{"id":49989,"date":"2026-11-08T14:35:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T13:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/happy-cat-happy-home-pet-experts-share-10-ways-to-have-your-feline-friend-living-their-best-nine-lives\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T14:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T13:35:25","slug":"happy-cat-happy-home-pet-experts-share-10-ways-to-have-your-feline-friend-living-their-best-nine-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/happy-cat-happy-home-pet-experts-share-10-ways-to-have-your-feline-friend-living-their-best-nine-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy cat, happy home! Pet experts share 10 ways to have your feline friend living their best (nine) lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cats<\/a> can be masters of playing it cool but even the most independent feline<\/a> has ways of showing when they feel safe and sound<\/a> at home. <\/p>\n

From snoozing on the sofa to confidently prowling room to room, your cat may be dropping some pretty big hints<\/a> when things are going well. <\/p>\n

Here are 10 ways to make your cat feel right at home and safe enough to live their best (nine) lives, according to experts.<\/p>\n

1. Start with one room<\/p>\n

Give your cat a quiet space to settle in before introducing them to the rest of the home. Dr. Raymond Spragley<\/a>, a veterinarian, recommends starting small.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Relaxed body language, playful behavior and a willingness to interact can all signal that your cat feels safe and at home (Reuters)<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t give the cat run of the house on day one. Set up one quiet room with food, water, a litter box, a bed, and a hiding spot,\u201d Spragley told The Independent<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet them settle in there for a few days. Once they\u2019re eating,<\/p>\n

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Cats can be masters of playing it cool but even the most independent feline has ways of showing when they feel safe and sound at home. From snoozing on the sofa to confidently prowling room to room, your cat may be dropping some pretty big hints when things are going well. Here are 10 ways<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":49990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[708,36],"class_list":["post-49989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-netbuzz","tag-lifestyle","tag-mixtv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}