A Michael Broad Blog
Often we read about cats being lost for a long time and sometimes they come back or are found. Many cat owners expect their cat to behave like other family members, namely to follow them wherever they go to live. They might assume that it’s enough for them to provide a good home with …
The video has gone viral. A security camera outside the door to the home of Lindsay Mills recorded the unusual event. An inquisitive raccoon gingerly sniffs his way up the steps towards the cat door (cat flap). When he arrives he gets a nasty surprise. The defence of territory comes before all else for …
Cat spraying is the human equivalent of leaving a calling card or writing a letter to the Times so says the renowned zoologist Dr Desmond Morris.
If your domestic cat is an indoor/outdoor cat it is nice to have an idea as to how far he or she roams. You want to keep tabs on where she is, at least roughly. Well, normally domestic cats don’t travel that far from their home. Many lost cats have been found a hundred …
People ask the question, “how often do cats spray?”. The question is imprecise because it can only genuinely apply to wild cat species as domestic cats are normally neutered and neutered cats spray relatively infrequently and only when they feel driven to do it, perhaps because of anxiety. If you refer the question to …
Domestic cats don’t understand the reason for doors and dislike them. They are a human invention and in the cat world they would not and should not exist. Domestic cats also do not distinguish between indoors and outdoors. Domestic cats obviously recognise the difference in the landscape between indoors and outdoors but the concept …
The most likely reason why a cat leaves an apparently good home is because she could not establish an area or territory where she could feel at ease because there were challenges from other cats. Domestic cats still need to have a home range of some sort. When a cat leaves an owner’s home …
He (I think he is a he) is the best door opener, door handle user, for a domestic cat that I have seen on the internet. His caretaker says: “You scare me.” He is completely confident. Nothing gets in his way (note the tray of water in the second part of the video). He …
