All my cats have birthdays. Whether they are accurate, or not.
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Olwyn’s is pretty close; the vet who examined her at the shelter was working with a kitten who was too young to leave her mother. When we got Reverend Jim, he had likewise been examined by a vet at around [...]Pick a skeptic’s favorite word about cats, and it might be “aloof.” Cats are not capable of affection, this myth says, and so we are being foolish to make overtures. We are not going to get gratitude for the care we provide. They are a poor pet choice because they don’t really love us.
But none [...]I’ve always been thrilled when my cats act something out. This is something, like when they verbalize, that they have come up with for human benefit.
It shows how much communication means to them.
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Cats don’t act things out for each other. We might not realize that they have a sophisticated communications [...]
The Tonkinese came about as a result of deliberate inter-breeding in the 1960’s, the goal being a “best of both worlds” between Siamese and Burmese. Simultaneous efforts in the US and Canada, and a mid-80’s move to breed only within this new breed classification, resulted in recognition in 2001, moving them from “hybrid” to an [...]Sometimes, we just want to sell the cat something.
If we can get the cat to try things in some new way, or adapt to some changes we have to make, both of us will be happier.
But the cat is skeptical.
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This kind of cat skill came up as a consequence of [...]The more connections we have in any circle of attachment, the better grounded each of those links are.
So we can best help a shy cat, calm an angry cat, or draw out a scared cat, when we get more beings into this effort.
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One of the problems of the shy, angry, [...]What is the Law of Reciprocity? It is the fundamental cat understanding move. It should shape and inform our every interaction with any cat.
What we give is what we get.
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Of course we want to make our cat happy. That’s what having a pet is all about. Because when we show we want to [...]I often get questions like this:
My cat came back (from the vet/from being lost/from staying with someone else) and now it’s like the poor cat’s gone crazy. How do I get my old cat back?
Dear Readers,
They may have been to the vet/lost/with that person before, even many times. But this time, something was too much.
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One of the advantages of multiple cats is how they learn from each other. This is also one of the disadvantages.
When we have a cat doing something interesting, it’s highly likely at least one other cat is observing and learning. We need to watch some “cat theater” ourselves, to make sure what they are teaching [...]
I will be featuring the lovely cat fountains from GardenHomeArt.com. To quote the artist:
They were sort of invented by my cat. I was making fountains and putting them around the house and found him using them far more than he ever used his water bowl.
I think they are lovely. It’s especially nice that it evokes [...]