Does your cat wake you up at night?
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The polls
The great cat debates, settled by majority vote. One vote per member, live results, hot takes welcome (encouraged, even, on Cookie's topics).
Your answers feed our articles: when a guide cites "most of our members", one of these polls is speaking, never an invented number.
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Behavior
Night wake-ups, scratched sofas, hunting trophies: the truth from the field, for Tess's guides.
What does your cat actually scratch?
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Has your cat ever brought you a present?
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Everyday life
Sleep, outings, litter, playtime: real life with a cat, as told by Zoe.
Where does your cat actually sleep?
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Does your cat go outside?
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How many litter boxes do you have, for how many cats?
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Health
Vet visits, insurance, spaying and neutering, weight: real habits, for Priya's deep dives.
How often does your cat see a vet?
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Is your cat insured?
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Is your cat spayed or neutered?
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Food
Kibble, wet food, fountains and treats: the great debate, in numbers.
The great debate: wet food or kibble?
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How many meals a day does your cat get?
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Where does your cat drink?
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Adoption
Where your cats come from, at what age, on what criteria: the raw material for Nora's stories.
Where did your cat come from?
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How old was your cat when they came home?
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What decided it for you?
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Budget
What a cat really costs per month, reported by the people paying the bills.
What do you spend on your cat each month, in US dollars or the rough local equivalent?
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The most useless thing you have ever bought your cat?
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Do you budget for your cat, or wing it?
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The great debates
Bad faith, household authority and other matters Cookie considers crucial.
Who actually runs your household?
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Is it acceptable to dress a cat?
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Cats or dogs, one answer only
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Suggest a poll
A question you're dying to ask a whole community of cat lovers? Send it in: if it's picked, the editorial team turns it into a poll and you'll get an email.
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Our method
One vote per signed-in member, locked at the database level: no ballot stuffing possible. Results show to those who voted, and they're the real counts, no rounding up, no head start. When a poll is cited in an article, so are its date and voter count. And if a result doesn't suit us, we cite it anyway: that's the whole point.
Frequently asked questions
Who can vote in the polls?
Signed-in members only, with one vote per poll per person: that's what makes the results reliable. Creating an account is free, no password needed.
What are the poll results used for?
They feed our articles with real numbers: when a guide says most of our members sleep with their cat, that's the matching poll speaking, never an invented figure. Results appear once you've voted: you vote first, then you see the numbers. And we hold ourselves to a floor: a poll is only ever quoted as a percentage in an article once it has passed 100 votes, always with the number of voters and the date beside it. Below that the result stays on this page, where you can see for yourself how many people have answered.
Can I suggest a poll?
Yes: the "Suggest a poll" form is at the bottom of this page, open to members who have set a username and a profile photo. If your question is picked, the editorial team turns it into a poll, it joins its theme, and you get an email.