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Zen cat style

Zen cats in Yin-yang symmetry

PoC avatarPosted on August 17, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 17, 2022

Zen: a state of calm attentiveness in which one’s actions are guided by intuition rather than by conscious effort. Zen creates peacefulness and calm and comes from the Japanese School of Mahayana Buddhism which emphasises the value of meditation and …

Posted in achieving calmness | Tagged calm cat, cat behavior, cats who love boxes | Leave a reply
Resource guarding by dogs as a way to test for adoptability

Resource guarding by dogs and cats. Food guarding used to assess adoptability of dogs.

PoC avatarPosted on August 17, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 17, 2022

In this article I’m going to discuss resource guarding in cats and dogs. It is a much more important topic for dogs because it can lead to injury but this is very rarely the case for cats. Therefore, the dog …

Posted in resource guarding | Tagged cat behavior, dog behavior, feeding dogs, resource guarding | Leave a reply
Ginger boy cats announce their mutual love in heart-shaped embrace

Ginger boy cats announce their mutual love in heart-shaped snuggle

PoC avatarPosted on August 14, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 15, 2022

You know that most (75%) ginger tabby domestic cats are males because the genes that dictate the ginger coat is sex-linked. Therefore, this is a very woke little video in which you can only tell it is a video when …

Posted in affection | Tagged cat character, cat friendships, cat personality, ginger tabby, pictures of cats | 2 Replies
Bad cat behavior leading to euthanasia

Euthanizing a companion animal due to behavioral problems. Are there alternatives?

PoC avatarPosted on August 10, 2022 by Jo SingerAugust 10, 2022

Problematic behavioral problems in companion animals are one of the most frustrating and emotionally draining challenges for their owners. Resolving these problems can often be extremely difficult; especially for animals who are hard to handle, aggressive and/or destructive. In these …

Posted in Cat Behavior | Tagged Bad Cat Behavior, cat behavior, cat drugs, cat euthanasia, euthanasia | 37 Replies
Cats profoundly affectionate towards each other

Are male cats more affectionate with humans and other cats than females?

PoC avatarPosted on August 8, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 8, 2022

The first point to make is that we are discussing neutered male cats and spayed female cats. That has to be a basic criteria in this discussion. There’s no point comparing unsterilised male cats against spayed female cats for instance. …

Posted in affection | Tagged cat affection, cat character, cat emotions, cat personality, confident cat, emotions, female cat, gender, male cats, timid cat | 2 Replies
Gabs depositing copious amounts of dirt on my bed after a dust bath

Why do cats roll in dirt? 3 reasons.

PoC avatarPosted on August 8, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 8, 2022

In my opinion, there are three reasons why cats roll in dirt: To clean their fur Because it feels good (because the ground is uneven and it gently massages their back) To transmit chemical signals – pheromones – onto the …

Posted in dust bathing | Tagged cat behavior, cat grooming, Cat Parasites, happy cat, scent marking | 1 Reply
One cat catches a yawn from another

Is yawning contagious to cats?

PoC avatarPosted on August 7, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 7, 2022

Yawning is contagious between cats, often when a kitten follows their mother but not, according to research, from human to cat companion. In contrast, researchers found that a dog can “catch” a yawn from their owner perhaps reflecting the different …

Posted in yawn | Tagged cat behavior, yawn | Leave a reply
My cat Gabriel

A day in the life of a cat caregiver: transferred aggression-maggots-guard cat!

PoC avatarPosted on August 4, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 4, 2022

This is one day in the life of my relationship with my cat companion. It might be fairly typical as all these things happen to every cat caregiver from time to time. Or perhaps they don’t and if not, I …

Posted in redirected aggression | Tagged cat behavior, guard cats, human to cat relationship, maggots, redirected aggression, transferred aggression | Leave a reply
Mom Cat and Kitten Cat

How fast do cats breed?

PoC avatarPosted on August 2, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 2, 2022

I’m referring to domestic, stray and feral cats. I am not referring to wild cats because there is quite a big difference. Without some sort of restraint on numbers (and there is always restraint on numbers) a cat population can …

Posted in procreation | Tagged breeding, cat breeding, cat neutering, cat spaying, cats mating, procreation, sterilising cats, TNR
Cat attacks his owner

Can a domestic cat kill a human?

PoC avatarPosted on July 25, 2022 by Michael BroadJuly 25, 2022

As the word at the beginning of the question is “can” I can discuss it theoretically. Theoretically a domestic cat could kill a human directly (physically) under very exceptional and infinitesimally rare circumstances but there are probably instances where domestic …

Posted in cat aggression | Tagged cat aggression, cat attack!, death of owner, disease transmission, feline rabies, feral cat disease, rabies, zoonotic diseases | 1 Reply
UV light detects urine stain

In cat detectivism the blacklight is your best friend

PoC avatarPosted on July 17, 2022 by Michael BroadJuly 17, 2022

Cat detectivism is a phrase coined by Jackson Galaxy to describe figuring out what is behind cat behavior problems such as peeing in the wrong place. You have to approach it in a business-like manner without emotion by relying on …

Posted in inappropriate elimination | Tagged cat caregiving, cat cystitis, cat health diagnosis, cat health problems, cat marking, cat stress, domestic cat home range, Feline Idiopathic Cystitis, human to cat relationship, inappropriate elimination, multi-cat household, peeing, scent marking, stressed cat, urination, UV light
Cat cow confrontation and cat wins

Cat-cow confrontation. Cat wins!

PoC avatarPosted on July 16, 2022 by Michael BroadJuly 16, 2022

I decided to visit a Chinese social media website to see what is happening on the other side of the world. An alien world to the one we are used to. Chinese websites are very different to those in the …

Posted in interspecies relationships | Tagged barn cats, cat video, interspecies, interspecies friendships | Leave a reply
Grooming around the mouth versus displacement activity

Why do cats smack their lips?

PoC avatarPosted on July 6, 2022 by Michael BroadJuly 6, 2022

Domestic cats do not smack their lips. They use their tongue to groom themselves around the mouth because they are fastidiously clean creatures. They need to remove food particles from around their mouth; called ‘autogrooming’. As opposed to ‘allogrooming’ which …

Posted in autogrooming | Tagged autogrooming, cat grooming, Sayings
Red tabby in Malta was a resourceful cat

Cat personality linked to coat colour? Yes, but work in progress.

PoC avatarPosted on July 6, 2022 by Michael BroadJuly 6, 2022

Can a cat’s personality be linked to their coat colour and type? Apparently, the answer is yes, although I had always thought that this was not strictly possible despite the fact that, anecdotally, many cat owners link coat colour and …

Posted in cat personality | Tagged cat breeding, cat character, cat genetics, cat personality, genes, Selective Cat Breeding | 1 Reply
Feral cat greeting

The social function of tail up in domestic cats

PoC avatarPosted on July 5, 2022 by Michael BroadJuly 5, 2022

Introduction: This article on the social function of tail up in domestic cats is based a scientific research paper of very similar title prepared by S.Cafazzo and E.Natoli. and which was published on the internet by Science Direct. The right …

Posted in greeting behavior | Tagged cat greeting behavior, domestic cat, domestic cat behavior, dominant cat, greeting behavior, submissive, tail up | 4 Replies

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