12 domestic cat tail-signals in an INFOGRAPHIC
I hope this two pages of an infographic helps in understanding domestic cat tail body language/signalling. It can be quite subtle. There is one cat breed, a rare one, with a curled-over tail called...
Tagged: defensive cat aggression
Cats are naturally aggressive. Discuss.
The title sounds too negative. It almost sounds as if it was written by a cat hater. But no, the words come from the world’s most prolific and best-known veterinarian/author in one of the...
Gentle petting and speaking to shelter cats reduces stress, improves their health and adoptability
It’s been found that when shelter cats are gently petted and talked to their chances of developing an upper respiratory infection are reduced. They are healthier because their immune system picks up. And if...
11 types of domestic cat aggression and how to resolve them
This is an outline of 11 different types of domestic cat aggression that you might be confronted with and how to resolve them. They concern both aggression towards other cats and human caregivers. Intercat...
Cat lover discovers rescue cat is not aggressive but scared
I think this video is instructional. I also like the woman who has a YouTube channel (MeloCat). She loves cats and I guess you might say that she has too many cats in a...
Defensive, hissing domestic cat slaps down attacking cobra (video)
Note: This is a video from another website. Sometimes they are deleted at source which stops them working on this site. If that has happened, I apologise but I have no control over it....
Pictures of cats: how the Scottish wildcat should look in front of a camera
If you are photographing a Scottish wildcat (and it will be in captivity almost certainly) you are going to get a fierce look as you can see in this photograph because they are renowned...
Do cats worry about their owners?
After considerable thought, I’ve decided that domestic cats can worry about their owners especially if the relationship is one of a mother cat who perceives the ‘owner’ as one of her kittens which is...
Nice cat attacked owner as he excitedly opened his Christmas present
On YouTube, there are 8,309 comments for this video and not one, that I can see, answers the question why this nice cat attacked his owner when he opened a Christmas present. They all...
Why is my cat hissing at me all of a sudden?
The question implies that your cat has not hissed at you before and therefore the relationship is good. Despite this, at the time that she hissed at you, she perceived you as a predator....
Fearless domestic cat has attacked 10 dogs
This ginger tabby-and-white domestic cat living on the Surf coast, Victoria, Australia, is quite fearless in the defence of her/his territory. We don’t know his gender so I’ll refer to him as male as...
I thought I adopted the wrong cat but I adopted the wrong technique
This is a story by Mona Ahmed. She says that she thought she had adopted the wrong cat who behaved terribly towards her. She hissed and scratched. She describes her as a terror. “A...
Community Cat Attacks Passing Men But Not Women. Why?
A Turkish community cat attacks men but not women. The video clearly shows this. People are scratching their heads as to why this happens. The cat is outside a market in Istanbul, the country’s...
Defensive cat body language. A good example on video.
This is a good example of what I would describe as defensive cat body language. Of course, it normally takes place between adult cats who are in a stand-off. They might be trying to...
Picture of Kung Fu Cat
This picture of a cat in what appears to be a defensively aggressive posture has been called the ‘Kung Fu Cat‘. It’s meant to be an amusing label. I know I am a grumpy...
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