A Michael Broad Blog
Cat toys are all around us at home. We don’t really need to buy them. We should take care because some informal toys can harm — small, short lengths of fine string, for example, can be trapped in the mouth and throat causing serious damage. Supervision is fairly important or at least an awareness …
Cats stop playing with toys because they are frustrated and then bored but it need not always be that way with cats and toys. Cats think they are hunting when they play with toys. But it appears that cats don’t get bored when they are hunting for real so why the difference between hunting …
Homemade cat toys are free and as effective as purchased cat toys therefore they are better 😉 – Cats like kids can tire of toys so it makes sense to avoid splashing out on them because they’ll end up under the bed or sideboard and ultimately in the bin (trash can). Here are some …
Photos from top left clockwise: Lion, tiger, leopard and jaguar. Photos by: Kjunstorm, Brian McKay, William Warby and Susan Shepard – all Flickr photographers and reproduced under creative commons licenses. Big cat toys should be toys that are based on the big four wild cats: tiger, lion, leopard and jaguar. Although I sense that …
By ‘absolute way’ I mean looking at intelligence overall and not qualifying it and breaking it down. Just looking at raw intelligence. The objective: to get a handle on cat intelligence. We know that cats are less intelligent than humans but how intelligent are they especially in rational thought? I know my cat takes …
Fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) are the most prevalent parasite in domestic cats due to a combination of biological resilience, environmental factors, and their ability to spread easily. Here’s why they top the list: 1. High Reproductive Rate 2. Hardy and Adaptive Lifecycle 3. Multiple Modes of Transmission 4. Year-Round Survival 5. Widespread Presence of Intermediate …
My infographic summarizes a report in The Times newspaper yesterday (23rd January 2024 written by Rhys Blakeley) of a survey on the possible winter blues suffered by some canines. I think it fair to say that what is said about companion dogs may also in some households apply to domestic cats. There is probably …
Current wet cat food is always soft. It fails to replicate the domestic cat’s natural diet of flesh and bone. Cats need bone on which to chew (sheer) for gum health and jaw exercise. There is an argument too that over the very long term current wet cat food may impact the evolution of …
