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 … please continue reading
It is said that the Queen of England is allergic to cats. It is also said that her staff at the Sandringham estate are killing accidentally or deliberately wandering outside domestic cats because they threaten young pheasants. Pheasants are shot … please continue reading
What the question is asking is how the cat’s owner can stop his or her cat behaving naturally. It is not possible to do that if mice are available. It is not even kind to stop a cat acting naturally. … please continue reading
Do domestic cats kill snakes, today? We know that at the beginning of wild cat domestication (about 9,500 years ago) semi-domestic cats killed snakes because the snake is on the pray diet for the wild cat ancestor of the domestic … please continue reading
This is a high quality picture of my cat and the pigeon that he killed while I was out at the gym. He kills pigeons by suffocating them with a throat bite much like lions killing large prey. Usually domestic … please continue reading
We need balanced headlines on the story about feral cats preying on the rare and endangered Leadbeater’s possum, a tiny creature living in ‘tall wet forests of Victoria’s Central Highlands’. Phys.org leads with a disturbing headline ‘Evidence that feral cats … please continue reading
Do feral cats eat rats? Yes some feral cats eat rats. However I’d suggest that the rat is not a primary prey item of the feral cat. Small mammals, mainly rodents (which includes the rat) and rabbits and hares are … please continue reading
Why do you very rarely see dead birds when there must be hundreds of millions of them in America at any one time? Take for example pigeons in London, UK. They live for about four years. There should be piles … please continue reading
Why do cats like to torture mice? People sometimes criticise the domestic cat for torturing their prey, usually mice. They do this by pouncing and pausing and when the mouse is disabled through injury and trauma the cat throws it … please continue reading
The size of a cat’s stomach is important in working out how to feed our cat. The domestic cat’s stomach is about the size of a ping-pong ball they say. This is the equivalent of no more than a maximum … please continue reading
