1. Since I don’t currently live with any cats, I’m sometimes compelled to be a doting cat aunty and gift toys to the felines of friends and family. A favorite of mine are the Yeowww! Stinkies Catnip Sardines. (My cats used to go crazy over these and lick them until they were soggy. Gross.)

From turning into stoned fur-zombies to becoming instant toy eviscerators, cats have different reactions to catnip — and a small percentage, none at all. When I gave one of the sardines to a former colleague for his cat, Sofia, he said she doesn’t really react to catnip. The next day he told me she had been a cat possessed; she loved it. Each of the colorful fishies is packed with organic Yeowww! catnip.

The 3-inch Stinkies come in a handy slide-top tin (read: impenetrable to cat claws and teeth looking for a ’nip fix) or can be purchased individually. The three-pack tin is about $8 at chewy.com and other pet-supply websites.

— E. Clarke Reilly, Star-Advertiser

2. After 11 years of marriage, I think I’ve finally found the perfect gift for my hard-to-shop-for husband. Custom socks by Divvy Up allow customers to upload up to three photos of a loved one or beloved pet to its website, divvyupsocks.com, to create a personalized pair.

I knew my husband would love this heather-gray pair featuring our pup Lily because of its practicality, style and sentimental value. It also made me feel good to learn that the company donates a pair of socks to homeless shelters across the country for every pair sold. Socks come in various styles, colors and sizes.

A pair costs $24 plus shipping ($3 for my order) for one face, two faces are $30 and three faces are $36.

— Charlene Robinson, Star-Advertiser

3. I follow a lot of food-centric accounts on Instagram and sponsored posts are inevitable — and usually cause me to speed up my scrolling.

But when this Fruit Tart Cat Bed from Meowingtons came across my screen it gave me paws (sorry, I had to). What a fun idea to have your kitty curl up among stuffed faux fruit all tucked into a comfy plush pate sucree crust. The fruit — a slice of kiwi and a tangerine, a raspberry and two blueberries — can serve as mini pillows or toys, since they aren’t attached to the base.

Tiny dogs would also fit into the 16-inch diameter bed.

A bed costs $44 at meowingtons.com.

— E. Clarke Reilly, Star-Advertiser

4. As a little girl, I always loved picking out collars for our family cats (we were generally a one-cat-at-a-time household). Every collar was distinct, a reflection of what I thought was each cat’s character. When I came across these locally made Dog Gone Hawaiian’s pet collars, I was drawn to the beautiful tropical prints.

Lori Hamilton and her husband, Tom, make the sturdy collars by hand in a variety of prints and sizes. The cat collars come with a detachable bell. Cat collars are $17.50; dog collars range from $17 to $24.50.

They also make leashes, harnesses and adorable alohawear for doggos.

Find them at the Aloha Stadium swap meet (section 8D20) on Wednesdays or at the Waimea Falls farmers market on Thursdays or go to doggonehawaiian.com.

— E. Clarke Reilly, Star-Advertiser

5. My cat loves mealtimes so much he scarfs down his food. He doesn’t even chew half the kibbles before gulping them. This behavior has a less-than-pleasant result — I have to clean his regurgitated meal off the floor immediately after he’s finished.

To help slow him down, a friend introduced us to Northmate’s Catch, an interactive cat feeding bowl. The dish looks like a Stegosaurus’ back, designed to simulate foraging. Our cat, Mochi, uses his paw to fish out each morsel individually, which slows his intake. Extremely smart cats would find a way to overturn the whole bowl, but fortunately our boy seems content with the paw-assist technique.

Left on the floor of our kitchen, some guests occasionally mistake his bowl for a foot massager. Some might find this meal-interference cruel — and Mochi certainly looked at me the first few times as if to say, “You’re joking, right?”

But in the end, we’ve ended the scarf-and-barf behavior and have less mess to clean up. There’s also a dog version (Northmate’s Green). The dishwasher-safe bowl costs about $27 at chewy.com.

— Sara Lin, Honolulu

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