What affects us affects cats
When Oliver Widger quit his job, he wasn’t chasing a bigger paycheck or climbing a corporate ladder — he was following the call of the ocean. But he didn’t set sail alone. His first mate? A whiskered, four-pawed feline named Clarence. The Oregon-based adventurer recently went viral after documenting his unusual voyage: a solo …
The Times of Saturday, January 29, 2025 has a nice article about the FluentPet HexTile System. I decided to investigate it and create an infographic which explains it. I’m told that thousands of animals from 45 countries including cats, rabbits and goats are participating in the world’s largest study of “button pressing pets”. This …
The purpose of this infographic is to ensure that all cat caregivers are fully au fait with the importance of claws to the domestic cat. Sometimes I think millions of cat owners (hardly caregivers) in the United States forget these nine aspects of feline behavior which are integral to their existence when they declaw …
Cats’ incredible reflexes demand respect by Michael Broad The point of the infographic is that it is useful, I believe, for cat caregivers to remind themselves of the super-sharp reflexes of their humble and unassuming cat companion as attached to the end of forelimbs are those weapons. Note: please do not declaw. It is …
It seems that PETA are campaigning for more full-time indoor cats because of a ‘plague’ of ‘poisonings, shootings, burnings, and beatings’ of outdoor cats across the US. They want to abolish the concept of indoor-outdoor cats because it leads to animal cruelty. The quotes below and their video explains. I can’t watch these videos …
The ‘mini-infographic’ compares cats and ferrets as pets in sparse outline while the article on this page compares cats and ferrets in more detail. Hope you find it useful. cat Comparing cats and ferrets as pets. Mini-infographic. By Michael Broad This section is a recording of a conversation I had with ChatGPT, an AI …
There is an understandable desire by many cat owners to keep their cat companion off the kitchen counter. If this troubles you then the best way forward is through positive reinforcement training. You might be aware of that. The short Infographic on this page explains what I mean and is one example of how …
There is an article in The Sun newspaper today which reports that the RSPCA have criticised the trend of training indoor cats to go for a walk on a lead to allow them to experience some of the outdoor smells and sights. It is a trend because it’s a trend also to keep cats …
