Heartsongs

There is always some drama going on when it comes to landlords and cats. 

Listen, we know that finding an apartment that allows cats can be difficult in some places, but it must be done. Attempting to hide your cat from your landlord is a risk that is generally not worth taking. You never know if the landlord you have will be a decent one or not. If they will be humane about the way that they deal with the situation or ask you for insane things. Maybe they will be an understanding landlord, but seriously, we have seen landlords demand tenants leave after finding out about their cats or asking tenants to declaw their cats to protect their property. 

In our opinion, it is always better to disclose than to take the chance. Your kitties are too important to take that risk. You don't want to end up in a position of having to find an apartment that allows pets in an emergency, not when you have the time and opportunity to move to a place that allows pets in the first place. Of course, sometimes, things happen anyway. And we hope that your situation with your landlord would end in a way that this one ended - strangely funny. 

What a week for the cat distribution system! Here we have a mama cat from the streets just walking on into a woman's home like she owns the place. Luckily, she chose the right home. 

A year ago, a small black-and-white cat showed up and accidentally became part of the family, thanks to a joke that got a little too real.

It all started after a movie night watching The Room. Like many people who experience the film for the first time, the house quickly filled with dramatic impressions of the line "Oh hi, Mark." At one point, while feeding the small colony of outdoor cats they care for, the girlfriend joked that the next cat to show up should be named Mark just so the line could finally be used properly.

A day or two later, a new cat appeared. A little black-and-white guy who looked a bit like a tiny Batman. The moment he showed up, the name was obvious. Mark had arrived.

After checking around for an owner and finding none, it became clear that he wasn't going anywhere. The cat distribution system had spoken again. Once he was brought in and checked out, Mark quickly proved he was more than just a funny name.

Now about two years old, Mark has grown into a clever, playful cat who keeps the whole house busy. He loves to play, especially with his brothers Larry and PatPat, while Bernie, the older cat, prefers to sit those games out. Mark has also earned the role of the household greeter. He's often nearby, watching everything and showing up right when someone walks through the door.

It only takes a plop to make someone fall in love with you. 

It can feel like fate when you find another soul that resembles someone you've known. In the story here, it feels like that kind of serendipitous fate. It's a university student who's just leaving his apartment ground on campus, when he spots a cat who looks like she's not in great shape. She's dirty with fleas on her, but has a beautiful white and brown coat. He approaches her and she's already friendly – she flops immediately, just asking for belly rubs. Then he takes her in. He already has two cats, but he's open to more. He gives her several baths in a matter of a few days, and there's a lot of dirt that comes off of her. He takes her to the vet for their full check up, and he knows she's his forever. He says she reminds him of the cat he had in high school, who he claims is his soulmate cat. It's incredible that they found each other. Read the full story below for all the wholesome and adorable details. 

Get your coats ready, because the crispness radiating from these fabulous pictures is astounding.

It's not every day that you get to witness such phenomenal evidence of the adventuring spirit of cats. Most of our feline friends of the Domestic Cat kind are, well, domestic. They like to cuddle on their human's lap, stealing their body heat. They like to nap on the couch, the bed, or the warm and dry laundry straight out of the dryer. Cats like comfort, stability, and predictability. But not all cats… Some cats are truly adventurous, going on harnessed hikes and experiencing the world as no other cat has ever done before.

This is why every time we encounter cats not only going to the great outdoors - but doing so in the snowy Scottish highlands - we run back here to share the magnificent sight with you all. So let's get to the beautiful matter at hand - meet Bongo and Fifis, who are absolutely stunning standing there with the snowy background all around. Such brave cats, such ameowzing adventurers.

Doing something selfless for a cat is one of the purest ways to show kindness. 

We always say that cats are like family to us and that we would do absolutely anything to make them happy. It is usually things like giving our cats the wet food that they love the most. And it is buying our cats cool cat trees, even though they generally prefer the boxes they come in. And it's getting our cats cool toys, even though they care about them maybe ten percent of the time. It's about spoiling our cats in every way that we can - any way that would keep them happy. 

But even with all of that, we don't think that many people would do for their cat what these three daughters did for their father's cat. After his passing, they got their father's house - and the cat that lived in it. The simplest solution at that point would have been to rehome the cat and decide what to do with the house afterwards. But that is not what they did. They decided to truly treat this cat like family. They decided to keep this house on - keep paying or it, keep maintenance of it - all so that their father's elderly cat could live his retirement in the space that he is used to. And that is what we call kindness. 

Cats don't just choose humans. Sometimes, they choose to adopt friends from other species as well.

We say it all the time. Cats are the ones who choose their families, not the other way around. You think that when you walk into a shelter, looking for a cat to adopt, the outcome is in your hands, but it is not. Whether you walk out of there with a cat or not is entirely in the cats' paws. They might choose you, and they might not. You need to prove yourself worthy first. 

Of course, we don't know the exact way in which we can prove that we are wrothy to them. That is why the cat distribution system still, to this day, catches people off guard. It works in meowsterious ways. But it does always work. And although, more than anything else, cats choose humans to adopt, sometimes, they also choose other animals. 

And it can be any animal. A cat can choose a dog as its best friend, despite their differences, despite the fact that they are known as sworn enemies, despite how different their behaviors are from one another. A cat can choose a bird as its best friend forever, despite the fact that one is prey and one is the opposite, despite the fact that you would never imagine a cat befriending a bird. We have even seen cats choose turtles as best friends, and isn't that a ridiculous combination that you have probably never thought of.

For animals that have such a reputation for being aloof and preferring to be on their own, cats are actually extremely friendly creatures. They are simply friendly only with the creatures that they choose to be friendly with. And honestly, we think that is fair. You would think that we would be incredibly surprised to see the cat in today's video befriend a bunch of sheep in a flock, but no. 

The thing that actually surprised us about this video is not the interspecies friendship. That is something that we have seen quite a few times, both with cats and with other animals. No, what actually surprised us was the cat turning into a little shepherd and leading the flock himself. 

It's not every day you become a purrsonal Uber driver for your clients' cat.

Cats are meowsterious creatures. They can find their way into the tiniest of spaces, can disappear for hours in your own house, and love to show up in the most random places. After a few scary experiences, this has taught us to always check to make sure we know where the cat is before leaving the house. It's now a second nature; we check for our wallet, keys, ID, and cat. We're pretty sure the family in our video below is going to do the same now! However, it wasn't even the family who noticed their cat was gone, it was their realtor, who was surprised to find a secret stowaway on her roof!

While driving out of the neighborhood, she heard someone screaming at her. She rolled down her windows and heard, "You have a cat on your car!", and she absolutely did. While looking for the purrfect spot to sunbathe, her clients' cat climbed onto the roof of her car, and stayed there, confused, as she drove away. Thank goodness someone noticed, or else that kitty might have gone for the ride of its life. 

The realtor drove the kitty back to his pawrents' house, VIP style. He got hand-delivered to his owners, who laughed the whole thing off. Thankfully, no cats were lost or hurt, but this one did get the fanciest Uber ride any cat has ever gotten. Watch the whole hissterical video below!

There are moments during the day when focusing feels nearly impossible. That's usually the perfect time for a quick scroll through some delightfully ridiculous cat memes. Cats have a special talent for being dramatic, chaotic, and unintentionally hilarious. These 25 silly cat memes celebrate all the strange little things that make cats such internet icons. Consider this your perfectly reasonable excuse for a short meme break.