Cats are always hiding things. Sometimes on purpose… sometimes by accident. When I lift up the rug to see what’s making that lump, it’s always a toy mouse or fluffy ball which RJ hid there so he can pretend to discover it later. A few years ago, it would have been Mr. Bond hiding them [...]
Posts Tagged ‘territory behavior’
Cats and Space Conceptions
To understand our cat’s concept of territory, we also need to know what they are really saying when they manage their concept of personal space. We often think the cat is “guarding their territory” when they hog one end of the couch or strive to maintain a distance. But any cat with such behavior is [...]
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 [...]
The Odd Couple
Then there’s the cats who get along, though this seems to defy the laws of physics, because these seem, to us, very dissimilar cats. This indicates to us that we are not applying the same criteria as the cats are. When we look for what is drawing these two cats together, we will learn more [...]
Dear Pammy, Where is the cat I chose in the shelter?
I get a lot of emails like this: Abernathy was the cutest cat in the shelter. Well, I thought so. When he put his paw on my knee and looked into my eyes, I couldn’t leave him there. The shelter people told me how funny and active he was, and I saw that, too. But [...]
