A Michael Broad Blog
Introduction I hope you find this page useful. It has been updated. One of the difficulties for a good cat caregiver is to know whether there cat is genuinely ill if and when they vomit. Domestic cats are good at vomiting. But sometimes it’s just a day-to-day matter; something not to concern a good …
The answer to the question depends upon whether your cat is regurgitating or vomiting and the kind of vomiting which is taking place. Regurgitation needs to be differentiated from vomiting so we can get that out of the way first. This topic is veterinarian’s work but cat caregivers need to have some knowledge about …
Last night my cat brought in a mouse. And a lot of things happened which were negative to my life and one thing that was negative to his as it happens. I’ll list them here. There you have a dozen negatives impacting my life just because I live with a top line predator who …
Your cat is sick after eating commercially manufactured cat food. There are two ways to interpret the word “sick”. It might mean that your cat is vomiting or it might mean that your cat is vomiting AND looks unwell for a while because of other behaviours. 1. Poisoned? It’s going to come down to …
This is a slightly strange video. The cat’s behaviour certainly bemuses the male half of the couple who own the cat. He can’t believe it. It is believable. But why? My instinctive response without trying to research an answer is that it must be one of two reasons or both together: Smell (olfactory) – …
A slightly unpleasant topic but an activity that domestic cats are very good at. Domestic cats are very fluent vomiters. They can do it very easily and without any real distress unlike humans. As it is a fairly common way for the cat to deal with things like spoilt food, a mouse they can’t …
The first point of discussion about this viral TikTok video is the pressing question as to what breed of cat this is. The news media have described this cat as a “grey British Shorthair”. They mean a blue British shorthair. But I don’t think this cat is a British shorthair because the ears are …
The argument below is based on the domestic cat being healthy in all respects. The dry cat food manufacturers blame cats if they throw up dry cat food immediately after eating it. I blame the pet food manufacturers. They say that cats eat too fast which is why they throw up dry cat food. …
