What affects us affects cats
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, …
Tigers eat deer as they would any other large prey animal. They normally kill large prey animals with a throat bite which is maintained for several minutes or longer until the animal has suffocated and dies. They make sure that the animal is dead by holding the bite beyond the moment the prey animal …
Cat overeating can be linked to a habit. And feline habits are linked to lifestyle rhythms. If you adjust the habit you can potentially reduce food intact. Ways to diet a cat are important as according to the veterinarians there is an obesity epidemic among the domestic cat population in developed countries. I’ll explain …
I was reminded today that a cat guardian can inadvertently set up, through routines, unhelpful habits that affect their domestic cat companion. This is a short note and no more. I’ll provide a personal example. Every morning I buy the newspaper. I don’t have it delivered. I go to a petrol station in the …
This is a discussion post. I don’t know the answer and neither do the scientists as far as I aware. We know that people eat for pleasure; as a means to alleviate stress or as a coping mechanism. You might call it emotional eating. In fact a lot of human overeating is due to …
The first point to make is that not all domestic cats do this and those that do it don’t do it all the time. In fact, in my experience, it is not that usual. But if a cat has eaten enough he or she may try and bury the remaining food. This is caching …
We have all experienced this. Some of our dinners smell great to a cat. This cute, well groomed, immaculate cat wants some of that pizza being eaten by an equally cute and well groomed female human. It looks like Japan. The cat could be purebred judging by appearance; perhaps an American Shorthair. The struggles …
When I am owned by a cat that regularly eats with gusto, I thank the gods for rewarding me with a kitty that isn’t a picky eater. Two of my cats fit into that category, but when it comes to one of them there are times I have found this thankless task to be …
