What affects us affects cats
This super cute blind, tabby knows how to protect herself when getting down from a cat tree. She is about 3 feet off the ground and to jump down head first is almost impossible for her because she can’t gauge the distance. Instead she meets the challenge with intelligence and common sense by turning …
This adorable Scottish Fold uses a lot of common sense in taste testing unfamiliar food on a spoon by (a) sniffing it (b) backing off and (c) taking a very small piece of the green stuff (pea purée?) on his claw or paw which he then delicately tastes before licking the back of his …
The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is one of the world’s rarest wild cat species. The answer to the question in the title can be found on the IUCN Red List website but even they will be slightly imprecise because population measurement of wild cats is not precise. They say that the total population …
Bend, Oregon, USA: The first thing to note is that it is possible and practical to claim compensation if a cat owned by another person bites you and the bite causes serious injury, pain and suffering and consequential financial loss by whatever means such as being unable to work. In this instance, a cleaner, …
I have enormous respect for PETA but the author, Chris Holbein, of their article: Why I Won’t Work at a ‘No-Kill’ Shelter, has got it wrong in my opinion. Chris makes the obviously valid point that it is very sad and almost inhumane to keep cats and dogs in cages for ages while they …
A Philadelphia woman is enraged after her cat was turned into her local animal shelter after escaping from her home on Saturday. The Animal Care and Control Team said that due to 16-year-old Stinky having “a limp” and the shelter not having the equipment to perform x-rays, one of Stinky’s legs was amputated. Stinky …
The mother starts the weaning process about four weeks after birth. She makes suckling more difficult. She does this by avoiding her kittens and; adopting body postures which makes her nipples less accessible. This process takes place over about three weeks. At seven weeks of age suckling is at a low level. The kittens …
You’ll see it a lot on the internet; cat lovers discussing how their cat does the classic ‘slow blink’ at them and happy to say that it is a sign that their cat loves them. In general people consider the cat slow blink to be a sign of affection from their cat. It is, …
