Your male domestic cat companion might spoon your arm and if they do it’s normal behaviour although possibly quite unusual. In this context “spooning” means cuddling in a position as if both parties are spoons i.e. close to each other … continue reading…
I have brazenly lifted the title to this post from the Catster.com website. The title interested me. I thought how often do people see domestic cats humping? For the sake of complete clarity humping is slang for sex. I mean … continue reading…
I’ll tell you why cats can’t be gay. There is quite a lot of talk on homosexuality in cats: gay males and lesbian females. A lot of cat owners claim that their cat is gay, male or female. They judge … continue reading…
Because she behaves like a queen towards courtiers, the people who attend the court of a monarch. When a female cat is on heat – a period called ‘estrus’ and the time during which she is receptive – she lords … continue reading…
As males and females interact regularly in lion prides, there is no need for lionesses to advertise their impending sexual receptivity by calling or by increasing scent marking. Instead, male lions determine a lioness’s state of sexual receptivity by smelling … continue reading…
Do male cats recognise their own kittens? I am referring to domestic cats because I’m sure the question is about domestic cats. It’s impossible to find a clean and direct answer to the question and therefore it is a good … continue reading…
This is an interesting question which made me think and I will answer it at least initially from the viewpoint of the female cat. I will also answer it from the viewpoint of cats who have not been spayed or … continue reading…
Not much to say except that they picked a bad spot for it. It is the sort of event that causes the owner of the car to rant and rave about his car being scratched. But this is Israel and … continue reading…
by Michael (London, UK) This page has been republished from 2010. Why? There are a lot of pages which don’t get viewed enough because they written some time ago and which have value. Feral Kitten, Red River, New Mexico, USA … continue reading…
How do you know if your cats have mated? Secondary questions asked by a person on Quora.com were: My female cat hisses and growls at the male yet likes to tease him. Will they still act this way towards each … continue reading…
Why do female cats tend to want to bite their partners when mating? The answer – which I am sure a lot of people now know – is because the male cat’s penis is an instrument of torture covered as … continue reading…
Feline superfecundation occurs when a litter of kittens has more than one father. Tomcats squabble over a female in heat and most females promiscuously allow one male after another to mate with her. Thus, all her admirers who have been … continue reading…
It is proposed that female cats chose a male by the pungency of his urine as it indicates that he is a good hunter able to provide food for offspring.
continue reading...This is the first case I have read about in which a cat breeder has been banned by court order from breeding cats. It was not the act of breeding cats which resulted in the ban, it was the noise … continue reading…
The title to this article is a question asked by web surfers and it needs to be read carefully because ‘mating’ means a sexual encounter. It does not necessarily mean the creation of bobcat x domestic cat hybrids. This is … continue reading…
