Phew, the danger is over... but another to come
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1w ago
  This is the worst time of year for all cats, particularly black ones. Why? Because humans celebrate Halloween and then in the UK Guy Fawkes night (G.F. being the man who tried to blow up the House of Commons.) In the USA Halloween (October 31) is particularly dangerous for black cats, because some yobs will chuck them on to bonfires. Worse still, cat-lovers will pick up stray black cats and deliver them to cat shelters. What's wrong with that? Well, apart from no-kill shelters, black cats are often euthanised because they are more difficult to rehome. So these "rescued" black cats may ..read more
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If cats designed catteries...
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2w ago
This cattery design looks modern but it gives the inmates no privacy from staring humans.  If we cats designed catteries, the most important thing we would do is make sure every cattery has a hiding place. A proper one which gives complete privacy. It's always scary going to a boarding cattery for the first time. It smells wrong. There are weird noises. And - worst of all - there are strange human beings STARING at us. Staring is intimidating and stressful. That's why we need a small area to which we can retreat, until we have got used to the pen and can spend some time rubbing ..read more
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The Prime Minister didn't adopt. He shopped.
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3w ago
  KITTENS LIKE CONRAD NEED A HOME.... Humans will keep buying us. As if we were a packet of cereal from a supermarket. Then after buying us with money, they think they own us. Indeed their stupid laws says we are a possession. The UK prime minister is the latest idiot to buy a cat. He has acquired an expensive Maine coon kitten "for his children." That's a typical politician's excuse. He could have adopted a kitten that needed a home. He could have been like American president Joe and his wife Jill Biden who always adopt rescue animals. Our prime minster just flashed the cash. I ..read more
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Cats in hats
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1M ago
Dressing up cats is one of the more disgusting habits of young humans, usually females. It's uncomfortable, and it goes against the dignity of any decent cat. It's feline humiliation at its worst. Cats hate hats.  Now adult scientists are doing it and I am not sure whether to give it my approval or not. They have started crocheting little hats for cats, so that they can measure brain activity. Demeaning? Yes. Should be stopped? Purrhaps not. The aim is to measure feline brain activity so as to learn more about chronic pain.  Many of us older cats have severe arthritis. Our dumb hum ..read more
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How we domesticated humans
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1M ago
 This is a home for a cat circa 8,500 BC - one of the first that humans built when they became civilised and friendly to cats. Before that time they wandered around the landscape without settling down in one spot.  Once they settled, they had to store food. So house mice moved in.  So did sparrows. And so did we.... for the mice not the humans. But the shelter from the weather suited some of us too. Admittedly building techniques in the so called Fertile Crescent were only mudbrick and the entrance door was in the roof... but better than a cold cave. It was the beginning of th ..read more
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Purrlease don't eat me....
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1M ago
  It's been a worrying time for felines in Ohio, USA. An internet rumour suggested that some people there were eating cats and dogs. Then Donald Trump said this was really happening. We cats want to put it on record that we taste absolutely horrible. We are appallingly difficult to digest too. So if you suddenly go bonkers and decide to eat a dead cat, you will find it difficult to swallow even a single bite - because of the vile taste. And, if you purrsist, you will have awful indigestion. You will be up all night being sick not knowing which end - face or butt - to put on the lavatory ..read more
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When all else fails - try a fly.
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2M ago
Hunting is what I like best but as an indoor-only cat I don't have many chances. I have been unable to purrsuade my human to supply living mice for me. She just won't. She used to keep them as pets, and she thinks mice are rather nice. Instead she plays games with me using a fishing rod toy. Now this is OK, but a fishing rod toy is not a mouse. And when I catch it, there is nothing to kill. She tried lazer lights too. I quite liked these but I found them even more frustrating than the fishing rod toy. With the toy I could grab it and rake it with my back legs even if I couldn't give the kill ..read more
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Rescue smarter... homeless cats need your help.
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2M ago
 This is the problem.... how can we help find not just any solution but the right solution for all of us cats. By all of us I mean the wild feral cats, the community cats and (of course) the homeless pet cats. I've been researching this and my human is going to give a talk about it at the Birmingham Cat Show in the UK on September 14. She's also going to sell a few books -- with luck! Purrlease get up to date on cat rescue. Don't put feral cats in "sanctuaries". Trap, neuter them and put them back where they belong where they can have a happier longer life, now that they are not worn ou ..read more
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Disgusted... a kitten
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2M ago
  This is Max. He looks quiet in this photo. He's not. She's done it again. She's imported another awful foster kitten. It's disgusting. Humans are so selfish. OK so she tried to hide it away in the spare room. Huh. Of course I could smell the intruder. I walked to the closed door and gave the loudest hiss that I could. Don't know if the kitten heard it, but she did. "That will teach her to think I might mother it," I said to myself. But did it? The kitten is still there. Worse still, it's completely manic. She lets it out sometimes and it tears round the house at the speed of k ..read more
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The joy of scratching....
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3M ago
  Humans amuse me! Particularly scientists! They have been studying why we scratch and have come up with some delightful theories - mainly that we scratch because we are stressed. Ridiculous, of course. We scratch because we enjoy it. I love the way it makes my claws tingle, the relief when an old claw sheath falls off, the satisfaction of a good long stretch of the whole body. It's fun, humans. We do it because we can - where we can, when we can, and how we can. So maybe we scratch a bit more often to cheer ourselves up when we are stressed... but the basic reason is the joy of scratch ..read more
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