The top 6 diseases affecting domestic cats in the UK are listed in the table below. FELINE DISEASE PERCENTAGE OF CATS SUFFERING Gum disease 15.23 Obesity 11.58 General dental disease 9.23 Overgrown nails 5.23 Flea infestation 5.07 Heart murmur 4.44 Table showing the top 6 domestic cat diseases in the UK from a “random sample …
Common illnesses affecting UK domestic cats are almost completely preventable Read More »
We don’t have an exact figure for the number of domestic cats that have lived at the White House with US presidents over the years so the question in the title cannot be answered with accuracy, sadly. However, there seems to have been around 20+ as a rough estimate. That’s the end of the article! …
NEWS AND COMMENT: This is a picture taken from a security camera video of two girls who are standing in the middle of what appears to be a 4-lane dual carriageway road in Buena Park, Los Angeles, USA. They are looking at their dead cat who had only just been killed by a vehicle on …
This article is based on a very skimpy source (study summary) which I regret but I don’t have any other options. It’s interesting nonetheless to me because a study hypothesised (to put something forward as a possible theory or idea) that a cat’s behaviour can be associated with the breed of the cat, their coat …
Cat behavior linked to breed, coat type, and eye color? Read More »
Am I the only person who is concerned about the effect that neutering has on a male domestic cat’s appearance? There is almost nothing, perhaps there is absolutely nothing, on the Internet or in the books that I have on whether people are concerned about the effect of neutering on the appearance of male domestic …
Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, has usefully written about pet theft in the UK for the Mail on Sunday. His article is published on the Mail Online website. Observers will have read the stories about the surge in pet thefts in the UK, mainly of dogs, due to the Covid-19 pandemic which encouraged people …
Pet theft is not trivial – on a par, say, with shoplifting Read More »
The photograph is described as ‘Tinder 1913’. There are four guys in the snow outside a log cabin. Two of the men are holding cats, one has a dog and the fourth does not have an animal companion. The sign is clear: they want wives. The companion animals are a substitute for wives. That’s the …
Cat owners must agree to confine their cats to protect wildlife – all of them ideally. In other words there must be a voluntary agreement by cat owners because it’s the only way to stop wildlife predation by domestic cats. Why is this? Because any law enacted by any government which confines cats to the …
Governments can’t force cat owners to confine their cats to protect wildlife Read More »
The quality of a person’s cat caretaking depends upon whether the person regards themselves as an owner of cats or in a relationship with cats. Ownership Cat lovers (ailurophiles) always try and get away from the concept of cat ownership. It is hard for two main reasons. Firstly the law persists in treating domestic cats …
This is a brief summary of the differences between cat and dog owners Cat owners tend to me more creative than dog owners who are more likely to work in finance, are more likely to view a documentary on television compared to dog owners who prefer horror and action movies, and enjoy reading, writing and …
Because a lot of people who own a cat are not ideally suited to the task, having a cat does not say much about your personality. You won’t see a clear personality profile amongst the world’s cat owners. These are my thoughts alone. I have not referred to books or the beliefs of ‘experts’. However, …
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A recent survey found that pet ownership has declined in Australia. Numbers have fallen by 200,000 while the dog population has fallen by 100,000 in the past 12 months. It is unsurprising that the cat population has fallen at twice the rate of the dog population, in my opinion, bearing in mind the barrage of …
Rage is one of the emotions that people feel when their companion animal is abused. The rage is often compounded by frustration at the failure to achieve justice and retribution. It is rage followed by frustration leading to more anger. In a previous post the topic was guilt emanating from the abuse of the companion …
