What affects us affects cats
by Elisa Black-Taylor (USA) Our clock says It’s time to feed me mama Watching and waiting Any minute now….. Good morning readers. I got the idea for this article after reading Michael’s story Leaving A Cat Home Alone. I believe the length of time I’d leave a cat home alone is tied into my …
by Steven McMahon (Huddersfield, UK) HEEEEEELLLLOOOO!!!!!! My cat, Dakota likes to chase dogs, play fetch and even walks me to the bus stop in the morning and comes to meet me from it at night, much to the admiration of my fellow passengers who sit on the same side to marvel at our comical …
by Michael (London, UK) Charlie playing with me – photo Michael Broad Yep, this is controversial. I say that bored cats are unhappy cats. And I say that it is much harder to keep a cat from becoming bored if the cat is permanently indoors. The best way to combat boredom is to make …
Bathtub soccor Where’s my partner? Both of my two cats love to play with a light little plastic “wiffle” ball with a bell inside. Cassie, my black and white cat, chases it, kicks and pounces on it. Charlie, my totally black cat, will bring it to me to play fetch. One day they were …
by Michael (London, UK) Mcavity by Barnaby_S (Flickr) This is a two part article. Firstly, I would like to refer to the phrase “belling the cat” and secondly discuss the advantages and disadvantages of placing a bell on a cat. These are two very different subjects. Belling the Cat This little known phrase means …
by MIJ (UK) My 3 year old marbled Bengal cat, Naala, has started urinating and sometimes spraying in the most inappropriate places. On beds, chairs, blankets, in the kitchen sink and even in the other cats food bowl!! I have 2 other short haired British cats – 1 male and 1 female. Naala came …
Bad cat behavior is more likely to be normal cat behavior that we don’t like. It cannot be bad cat behavior because for another cat it is nearly always normal behavior. Or it might be behavior that is a response to our behavior. And if we find our cat’s behavior bad we might behave less …
Abyssinian Cat – Hawkeye – photograph copyight Helmi Flick While the Abyssinian is well known to be among the more active breeds, cat photographer, Helmi Flick’s husband and cat wrangler, Ken, who coaxes all of her feline subjects into photogenic poses (or attempts to) says, “Where Abyssinians are concerned, common behavioral terms such as …
