What affects us affects cats
Perhaps it is fair to say that sometimes cat owners (caregivers) forget that their feline friend operates on DNA hard-wired instinct as they are often seen as little human members of the family which is nice. Moreover, this DNA is inherited from their wildcat ancestor. The domestic cat’s behaviour is rooted in the behaviour …
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It is why we have spaying and neutering of domestic cats and many feral cats through TNR programmes. Even without sterilization the theoretical becomes very unattainable through accident, predation and disease. You’ll see the ravages of disease on kittens among the feral cat population. For example, cat flu often leads to secondary bacterial eye …
It is all about the unnatural chemicals in tap water combined with the trace remains of the detergents on the water bowl. We all know that cats have a great sense of smell and they are instinctive in their behavior which is rooted in wild cat behavior. The domestic cat’s wild ancestor does not …
The infographic answers the question in the title. Here is a little bit more detail on the kinds of hair that domestic cats have up. Of course, the domestic cat has the same kind of hairs that their wildcat ancestor has, namely, four kinds as mentioned in the Infographic. There may be as many …
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 …
The infographic BELOW is an answer to the question: Are two cats better than one? It summarises the issues from my perspective. The key points to think about and which dictate the answer are: There are many multi-cat homes and many stressed cats in these homes. I think Dr. Claude Béata sums up the …
It is no surprise to me and perhaps others that both domestic dogs and cats have smaller brains than their wild cousins from whom they have descended: the grey wolf for dogs and the Eurasian wildcat for cats. The reason is obvious: domestication, which has removed the challenges for survival and the lesser need …
