What affects us affects cats
Cats hunt when they have food given to them by us because ‘few of today’s pet cats are more than a small number of generations away from feral cats that have had to live on their own resources, and for whom a productive territory was necessary…’ The words of Dr Bradshaw. He goes on …
There are two theories why cats bring home live mice or dead mice or birds or someone’s underwear from next door. Desmond Morris asserts that when cats bring home freshly caught prey, often a live mouse, they view their human caretaker as part of their family and on this occasion they treat their human …
I’m not complaining. I accept it. But I don’t like it. It is reality. We need to accept reality. We need to accept that our cat is a wonderful predator. Our cat does not care if the mouse that he is playing with is screaming. Sometimes the mouse screams quite loudly. The scream can …
Domestic cats hunt because it is in their DNA to hunt; because they’re still quite close to their wild cat ancestor in terms of behaviour, so even though we feed domestic cats, their natural drive to hunt is often undimmed although the urge varies between individual cats. This is not about survival and a …
I am going to translate into layman’s language the title and the quote below both of which are taken from a scientific study. Cats used a causal-logical understanding of auditory stimuli to predict the appearance of invisible objects. The ecology of cats’ natural hunting style may favor the ability for inference on the basis …
A cat allowed out to hunt mice is likely to have better gums than a cat confined to the indoors and fed commercial cat food. Have you ever read about wild cats of any species with gum disease? I haven’t. But I am sure that you have read about the high incidence of gum …
Can cats get rid of rats? This is a question people ask using Google search. The answer depends on whether you like or dislike cats! That is not entirely true but it’s a factor when discussing this subject. The question could be “should cats get rid of rats?”. The reason why I want to …
Cats cannot be cruel as we know the meaning of the word “cruel”. The reason why I want to discuss this topic – and it is a discussion – is because people who dislike cats, and people who comment on the site who wish to criticise cats, sometimes say that they are cruel because …
