What affects us affects cats
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 in the air and toys with it until dead. It is unpleasant to see …
It is very difficult to assess if domestic cat predation of birds makes a difference to population sizes of the various species in the long term. I’ve said it before that some scientists are frankly biased and their studies are unreliable partly because they do small scale studies and then scale up the figures …
Domestic cats eat bugs because insects are one of the prey items that they hunt. They are on the agenda, part of a domestic cat’s list of creatures to hunt. Obviously insects are down the list of prey items to hunt but when prey is lean as it is in the home the cat …
There are two theories why cats bring home live mice or dead mice or birds or someone’s underwear from next door. Desmond Morris asserts that when cats bring home freshly caught prey, often a live mouse, they view their human caretaker as part of their family and on this occasion they treat their human …
I’m not complaining. I accept it. But I don’t like it. It is reality. We need to accept reality. We need to accept that our cat is a wonderful predator. Our cat does not care if the mouse that he is playing with is screaming. Sometimes the mouse screams quite loudly. The scream can …
Do bobcats eat snakes? Yes, is the answer although the bobcat’s diet is dominated by rabbits or hares throughout much of its range. It depends where the bobcat is as to its diet, by which I mean the range of animals on its menu because where he/she lives dictates the availability of prey items. …
Can cats get rid of rats? This is a question people ask using Google search. The answer depends on whether you like or dislike cats! That is not entirely true but it’s a factor when discussing this subject. The question could be “should cats get rid of rats?”. The reason why I want to …
Cats cannot be cruel as we know the meaning of the word “cruel”. The reason why I want to discuss this topic – and it is a discussion – is because people who dislike cats, and people who comment on the site who wish to criticise cats, sometimes say that they are cruel because …
