A Michael Broad Blog
by Michael (London, UK) Sad cat – photo by karp3diem (Flickr) People ask whether there is such a thing as cat grief. There are no easily accessible scientific studies, that I can find, which deal with this subject. Perhaps, though, we don’t need them. Perhaps we already know from personal observation and experience. Grief …
We have all seen a cat eating grass. My lady cat does it all the time and she is invariably sick (on the carpet!) afterwards. This is in common with many cats. It should be noted that only a small amount of grass is eaten. Full-time indoor cats sometimes eat houseplants as a substitute. …
Update: This page was written years ago. It has value but things have moved on a bit since then. Please use the search custom search facility to find other articles on cat emotions. [weaver_search width=300] Discussing cat emotions is very difficult because we simply do not know for sure what emotions cats feel. When …
It is not uncommon to read about a cat falling from a building. Not so long ago there was a story about Nicole Ritchie’s cat that fell ten stories from a balcony and suffered, it seems, no more than broken leg (or less than that). Cat’s do have nine lives. This is a still …
The cat tree is probably the most important piece of cat kit other than the litter box. “Climbing, scratching and jumping are second nature to cats – like breathing” – Dr Jon of PetPlace.com. Of course, he is correct. First time cat adopters should be very aware of this, accept it and accommodate it …
One of the easy cat games to play – piece of string with something on the end. This mimics predatory behavior. The problem is not deciding what cat game but actually playing them. The simplest are the best. We don’t have to spend a lot of thought on what cat toy to buy. We …
Photo by Melanie Cook (Flickr) I am pleased to say that I have a video of a cat giving birth. It happens to be a wildcat, a serval called “Dea” and she gives birth to three kittens at the A1 Savannahs cattery/farm. I made the video with material provided by Kathrin Stucki of A1 …
Introduction: [go straight to behavior during heat] This page applies to domestic cats. Wild cats behave similarly but there are species to species variations. Although the queen goes through four phases in her estrous (estrus) cycle, it is during, ‘heat’ that she is in the estrus period. The other phases are called ‘anestrus’, ‘proestrus’ …
