A Michael Broad Blog
Understandably we tend to humanize (anthropomorphize) our cat companions as they are often firmly members of the family and little humans. Sometimes naughty kids. But cats don’t understand the concept of human naughtiness as what we see as naughty behavior is natural behaviour for domestic cats. It is instinctively reactive to the environment created …
I have compressed the results of a research project by Prof. Jennifer Vonk and Brittany Greene entitled: Is companion animal loss cat-astrophic? Responses of domestic cats to the loss of another companion animal, into an infographic in order try and get Google to recognise its existence as Google’s catastrophic algorithm changes four months ago …
This is a fairly simplified infographic and a quick 60 second read to highlight an aspect of feline behaviour which might help a caregiver to better read their cat’s mood. There are other issues which I’ve not mentioned in the infographic namely that when a cat is blind their iris does not respond to …
I have never seen an article about domestic cats vocalising their pleasant day-to-day feelings despite the fact that it happens all the time and is a nice reminder that cats are sentient beings. If anyone doubts that domestic cats are sentient just listen to your cat when she curls up comfortably for a snooze …
It is often said that one of the great charms of our domestic cat companions is that they love us unconditionally. It is a blessing as in the human world unconditional love is quite precious and often confined to the parent-to-child relationship where even in that relationship love can break down. Unconditional love for …
Cats and music—a curious combination! Let’s explore how our feline friends groove (or perhaps purr) to the tunes. 🎵 In summary, cats do have musical preferences, and understanding their reactions can help us create harmonious melodies for our feline companions. 🐾🎶 For further exploration, you can check out the scholarly articles: Remember, whether it’s …
A ‘veterinary expert’ in Miami, USA, Nuria Gómez Constanzo, believes that cats apologise to their caregivers when they’ve done something wrong. They understand they’ve done something wrong and then they try and make up by rubbing against their owners and being extra friendly towards them as their version of an apology. My conclusion at …
Domestic cat maternal aggression is also referred to as maternal protective aggression. It’s what you think it is: a queen’s protective behaviour towards perceived threats to her kittens. It’s a natural instinct when she is caring for her young. In Peter Neville’s book Do Cats Need Shrinks? a client of his, Susan Swift, asked …
