Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have a problem with my loving mama. Every night when she goes to bed, she has to read. I believe this is my time to get all the attention. She however doesn’t understand, why I like to back up her, with my tail raised, so I am basically rear-end in her [...]
View Article body language, communicationDear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: We just adopted a 9-month-old cat four days ago. She has been quiet and hiding, but yesterday she started to come out and explore a bit more. Today my son held her and she seemed very happy being held in his lap and was purring and drooling. At one [...]
View Article aggression, body language, kittensDear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have a deaf cat who hasn’t been right since his brother went to the Bridge. Ever since he was a kitten, he used to be very well behaved, but for the last month he has been extremely obstinate: he seems to do things intentionally, like getting on the [...]
View Article aggression, body language, disabled cats, grief and lossDear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: OK, this is probably a stupid question, but what does it mean when a cat winks? I read somewhere that it means something. ~Barb Siouxsie: Let us start by assuring you that there’s no such thing as a stupid question, Barb. Thomas: In fact, we think it’s highly commendable [...]
View Article body languageGreetings, everyone. We’re sorry we’re a day late with our update, but we had to let Mama take care of some family obligations (and have some fun — we know she could use a break from her constant hard work in taking care of us and being our typist, publicist and webmaster). Anyway, we’re here, [...]
View Article aggression, body language, introducing new cats, multi-pet households