What affects us affects cats
NEWS AND COMMENT-Weatherford Parker County Animal Shelter, Weatherford, Texas, USA: This is a very disturbing story. It reminds me of the Lucy Letby story in the UK; the nurse who is serving a whole life sentence for killing babies in a hospital. In this instance, the above-mentioned shelter hired Gabriel Caswell as an animal …
To answer the question, you have to break it down into categories which I’ve done. There’s a difference between the behaviour of the wildcat ancestor which is the same species as the domestic cat and from which we can learn about domestic cat behaviour, unsterilised male cats, sterilised male cats and kittens parented by …
People ask why mother cats kill their kittens. Here are five possible reasons. The first general point to make is that inexperienced mothers are more likely to kill her kittens. And stress plays a major role. There may also be genetic problems leading to behavioral and hormonal issues. The first possible reason why a …
The question is specific in that it refers to ‘domestic cats’. This is quite a complicated question because there are a wide range of circumstances which may lead to a male cat killing a kitten. But the first point to make is that domestic cats living in a home with a decent human caretaker …
I’m referring to male domestic cats and community cats. The best answer for this comes from Dr. Desmond Morris (Catwatching) and Sarah Hartwell (messybeast.com), both cat experts. They would probably provide at least two reasons as to why a male cat might bite his kittens but there are five in all. The first is …
Sometimes, female cats eat one or more of their offspring if they are sick or carry a genetic defect. Eva made this comment recently and it got me thinking: A cat gave birth near the woods of my house. I began talking with her and gave her food and told her she could bring …
by Elisa Black-Taylor (USA) Scrappy-Kitten killer Cassie-birth defect Furby-walks funny Cats killing kittens is a more complicated topic than many of us have been led to believe. I’m sure if you’re approaching middle age (as many of us are) then you’ve probably heard the warnings about keeping kittens out of reach of adult male …
