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We will shortly be launching our fantastic Valerian and Catnip toys to the UK market. A Cat toy Company with history.

We at 4Cats are a family run business that specialises in high quality valerian and catnip toys. For the catnip toys we use a special formula of catnip that is our own creation and we call it 4catsnip. Through long testing and trialling we found that this particular mixture works especially well even for cats that usually don’t react to catnip at all! While we won’t disclose our special recipe we

can certainly tell you that it is 100% organic and high quality catnip. All of our cat toys are made in Germany in our premises in Stolberg by Aachen. We only use high quality ingredients and material and all toys undergo the highest quality assurance to ensure that customers are satisfied and their cats will have long lasting fun and entertainment with them. Idea, design, prototyping, programming of the lasers and the sewing machines are equally made by us, like sewing, filling and packing. The fleece used in our toys is OEKO TEX 100 certified, the wadding inside is also OEKO Tex 100 certified, and this also applies to the yarn that we use for the stitching. The shapes are cut with a CO² Laser to ensure precision for each one of our designs. What’s even better any of the toys that have minor issues such as wonky stitching or colour variances are used by us to support cat charities in both Germany and UK by providing these to charitable organisations free of charge! It is our belief that every cat deserves a home and while they are waiting for their forever place why not help them pass the waiting time with one of our fantastic toys. Additionally we recently signed an agreement with EezyEat4Pets to become the exclusive worldwide distribution partner of their latest generation of Elizabethan collars the “Pet Airs”which thanks to a unique design make it simple and easy for your pet to continue to eat while preventing them from messing with wounds! The brand new Pet Airs version is a unique design that will be shown for the first time in the UK at this pet show. Our History:
So how did it all start? Many years ago the mother of our current head of the company, Markus Friedrich, wanted to support our local cat rescue and started stitching little pillows with valerian filling for cats, these made it into three local pet shops and were sold as a “good cause” to raise money for charity. As time went by Markus Friedrich realised that cat toys could be something better and more important than the usual little extra on a trip to the pet shop or as in the case of his mother a way of raising money for charity! And this was how he together with his partner Marion Hamacher came up with the idea to produce cat toys in ever increasing quantities. In Germany alone some of the leading large pet retail chains now stock our toys but it doesn’t just stop there, we even export to Japan, Taiwan, Turkey and of course now also the UK!

11/12/2021

Come visit us at the Abba TICA cat show in ryton on dunsmore in the Sports Connexion - Coventry & Warwickshire leisure center today and tomorrow!

Some fabulous show offers on our toys.

27/07/2020

30/06/2020

Who says you need four paws to have fun with your toy?

And our sturdy strings are purrfect to fling about the toy. 🥰

09/06/2020

A little blast from the past... our visit to the Orlando cat cafe. :)

02/06/2020

Will you join us at the Virtual Petindex show in June?

We will be on hand to tell you all about our range of cat toys and the newest developments. :)

28/05/2020

Now if this isn’t a super happy cat 😀

One of our valerian cuddly hearts to make a nice warm late spring day even better. 😉

Isn’t Sean with his cuddly heart by 4cats absolutely adorable?

Available in our online shop here -> https://katzenworld.shop/product/4cats-cuddly-heart-cat-toy/

Thank you to his mum for sending him in. 🙂

19/05/2020

Take aim... jump... and attack! 😆

Have your furfriends had a chance to try out our premium cat wrestler yet? :D

14/05/2020

When you really need to relax and unwind? Time for one of our rustling cushions. 😉

27/04/2020

Always great to see how much fun cats have with our toys. 🙂

21/04/2020

Vanessa

Our valerian cuddly cushion is so good that you just have to steal it from the cat! ;)

Das Baldrian schmusekissen ist so toll dass man es der Katze klauen muss um selbst damit zu spielen 🤫

15/04/2020

A very useful infographic to help us all in the current times! Thanks to the Pet Industry Federation - PIF for producing this one!

09/04/2020

We wish you all a long relaxing Easter weekend.

