What affects us affects cats
by Elisa Black-Taylor (USA) Scrappy-Kitten killer Cassie-birth defect Furby-walks funny Cats killing kittens is a more complicated topic than many of us have been led to believe. I’m sure if you’re approaching middle age (as many of us are) then you’ve probably heard the warnings about keeping kittens out of reach of adult male …
by Michael Size matters – the vulnerability of the cat in a human world – photo by fofurasfelinas (Flickr) Michele, a visitor to this website, reminded me of something that is nearly always forgotten; cats live in a land of giants. How does this affect cat behavior or indeed our behavior? In the domestic …
Pictures of cats mating, pictures of lions mating, videos of mating, text describing mating. These are what people search for. You know some cats refuse to mate when a person is present. Well, I can understand that. It makes you think. Are cats actually aware of the need for some privacy? Do they feel …
by Poochu (India) Rat Catcher Rat Catcher Message to humans….my adopted cat helps me keep my home and environment “rat-free”. Please do not declaw any cat or kitten for your selfish needs. I seldom get an opportunity to photograph my cats with their prey. Here are a couple of photos to prove my point. …
by Susan (Ohio, USA) Mushu’s front declawed paw pads are hard, dark, irritated, and misshaped. “A digitigrade is an animal that stands or walks on its digits, or toes…”. Have you noticed that many pro-declawers and veterinarians use the argument that cats walk on their paw pads so they don’t need the last digit …
Cat scratch wall art is art that a cat can use as a scratching post – neat. It is both attractive as art and a functional object as well. When I first heard the phrase I thought that it might also refer to the scratches made by a cat on a wall that creates …
Reproduced under creative commons © Walsh To stop a cat scratching furniture, may either save the life of the cat or at least its claws, in the United States . Under their rules (declawing policy), American veterinarians who are members of the American Veterinarian Medical Association can remove claws if the owner cannot successful …
by Michael (London, UK) Why is my cat sleeping in the litter box? I have personal experience of this….er no it’s not me sleeping in the litter.. I have seen it happen on two distinctly different occasions. However, the underlying conditions were the same: anxiety caused by the presence of unknown cats and/or a …
