KissKiss has been with us for one year, and we’re celebrating her 16th birthday!
KissKiss is a very sweet cat, just like her name implies — but when we thought about what she might want for her birthday, we were a bit stumped. Aside from being adopted, she’s got everything she could want: her adoption fee is sponsored, she’s got an adorable flower costume and matching penguin friend, and she even has a beautiful portrait that will go with her when she finds a home.
KissKiss also has exquisite taste! Since the only thing she really needs is an adopter, she’s offered to “donate” her Sweet Sixteen to her Cat Town cat friends. We’ve put together a list of KissKiss-approved supplies to help all of our cats share in her favorite things!
If you’d like to celebrate her birthday with us, please consider purchasing some of her recommendations for the other wonderful cats in our care! You can find them all on our wish lists at Amazon and Chewy.
Supplies to Stay in Good Health
As a senior gal, KissKiss takes her health seriously. That means she puts a high premium on staying hydrated and maintaining her digestive health. Knowing that our other senior cats like Oats and Grits, Emilio, McKenzie, and Parmesan can benefit from following her example, here are her picks for staying healthy!
Fortiflora is not only good for gut health, it tastes great, and can help entice cats to eat more.
Digestive Enzymes are great for gut health, too, and because they come in a big tub, it makes it easy to share this supply with all the cats at our Adoption Center.
Hydra Care keeps a cat’s hydration game on point! It’s especially helpful for cats with kidney disease, which is so common in senior cats like her.
Special Food and Treats
KissKiss knows that it’s never fun to have your dinner plans spoiled by yucky food, so she’s recommending the good stuff to encourage our fussy eaters to dig in!
Fussie Cat wet food is great for cats with particular tastes, like Neblina. It’s important that these cats keep their weight up by eating enough, and when food is extra delicious, we can even hide their medication in their meals!
Freeze-dried shrimp can be invaluable when cats are tricky to medicate, like Merlot and Tahiti. With choosy cats like these, we try lots of different flavors to see what they find irresistible. If we can hide their medication in something they really enjoy, it makes it a stress-free experience for the cats (and for our staff).
Churu is more than a special treat — for shy cats, and cats like Quilt who take medication, it’s an invaluable tool! Churu helps us build trust in shy cats, and it can help earn trust back when cats need to take medication they dislike. KissKiss knows how important it is to stay on top of medication, so this was an easy pick for her.
Important Equipment
The best things in life are often food — which means essential equipment can fall by the wayside. But older cats need to keep their weight up (as well as their water intake), which means we need to include less exciting stuff on her birthday list, too.
Water fountains ensure that water flows, so it stays fresh and tasty for foster cats like Rudy and McKenzie. We never have enough of these, so KissKiss suggested we get a few more.
Cardboard scratchers are king for Cat Town’s cats! But because we deep clean our facility on the regular, we go through them quickly. That’s especially true when we have cats undergoing medical treatment for contagious afflictions like ringworm. We can never, ever ever have enough of these!
Scales ensure we know if kittens are gaining enough weight, or if cats with medical needs are losing weight at an unhealthy pace. These flat scales make it easy to lure cats on top, so they work really well for keeping everyone’s weight in check.
Toys!
KissKiss may be 16, but she still loves to have a good time. These are her favorite toys, and we’re pretty sure other cats will like them just as much.
Da Bird wand toys are great for active cats like Yosemite! The way they fly through the air is simply too tempting, and cats will leap after them to burn off lots of playful energy quickly.
Tunnels help shy cats like Toast and Jam come out of their shells. When guests play with wand toys at a tunnel’s edge, shy cats will venture out little by little to try to catch their prey!
LickiMats are great for cats who need more stimulation (or need to eat slower). If a cat wants to play while you’re scoping their litter, a LickiMat can keep them distracted. If a cat is still too nervous to play with people, a LickiMat can help them get the mental stimulation they need on their own.
We’re grateful to KissKiss for her wisdom and expertise on all the finest things a cat could ever want — and for donating her birthday to her friends at Cat Town. If you’d like to give her an even better gift and adopt this little lady, learn more about her and complete an Adoption Inquiry form to ask for a meeting!
Photos of KissKiss by David Yeung