What affects us affects cats
American Ringtail Cat – how does this tail wag? Why do cats wag their tail? When my girl cat wants to go out I open the door for her (she is too fat to get through the cat flap!). If its horrible outside she waits and looks. In fact she almost always waits and …
Why does a cat bury its feces? Well the answer is that they don’t always bury their feces. The question was posed by the well known zoologist Desmond Morris because by and large most domestic cats do bury their feces in the litter box. Mine doesn’t, however, neither does any wild cat that patrols …
Why does a feral cat rub itself against sticks, frames etc on my allotment? by Betty (Birmingham UK) Keith the feral cat at the allotments One of ‘my’ feral cats knows me and comes very close and keeps rubbing herself against things all the time. She does it to whatever she is near, bamboo …
by Maggie (Cincinnati, OH) Photo added by Michael (Admin) – photo by Mike Cohen (Flickr) My black and white long haired cat LOVES to lay on dark colored clothes especially black stuff. I was just wondering why she seeks out these dark colored items.Maggie Hi Maggie… Ummmm…thanks for the tricky question…:) There are no …
This is the answer to the question, “Why do cats’ eyes glow in the dark”? Cat have excellent night vision and are able to see things that we cannot. This is thanks to an image intensifying device behind the retina at the rear of the eye. This device is a light reflecting layer called …
Why Do Cats Hide Stuff? by Kourtney (Dayton, Ohio, U.S.) Tabby cat hunting – photo added by Michael and by “cats in gloves” (Flickr CC) My cat is always hiding stuff under rugs! Especially change. I once found almost $1.50 just in change! Also my ponytail holders and other small things. I was wondering …
by Michael (London, UK) People ask, why do cats hide? The answer is a commonsense one. Why do we hide? Because we don’t want to be seen. The same goes for the cat and the reason why a cat doesn’t want to be seen is: fear. My cat hides when she hears a lorry …
by Michael (London, UK) Puma hissing – photo by MacJewell Why do cats hiss? The answer comes from Desmond Morris, a well known British zoologist. The cat’s hiss sounds very like a snake’s hiss. It is meant to. The intention of the hissing cat is to cause his or her attacker to hesitate because …
