Cat love bites – what do they mean and why do they happen?
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...
View ArticleWhy do cats attack sheets when you are making the bed?
Why do cats attack sheets when you are making the bed? The answer is that domestic cats are attuned through sight and sound to detect movement and noise indicative of a prey ‘item’ e.g. a mouse. Cats...
View ArticleThe Holy Grail of Playing with Your Cat
The Holy Grail of playing with your cat is to achieve the situation in which your cat growls when she catches the ‘prey’ (a cat tease) telling you that her raw cat has been activated. What Jackson...
View ArticleWhite cat yobbo kicks 4 items onto floor in quick succession
This sweet little white cat takes great delight in kicking four items on a shelf onto a hard floor. It is a classic case of domestic cat yob behavior. I am only kidding but we normally see one or two …...
View ArticleKitten carried in jacket hood plays with girl’s ponytail (video)
A girl is carrying her young cat around in what appears to be the hood of her jacket. It almost looks like a backpack but it isn’t or I don’t believe it is. It looks like the hood of a … Continue...
View ArticleWhen my cat does “Turbo Kitty” and races around, is she entertaining herself?
This is an example of what people call the “cat crazies”. Your cat is entertaining herself but primarily she is burning off energy and she’s doing it because she is not able to use that energy in a...
View ArticleCat to human –‘Sorry bud that’s my mouse now’
This is very typical of the domestic cat. Being serious for a minute, this is not about the cat preventing his human guardian from using their computer mouse. It’s about playtime bordering on hunting...
View ArticleDifference between cats playing and fighting
I can understand the problem in differentiating between cats playing and fighting. It can be difficult, on the face of it, to tell the difference. This is because domestic cats don’t play like humans....
View ArticleWhat happens if I don’t play with my cat?
In general, domestic cat need to express predatory behaviour. In other words they need to hunt to feel normal. A sizeable chunk, perhaps 60% of a cat’s life would be removed from them if they had no...
View ArticleDomestic cats love snow and ice
Domestic cats love snow and ice because it is something different. Perhaps it isn’t something different to cats living in Canada or in the north of the US but for a lot of cats it is unusual. And...
View ArticleMaking a bed when you have a cat
This is a nice time lapse video showing the difficulties that one can have when you have a cat and you want to make your bed. It is a perfect opportunity for a cat to have some fun which naturally …...
View ArticleDo cats have a sense of humour?
My opinion is that domestic cats do not have a sense of humour. I explain why in this article. Firstly let’s define “sense of humour”. It is a “person’s ability to perceive humour or appreciate a...
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