
Another question for our Wednesday Why category! This has surely happened to all cat owners when working from home: you are busy reading or typing and your cat decides to sit on top of it. Your laptop’s keyboard is nice…
Another question for our Wednesday Why category! This has surely happened to all cat owners when working from home: you are busy reading or typing and your cat decides to sit on top of it. Your laptop’s keyboard is nice…
Running around the house like a maniac, jumping up on things, chasing their tail, having a “wild” look in their eyes, we’ve all seen it: the crazy five minutes. Short bursts of energetic behaviour that seem to begin out of…
It’s been a while, but here’s another Wednesday Why! Why does your cat open doors (and how do they learn how to do it)? Cats have excellent problem solving abilities so they will try various things until they find something…
Many of us are familiar with this scene: you are in the kitchen preparing your own food or even doing the dishes and your cat keeps begging for food. They keep meowing, they stand up against your legs or cupboards,…
If you’ve even seen your cat chase a toy, prey or another cat you’ll know that they wiggle their bums just before they pounce. Why do they do that? The short answer is: we’re not sure! John Hutchinson, professor of…
Time for a Wednesday Why? We all love when our cat sits in our lap and kneads our lap. They often purr while doing it. Cats also often do this in their beds or on their blankets. They are clearly…
A bit of a different Wednesday Why? today, not about behaviour but about cats having white ‘socks’. Professor Leslie Lyons, head of the University of Missouri’s Feline Genetics Laboratory, explains: Socks are rarely seen in wildcats, the elusive and undomesticated cousin…
This Wednesday Why? will answer a question about stroking and playing with your cats. The answer depends on whether you have a kitten or an adult cat. Biting is normal play behaviour for kittens. The kitten needs to learn that they…
It’s Wednesday again and time for another Wednesday Why? If your cat goes outside then you’ve probably seen them bring home a dead mouse or two… I know it is perfectly normal cat behaviour but I really don’t like dead…
Well, in all likelihood because you are now working from home and your cat wants your attention! Many of us are now working from home and this can be challenging for both ourselves and our cats. …