Cat litter can be a dirty business, with a huge impact on the environment – and we’re not just talking about what comes out of our precious kitties! If you’re interested in safeguarding our world and leaving the Earth a better place, you have to look beyond your personal carbon print – you should […]
In 2014, when Slate’s David Grimm set out to learn why there were so few studies on feline cognition compared to the abundance of research on dogs, scientists almost laughed him off the phone. “We did one study on cats—and that was enough!” Hungarian scientist Ádám Miklósi, a top animal cognition expert and cat lover, […]
In the days of my youth (she said, puffing away on her mahogany pipe), I would roam amidst the Pennsylvania foliage with reckless abandon. That is, until one day, my knee swelled up like a water balloon. It was The Lymes. And no, they never found the tick what done it to me, which may […]
Did you know that cats can experience anxiety? It’s true! Just like us, a traumatic experience or genetics or kittenhood experiences can shape the way an adult cat feels about the world. Isolate a kitten and you’ll have a feral cat. If a cat is abused with a cat carrier, they may have panic attacks […]
A few nights ago my cat Jax was hanging out on my lap when suddenly he got up, stalked over to the wall, and began staring at a spot about six feet off the floor with an intensity reserved for Atlanta fans in the last twenty minutes of this year’s super bowl. I couldn’t see […]
Ever loved a disabled kitty? Chances are you have! Many special needs cats have become Internet celebrities, with fans all over the globe. Perhaps the most famous is Lil BUB! Lil BUB was born with several genetic abnormalities – from being a “perma-kitten” with dwarfism to being the only cat with osteopetrosis (a rare bone […]