It’s impossible to plan how to stop a cat from being a bully without establishing why they’re using bullying behavior first. In this article we will be investigating this and exploring how we can try to prevent bullying behavior. How To Stop A Cat From Being A Bully It’s hard to imagine that your precious…
Cat separation anxiety occurs when a cat’s bond to us is so entrenched that being parted causes them intense stress. But there are other reasons they can feel stressed or anxious too. Working out the reason your cat is worried will help you to improve things for her. General anxiety and separation anxiety in cats…
Many pet owners may think that cat head pressing is a commonly seen cat behavior. After all, cats seem to use their heads the way we use our hands! They engage in head bumping, head rubbing, and even a simple cat head press. But the truth is that true cat head pressing has much more…
Why do cats sleep so much? Is it boredom? Do they run out of energy? Professional cat behaviorist Clare Hemington investigates. There’s no doubt that one of the things that all cats have in common is an uncanny ability to wrap us around their paws. Whether they’re asleep or awake. However, there is another trait they…
In a world where there’s an ever-increasing variety of games for cats to play we might be forgiven for wondering whether they really need them all? After all, our little darlings are just as likely to turn their noses up at the more-often-than-not expensive toys we’ve lovingly bought for them as they are to actually…
It was while thinking about the question, “Why do cats chatter?” that I came across the following quote by Val Schaffner: “Cats speak a subtle language in which few sounds carry many meanings, depending on how they are sung or purred.” This made me wonder how many of us really understand not only what our…
This time our cat behavior expert Clare Hemington has some incredible male cat facts about the tomcats in our lives. When I was a little girl we used to have a very large ginger tomcat visit our garden every day. He was a ferocious looking feline who would swagger around the neighborhood, touting his wares…
Following our recent article on newborn kittens, this time Clare Hemington charts everything you need to know about kitten development, from birth to five months old. Asides from being utterly adorable, newborn kittens are remarkable. Within 14 weeks they go from being blind, deaf, immobile and totally dependent on their mom, to being self-sustaining hunters…
Today our cat behaviorist Claire Hemington reveals all about cat hugs, and whether our cats enjoy them. We all love a good hug, don’t we? It appears not. I have a friend who visibly cringes when I go to hug her, whilst my sister has only ever appeared to tolerate my ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ cuddles,…
In this article, our cat behaviorist Clare Hemington answers the question “why does my cat stare at me?” Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests of the night… … In what distant deeps of skies Burnt the fire in thine eyes? William Blake was referring to a powerful and majestic tiger in this famous poem….