What affects us affects cats
I think that “love bites” is a slightly misleading description of what is happening. There’s not a lot of love in a cat bite although it is frequently done with only a touch of aggression (play aggression) rather than as a genuine, hard bite. Nonetheless it may hurt and it may break the skin. …
Do cats get mad at you? This is another part-anthropomorphized cat question. It’s a question which touches upon human behavior which is inapplicable to domestic cats and which in turn makes it a bit complicated to answer clearly. Anger at person’s attitude and character or actions? People get mad at other people all the …
This is a video which I find disturbing. People seem to find it amusing. It is meant to be amusing but as I said I think it is disturbing. The way I see this video is not from the person’s point of view but from the cat’s point of view. I see a domestic …
It easy to provoke aggressive play in a cat and people should be aware of this and be aware of what they are getting into. I’m not saying that all cats will respond in the same way to a tease which initiates play but, in general, domestic cats will respond similarly because it is hardwired …
Is it true that some short-tempered domestic cats assert their dominance over their caretaker by using violence against them? Perhaps they do but I believe that we must be very careful when we assess it because there is a fine difference between playing and deliberately using violence to assert dominance. You’ll probably find that …
“You can see he is ticked…I don’t know what I have ever done to make him not like me…he bit me….” “My sister’s cat, Max, hates me for some reason. The first time I saw the cat it hissed at me right away, and that is pretty much the way it has been since …
The other title is: “Strained Relationship Between Man and Cat” (understatement). I dislike this video because this young bloke is really exploiting his cat by provoking his cat to attack him and at the same time videoing it to create a sensationalist sort of video which catches the eye. It’s a hip sort of …
Another cat has attacked it’s owner, this time in the Roseville, California area. This time the owner’s decided to remain anonymous. Here’s a video describing what happened. Three family members had to be rescued after the family of a year-and-a-half old housecat named Khat called the police department, saying the normally docile kitty had …
