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Why can’t they just all get along? Are we asking too much for a cat and a pet rat or budgie to be best buddies?
Why can’t they just all get along? Are we asking too much for a cat and a pet rat or budgie to be best buddies?
Revenge, grudges and payback are often mentioned as a feline motivation for bad behavior. An example we hear quite often: “Every time I leave town for business, my cat poops on my bed to punish me.” But, is that really what happened here?
Revenge, grudges and payback are often mentioned as a feline motivation for bad behavior. An example we hear quite often: “Every time I leave town for business, my cat poops on my bed to punish me.” But, is that really what happened here?
When cats roll onto their backs, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re soliciting a tummy rub. So why do they do this?
When cats roll onto their backs, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re soliciting a tummy rub. So why do they do this?
Resource guarding is fairly common in multi-cat households. Yet in our cat behavior practice, we have found that many people don’t know the term for it, nor what causes it to happen, let alone what to do about it. Read on to learn more.
Resource guarding is fairly common in multi-cat households. Yet in our cat behavior practice, we have found that many people don’t know the term for it, nor what causes it to happen, let alone what to do about it. Read on to learn more.
Cats are famous for staring — at you, at the world outside a window, at the wall and sometimes at nothing at all. Indeed, cats are curious observers, and here’s a look into why they stare.
Cats are famous for staring — at you, at the world outside a window, at the wall and sometimes at nothing at all. Indeed, cats are curious observers, and here’s a look into why they stare.
Pet parents are used to seeing weird cat behavior. But what about the cat slow blink? And why do cats blink so slowly? What does this movement reveal about their thoughts? Here’s what you need to know.
Pet parents are used to seeing weird cat behavior. But what about the cat slow blink? And why do cats blink so slowly? What does this movement reveal about their thoughts? Here’s what you need to know.
You probably know that monkeys and apes are known to be most like people, but did you know that cats also share many similarities with us biologically, physically and psychologically?
You probably know that monkeys and apes are known to be most like people, but did you know that cats also share many similarities with us biologically, physically and psychologically?

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