A Michael Broad Blog
The authorities and scientists in some countries (USA and Australia, for example) are concerned that feral, stray and domestic cats prey on native wildlife to the point where species are endangered. Other countries, such as Israel and the UK, have no such concerns. In other countries such as Switzerland they don’t give it a …
I thought, for once, I’d mix cat pix and probs to use the sort of language people like on the Internet. So, here are ten cat behavior and health questions with quick answers. These are pretty typical. I find that a lot of the problems have similar causes. Often stress is a major or …
Selling kittens and cats on Gumtree needs to stop. Have you seen the phrase “front lined and Panacur’d” before? Well, I hadn’t until today when I visited Gumtree, a British website which is a bit like Craigslist in the USA. Well, in case you didn’t guess, “front lined and Panacur’d” refers to applying the …
“Cats are the only true sadists of the animal world”, so says a person who is highly educated (he has a PhD) and who is one of New Zealand’s top economists. I think he should stick to economics. He has let his dislike of cats colour his judgment rather badly. He is Dr. Gareth …
Is there a danger of your cat being infected with a contagious disease when attending an animal shelter for low cost spaying or neutering operations? And if so, how big is the risk? Is it bigger than at a vet’s clinic? I really don’t know the answer but it could be relevant to decision …
I’ll respond to the question in the title and four others. 1. Why does my cat meow loudly twice at night? This is another typical question from a cat owner. The fact that a cat meows “twice” is irrelevant really. This is more about a cat meowing at night when people are asleep or …
This is another post, a shortish one, based on the research carried out by the lady who managed the Kitty Cam project. Some interesting information came out of this project on risks taken by free roaming cats and the hunting behavior of well cared for domestic cats. As part of the project, the people …
I was driving down a dusty road in the middle of nowhere in the middle of mid-America. There were weatherboard houses on both sides of the road with plenty of space between them. The sun was hot. The road was empty. “Plenty of space in America”, I thought to myself. Then I spotted a …
