A Michael Broad Blog
NEWS AND VIEWS: As I buy The Times daily, I know of Carol Midgely. As well as being a columnist for The Times she occasionally helps out at her friend’s animal rescue charity. That’s nice. It tells me that she is a decent person. She went to the home of a recently deceased elderly …
In the inimitable words of Dr. Desmond Morris in his excellent book on cat behaviour CATWATCHING the cat caregiver should be aware of the fact that their cat leads a double life. “The cat leads a double life. In the home it is an overgrown kitten gazing up at its human owners. Out on …
The question is not mine. The problem does not concern me, I hasten to add, but there are lot of people who are asking that wise old man Dr. Google how to stop their kitten biting and scratching them. Now, I raised my cat from a 7-week-old-kitten and I never had a problem with …
Someone asked on Quora.com: Will I be okay after being scratched by a feral cat? The answer to this question depends on which country you live. In the UK, rabies has been eliminated. In the USA it has not. This simple fact alters the way a person responds to being scratched by a feral …
PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE THE SCRATCH The guy was rubbing his cat’s tummy which triggered tough play in the cat which went way too far. The cat grabbed the guy’s arm in a “death lock” with his front paws and teeth and scratched with the hind claws. It’ll happen in a …
This article was inspired by Kylee who commented on another article that cat scratches are ‘scratches of love’. I’ve always called them ‘badges of honour’ but I think her words describe them much better. Why are some people afraid of being scratched? If they are so cowardly why do they have a cat as …
You’ve lost that lovin’ feeling with your cat. It’s worse. You dislike your cat. It’s actually worse than that; you wish your cat was dead. She’s become old and ill. There’s the vet’s bill. It can get expensive looking after an old cat with a chronic and incurable illness. You’re busy and you now …
I like this video because the cat hits back. I love it when the cat hits back, which is extremely rare if the antagonist is a person. But I hate the video. It is horrible. So often the cat just becomes defensive and aggressive if he is constantly abused. This video show a kid …
