There are two important issues concerning domestic cat character: friendliness and socialisation. They do overlap but they are distinct. Whereas socialisation ‘acclimatises’ the kitten to the presence of humans and …
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 …
Female, domestic stray cat has a kitten and knows she needs a human caregiver and asks Read More »
The mother cat’s owner, Lauren, says on TikTok: “She brings her kittens to Toby when she needs a little break”. A colleague of mine is not quite so sure and …
Mother cat engages the help of family dog to raise her kittens Read More »
This is a question posed by a social media user accompanying a video of a beautiful ginger tabby cat enthusiastically licking a young kitten who is also a ginger tabby …
Why is my adult male cat aggressively licking my new male kitten? Read More »
The picture, which I think is an excellent example of this genre of photograph, is of an ex-Battersea rescue dog, Bertie, parenting and nurturing kittens that were abandoned on the …
Picture of rescue dog parenting and nurturing abandoned and rescued kittens Read More »
I argue that cats recognise their mothers based on the evidence including how their recognise their human guardian.
If we are to assess whether domestic cats protect humans, we have to look at the nature of the relationship. In terms of the physical ability to protect a human …
The strange and exotic big cat hybrids such as the tigon and liger, which fascinate many people, may be creating unforeseen emotional issues in their female parent. Until this article …
Emotional and behavioural problems in hybrid big cats Read More »
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