This is a difficult and perhaps pointless question to answer. I know that sounds negative but I think it’s a fair point to make. The basic problem is that we can’t use the feeding arrangements of the wildcat ancestor of … Continue reading →
The domestic cat is a solitary hunter/eater of multiple small meals. How to feed a domestic cat is perhaps as important as what you feed them. It is argued that on the Internet there is a lot of discussion about … Continue reading →
The domestic cat’s stomach is too small for a big, one meal a day mild fasting, feeding regime as suggested by the University of Guelph researchers. I discuss this. You may have read about the well-publicised study carried out by … Continue reading →
You tell me in a comment why this lynx point Siamese cat (or non-purebred lynx point Siamese type) is seemingly obsessed with the taste of broccoli. From @bengalwonderland: “Don’t forget to eat your 🥦” #catsofinstagram pic.twitter.com/UkS78n6PHA — Cats of Instagram … Continue reading →
Domestic cats are included as their hunting behavior when allowed to be expressed is exactly the same as a small ground dwelling wild cat. As is now well known, the diet of feral and domestic cats is almost exclusively carnivorous. … Continue reading →
If and when domestic cats use their paws to eat food or to drink water they do so in a very specific way. They scoop up the food such as dry food pellets or water from their bowl into their … Continue reading →
It is more natural for cats to have meal times but not set meal times. I am referring to how wild cats feed. To put down dry cat food 24/7 and allow free-feeding is akin to turning your cat companion … Continue reading →
I’m referring to tigers in the wild eating their recently deceased prey animals. Clearly this is different to captive tigers being fed by a zookeeper. For large prey animals tigers employ a suffocating throat bite which is positioned just below … Continue reading →
A PhD student, Emma Spencer, from the University of Sydney was surprised to see in her camera trap video a ginger tabby feral cat scavenging on the carcass of a 30 kg kangaroo who’d died in the desert under harsh … Continue reading →
The videos is called ‘Caring is sharing’ – very apt. This cat has firmly decided that the plush toy is a real creature. It must be imprinting. The cat treats the toy as her kitten. It seems that the plush … Continue reading →
