What affects us affects cats
The lazy western lifestyle is rubbing off on domestic cats. That sounds like a tabloid headline. It is an exaggeration but there is a modicum of truth. Over the past 40 years, people in the West have become less active and so have their cats. There are no obese wild cats, feral cats and …
A lady asks: “Why does my cat rub his face on my shoes? He also licks my boyfriend’s feet and armpits and sticks his head into smelly shoes, socks and underwear. The interesting thing is that he does it with anyone’s clothes and shoes, including visitors.” This is today’s cat behavior question. This is …
Cat lovers should smile along with this, even laugh. But the chorister with the fair hair takes it very seriously. In fact they all do. I suppose they have to, so they can get through it. Also, I suspect that the choir master, is quite a disciplinarian so these kids take the task seriously. …
There is a fine dividing line between celebrating a disabled cat and exploiting a disabled cat. Like anyone who cares, I like the former and dislike the latter. I would like to try and distinguish one from the other in this post. However, before I start I accept that people will disagree with me. …
By Elisa Black-Taylor Blind cat Homer could possibly be the most famous cat alive today in the U.S. His human companion, Gwen Cooper, wrote a best seller detailing his life in “Homer’s Odyssey”, and her new book “Love Saves The Day” is set to be published in January 2013. Homer, now 15, has been …
Grooming is advantageous to the domestic cat in a number of ways. It is important to the cat. That is why they groom a lot. Over-grooming should be investigated though. Cats groom themselves for up to a third of their waking hours. They will groom several times in a day. Bearing in mind that …
The cat fancy likes to use elements of the anatomy of a cat to distinguish one cat breed from another. Body types vary a lot and ears are very popular with cat breeders. There is a huge range of eye colors and ear shapes and sizes, which through selective breeding helps to mark out …
This little video from Japan (I think it is Japan) reminds us of the beautiful and astonishingly athletic abilities of the average domestic cat. Or is this cat a special one? Obviously not all domestic cats can do this but a lot can. I lived with one who could do this. The cat has …
