How we research and choose

What we are, and what we are not

• We do not test products ourselves. When a guide compares products, it compares what their makers publish.
• No veterinarian works on the site or checks its pages. Nothing here is veterinary advice.
• We publish no star ratings, scores, review counts or prices.
• AI tools help with research and drafting. We do not present AI-assisted text as first-hand experience.

Where the facts come from

For cat-care topics, veterinary and welfare authorities come first: Cornell Feline Health Center, the AAFP and ISFM, AVMA, ASPCA and its Animal Poison Control Center, International Cat Care, RSPCA, VCA and the Merck Veterinary Manual, then peer-reviewed research.

For products, we use the maker's own published specs and manuals and the product's Amazon listing. Editorial roundups from staffed publications help us see which makers are well regarded in a category. Buyer reviews are read to check that a product is consistent, never to decide its place on the page.

Guides list the sources their products were researched from, and Learn articles list the sources behind their facts.

How products are chosen

1. We find which makers and models are well regarded in the category from maker documentation and staffed roundups, not from Amazon's bestseller lists, which rank by sales.
2. We build a candidate pool from those makers and from Amazon listings in the category.
3. We compare the published specs that matter for the category, such as size, capacity, cleaning or power, and the needs a reader brings to the page.
4. We drop a product if its specs cannot be checked on the maker's page or the listing, if its Amazon page carries the "Frequently returned item" badge, or if the listing is unavailable or shows a different product.
5. We order what is left by how well it fits those needs. A high review count never decides the order.

Each product's "Best for" line names the need it fits best and the published spec that supports it, for example the largest capacity on the page for a home with several cats.

Money and independence

Nobody pays to appear on Danny's Cats, and we do not accept payment for placement. Products are chosen before any affiliate link is added, and a product comes off the page when its Amazon listing fails our checks, even though a link to it would earn. Commissions never change which products appear or their order. See the affiliate disclosure.

How care articles are checked

Before a Learn article goes live, a separate fact-checking step goes through every checkable claim: numbers and rules of thumb, safety and toxicity, health signs and definitions. Each one is checked against the authority that governs it. Anything that does not hold up is corrected, softened or cut.

We never diagnose a cat or give a medicine, supplement or dose. Articles that touch on health point you to your veterinarian.

Images

Product photos on guides are the main image from the product's Amazon listing. Real photos elsewhere credit their author and licence.

Many other pictures on the site are AI-generated, including the cats on the home page, the section pages, the guide headers and About, where the pictures of Lucy are generated from a real photo of her. A generated image never shows a specific real product or a medical condition, and generated breed pictures are checked against the breed's registry standards before they are published.

Updates and dates

Guides and Learn articles show an Updated date. We change it only when the content really changes, such as a spec, a fact, a source or which products appear, and not for typo fixes or design changes.

We re-check product specs and Amazon availability on every guide at least once a quarter. A product that is discontinued or no longer sold on Amazon comes off the page, and the guide's title count changes with it.

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