The good news is that cats do not need to know the exact meanings of the words we are saying, because they pick up so much from our voice inflection. But this can also be the bad news. see more Lolcats and funny pictures This can happen with cats because of stressful events which are [...]
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Helping Cats Cope with Redecorating
We used the Thanksgiving holiday weekend to get some serious living room rearranging done. We made a considerable dent in what we want to be a more useful room. Would it surprise anyone if we also considered the cat’s needs throughout? Not if they know me. Because in addition to creating a room we can [...]
When Coping Skills Go Wrong
Cats have coping behaviors that work well if they are able to keep up with the level of stress the cat is experiencing. Cats use grooming, scratching, and exercise as their most common ways to burn off energy and soothe themselves. If these don’t work, cats are like any human; they just keep doing them [...]
Coping with Upsetting Stimuli
We can’t control the outside world that intrudes on our cat, or even the unexpected disruptions from inside the home. Fireworks displays, dropped pans or a tipped lamp, sirens in the night; there’s often little we can do to remove or prevent these frightening noises. more cat pictures The cat must react. However, we can [...]
