Why does my cat’s back twitch or ripple when I touch it?
If your cat is clearly healthy as observed in a non-expert’s way, it is not abnormal or a sign of a health problem if their back ripples when gently touched. It is more likely...
If your cat is clearly healthy as observed in a non-expert’s way, it is not abnormal or a sign of a health problem if their back ripples when gently touched. It is more likely...
This is me talking about a French study on how to get cats to respond more quickly which might please a few people. Remember those articles based on another study which stated that cats...
Talkative domestic cats are good. They improve the human-to-cat relationship. Cat owners want their cat to initiate an interaction with them, don’t they? You don’t just want a decorative cat. When cats start the...
This is a short note about cat caregiving. I am concerned at the growing trend to keep domestic cats inside full-time. It is very good in one way: safety from physical injury, usually by...
Although, sometimes, domestic cats do walk behind their owners for a relatively short distance (a behaviour characteristic that I explain below), in general, it is fundamentally alien to domestic cats to walk with their...
Do you want to know what the meow means in the English language? Here it is: “I require your immediate attention.” The meow is also spelled ‘miaow’. It always has the same basic message...
Sometimes we need to encourage a cat to come into the house, or for whatever reason go through a gate or door opening. You don’t want to be aggressive when you do this. And...
Most of us realise that humans are out of step with their domestic cat companions. Domestic cats, although highly adaptable, are crepuscular animals at least. Some are distinctly nocturnal and they are also active...
“Stop bring sticks back” says the cat’s owner immediately after her cat has popped through the cat flap and deposited a twig on the doormat. What is going on? The cat is described as...
Do kittens still see their primary owner as mommy even if the owner is a boy? Yes, is the answer. They see the primary owner as a surrogate mother who in providing food and...
If a cat walks over your head and sits on your shoulder is she trying to dominate you? The short answer is no. The reason why your cat walks over your head and settles...
‘My cat likes to smell my mouth’, online websurfers tell Google. This does not apply to me personally but it does to a lot of cat owners. Although my cat does occasionally like to...
People ask why their cats sniff their face when they’re sleeping. The answer must be a common sense one. Cats use their sense of smell far more than we do. They use their sense...
Your feel-good story this week comes out of the New Springfield community in Staten Island, New York, where an unwanted shelter cat who was being fostered has proven his worth by saving a life....
This cat is not kissing! A domestic cat suckling a teddy bear is not as unusual as it looks. The cat is still suckling and the argument is that the cat has been weaned...