What affects us affects cats
The meaning of the domestic cat’s slow blink is a signal, through body language, that the cat trusts and is relaxed in the presence of the person to whom the blink is directed. That’s my opinion and I am falling short of the anecdotal suggestion that the slow blink is a message that the …
This is very typical of the domestic cat. Being serious for a minute, this is not about the cat preventing his human guardian from using their computer mouse. It’s about playtime bordering on hunting (and therefore a little bit too aggressive). This blue British Shorthair (a popular cat breed and coat colour) thinks that …
The residents of the City of Rochelle have educated the city’s management and changed their attitude to feral cats. The initial Facebook post setting out their plan asking residents to trap cats and deliver them for euthanasia backfired horrible and caused outrage (see Elisa’s earlier article by clicking on this link). Even the designated …
This is a picture of Thanos Cat. Thanos is a fictional supervillain from Marvel Comics who has fabulous powers but who is defeated by the Avengers. Or something like that. This strange looking cat has a passing resemblance to Thanos, if you use your imagination. But why is this cat so strange looking? Well, …
This cat decided to relocate to a lower level and took his bed with him. It was a very ambitious and self-confident jump which was luckily successful. I have not seen a cat jumping this sort of distance while carrying quite a large bed in their mouth. We are told that he wanted …
This article is about understanding feral cat behaviour in colonies. Perhaps the first important point to note about feral cat colony behaviour is that historically the popular press still tends to describe the domestic and feral cat as an asocial, solitary species with no need for companionship and a preference for living alone. This …
I am not saying that cats are as easy to train as dogs. Of course not, but looking at this video it is undeniable that cats can be trained like dogs, to do the same tricks. I won’t comment whether it is good or bad cat guardianship to teach your cat tricks. Some …
This is a really excellent photograph of a black (melanistic) serval in the wild taken by British wildlife photographer George Turner. He used a Nikon D5 camera with a 500 mm, F4 lens. The Nikon D5 is a full frame professional DSLR camera. As you can see from his record of the encounter, he …
