What affects us affects cats
For the cat, staring at another cat or person is essentially an aggressive act. Although I think you have to also take into account the circumstances as it won’t always be aggressive, far from it. For instance I often stare at my cat and he stares back but we are father and son so …
Obviously domestic cats are not bipedal. They are quadrupedal meaning four-footed; they walk on all four feet. However, we often see domestic cats taking up these positions but not quite in such a relaxed or interesting way as we see in the photographs. I selected the photographs because they are particularly good examples of …
You can tell a lot from a cat’s eyes both in respect of health, mood and more. Health All of the below require the intervention of a vet. You must have heard of it, the nictitating membrane. This is the third eyelid a.k.a the haw. Its role is to protect a cat’s eyes when …
Cats do the crab walk to ensure that the side of their body always faces the hostile stranger opposite who may be a threat to them. The crab walk makes cats look as large as possible. Size counts as it does in the human world. Their size is further enlarged by the hairs down …
I am sure that you have your signals which you deliver to your cat which are designed to elicit a specific response. If you haven’t your should have. Cats reiprocate and have their signals to which we respond which reinforces the cat’s willingness to go on making those signals. They can be sounds and/or …
There is a study out and the media have latched onto it. In doing so they have distorted it. The reports say that 13 participants achieved a 75% success rate in reading cats’ facial expressions. These were the cat whisperers. They were often people like veterinarians. You can read the study in its entirety …
My cat does this all the time. Does yours? When I am about to pet him by stroking the side of face and down his shoulder and on to his flank, he leans towards me as if he is placing a bit of resistance to my stroking before I have commenced. He likes it …
There are a few possibilities for ear problems with this baby faced cat breed. Two which have been dismissed by supporters of the breed are that they might suffer from ear mites and deafness. I don’t know of any evidence which supports the view that the permanently folded down and forward ears cause ear …
