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...
Tagged: cat behavior
Happy cat owner tip 1: wearing wellies!
This looks a bit strange – very strange perhaps – but effective. The idea comes from Rebecca Watson in her book The Cat Expert. I like the idea if you have a problem with...
A cat’s senses are ready and waiting
Here comes Toji! – Photo by fofurasfelinas (link at base of page) This is a really nice picture by a well-known Flickr photographer, Giane Portal, Flickr name: forfurasfelinas, of a sanctuary or rescue cat...
Happy cat campaign tip 2 – observe your cat’s behaviour and take notes
In 2011 a veterinary charity in the UK assessed the physical and social environment of domestic cats and decided that on average in cat owners needed to improve as the score they came up...
Why cats are almost certainly capable of being jealous
This post is deliberately short and in bullet fashion for speed reading on a smartphone.
Cats can be terrified of unknown objects even when they’ve seen them before under different circumstances
There are many more articles on scared cats at the end of this post Video showing terrified cat. I feel sorry them.
‘Food preparation’ for easy swallowing by domestic cats is rarely seen
In the modern world, as the pampered domestic cat is provided with wet cat food from pouches or dry cat food from bags, you rarely see them engaging in their own ‘food preparation’ so...
This behavior unfairly gave the cat the false reputation of sneering at people
Until the internet really took hold and began to genuinely educate millions of cat owners about cat behaviour, there was a misconception about a strange aspect of feline behavior when every so often a...
Home range (territory) size of ALL cat species from domestic cat to tiger
This is a comparison of the size of home ranges (their territory) of the cat species which includes the domestic cat, feral cat and all the wild cat species. It answers the question as...
Domestic cats haven’t yet worked out many aspects of human activity
This is an interesting illustration from Dr John Bradshaw’s book Cat Sense (which you can download to Kindle by the way which allows you to search for keywords) on the topic of how well...
How do cats learn to open doors?
Domestic cats have good learning abilities as shown by the fact that they adapt to indoor living. They make sense of their surroundings by classical conditioning and learn how to open doors through ‘operant...
Is it normal to not like cats?
Of course, it is normal to dislike cats. It is normal for humans to hate cats sometimes. This is because it is normal for humans to do a lot of strange and/or extreme things....
Why do domestic cats still wish to maintain a home range?
The reason why the domestic cat’s wildcat ancestor maintains a home range i.e. a section of landscape that they call home, is because they want to protect a food resource. This makes sense. It’s...
Cats strike back against tiresome, disrespectful toddlers!
It had to come. Cats can take so much disrespect and mishandling. They’ve reached breaking point. Enough is enough. Bam. Splat. Take that! Pesky little kids. Leave me in peace. These are the possible...
Do cats think of us as surrogate mothers, equals or kittens?
The conclusion from a couple of PhD experts, Dr John Bradshaw (Cat Sense) and Dr Desmond Morris (Cat Watching and many other books on animal and human behavior), is that cats do not think...
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