A Michael Broad Blog
This is a unique and very sad story story. A anonymous person called “Art Likely” commenting on a New York Times website article on walking cats on leashes recalled it. It is relevant to training cats to walk on a leash. The commenter is an American and he believes in the British style of …
Setting the scene A woman with 2 male cats moves in with her boyfriend. The cats have always got along very well. They are both healthy and the litter tray is well managed. There had been no problems with peeing outside the litter box before she moved in with her boyfriend. The older cat …
In this article I explore the things that scare domestic cats and how these fears can be prevented or overcome. Kittens become unusually fearful and aggressive towards other cats and people when they are separated from their mother much earlier than normal at about two weeks of age. This page is really about developing …
This is an intriguing video from China, possibly Shanghai. It is on the Facebook page of Shanghaiist. Everyone will have their own interpretation of the video. The kitten is frightened of a large adult cat who is out of frame. The adult cat is not doing anything in particular. Perhaps he/she was poking at …
Today, Booker is a happy cat. It even took some medication (I guess tranquillisers) to make him happy which is sad. But the overriding ‘treatment’ was, and still is, tons of love and gentle care from a really good woman, Julia. This cat story is really about rehabilitation and the two extremes of cat …
Why are people asking…why are cats scared of bananas? It is obvious. They are referring to banana peel. If banana peel is lying on a surface and the skin is ‘fanned out’ as if it could be a dead or still animal, a domestic cat is going to be cautious about it. He may …
I respect all customs and cultures as long as they respect me and my cats….. Diwali, the “festival of lights” an ancient Hindu festival signifying victory of “light over darkness” and “good over evil”, terrifies domestic cats and dogs. It also irritates the hell out of me for the simple reason that it is …
This is a brief explanation why manufactured, artificial cat pheromones are meant to calm down anxious cats, for whatever reason. The major reason why people buy products like Feliway® is to make cats get along better in households where there is more than one cat. The age old problem of introducing a new cat …
