A Michael Broad Blog
Yes, cat flaps are a good idea but they can be a mixed blessing. Obviously, the cat flap gives your cat convenient access to the outdoors. If the cat flap is microchip activated it should prevent other cats coming into your home. If it is not microchip activated then other wandering, outside cats may …
Cats owners are quite laissez-faire about their outdoor cat coming into conflict with other cats. That certainly applies in England. Cat owners move to a new area and let their cat go outside perhaps after a period inside to acclimatise. For the cat this is a source of conflict and stress. A cat in …
Cat middening is territorial marking behavior just like spraying urine horizontally onto objects such fence posts etc. (see above). Obviously the cat is defecating when middening so that that function is being served but the primary function is to mark territory both visually and through smell. It is a very obvious statement, more so …
Most of the cat lovers I know living with felines tell me they feel extremely blessed. After all, avid felinophiles delight in watching their cats play together. The creative games cats invent to tickle their fancy can entertain us for hours on end. Of course there is nothing more rewarding than the soft, gentle …
Abandoning a high filial wild cat hybrid is a mark of failure by the cat’s owner. It can obviously be avoided with proper preparation and planning. Make sure you understand what it takes to look after a high filial wild cat hybrid before adopting one and then commit to the task for the life …
Marking territory indoors is not the same thing as the well described inappropriate elimination although the end result – urine in the home – is the same. Although there may be an overlap in the motivation for inappropriate elimination and marking. A cat might urinate outside the litter tray because the tray is in …
Before I became part of the cat fancy (I sort of arrived by default), I had no idea what stud pants were. I suppose it is common sense now when I think about it. And it’s all about cat breeding. Cat breeders sometimes keep their cats in outside enclosures. Jean Mill the famous Bengal …
From the USA My cats hate each other and I don’t know what to do about it. I had a female cat for a long time and about a year ago a adopted another from a rescue center to keep her company as I am away quite a lot. I expected a bit of …
