A Michael Broad Blog
Almost all domestic cats rake their toys (their “prey”) with their hind feet. They grab the toy with in their forelegs and paws and bite it while simultaneously raking the toy with their hind claws. The addition of raking with hind claws doesn’t occur every time but frequently. It is something that cats do …
I suppose this is a classic example of how anything – usually rubbish – which comes to hand, can be a great cat toy. Gabriel can play for up to an hour constantly and without my involvement (other than supplying the homemade cat toy). He follows the usual domestic cat schedule: morning and evening …
I think he is still in his teens (using weeks as the measure rather than years) but has grown substantially and just started to hunt – not in reality but inside the home looking out. He is much more alert to what is happening outside and I have to say that the cat condo …
They went duck hunting and ended up hunting household cats but of course they’d probably say they were feral cats (how can you tell?) and that they had a legal right to do what they did. Wrong. They were household cats and the police believe they have found the woman who is their caretaker. …
This cat has been forced to chase a pigeon while in reverse gear. The pigeon was described as outsmarting the cat – not sure about that. Let’s say it was purely fortuitous that the pigeon landed behind the cat when escaping. http://youtu.be/1dxDf9r6PiY Cats obviously don’t make a very good job of chasing birds when …
The domestic cat shows us her wild side in her eating habits. When it comes to food the wild cat is there for all to see. There are two behavioural traits that my cat Gabriel consistently performs (a) he tries to bury the food bowl if the food is not too his liking perhaps …
This is an essay on cats murdering birds. It is written in plain English (I hope). It is published under a creative commons license which allows anyone to use it in anyway they wish. Dogs have masters; cats have slaves, so the saying goes. There are complicated laws in the UK about the right …
Summary: Cat owners should know what normal feline behavior is and accommodate it as best they can because it is beneficial to both cat and caretaker. Over centuries, the role of the domestic cat has changed from an independent hunter and rodent controller to that of a companion animal. The primary reason why people …
