Keep Your Cat from Climbing the Feline Ladder of Aggression
There are 12 steps on the Feline Ladder of Aggression, a graphic devised by veterinarian and behavior consultant Sally J. Foote, DVM. But a...
The Brain-Bladder Connection in Cats Can Cause Disease
Your cat starts urinating more frequently and often does so outside the litter box, straining while he relieves himself. He also has started over-grooming...
Increase Your Cat’s Clicker Training Success Rate
Like dogs, cats can learn tricks with clicker training. The sound of the clicker comes super fast, faster even than the short amount of time it takes for you to get a treat reward from your hand to a cat’s mouth for doing something right. In that way, the clicker lets your pet know that a treat is coming and keeps him motivated. There’s literally no time for his attention to wander. Here are some ways to optimize the training.
Morsels November 2023
A Second Reason Your Cat May Jump onto the Kitchen Counter
Having started out as tree dwellers, it makes sense that cats like to jump...
3 Ways to Help a Scaredy Cat
Cats in general like a fair amount of alone time, but if your cat’s “MO” is one of almost complete avoidance of you and...
Feline Arthritis Pain: The Signs Can Be Subtle
Some 90 percent of cats develop arthritis over time, research suggests, with about half of them actually suffering from arthritis pain. That comes to...
Socializing: Cats Can Take It or Leave It
Cats are obligate carnivores, meaning they must eat meat to survive. But they are also what some scientists have called a non-obligate social species....
Why has she stopped grooming?
Q: My cat used to be incredibly fastidious, licking herself until her coat gleamed. But that has dropped off precipitously, and we can’t figure...
Turn Down the Television! And Other Ways to Keep Your Cat Happier
Sounds, scents, sights — all of these are much different for a cat than a person because they hear, smell, and see things very...
Your Cat’s Got the (Weird) Moves
We know cats are sleek and graceful, but the way they move or even just hang out can look a little, well, odd. Here’s...
When Your Cat Starts Napping in the Litter Box
Your cat, normally so fastidious, has started lounging in her litter box. What’s going on? One possibility is that she has developed a condition...
With Summer Comes Territorial Urine Marking
There are four main reasons cats will urinate outside the litterbox. The first is litterbox aversion, meaning that a cat finds her “toilet” unacceptable....
