A Michael Broad Blog
This is a 2-page succinct infographic on the topic of animal imprinting. We see this a lot in internet stories concerning kittens. Indeed, I live with a male adult cat who has imprinted on me as his mother. The most outstanding consequence? He follows me wherever I go. He is glued to me. Cute …
I’m referring to those quite rare situations when a person nurses and raises a very young kitten within the first few weeks of life and then lives with that cat when they become an adult. Under the circumstances it is not uncommon for the adult cat to be extremely closely bonded to their human …
I would suggest that kitten imprinted bonding makes it much easier to leash train your cat and treat your cat as a dog if you want to. The point I am making is that it would be nice on occasions if you could take your cat to the shops with you like a dog! …
This is an article by Elen, a visitor to PoC. We humans are claimed to be divided in to two categories, Cat people and Dog people. I basically agree. I do love dogs myself; I do however not feel I have a natural way of communicating with a dog, I call this ‘I don’t …
I think this cute little kitten has been imprinted with the mental image that this man is his/her mother. She goes back to him for warmth and security instinctively. It is humbling to see. So vulnerable and loving on both sides. I guess he had to remove her from the warmth of his lap …
This abandoned duckling’s brain has been imprinted by a cat plush toy as its mother. For the duckling the toy is its mother because Ms Neill who found the duckling thought it needed something to cuddle so she put the duckling on a tea towel and ‘put the toy cat in and snuggled it …
All the discussions we have about domestic cat socialisation concerns socialisation to humans. Little is known about the important time for kitten-to-kitten socialisation. I try and address the topic generally here. During the first two weeks kittens form an attachment to their mother. It is based on smell (olfaction). During the first four weeks …
A person asked: “Is it normal for a cat to imprint on you? My cat will not leave my side and must sleep with me or she meows all night. She was feral.” In terms of a domestic cat’s behaviour, I think that a close attachment by a cat to her human guardian is …
