What affects us affects cats
There is a new domestic cat hazard on the block and it is Nerf darts. Anybody interested in providing high quality cat caregiving needs to be aware of this problem. If you live with a domestic cat companion and have children this is a genuine hazard to your cat. There are some horrendous stories …
The Korea Herald has published a very short article with a very surprising headline: Cats responsible for 107 house fires in Seoul in past 3 yrs. The mind boggles. How could this have happened? That is the pressing question. And this is the answer that they have provided. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Fire …
Whether a cat falls prey to the much larger and capable coyote depends on the individual animals involved in the encounter. In this instance the cat chases off the coyote; no competition. Surprisingly, the coyote is scared of this modest, standard-sized domestic cat and runs off. Perhaps in this instance the coyote was ill …
Although this precise question has been asked and answered many times, I will throw my hat into the ring, briefly. There are two reasons why cats are scared of cucumbers, (1) they are hardwired to avoid snakes as they’ve inherited an instinct to regard them as dangerous and the cucumber has similar dimensions, except …
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission have warned parents and pet owners to stop using Peloton running machines because they pose a “serious risk” in homes. The warning specifically concerns Peloton’s Tread+ exercise machine. There have been 39 incidents including one death. I have seen cats accompanying their owners on these machines in videos …
You love your cat as I do. But there is a size difference 🙂 Yes, pointless saying that except it is the reason why they are underfoot in the kitchen – especially. And if, like me, you routinely and efficiently (!) make a cup of tea first thing in the morning when barely awake, …
America’s respected Pet Poison Helpline tells me that orange oil can cause poisoning in cats and therefore it is clearly unsafe. They list it as “citrus oil”. It is also listed as d-limonene because orange oil is mostly composed of d-limonene and is apparently often used in place of pure d-limonene. For the technically …
I didn’t know it because I’ve never seen my cat try to eat Scotch tape i.e. transparent, one-sided tape that we all use, but too many cats like to sniff it, chew it and even eat it. Why do they do this? And is it dangerous? Well, you can answer the latter question very …
