cat behavior | cat behavior
Mar.22.2013
My wife has a rule that any food we put out for the cats will be eaten. She believes I feed them too much because I put other food out for them when they don't eat it. That means that I'm spoiling the cats. But I've concluded the cats don't always eat the food because they smell...
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Mar.15.2013
If it's not one cat, it's another.
The Visitor has not returned. I canvassed the neighborhood for flyers and checked the vet offices and animal shelters to see if someone lost a sweeth long haired black and white cat. No one has so far but I'll keep looking. I have a photo...
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Mar.13.2013
I’ve always been CAT CRAZY (and dog crazy…and just PLAIN crazy!) pretty much forever. And lately I’m crazy with deadlines and haven't posted here to my RedRoom blog for that reason.
One reason I’m crazed in a GOOD way, though, is my new live call-in cat advice CAT CRAZY Radio Show with the...
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Feb.10.2013
We're into a dithering weather period, cold and blustery to sunny, spring-is-on-the-way conditions fighting for control. The three cats have differing approaches to it.
That's not unusual. These three cats are more unique than any cats that ever owned us. Lady is the ultimate...
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Nov.12.2012
My cats, confined to the house for the last few days, were forced to entertain themselves and entertained me.
I was in the master bath. From down the hall came the unmistakable sounds of claws scrabbling for grip on the hardwood floors. The Gray Shadow hurried into the master bath,...
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Aug.27.2012
Sometimes I like to treat my cats as they treat me.
I run ahead of them and try to get in front of them or come up to them when they're sleeping and start talking to them. I sniff them. Sometimes I act like I'm leery of them and move off as they come toward me. Other times I ignore them when...
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Jun.22.2012
Animals are interesting, and my cats are interesting animals. What's most interesting is their differences. For example, all pause at the sound of the garbage truck as it works its way up the street and retreat when it arrives in front of our house.
Bringing out the vacuum cleaner will awaken Quinn...
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Jan.28.2012
“Sheesh, what the hell is this? You think you’re a dog!?”
HOW IT STARTED
Before February 1964, I was a dog guy. Then, soon after the Beatles rolled ashore that bleak late winter, I read in some fan magazine that my favorite Fab, John Lennon, liked cats. Therefore, to be more like John...
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Jan.21.2012
Some people—namely my wife—call me the . . .
. . . Cat Whisperer . . .
<Cue music sting>
I usually work like this: I walk into your house. I meet your cat. An hour later, I stroll out with cat tucked happily under my arm, while you shake your head in wonder: “But he doesn’t do that...
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Aug.15.2011
When love is in the air, everyone's happy, right? So why did the cat hiss and baptize his shoes? What's up when your dog growls at his voice? Why can't your pet love your boyfriend as much as you? And yes, that gorgeous kitty face with the dilated eyes and downward-turned whiskers (below) certainly...
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