Why do cats flick their water bowls? Because (a) it interests them (see the video immediately below) (b) they are unsure of it so they test it with their paw or (c) they prefer to drink water in puddles on the ground (d) they want to aerate the water to make it more palatable …
Animals take medication of their own free will without the intervention of a vet or their caretaker. There are many examples. They might eat it or apply it topically. The long, indigestible word “zoopharmacognosy” is an amalgamation of several roots of words: zoo meaning animal, pharma meaning drug and gnosy meaning knowing. For cats, …
For the majority of cat guardians the time at which they have the most consistent interaction with their cat is when they feed him/her. The chart below indicates the typical pattern of behavior at this time although the exact behavior is dependent upon individual cat preferences dictated by the usual nature/nurture principles i.e. genetic …
Walter doesn’t like night time very much, he likes bedtime with all its rituals and he sleeps for a few hours once the light goes off, but then he’s up and wandering about from room to room looking out of the windows through the night until either he or Jozef spots one of us …
The modern domestic cat no longer needs to chew food and therefore doesn’t. Is that correct? If it is correct, is it a bad thing? Or is it a natural thing that domestic cats don’t chew food? Do wild cats need to chew? If wild cats do not need to chew we cannot say …
