brachycephalic skull / brain / Cat Anatomy / Cat Breeding / cat intelligence / Cat News / Dog / dog breeding / French bulldog / Human to cat relationship / inbreeding / negligent breeding / selective breeding / study
September 22, 2023
STUDY RESULT PLUS COMMENT: Dorottya Ujfalussy from the Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary, has decided in her study that flat-faced dogs (and I’m going to include flat-faced cats) are more attractive to their owners...
Cat Behavior / feeding behavior / kitten feeding / kneading / mothering / Uncategorized
September 9, 2023
These side-by-side videos tell the story behind adult domestic cat kneading. PLEASE CLICK ON THE PLAY BUTTON AT BOTTOM-LEFT OF THE VIDEO TO PLAY THE TWO VIDEOS SIMULTANEOUSLY. Despite the copious amount of information...
Cat Behavior / Declawing / Human to cat relationship / interaction with owner / kitten development / kitten development / learning / learning by observation / mothering / scratching / substitute mothers / Training
September 3, 2023
This is an article by Elen, a visitor to PoC. We humans are claimed to be divided in to two categories, Cat people and Dog people. I basically agree. I do love dogs myself;...
Cat Behavior / Human to cat relationship / kitten development / kitten development / Kittens / kittens / mothering
August 21, 2023
Cats take walk with their owners because they are behaving as a developing kitten would when they follow their mother from the nest in their development towards independence. It often happens along a well-worn...
Cat Anatomy / Cat Behavior / Human to cat relationship / kitten development / kitten play / Kittens / kittens / newborn kitten care / Sounds
August 20, 2023
A kitten’s cry to demand something or other, usually warmth, food and security is more attractive than the baby’s cry. Discuss! Both the kitten’s cry and the baby’s cry are sounds which get the...
caregiver's wellbeing / Cat Anatomy / Cat Behavior / dander / Fel d1 / Human to cat relationship / licking / mothering / saliva / skin
July 28, 2023
Is the question relevant to our lives? People ask it nonetheless. But frankly it is almost irrelevant. However, exceedingly rarely some cat owners do lick their cat and an avowed and self-declared crazy cat...
altruism / cat reading human behavior / human behavior / human body language / human stress / kind acts / Video
May 9, 2023
Yes, is the answer to the question in the title and that assessment comes from scientific studies which have shown that cats and dogs can read humans through their body language and voice and...
cat attention-seeking / Cat Behavior / cat emotions / kitten development / meow / mothering / parenting / Sounds / vocalising anxiety
April 27, 2023
A study found that female domestic cats responded about 10% faster to kitten calls which conveyed to them a high level of urgency compared to kitten calls which were assessed as non-urgent. Females evaluate...
anxiety / Cat Behavior / cat emotions / mothering / weaning
March 10, 2023
“Sibling suckling” is when domestic cats beyond the age of weaning suckle on each other for reassurance and comfort.
affection / cat emotions / petting / stroking and petting
March 9, 2023
Because of her early days experiences, a kitten equates being provided for with her mother. As the human caregiver continues to provide for the now adult cat, the cat relates to their human caregiver...
kitten development / kneading / mothering
March 8, 2023
Strictly speaking it’s not massage! There is one reason why domestic cats ‘massage’ their owner. And it is not really massaging as I am sure many of you know. The word ‘massage’ is misleading...
September 27, 2022
Cat cannibalism is nearly always a form of abnormal maternal behaviour. Most often it concerns the queen (breeding mother cat) consuming her young. Often it is the first-born kitten. Apparently, it occurs quite commonly,...
July 16, 2022
RELATED: China, Confucius and Cats This is a tragic and, in some ways, charming cat video from China. The mother cat decided to make a common street garbage can her den in which to...
June 11, 2022
There is only one way to interpret the behaviour of this stray, female domestic cat who leads the video maker on a rainy day towards a lobby area of what appears to be an...
June 11, 2022
This is a said video for me. I can feel the sadness in this cat. And the loneliness. This must be a stray cat who was once a domestic cat. And they are sitting...
