Do You Deserve Your Cat? Take the Quiz

Printed 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 Needs You to Know. Every “sure” response is price one level.

1. I’ve had my cat spayed or neutered.
2. I by no means depart my cat exterior unattended. (Give your self two factors in case you have 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 service and my veterinarian’s quantity helpful.
6. I do know the indicators of painful, life-threatening urinary tract infections and that if I see them, it’s 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 day-after-day, even once I’m busy.
9. I all the time keep in mind to convey house a gift for my cat, even when it’s as small and cheap as a paper bag, a leaf, or a pinecone.
10. I’d by no means give my cat aspirin or Tylenol. (Only one Tylenol can kill a cat.)
11. I by no means enable 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 attempting 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 demise.
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 tackle tag.
17. I’d 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 if you happen to had been horrified.)
18. I by no means board my cat once I go on trip and as an alternative prepare for a dependable pet-sitter who has handed an intensive background verify. (Give your self two factors if you happen to by no means go on trip!)
19. I by no means enable the veterinarian to maintain my cat in a single day—except my cat is at an emergency clinic or animal hospital the place animals are attended to all evening.
20. I’d 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 another furnishings—however I’d throw or push off anybody who did!
23. I’d by no means give away my cat—except I turned incapacitated, terminally unwell, imprisoned, or deployed abroad.

24. I give my cat recent 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 once I depart or to announce myself once I get again house.

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

How Did You Rating?

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

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