Cat Behavior / cat domestication / Cat History / character / Feral Cats / friends / future of cat domestication / Human to cat relationship / predation / predatory behaviour
September 21, 2023
Many cat owners might say that their domestic cat companion is an excellent pet. I’m going to say something which is almost heretical and something which sounds anti-cat as if said by a cat...
Cat Anatomy / Cat Behavior / cat emotions / happy cat / Human to cat relationship / interacting with your cat / interaction with owner / size / unhappy cat
September 18, 2023
Making our cats happy is our number one goal as cat caregivers. There are many ways to do it. Under this campaign I have already suggested two but there are thousands more on this...
Cat Anatomy / Cat Behavior / licking / saliva / Zoonotic Diseases
September 15, 2023
Domestic cats often instinctively lick their human caregiver on the hand and sometimes the face. It is called allogrooming. It is a friendly behavior that we see between cat buddies and as cats see...
allogrooming / Cat Behavior / mothering
September 13, 2023
For me the answer to the question, “why does my cat lick me?” mainly comes from personal observation. Mother-kitten relationship My cat looks upon me as a mother cat. All domestic cats do the...
Cat Behavior / cat emotions / Cat Products / emotions
September 11, 2023
A compact infographic on the cat bed den. This is the place where your cat sleeps. They might use it during the day when their owner is more active. The infographic is centred around...
Cat Behavior / Cat News / crime / getting lost / Human to cat relationship / leaving the home and getting lost / lost cat / lost cat / preying on cats
September 11, 2023
This is a little note about the vulnerability of domestic cats when their owner goes away on holiday. A cat detective, Said Beid, in Italy who is currently searching for a chinchilla Persian who...
Cat Behavior / feeding behavior / kitten feeding / kneading / mothering / Uncategorized
September 9, 2023
These side-by-side videos tell the story behind adult domestic cat kneading. PLEASE CLICK ON THE PLAY BUTTON AT BOTTOM-LEFT OF THE VIDEO TO PLAY THE TWO VIDEOS SIMULTANEOUSLY. Despite the copious amount of information...
Canada lynx / Cat Behavior / hunting / Lynx / Wild Cat Species
September 7, 2023
Sources: Wild Cats of the World by the Sunquists. Specifically:
cat aggression / Cat Behavior / cat emotions / Cat Products / home range / Human to cat relationship / multicat households / scent marking / scratching posts / stress / territory and home range
September 5, 2023
I think this is quite a complicated question and I’ll try and tell you why. I’m mainly thinking of the full-time indoor cat scenario where there might be half a dozen cats living in...
cat aggression / Cat Behavior / cat tease - playing / Human to cat relationship / kitten play / play / play / redirected aggression
September 5, 2023
This looks a bit strange – very strange perhaps – but effective. The idea comes from Rebecca Watson in her book The Cat Expert. I like the idea if you have a problem with...
Cat Behavior / Declawing / Human to cat relationship / interaction with owner / kitten development / kitten development / learning / learning by observation / mothering / scratching / substitute mothers / Training
September 3, 2023
This is an article by Elen, a visitor to PoC. We humans are claimed to be divided in to two categories, Cat people and Dog people. I basically agree. I do love dogs myself;...
Cat Anatomy / Cat Behavior / cat eyes / cat senses / ears / eyes / hearing / sense of security / senses / whiskers
September 2, 2023
Here comes Toji! – Photo by fofurasfelinas (link at base of page) This is a really nice picture by a well-known Flickr photographer, Giane Portal, Flickr name: forfurasfelinas, of a sanctuary or rescue cat...
Cat Behavior / Cat Food / Cat Health / feeding behavior / feeding characteristics / feeding domestic cats / kitten feeding / vomiting / vomiting
August 31, 2023
The answer to the question depends upon whether your cat is regurgitating or vomiting and the kind of vomiting which is taking place. Regurgitation needs to be differentiated from vomiting so we can get...
Cat Behavior / environment / home range / Human to cat relationship / instinctive behavior / multicat households / stimulating environment / strange cat behaviour / territory and home range / weird behavior explained
August 27, 2023
The main reason why a domestic cat might sleep in their litter box – as shown in the photograph below – is because it strongly smells of their scent due to the presence of...
altruism / caregiver's wellbeing / Cat Behavior / cat welfare / cat welfare / Human to cat relationship
August 23, 2023
This is just one of those small moments in the day-to-day life of a woman and her cat. However, for me, it is a little bit more than that. It is the middle of...
