Educational Hub
To make FelinaForge the most trusted source for indoor-cat living, while also driving customers toward problem-based shopping categories.
Vertical Territory & Indoor Environment Design
(The strongest area of authority)
Articles recommended:
A. Vertical Territory 101: Why Climbing Changes a Cat’s Life
The science of height, space, and territorial confidence—plus the real reason your cat thinks the top of your refrigerator is a penthouse.
If your cat sprints up a bookcase, balances on a curtain rod, and surveys the room like a tiny landlord collecting rent, you don’t have a “bad cat.” You have a cat doing exactly what their biology expects: securing territory, controlling distance, and staying emotionally regulated through elevation.
Here’s the academically backed truth: vertical territory is not “extra.” It’s foundational. When you add climbing routes and perches, you’re not just adding furniture—you’re changing how your cat feels inside your home.
Cat Behavior & Problem Solving
(A giant conversion engine for “Shop by Problem)
Articles recommended:
A. Why Your Cat is Bored Indoors (Signs & Solutions)
Step-by-step design for tiny spaces—so your cat stops treating your furniture like a public climbing wall.
Small apartment life has a predictable arc:
- 1. You adopt a cat.
- 2. You feel joy.
3. Your cat immediately claims the highest point in your home (usually the top of the fridge) and looks down on your decisions.
Here’s the good news: cats don’t need “more space” as much as they need better space. And science-backed feline welfare guidance is clear on the essentials: cats need safe places (often elevated), perches/shelves, and the ability to retreat and control distance. (CatCentric)
This article gives you a step-by-step blueprint for building a cat-friendly layout in a studio or small apartment—without turning your home into a pet store aisle.
Litter Science & Home Hygiene
(Perfect for your TufoLit brand)
Articles recommended:
How to use perches, shelves, and escape routes to reduce tension—without turning your home into a feline reality TV show.
If you live with multiple cats, you’ve seen it: the hallway stare-down, the “accidental” shoulder check, the silent blocking of the litter box like it’s a nightclub with a strict door policy. It can look personal. It’s usually not.
Most multi-cat conflict is architecture, not attitude.
The science-backed “wow” insight is this: cats don’t primarily negotiate conflict with diplomacy—they negotiate with distance, choice, and escape options. When the environment forces them into narrow traffic lanes or shared chokepoints, tension increases. When you build vertical routes and distribute resources, harmony becomes dramatically more likely. The AAFP/ISFM environmental guidelines emphasize providing multiple and separated key resources (food, water, toileting, resting, scratching) specifically to reduce stress and competition—especially in multi-cat homes. (PMC)
This article shows you exactly how to design your space—step by step—so your cats can “time share” territory instead of fighting for it.
Wellness & Daily Enrichment Routines
Articles recommended:
Floor → Mid-height → High perches
A science-backed way to make indoor cats calmer, more confident, and dramatically less likely to treat your home like a parkour course.
If you’ve ever watched your cat sprint from the couch to the counter to the top of the fridge like they’re chasing an invisible villain, here’s the punchline: your cat is not being chaotic—your space is.
Cats don’t experience your apartment as “small” or “big.” They experience it as either:
- · well-layered territory (safe, navigable, predictable), or
- · flat and congested (stressful, boring, conflict-prone).
The “3 Levels of Territory” framework is how you turn a flat home into a cat-appropriate environment—using principles that align with feline welfare science and clinical behavior guidance.
