We might have a cat incompatibility problem. We can solve it with… a Third Cat. To make our cementing Third Cat block more sturdy, we should make this cat a carefully chosen move: see more Lolcats and funny pictures The right sex. When choosing First Cat, it doesn’t matter. Maybe we didn’t have a choice [...]
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Why Third Cat is Different
A common problem is starting with one cat, haphazardly adding another; and then the cats don’t get along. This can stall a promising Cat Career. What can un-stall it is what seems like a counter-intuitive move; adding another cat. When we have three, or more, cats, we have levels of interaction which will increase everyone’s [...]
The Psychology of Cat Hoarding
All my life, I took care of people. I felt needed but not loved or appreciated. The animals have filled a void inside me. I’m the only one who can love and care for these animals. I am saving them from a life on the streets. –a woman with sixty-six cats, from the book Stuff: [...]
Cat Tattling
One of the many joys of having multiple cats is the way cats themselves will internalize the rules of the house, and then enforce them. Or, as we often call it, Cat Tattling. see more Lolcats and funny pictures This is usually a specialty of Betas, whose keen social interests make them ideally suited to [...]
Leader of the Pack
Are cats bossy? Do they fight with other cats because they want to boss them? Does a shakeup in the structure of Cat Town upset certain cats because they want to be the top cat? It can be very difficult to understand the behavior of cats in groups if we apply the wrong pattern and [...]
