Welcome to Tuga the Cat! I am a professional Technical Writer sharing practical advice and daily experiences from raising three adult cats. This blog provides clear, easy-to-follow guides on feline care, behavior, and daily maintenance. Whether you need tips on managing large breeds, optimizing their environment, or choosing the best tech accessories for your pets, you will find well-researched and actionable advice right here. https://www.youtube.com/@TugatheCat
2 hours ago 3 minute read 2 comments TugaTheCat
Tuga does not have "food". She has the bowl in the kitchen, the biscuits in the cupboard she has never successfully opened, half a sachet in the fridge, and a piece of chicken she stole and hid behind the sofa in a moment of opportunism. If you asked...
23 hours ago 3 minute read 0 comments TugaTheCat
The cruellest toy ever invented is the laser pointer, and cats cannot beat it. Tuga knows the sofa, the garden, the neighbour's shed and the precise sound of the treat drawer — but put a red dot on the wall and every piece of that knowledge evaporate...
25 Aug 2026 4 minute read 0 comments TugaTheCat
The street cats I feed took months to trust me. Not days — months. The first few weeks I put food down and walked away, and they ate only once I was out of sight. The bold one came first. The careful one still keeps a hedge between us, five years in,...
24 Aug 2026 3 minute read 0 comments TugaTheCat
When I put food out for the street cats, there is no queue. There is a shape. The bold ones eat first, the patient ones eat second, and the one who hangs back near the hedge eats whatever is left, which on a good night is plenty and on a bad night is...
22 Aug 2026 3 minute read 1 comment TugaTheCat
A young cat pounces at the first twitch in the grass. She is fast, committed, and wrong most of the time — because the twitch was wind, or because the mouse had already registered her intention and left. An older cat watches the same twitch, does not...
21 Aug 2026 3 minute read 0 comments TugaTheCat
When I put food out for the street cats, there is no queue. There is a shape. The bold ones eat first, the patient ones eat second, and the one who hangs back near the hedge eats whatever is left, which on a good night is plenty and on a bad night is...
20 Aug 2026 3 minute read 1 comment TugaTheCat
Tuga cannot read a clock and does not need one. She arrives at the kitchen at the same time every evening with an accuracy that makes me slightly uncomfortable, because she has internalised a schedule she has no ability to describe. The schedule is n...
19 Aug 2026 3 minute read 0 comments TugaTheCat
There is a reason cats bury things, and it isn't tidiness. In the wild, a scent trail is a data leak. It tells anything larger than you where you have been, how often, and roughly when to expect you back. Burying is not shame. It's operational securi...
18 Aug 2026 3 minute read 0 comments TugaTheCat
A cat does not come running when the food appears. A cat comes running when the cupboard opens. Tuga is three rooms away, apparently unconscious, and the sound of a specific drawer brings her through the house at a speed she never demonstrates in any...
18 Aug 2026 4 minute read 0 comments TugaTheCat
Cats are famously bad at contingency planning. Tuga sleeps in the middle of the garden path with her belly exposed, having made no arrangements whatsoever for the possibility of rain, dogs, or the postman. She gets away with it because the myth grant...
