A Michael Broad Blog
A lot has been said about needy, clingy cats and all of it is critical. It seems that cat caregivers don’t want their cat to be needy but (1) we should welcome it and (2) we create the conditions under which a cat might become needy. Welcome or predicable We should welcome the fact …
This is a commentary on Dr. Sarah Wooten’s thoughts on lonely domestic cats and how they tell us that they are lonely (see video at base of article). How many domestic cats are lonely and bored? We don’t know. We should know. This topic gets mashed up with the idea that domestic cats sleep …
This cute tabby cat in this equally cute YouTube video from the Philippines wants to curl up on the papers that this guy wants to work on and as usual the kitten is very persistent. One of the great qualities of the domestic cat is their persistence which is why they get their way …
Is this a good idea or a bad one? It is probably a bit of both but it seems a bit mean to me despite the ingenuity of the solution. Perhaps I am too soft and give way to my cat too much. What do you think? The comments on Reddit appear to be …
This is not my cat but the cat in the video whose name is Bailey. Bailey follows his human companion around as if stuck to him like glue. “My cat will not leave my side…ever! Everywhere I go, she follows…” Two questions (1) what is ‘codependent’ (1) are cats codependent? A codependent relation is said …
Clingy cats? Do they really exist? There is a fine difference between a cat who likes to be close to you and a cat who needs to be close to you. Perhaps when people refer to their cat as clingy they are using the word in the same way they’d use it to describe …
