Do kittens still see their primary owner as mommy even if the owner is a boy? Yes, is the answer. They see the primary owner as a surrogate mother who in providing food and security keeps their cat in a … Continue reading →
They call is cat massage but we know it is one cat kneading another. They are very close friends living in China – perhaps mother and offspring. We normally see young kittens kneading their mothers while being nursed to bring … Continue reading →
Mother moves her kittens to a new nest. Why? It usually happens when the kittens are between 30 and 40 days old. We have all see it; mother picks up each kitten by the scruff of their necks and purposefully … Continue reading →
The expression on mamma cat’s face while she is nursing her very young kittens is priceless. Who said that domestic cats don’t have facial expressions? I think she is regretting not having the operation.
Continue reading →Forgive me for taking the easy option and presenting an embedded video with an advert at the beginning. It does, however, tell the story nicely. We are not surprised are we? I am pleased the clinic employees understood that the … Continue reading →
Dr John Bradshaw, PhD, the well-known cat behaviour expert at the University of Bristol, UK, says that with respect to the feline grandparents of domestic cats, most cats will never meet them and therefore they will never remember them. That … Continue reading →
A short story of how the combined carelessness of people can lead to the unnecessary death of a cat and leave her kittens without a mother. A couple who own a female cat let her breed and she had recently … Continue reading →
The most famous cat in the world this week is Tara. Pretty well everybody knows about her by now. She is an ordinary tabby cat who did an extraordinary thing or at least we think she did but from her … Continue reading →
In their natural state, once kittens are a few days old, the mother may move them to a different nest site. Many mothers move their litters from the nest and will probably do it at least once before her kittens … Continue reading →
A selection of kitten and mother photos from Google Plus, which are very cute. What is called “cute overload”. There is some fun and humour. The tragedy is that there is amongst them a photo that is the product of … Continue reading →
