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If your cat has one rule, it's 'up is better'. This tall tree has tiered platforms to choose from, a little enclosed condo for the days they'd rather disappear, and jute posts for a proper morning stretch.

It's the sensible first cat tree: plain, sturdy for its price, and in a neutral grey that doesn't shout at your sofa. Our tip: put it where your cat can watch the room and a window — a tree in a corner nobody visits is a tree nobody climbs.

A good scratching post is tall enough for a full stretch, and this one is, wrapped in thick sisal rope — the texture most cats like for vertical scratching. Around it you get a ball track to chase, hanging balls to bat (they unhook for floor play), a spring wand, and a bristle groomer your cat can rub against for a self-service back scratch.

That's a lot of entertainment in one corner, which is exactly what indoor cats need between your meetings.

Indian flats are short on floor and long on walls, so this climber uses the wall. It mounts into a corner and gives your cat three cushioned levels and a lookout perch with a little backrest, while the floor below stays free.

The two jute-wrapped poles are our favourite part. Cats scratch to stretch their whole back and keep their claws in shape, and a post at the right height is the kindest way to save the sofa. Fix it beside a window and you've built an observation deck for the pigeon show.

Plan a weekend afternoon for it: it needs drilling into a solid wall.

Travel days with a cat are busy: the carrier, the food, the medicines, the vet file. Clip this small tag to the carrier or the bag that holds it all, and your phone can ring it (it has a loud built-in speaker) or show where it was last seen.

It works with Android (Google Find Hub) or iPhone (Apple Find My), one at a time. Away from your phone it relies on other people's phones passing nearby, so the location updates now and then rather than live.

It isn't a GPS pet tracker, and on a cat's collar it's too bulky and its coin battery is a swallowing risk. For your cat, the real lost-and-found kit is a microchip, a breakaway ID collar and a netted balcony.

Some cats travel better when they can watch the world go by; others want a cave. If yours is the nosy kind, this capsule backpack turns the carrier into a porthole: a clear front, ventilation holes and a breathable mesh side panel.

Carry it on your back or by the top handle, which keeps your hands free for the auto, the clinic door and the paperwork.

India-specific advice: a clear shell in direct sun warms up quickly. Keep it in the shade, open the mesh side on warm days, and never leave it in a parked car.