A domestic cat’s personality influences how keen they are to go hunting and it will also affect how effective they are and therefore how many prey animals they kill and/or …
Domestic cat personality influences opportunity, desire and effectiveness of predation Read More »
REPORTING ON A STUDY TOGETHER WITH MY OPINION: For a long time, I have known that, in general, owners care more about their dogs than their cats. This is apparent …
Owners care more about their dogs than their cats (new survey) Read More »
I’ve just bumped into a Google Scholar study which tells me that tomcats (male cats who’ve not been sterilised) produce more sperm during the months of July to December than …
Tomcats produce more sperm from July to December than at other times (Brisbane) Read More »
Cat purring is like people talking with a vocal fry. Researchers of a new study – read on. There have been lots of theories about how domestic cats purr. At …
A lot has been written and published on the Internet about the allergen produced by the cat, Fel D1, which causes an allergic reaction in between 10% and 20% of …
The distribution of Fel D1, the cat allergen (antigen) on and in a cat’s hair and skin Read More »
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 …
Common illnesses affecting UK domestic cats are almost completely preventable Read More »
Today, The New York Times reports on cat contraception. This, as I see it, is the Holy Grail for many people concerned about the procreation of stray and feral cats. …
Possible cat contraceptive injection for the not-too-distant future Read More »
My understanding of this study (see base of page) is that there are four reasons why Australian cat owners keep their cats inside their home. And there are five different …
4 Australian cat owner attitudes to domestic cat containment or freedom to roam Read More »
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