A Michael Broad Blog
A recent study has been published on how “exotic cats” in zoos can discriminate between the voices of familiar and unfamiliar people. The cats were a group of different species of wild cat in different zoos, specifically the cheetah, clouded leopard, puma, fishing cat, Canada lynx, lion, sand cat, serval, snow leopard and tiger. …
An interesting study published in 2018 titled Compatibility of Cats with Children in the Family and published on Frontiers in Veterinary Science helps us understand the child-cat relationship. It is an important relationship because it can affect how a child relates to cats and going forward how they relate to domestic cats when they …
I think it useful to remind ourselves of the sort of human behaviour that is beneficial to our cat. Perhaps it is common sense but even commonsense thoughts need to be reinforced. Generally aversive human behaviors With respect to livestock, research has identified that the most aversive human behaviours towards domestic animals includes: hits, …
Do cats like it when their human guardian sings? There’s a video on the newsflare.com website called: Connecticut cat has the sweetest reaction when its owner starts singing. This young woman has a really nice voice and her cat loves it. I can’t show you the video (can’t embed it here) but trust me …
Your cat recognises your voice. If you are talking to someone in a different room or place to where your cat is, your cat may want to join in. This certainly applies to me. If my cat is in the living room and I’m in a bedroom talking to someone, he’ll start talking to …
