of them is you.
Cat Personality Type Quiz
Twenty questions about your cat's real behaviour, scored on the research-backed Feline Five, with a named type.
Male or Female Cat? Quiz
A lean, not a verdict — plus how much sex actually matters for a neutered pet, and what matters more.
Am I Ready for a Cat?
Twelve honest questions on time, home, money and commitment — with a fix list for whatever isn't ready yet.
See Like a Cat
See your photo in cat vision: two-cone colour, muted saturation, softer sharpness and far better low-light sight.
Cat Meme Maker
Your cat's photo plus your caption — a clean PNG meme in 30 seconds. No watermark, photo never leaves your device.
Cat Sitter Cost Calculator
Drop-ins, house sitting and boarding priced from Rover's published national averages — itemised for your trip.
Travel-with-Cat Checklist Generator
Car, plane, train or staying home — a cat-only checklist on a real timeline, quantities worked out for you.
Vet Visit Prep Checklist
Pick the appointment type and get a two-sided sheet: what to pack and ask, and a page for what your vet said.
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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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