What affects us affects cats
This is another one of those animal partnerships that tell us that animals don’t get enough credit for their capability to have deep emotional attachments. Some visitors may have bumped into this story already when surfing the internet but it is the first time I have seen it. This particular partnership also appears to …
by Michael Being a mammal the cat’s brain is similar to ours and all other mammals. For the sake of clarity a mammal is a warm blooded vertebrate covered by skin/hair. All vertebrates have similar brains too. The brain of a mammal is larger in relation to body size that other vertebrates. The picture …
by Elisa Black-Taylor (USA) Good morning readers. Today I’d like to talk to you about the emotional problems of declawed cats. I chose this aspect of declawing to counter those who believe laser declawing doesn’t cause as much damage or pain to a cat. It sounds reasonable when you think about it. Lasers are …
American Ringtail Cat – how does this tail wag? Why do cats wag their tail? When my girl cat wants to go out I open the door for her (she is too fat to get through the cat flap!). If its horrible outside she waits and looks. In fact she almost always waits and …
by Ruth (England) THEY’VE GONE AND LEFT ME Does your cat allow you to go out without feeling guilty? One of ours does but one doesn’t. If Walter sees ‘going out’ preparations being made, he just goes off to bed, he’s a cat that likes his rest anyway. Not so Jozef! He will try …
by Saddie (Oklahoma, United States) I adopted our beautiful American Shorthair tabby cat from our local animal shelter one month ago. The first tree weeks were great. He was playing with the kids and we have absolutely no problems with aggression or litter box, nothing. But this last week he has been going to …
Update: This page was written years ago. It has value but things have moved on a bit since then. Please use the search custom search facility to find other articles on cat emotions. [weaver_search width=300] Discussing cat emotions is very difficult because we simply do not know for sure what emotions cats feel. When …
by Michael (London, UK) Sad cat – photo by karp3diem (Flickr) People ask whether there is such a thing as cat grief. There are no easily accessible scientific studies, that I can find, which deal with this subject. Perhaps, though, we don’t need them. Perhaps we already know from personal observation and experience. Grief …
