What affects us affects cats
A recently published study “Six types of loves differentially recruit reward and social cognition brain areas” explores how different types of love activate different parts of the brain. Researchers found that various forms of love, such as romantic love, love for friends, love for pets and love for family, involve different brain regions. These …
To put the question another way: “How does one become a cat lover”. I’ll try and answer the question. The thoughts of others are always welcome. Nature/Nuture Fundamentally, you become a cat person partly because you inherited a love of cats or probably a love of animals generally and partly because of your life …
There is an overlap between parents caring for their baby/infant and humans caring for their cats and dogs. The infographic below summarises some of these overlapping aspects of the relationship. There is a trend, too, in developed countries to adopt a pet over having a baby! Pope Francis, the current Pope, doesn’t like it …
Apparently February 20, yesterday, was Love Your Pet Day. I had no idea but that does not mean I don’t love my cat. Of course I do. Here are 8 ways you can tell your cat through your behaviour that you love them. Always accept and like their greeting Cats greet us when we …
This is a cute video in which the cat pulls over the head of her human companion with her paw to get more full-on kisses human style. It looks like she has taken charge of this relationship. Don’t they always: The unusual aspect of this interaction is the kiss on the mouth. Not many …
It is stability of the relationship between cat and human which makes unconditional cat love so special and often better than the human-to-human variety.
Having read the story of a 30 year old lady writing on the website metafilter.com I have to say that the answer to the question in the title is Yes. It sounds strange to say yes; it is all right to fall out of love with a cat that you loved and raised. This …
When you know that your new cat trusts you completely you get a little bit of a frisson passing through your body. If there one aspect of the cat/human relationship which can stand out it is the moment when your cat tells you through body language and vocalisation that he/she trusts you completely. This …