See you Tuesday. :-)

25/03/2020

And for midweek an adorable photo of Tin who is 7 years old. :)

Would you like to see your cat on our wall? Share your photos today! :D

24/03/2020

And our guest star of the evening? Casimir!

Share your photos with us today for a chance to appear on our wall. :D

23/03/2020

Manni in his sleeping position!

Have you got a photo you’d like us to share? Leave a comment today! 😀

20/03/2020

For the weekend a super cute photo of Eddy who likes to be right in the middle!

Now share your photos with us for a chance to feature on our wall. :)

19/03/2020

To help us all brighten our day here are the cats of the day!

On the back... Kimba and behind Leo :)

Share your photos for a chance to feature as cat of the day!

18/03/2020

To brighten everyone's day we are starting a cat of the day section!

Share your photos and let us know as many details you'd like to share about your soulmate. :)

Today we are starting with Klaus from Germany. :D

18/03/2020

Louis Catorze also known as the sun king has been using our Pet Airs “cone of shame” for a whole three weeks now!

Please join us in wishing him a swift recovery.

Louis Catorze has been Côned for almost three weeks – far longer than any of us expected or wanted – in which time he has managed to do the following: – Escape over the fence into…

17/03/2020

How to spend a relaxed day in the office! 😉

Who else is working from home with their kitties? 😀

12/03/2020

Heute Nachmittag haben wir nochmal ein paar Fotos von unseren Zoo Projekten für euch.

Diese wurden im Kölner Zoo gemacht und wie man sieht mögen die Großen unsere Spielzeuge und Boxen genauso gerne wie die Kleinen. ;)

12/03/2020

Only small cats play with toys? Think again! Some of the great photos of our zoo enrichment projects.

These were taken in the zoo in cologne. :)

06/03/2020

We wish you all a relaxing weekend!

Get some rest like this adorable tiger. 😉

05/03/2020

What do your cats do when you hide their snacks? ;)

04/03/2020

For Wednesday evening we have a lovely video of Yuna with one of our cuddly cushion.

It was especially adorable when she pawed our toy. ☺️

28/02/2020

Have a great weekend everyone! :-)

24/02/2020

"Is this all for me? :O"

We love getting videos and photos from shelters we support! This one was posted by Stichting Poezenhaven :)

21/02/2020

And it’s time for the weeeeekeeend. 😉

Have a nice and relaxing one! 😀

20/02/2020

These two lovelies had a chance to get their paws on our heart toys from the Cat Hampurr gift box. 🙂

17/02/2020

Ah don’t worry little one. Monday’s are not that bad plus Monday is almost over. 😉

14/02/2020

Have a fabulous weekend everyone! :-)

See you Monday!

13/02/2020

What a fabulous photo of our Cuddly Heart! Thank you Taubertalperser - Perser vom Taubertal

Ratet mal wer keine Lust hatte auf Fotos dieses Wochenende nach der Doppelgängernummer ;-)

11/02/2020

Do you think Oliver realised he was photographed in such a revealing position while enjoying his cuddly cushion? 😉

10/02/2020

Look at Mozart from Catspad who received a little surprise box of our cat toys.

05/02/2020

Doesn't Oliver look especially happy with his 4catsnip Premium Rustling Cushion? :D

30/01/2020

Box heaven. 😉

Heute haben wir ein ganz tolles Paket von 4cats Heimtierbedarf GmbH mit Testprodukten erhalten.

Das heißt ich hoffe es ist ein tolles Paket, ich kann nicht nachgucken ich habe ein Handicap mit den Namen Dividi & Gwenni 😂😂😂😂😂

27/01/2020

Here is a little video of one of the cats we met in Egypt.

Find out more about cats in ancient Egypt in our blog post: https://4cats.blog/2020/01/17/cats-in-egypt/

17/01/2020

Do you know why cats were so revered in ancient Egypt?

