Why does my cat lick me?
For me the answer to the question, “why does my cat lick me?” mainly comes from personal observation. Mother-kitten relationship My cat looks upon me as a mother cat. All domestic cats do the...
allogrooming / Cat Behavior / mothering
September 13, 2023
For me the answer to the question, “why does my cat lick me?” mainly comes from personal observation. Mother-kitten relationship My cat looks upon me as a mother cat. All domestic cats do the...
bonding / caregiver's wellbeing / Cat Behavior / cost of cat caregiving / following owner / Human to cat relationship / interaction with owner / ownership
July 31, 2023
There are two ways, as I see it, of creating a lifelong bond with your cat. They refer to a couple of different scenarios. This is not some sort of mysterious, magical system. It...
ailurophile / animal lovers / divorce / dog-to-human relationship / domestic violence / human to human relationship / popularity of cats and dogs / popularity of cats and dogs
June 15, 2023
You will see various statistics on this topic. All are interesting and perhaps a little shocking. My quick research indicated that between about 30% and about 50% of people in a relationship with another...
January 28, 2023
Do cats like being sung to? The answer, as per the Infographic, is that it depends on a number of factors. You can’t just accept the scientific answer which is that domestic cats don’t...
November 19, 2022
Here is an attempt (!) at an infographic about cats on laps. Cats on laps are very important for both human and cat (obviously). There is a lot going on with cats on laps....
June 20, 2022
The phrase “training is logical” comes from Dr. Bruce Fogle (Complete Cat Care). I think that it is an interesting phrase. It implies that caregivers should be training their cat as a matter of...
February 10, 2022
It is said that if a bunch of strangers come into the home of a domestic cat and sit down, the domestic cat, if they are confident enough, will walk up to the stranger...
February 10, 2022
I am revisiting a page that I wrote about 12 years ago. The question in the title (which I have subsequently amended) asked how a cat owner can bond with their cat. Internet users...
January 19, 2022
When your cat licks your hair, she is allogrooming you. From her perspective your hair is unnaturally long. It makes the allogrooming process almost impossible which is why she struggles. However, she is licking...
December 1, 2021
Why do domestic cats lick each other? The answer is the one you’re thinking about! It is a social exchange that can follow the friendly tail-up greeting. Mutual licking between cats is called allogrooming....
November 30, 2021
In general, feral cats do not meow. This is because it is usually a learned vocalisation between domestic cat and human caregiver which is employed to ask for something. We hear it a lot....
October 13, 2021
There are two hormonal issues which help to ensure that the bond between mother cat and her kittens is strong and that the kittens are trusting during their first few weeks after birth. Mother...
August 11, 2021
This is a “Does your cat like you quiz!” You can make of it what you want. It can’t be 100% guaranteed to tell you whether your cat likes you or not. All it...
August 7, 2021
William Fraser, a 50-year-old taxi driver from Poolewe in the Highlands of Scotland has adopted Wallace, a super-friendly Maine Coon. They have become inseparable and Wallace likes to sleep on William’s head or his...
August 1, 2021
VIDEO – COMMMENT: The boy that you see sitting on the sidewalk in this video is Liam from Boise, Idaho, USA. We are told that he was feeling down after his tee ball league...