What affects us affects cats
A lot has been said about needy, clingy cats and all of it is critical. It seems that cat caregivers don’t want their cat to be needy but (1) we should welcome it and (2) we create the conditions under which a cat might become needy. Welcome or predicable We should welcome the fact …
Do you know why your cat likes to knock things over? What’s your theory? In fact, does he do it? Not all domestic cats do. What percentage of cats do this? Despite what experts say I don’t believe we have a full and certain answer to these questions so I’ll provide mine but I’m …
This short post came to me while I was out buying the paper. 😉 Sometimes domestic cats are gently criticised for being too needy. What this means is that they are constantly approaching their owner, getting underfoot, demanding to be allowed onto their owner’s lap and generally instigating interactions all the time which might …
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 …
Domestic cats might seem to be manipulative sometimes to some people. However, if they get their way it is only because their human companions and providers want them to. The human caregiver is a willing participant and as such it cannot be said to be manipulative feline behaviour. It is more a case of …
There is a presumption that you are working on your laptop at the time that your cat won’t stay away from it! The reasons have to be common sense and based upon what is in it for your cat. A domestic cat will want to do something if he or she receives some benefit …
The monk’s name is Luang Pi Komkrit Taechachoto. He is praying at Wat Udomrangsi, a temple on the outskirts of Bangkok. I think that with his fellow monks he is involved in chanted meditation or prayers. As I understand it, Buddhist monks do not pray to a God. The monk is quiet and contemplative. …
Below, I sum up the story about a cat who threatened (if it was a person it would be) his cat sitter by pushing a knife under the bathroom door. It’s on video. This means that the cat sitter who was on the toilet in the bathroom took her phone with her and was …
