Why do cats sleep in their litter box?
The main reason why a domestic cat might sleep in their litter box – as shown in the photograph below – is because it strongly smells of their scent due to the presence of...
Cat Behavior / environment / home range / Human to cat relationship / instinctive behavior / multicat households / stimulating environment / strange cat behaviour / territory and home range / weird behavior explained
August 27, 2023
The main reason why a domestic cat might sleep in their litter box – as shown in the photograph below – is because it strongly smells of their scent due to the presence of...
Cat Anatomy / Cat Behavior / cat body language / cat emotions / cat personality / ears / excitement / fear
June 29, 2023
The body language of a cat’s eyes and ears are worth a quick discussion and I am reliant on personal experience and that of the vet Dr Bruce Fogle in his book Complete Cat...
anxiety / cat aggression / Cat Behavior / cat emotions / cat personality / cat stress / handling cats / petting / stress / Veterinarians
April 14, 2023
I was reading a section by Dr. Desmond Morris in his book Catlore and he suggested that sometimes domestic cats bite the hand that strokes them because of a traumatic experience they’ve had in...
March 15, 2023
The cat stuff Unusually (perhaps not that unusually, in fact) cat spraying and Elavil may go together. Cat breeders will suffer the consequences of male cats spraying as it is part of their natural...
anxiety / defensive behavior / fear / hide / scent marking / sense of security
February 26, 2023
Fear in a cat can be ‘trained in’ by bad experiences. This infographic is about ‘training out’ that acquired fear (fear developed through experience) through a sensitive, graded and progressive approach to desensitizing the...
February 14, 2023
I have created an infographic based on Jackson Galaxy’s very personal concepts and language when describing domestic cat behavior. He hits the nail on the head. You just have to translate his unique language...
September 14, 2022
Yes, I am being provocative and a little tough but sometimes you have to be. The video on TikTok tells me very strongly that this owner (Beth) does not realise that her Siamese cat...
May 4, 2022
This is a question about domestic cats. In general, tinfoil does scare cats. In my view it is because of the noise tinfoil makes when handled plus the texture and the unknown quantities and...
April 25, 2022
Dr. Thomas Hamilton has become a celebrity vet because he does something which few other veterinarians do. He takes more than the usual amount of time to gain the trust of the animal patients...
April 24, 2022
This is a clever TikTok ‘funny cat video’ in which the face filter facility has been used in a cool way. I don’t use TikTok but it seems that Anne, from Canada, is miming...
December 23, 2021
For years now I have noticed that my cat sometimes swallows 1-3 times after I have physically interacted with him. What do I mean by ‘physical interaction’? It might be flea combing him. That’s...
October 27, 2021
This is an example of the kind of silly and desperate cat video that I don’t like. The whole ethos is about frightening your cat for kicks to try and grab some YouTube views...
August 23, 2021
I think that this scientific study is telling us what we probably already know but it has some value nonetheless. As I understand it, it is more or less saying that people suffering from...
July 8, 2021
There is not a lot to say in response to the question in the title because common sense applies. When a kitten or an adult cat hides it is usually because they want to...
May 25, 2021
This is a really good cat picture. It is unusual to this sort of quality in a photo taken by a non-professional photographer. The cameras help nowadays and I mean smartphones. The optics are...