Find out more in our blog post! Plus we went to Egypt with a few little presents for today's felines. :)

English Post | German Post Cats in Egypt – nowadays it is impossible to imagine life in Egypt without them. But actually, they were worshipped relatively late. The late period of Ancient Egyp…

14/01/2020

Amazing photos from Taubertalperser - Perser vom Taubertal with our new cuddly heart. 🥰

03/01/2020

Only a little bit longer to go. ;)

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

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Here is a little video of one of the cats we met in Egypt. Find out more about cats in ancient Egypt in our blog post: https://4cats.blog/2020/01/17/cats-in-egypt/

A short video from us at Hamerton Zoo Park. One of their Tigers playing with a big version of our toys. :D

Here’s Jack the cat having fun with a cuddly cushion. He normally spends most of his time outside at our friend’s place in the country. He can always be tempted inside with a valerian toy 😺

4cats at cat cafe in Ueno!

The next time at a rescue cat Cat Cafe we might need to bring a few more cuddly cushions along. ;)

Live at the Bengal cat club show.

First time in the snow for Jack

Following on from our earlier post, here's our friend's cat, Jack, investigating the snow in his territory for the first time...

This little kitty is most definitely enjoying the catnip gifts that I took with me to Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium last week

Today it's time for a video of a cat with our toys! :D Thank you so much Clare Hemington for this cute video of Sheldon #cats

Judging of cats. Each cat is checked on the health of their coat, eyes and teeth. How they react to toys and other factors to determine the best in breed. #cats

The finalising of a judging. Silver cat for second in breed gold cat for first in breed. We will be posting more later.

Did you know that not just house cats like catnip and valerian? In fact valerian and other cat attracts have been used as lures for large cats for a very long time. We've done a little research project with this in the Zoo in Cologne and well the results speak for themselves. :)

Even the a shy cat will come out from her hiding spot for our valerian toys. Normally this cute calico will hide behind her cupboard when visitors arrive. But our valerian toys will lure her out! We can even forgive her for not kicking our Cat Wrestler and instead licking and pushing it around. ;) #cats

We hope everyone is enjoying their saturday! And also check out this video of our toys. :D #cats

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A cat toy company with history.

We at 4cats are a family run business that specialises in high quality valerian and catnip toys. For the catnip toys we use a special formula of catnip that is our own creation and we call it 4catsnip. Through long testing and trialling we found that this particular mixture works especially well even for cats that usually don’t react to catnip at all! While we won’t disclose our special recipe we can certainly tell you that it is 100% organic and of high quality. All of our cat toys are 100% designed, made and packed in Germany in our premises in Stolberg by Aachen. We only use high quality ingredients and material and all toys undergo the highest quality assurance to ensure that customers are satisfied and their cats will have long lasting fun and entertainment with them. Idea, design, prototyping, programming of the lasers and the sewing machines are equally made by us, like sewing, filling and packing. The fleece and wadding used for our toys is OEKO TEX 100 certified and this also applies to the yarn that we use for the stitching.

For toys with shapes cut out we use a CO² Laser to ensure precision for each one of our designs. What’s even better any of the toys that have minor issues such as wonky stitching or colour variances are used by us to support cat charities around the world by providing these to these charitable organisations free of charge! It is our belief that every cat deserves a home and while they are waiting for their forever place why not help them pass the waiting time with one of our fantastic toys. Additionally we recently signed an agreement with EezyEat4Pets to become the exclusive worldwide distribution partner of their latest generation of Elizabethan collars the “Pet Airs”which thanks to a unique design make it simple and easy for your pet to continue to eat while preventing them from messing with wounds!

Our History: So how did it all start? Many years ago the mother of our current head of the company, Markus Friedrich, wanted to support our local cat rescue and started stitching little pillows with valerian filling for cats, these made it into three local pet shops and were sold as a “good cause” to raise money for charity. As time went by Markus Friedrich realised that cat toys could be something better and more important than the usual little extra on a trip to the pet shop or as in the case of his mother a way of raising money for charity! And this was how he together with his partner Marion Hamacher came up with the idea to produce cat toys in ever increasing quantities. In Germany alone some of the leading large pet retail chains now stock our toys but it doesn’t just stop there, we even export to Japan, Taiwan, Turkey and of course now also the UK!