Do you aspire to that cat caregiving utopian ideal of no wet food waste left in the bowl after a feeding or even after five feedings? Well, I’ve achieved it. I’m boasting but I’ve done it through precision feeding. The Infographic explains the MO but I will add a few words. There are perhaps two …
Yes, in my experience, they work very well. Cats instinctively use them without any training in my experience although it is fairly limited as I live with one cat who used it instinctively for the first time. Cats manage to get the dry cat food pellets out of the feeder without any problem in my …
Introduction: The problem of domestic cats not using the litter box is the source of millions of articles. It is euphemistically called “inappropriate elimination”. It is an inaccurate description because from the cat’s standpoint it is entirely appropriate because there’s a reason behind their behaviour and this article sets out 14 different possible reasons. Many …
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Self-harm in cats is often a displacement activity. This is a complicated topic because even the experts don’t really have a handle on it and it often concerns mental health. In the same way that self-harming in people concerns mental health. I believe that there is a distinct overlap between self-harming in people and in …
Here’s the deal: you can’t answer the question in the title in an article on the Internet. The problem is too deep and too complicated to do that. The answer depends upon observing the cat and looking at the conditions under which they behave and the circumstances of their self-mutilation plus medical diagnosis. And yes, …
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This is the cat behavior problem for the day: “My cat has suddenly become obsessed with food. She does not want to play much anymore. She prefers to get into food containers. She was spayed about a year ago. She is about 18 months old. She started this behavior when the weather changed. Unfortunately, I …
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Domestic cats can and do eat for pleasure like humans. That’s my conclusion. I will tackle the issue from two points of view: observing my cat and the science of overeating because of pleasure eating. I will talk about my cat first. Observing my cat Just this morning when I woke up before I prepared …
British Shorthair is less destructive than the Sphynx. However, take this with a pinch of salt, please! A poll run by the goodmove.co.uk website into the destructiveness or otherwise of companion animals in the home found that among the cat breeds the British Shorthair is far more destructive than the hairless Sphynx. The most destructive …
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This is a nice little video from TikTok showing a cat pushing a glass of water off a shelf to entertain himself. The reason? Boredom. Play with your cat as much as possible.
From @cat_manchester: “Summer is over ??” #catsofinstagram pic.twitter.com/B2Pvco5lk0 — Cats of Instagram (@catsofinstagram) October 17, 2020 There has been a lot of publicity about the flapping fish toy on the Internet. I’ve seen cats trying to devour it and being highly stimulated by it. All the signs are that it is a very popular cat …
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When searching for something to write about today I notice that people are typing into Google’s search box phrases such as, “my cat does nothing all day”. Or something along those lines. I find it curious. They are looking for answers as to why their cat is doing nothing all day and asking Google to …
There is a clash of cultures between felines and humans and it’s been used to generate an amusing Twitter thread started by a guy whose name is Christopher Ingramham. He claimed that his cat was the world’s worst. Christopher has a baby and his cat barges into his toddler’s room at 6 a.m. in the …
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This sweet little white cat takes great delight in kicking four items on a shelf onto a hard floor. It is a classic case of domestic cat yob behavior. I am only kidding but we normally see one or two items hitting the deck but this guy loved the sound and sight of the first …
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The person asking the question says that when she puts her cat toys away her cat won’t play with them. He won’t do this even when the toys can be found and got at easily. Are cat toys successful? Let’s try and find an answer to the question. My first thought is that cat toys …
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Boredom in cats is perhaps a more serious problem than people think. Obviously, the problem of boredom in cats is potentially more prevalent for full-time indoor cats. A lot has been written about enriching a cat’s environment. This counteracts boredom. However, I’m fairly confident that very few people optimally enrich their cat’s environment if at …
