A Michael Broad Blog
Although the infographic is by me the content is by Dr Bruce Fogle DVM in his book Complete Cat Care which I heartedly recommend. It is one of the best cat books I have. Why is it good? It is very well written in plain English making it very readable. It is also well …
I am writing about domestic cats. The reason for that is because not infrequently there’s more than one female cat available to share the responsibility of raising kittens. In the wild, it is far less likely that a female cat will encounter another and therefore what I describe below applies to domestic cats. RELATED: …
% solids Calories per 100cc % Protein % Fat % Carbs Cat 18 90 42 25 26 Dog 24 150 33 33 16 Cow 12 70 25 35 38 Feline milk replacer 18 100 42 25 26 Dog milk replacer 125 33 42 14 This is a table showing the different compositions of cat, …
The mother cat’s owner, Lauren, says on TikTok: “She brings her kittens to Toby when she needs a little break”. A colleague of mine is not quite so sure and thinks that the mother might be taking her kittens to the dog to show them to him. My guess is that this is an …
The question is specific in that it refers to ‘domestic cats’. This is quite a complicated question because there are a wide range of circumstances which may lead to a male cat killing a kitten. But the first point to make is that domestic cats living in a home with a decent human caretaker …
I’m referring to male domestic cats and community cats. The best answer for this comes from Dr. Desmond Morris (Catwatching) and Sarah Hartwell (messybeast.com), both cat experts. They would probably provide at least two reasons as to why a male cat might bite his kittens but there are five in all. The first is …
With reference to domestic and feral cats, mothers do not abandon their newborn kittens if you touch them. But the question opens the door to a much bigger topic and before I address that topic, I will expand on the first sentence. Most queens (intact female cat usually used for breeding) become anxious “when …
This is another one of those extraordinary interspecies relationship and in this instance a mother hen is incubating three kittens just as if they were her eggs. It’s quite remarkable to see. The hen is completely unfazed by it. As the female of one species so often raises the offspring of another species, it …
