Do Siamese cats get along with other cats?
As at the date of this post, the top article as found by Google tells us that Siamese cats get along famously with other cats. This is an incorrect answer. In respect of this...
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Can domestic cats try and deceive each other?
Before answering the question, we have to define the word ‘deceive’. Definition: to deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain. I have never seen any cat behaviourists...
10 friendliest cat breeds towards humans
Here is a list of the 10 friendliest cat breeds towards humans. You have to be careful when you make a statement like that. A lot of websites do make this statement but it...
Minority of unfriendly shelter cats become more friendly during their stay at the shelter
In general terms, a study concluded that 80% of shelter cats were classified as friendly or very friendly on the first assessment while those that were not became more friendly over time. Shelter cats...
Do domestic cats have a hierarchy?
You might also ask whether domestic cats have a hierarchy with humans? Some people, even experts, think that domestic cats living in a group do have a hierarchy but it is untrue. I am...
Simplified experiments to check your cat’s social intelligence
This table comes from the sciencemag.com website. I feel the need to reproduce it verbatim in the interests of accuracy. It is a way of testing social intelligence in cats. It has been found...
Which cat species are social?
The social cat species are: the lion, the cheetah and the domestic cat including free-living cats. Scientists had thought that lions and cheetahs were the only social cat species but you have to add...
Are feral cats social?
The same question, but on the flip side of the coin, would be “Are feral cats solitary?”. People often think of domestic and feral cats as being essentially solitary because of their inherited behaviour...
Cats are aloof, self-centred and treacherous. Discuss.
The basic conclusion, fair or otherwise, of a recent study is that unlike dogs cats will not side with their owners against the “enemy”. Dogs shun people who behave negatively towards their owner whereas...
Domestic cats’ desire to touch tells us that they are sociable
There is quite a lot of discussion on the Internet about whether domestic cats are or are not sociable. The debate is valid because the wildcat ancestor of the domestic, the Near Eastern wildcat,...
Female domestic cats cooperate to care for kittens
Although the news media are having fun with this video in describing a female domestic cat’s behaviour as stealing another female’s kittens, this is normal behaviour for group-living females. It might look odd to...
Cats that live in groups
It is wrong to say that only lions live in groups because feral and stray cats live in colonies. And domestic cats in households often live in small groups too. Both the lion and...
What do domestic cats do when humans aren’t around?
What do domestic cats do when humans aren’t around? Humans are companions of domestic cats by definition. And domestic cats depend on humans for almost everything they have. These factors underpine the answer which...
Can cats be left alone during the day?
Can cats be left alone during the day? This is a question that people are asking Google. You have to answer it in a common sense way because I don’t think you’ll find studies...
Feral cat colony behaviour
This article is about understanding feral cat behaviour in colonies. Perhaps the first important point to note about feral cat colony behaviour is that historically the popular press still tends to describe the domestic...
Note: sources for news articles are carefully selected but the news is often not independently verified.
