A Michael Broad Blog
People are asking how they can get their cat to sleep all night. I am going to disappoint anyone who is looking for a quick, easy answer. The answer lies with the human to adjust rather than forcing their cat to change. A similar question using the human as the species would be, “How …
I’ll respond to the question in the title and four others. 1. Why does my cat meow loudly twice at night? This is another typical question from a cat owner. The fact that a cat meows “twice” is irrelevant really. This is more about a cat meowing at night when people are asleep or …
by Michael Howling Cat – Photo by SingChan Here are a list of reasons for a howling cat and the various sources of that information. My cats have never yowled at night but my girl cat has on occasions meowed rather plaintiff at night and woken me up as a consequence. The typical question …
The Waracabra tiger is a mystery big cat but in actuality it is the combination of South American bush dogs rummaging through the forest disturbing trumpeter birds who howl loudly! Please read on. KPN Shuker, is an expert on the mystery animals of the world and in carrying out ‘crypto-investigations’. His book, Mystery Cats …
Talkative domestic cats are good. They improve the human-to-cat relationship. Cat owners want their cat to initiate an interaction with them, don’t they? You don’t just want a decorative cat. When cats start the conversation, the interactions are better and they last longer. Please tell me if your cat is a chatterbox and if …
Yowling Cat yowling – why do cats yowl and what does it mean? You will see a lot of anecdotal responses to this question but I like to try and be as scientific as possible and there ain’t much science on the feline yowl. And let’s be honest feline vocalisations do merge and therefore …
When a cat seeks attention, they meow and/or attract attention through contact. That is pretty obvious but what is perhaps not quite so obvious is that each individual cat has developed their own version of the meow to be effective under their particular circumstances with their human caregiver. The good cat owner develops an …
As domestic cats are living longer thanks to better nutrition and veterinary care together with better educated cat caregivers, there are going to be more elderly cats requiring specialist care from their human caregiver. This page is in two parts as it has been updated, upgraded, checked and added-to as at January 9, 2022, …
