In the game
Your kitten
Pick a kitten at the shelter or build your own in the builder: breed, coat, markings, eyes, character. Give it a name.
You can play as a guest: the cat lives on your phone. An account keeps it safe and opens friends and contests.
Seven needs
Water, food, litter box, fur, claws, health and sleep are the circles at the bottom of the screen. Green is fine, yellow soon, red now.
Tap a circle to look after that need; hold it to see how the cat is doing.
Feeding
Hold the button and pour up to the green line: that is the portion the cat eats now. More is overeating, and the cat puts on weight.
There are dry and wet foods in several flavours. The cat remembers what it likes, and its favourites make it happier.
Water and the litter box
Pour out stale water, scrub the bowl and fill it to the line. With stale water the cat drinks less.
Scoop the clumps and keep litter in the box: clay, silica, wood or tofu. An empty or dirty box means a puddle somewhere else.
Brushing and claws
Brush along the fur and tease out the mats; long-haired cats tangle faster.
Trim only the clear tip of each claw, never the pink part.
Health and the vet
Keep the needs green and the cat stays healthy. Check-ups and vaccinations are in the vet clinic (Menu → Cat).
Fur on the sofa and puddles count too: tidy the flat.
Day, night and time away
The cat sleeps at night and naps by day; a sleeping cat's needs wait for it. A game day lasts about 2.5 minutes (you can slow time down in Settings).
When the game is closed, the cat lives on in real time and gets hungry and thirsty. Smart things from the shop (an auto-feeder, a fountain, a self-cleaning box) look after it.
The flat
Four rooms and, from level 3, a balcony with a garden. Switch rooms with the arrows or a swipe; a paw on an arrow shows where the cat is.
The cat walks about by itself. Some things, like the litter box and the bowls, can be moved.
Coins, tasks and levels
Care, daily and weekly tasks, the daily gift and games give coins and experience. Each new level gives coins and gifts and opens games, rooms and new things in the shop.
Games
Match three, Pairs, Catch the fish and Defend the bowl open with levels 1, 2, 6 and 4. Each game has 3 energy; one comes back every hour.
Rounds last 60 or 120 seconds (Match three also 180), Defend the bowl also goes on endlessly. Your best rounds go to the weekly records.
Style
Outfits, hats, collars and backpacks for the cat; professions give a bonus as a full set; animal costumes just look cute.
Decorate every room: floors, walls, furniture, whole décor collections.
Friends
With an account: add friends, visit their cats, pet them and send gifts, chat, enter the weekly cat contest and the league.
Real cat care
The game's guide to a real cat. This is general advice: always ask a vet about your own cat's health.
The first days at home
- Give the kitten a quiet room with a litter box, water, food and a bed. Open up the rest of the home gradually.
- Don't pick it up by force: let it come to you. Settling in can take from a few days to a few weeks.
- Check that the kitten eats, drinks and uses the litter box.
- Book a first vet check-up within the first weeks.
Food
- Feed good food for the cat's age: "kitten" food until about one year, then adult food.
- Kittens eat more often (3–4 times a day), adults usually twice. Take the portion from the pack and check with your vet.
- Switch food gradually over 7–10 days, mixing it with the old one: a sudden change upsets digestion.
- No cow's milk: most adult cats digest lactose poorly.
- Never: onion, garlic, chocolate, coffee, grapes and raisins, alcohol, raw dough, xylitol, cooked bones.
- Don't leave wet food in the bowl for long: it goes off within a few hours.
Water
- Fresh water must always be there. Change it daily and wash the bowl.
- Cats often drink too little: a fountain and wet food help.
- Keep water away from food, ideally in several places around the home.
Litter box
- Rule of thumb: one more litter box than you have cats.
- Scoop daily. Replace all the litter and wash the box every 1–2 weeks (depends on the litter).
- Put the box somewhere quiet, away from food.
- If the cat goes outside the box, it may be cleanliness, the litter or health (e.g. cystitis). See a vet.
Fur and claws
- Brush short-haired cats weekly and long-haired cats several times a week or daily to prevent mats.
- Brush more during shedding: the cat swallows less fur.
- Trim only the clear tip of the claw, never the pink part with blood vessels. If unsure, ask a vet or groomer to show you.
- A scratching post is a must: tall, sturdy, near where the cat sleeps.
- Cats rarely need baths, only if they get very dirty.
Play and attention
- Play 2–3 times a day for 10–15 minutes: wands, balls and toy mice mimic hunting.
- End the game with a "catch", then feed: this settles the cat.
- Don't play with hands and feet: the kitten will learn to bite.
- Cats need height and hiding places: shelves, cat houses, boxes.
Health
- Vaccines: kittens are usually vaccinated from 8–9 weeks with a booster 3–4 weeks later, then as your vet advises. Rabies vaccination follows local rules.
- Treat for worms and fleas regularly, as your vet advises (and before vaccinations).
- Spaying or neutering is often done from about 5–6 months. Discuss the timing with your vet.
- A microchip helps find a lost cat.
- A check-up once a year, more often for older cats.
- Never give human medicine: paracetamol and ibuprofen are poisonous to cats.
Safety at home
- Cat-proof screens on windows: falls from height are a very common injury.
- Check the washing machine and cupboards before closing them: cats love to climb in.
- Lilies are deadly to cats, even the pollen. Check your other house plants for toxicity too.
- Put away thread, hair ties, tinsel and small objects: cats swallow them.
- Cats adore plastic bags, but the handles are a tangle risk: cut them off or put bags away.
- Keep household chemicals and medicines in a closed cupboard.
See a vet urgently if…
- The cat strains but can't pee or poo (especially male cats). This is an emergency.
- Hasn't eaten for over a day (a kitten for over 12 hours) or isn't drinking.
- Repeated vomiting, blood in urine or stool, severe diarrhoea.
- Laboured breathing, open-mouth breathing, pale or bluish gums.
- Severe lethargy, seizures, an injury or a fall from height.
- Suspected poisoning: lilies, medicines, chemicals.