What affects us affects cats
I’d like to discuss, briefly, the pros and cons of paying an employee while off work to care for their ill pet; usually a cat or dog. The topic is in the press at the moment and Elisa wrote about it recently. An Italian lady was fortunate enough to be in receipt of paid …
All the answers on why dogs eat cat poop concern a variation on ‘normal’ behavior. I’d like to suggest that it is abnormal behavior as wild dogs don’t do it and the reason could be psychological. I’m going to answer the question in a slightly unconventional way. The conventional way is to simply state …
Domestic cats sleep on paper because it’s warmer than the surface on which the paper rests. Paper acts as an insulator. Particularly newspapers.
Provided the cats get along well I believe that indoor cats are better in pairs for the simple reason that they can entertain each other and keep each other company thereby providing mental stimulation. I believe that the biggest difficulty with keeping cats full time indoors is ensuring that they are entertained and stimulated. …
“if i fits i sits cats’ is a well established meme. It has been refined and developed. It’s largely about cats trying to fit into ridiculously small boxes or other receptacles reflecting the domestic cat’s obsession with being confined on four sides. Has someone come up with a good explanation for this? I say …
First it was Facebook allowing the glorification of animal abuse by nutters and refusing to take down pages and pictures in the interests of animal welfare and now the nasty brigade have infiltrated Snapchat as a forum to indulge is gross acts of animal cruelty for their own gratification. I expect the Snapchat administrators …
It is not true that cats go towards visitors or strangers who dislike cats. People who dislike or hate cats or are cat-phobic sometimes claim that when visiting a cat owner’s home their cat goes to them while ignoring someone else who likes cats. This may happen occasionally but I don’t think that it …
According to KHQ6 News, a fifth cat was found mutilated in North Spokane, Washington last Thursday morning. There’s a debate going on as to whether there’s a cat serial killer or whether wild animals are responsible. Jim Barrington’s cat Buddy left the house early Thursday morning. Buddy hadn’t come back from his morning routine …
