What affects us affects cats
A missing kitten who lived for five months with a man who wouldn’t give her back has been reunited with her original family. There are some who are defending the family who cared for her during the interim. Jessica Smith and her two sons have a cat named Felix who disappeared in August 2018 …
Why do cats stick their tongue out? We are discussing domestic cats. You can see a classic example of this on twitter and I have embedded the short video on this page. Social media users call it a ‘cat blep’. No idea why. They think it is a sign of contentment. It might be …
I think US$10,000 is the biggest reward that I have seen for finding a lost cat companion. The last cat flyer read: “$10,000 reward for Vail’s safe return home”. I offered £500 when my cat was lost which is a fraction of this reward. The cat in question is a Doll Face Persian. This …
What do you do when your cat brings in a live mouse? It seems to me that there are several options. And the options depend upon how things pan out and whether you fear or like mice. I like them. My cat will bring a mouse in and he won’t kill it immediately which …
This is an interesting question which made me think and I will answer it at least initially from the viewpoint of the female cat. I will also answer it from the viewpoint of cats who have not been spayed or neutered so they are sexually active. While male cats want to maximise the number …
This story comes from Turkey. It is extraordinary, it has to be said. A shop assistant at an electronics store, a mild mannered man in appearance whose name is Ahmet Dilaver, was jailed for allegedly provoking a community cat to attack a female customer. I use the word “allegedly” because even though he was …
There is an extraordinary story in the online newspapers this morning about a trail runner killing a mountain lion with his bare hands. In other words he strangled the cat. It is the first time that I have heard of a person strangling a mountain lion. Although, this was a juvenile weighing about 80 …
I know that it is a fine point but an online newspaper, News Channel 8, has a headline: ‘Holiday woman with Hello Kitty tattoo arrested after fight over cat food, deputies say’. Why do they have to mention the Hello Kitty tattoo? It is irrelevant to the story and yet they include it in …
