A Michael Broad Blog
Note: this post was first published in 2015 hence the 20 years mentioned in the title. Ten years later and the plush toy is almost 30 years old and no doubt still loved just as much. This is the title of the Reddit post which explains the picture at the top of the page: …
“How to entertain a cat?” is a question that we wouldn’t need to ask in a better world for domestic cats as they don’t need entertaining normally. They only need entertaining when then can’t entertain themselves. And cats entertain themselves through their natural behavior of hunting and stalking. If we take that prospect away …
Occasionally I like to go off-piste and take a look at something a bit different. This is a handmade cuddly, grey kitten that caught my eye. I was looking for British Shorthair cats on Pinterest. The website threw up this image. My initial impression was that it was real but that idea was soon …
There is a Cole and Marmalade video on the internet entitled: Cats React to FAKE Cats! The intention of it is to see how domestic cats react to fake cats. It’s about amusing ourselves on how domestic cats perceive cats that are not real and living. It kind of gets into the head of …
Someone asked whether it is a good idea to stuff your cat on her/his death. This is a personal issue and it is very rare for the simple reason that it is not a good idea in truth. In the USA, my assessment is that there is nothing legally wrong although a quick check …
You can tell from the photograph that the Siamese cat is a stuffed plush toy albeit a very good one. We don’t know whether the rooster is also a plush toy.
I feel that commercially manufactured cat toys tend to prove to be a failure too often. Cats are just not interested enough in them or they lose interest quite quickly. They can end up being a waste of money. Why is this? The main reason why cats stop playing with toys quickly is because …
Cats stop playing with toys because they are frustrated and then bored but it need not always be that way with cats and toys. Cats think they are hunting when they play with toys. But it appears that cats don’t get bored when they are hunting for real so why the difference between hunting …
