Cats. What Else?
Cats classified as ‘invasive alien species’ by scientific institute
It’s been confirmed: Your cat is a troublemaker.
Respected scientific institute Polish Academy of Sciences (PASIFIC) has officially classified cats as an “invasive alien species,” according to the Associated Press.
The study, headed by PASIFIC biologist Wojciech Solarz, found that the damage that cats cause in terms of hunting and killing birds and other wildlife was enough justification to consider the animals invasive.
The Good Samaritan Of Kharkiv Who Looks After 100 Cats
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, many Ukrainians fleeing the war, willingly or unwillingly, abandoned their pets. One woman, living alone in the basement of her shelled building, took it upon herself to look after the well-being of her neighborhood’s cats.
Cats beat back commie council house arrest threat
Toronto city council votes to let cats roam the streets — at least for now
City council rejected a proposal Wednesday to cur-tail the freedom of domestic cats.
Instead of enacting an anti-roaming bylaw backed by a city committee earlier this month to keep pets indoors, council voted to amend the motion and grant an exception to domestic cats and pigeons.
Look who’s back to normal…
After about 36 hours Xavier began his return to normalcy and is recovering nicely from his Vet trip trauma.
Bear in mind that “normal” for this moggie is being a demanding little so and so.
I can tell he’s better cuz he’s back to biting me when I call time on his snuggles/naps in my arms.
And he’s really his old self when he scrambles to the top of his cat tree so he can fight me like he’s King Kong Kitty on the Empire State Bldg.
Beside him is his can of toys, not all them just the ones he forces me to play catch with.
If I don’t start tossing on demand he’ll knock it over. I am so owned.
He loves chasing the curly springs I toss for him and when he needs a rest from running those down he jumps into his favourite box and bats at the sponge balls I throw his way.
I am expected to gather them all up and repeat until he decides he’s bored.
His appetite has returned to normal and he just finished off a piece of ham.
Thanks to everyone for their Cat Whisperer advice.
I learned new stuff and it really helped me to be patient and less frazzled with concern.
I cannot win
Took my cat to the vet yesterday.
He got 3 year shots for Feline HIV and Rabies.
He was OK during his examination but did put up a bit of a fight when we tried to put him back in the carrier for the trip home.
He has always been stressed by car rides. But it’s been a year since his last vet visit.
He ate a bit when we got home and seemed Ok if a little less active than is usual.
This morning when I got up and made coffee I found him sleeping on the bed in the spare room.
Normally he is in the Kitchen as I wake waiting to be fed.
I gave him a pet as I suspected he was a bit upset from the trip and the shots.
He then hid under the bed. He came out when I called but seemed fearful and when I picked him up he started to growl and hiss but did not lash out in bites or scratching.
I set him down by his food dish but he would not eat.
He seems traumatized, one minute rubbing up against my leg and the next back to a fearful state.
His carrier was still on the floor. It seemed to make him anxious so I have hidden it away.
Now he’s hiding under the bed again.
I sprayed a bit of Feliway cat pheromones there hoping to calm him down.
He has been a problem cat, scratching furniture and biting “for fun.”
He is in need of constant attention.
I scruff him and give him time outs and have used a spray bottle on him when he gets out of hand.
I have never considered him a “mean” cat, poorly socialized perhaps and maybe a little more feral than I thought when I got him at 8 weeks.
He just seems to lack a filter.
Anybody have any suggestions?
Cats really do care about their humans as much as dogs, researcher says
A new study has revealed that cats have an uncanny ability to track their humans’ movements, in their minds, even while out of sight using socio-spatial cognition.
Researchers say the study challenges the notion that dogs are more interested in their owners’ whereabouts than cats.
Well at least it isn’t the toilet
I am guilty of having enabled Buddy’s habit of drinking out of the bathroom sink. Yes I run the water for him. Though I have learned to keep the toilet seat down. Little black paw prints all over the sink etc are something I’ll have to live with.
With the warmer weather I have been introducing buddy to the balcony, supervised excursions only. Pip loved to spend his afternoons there soaking up the sun and we learned not to fear leaving him alone. Boisterous Buddy on the other hand seems less aware of consequences and a leash and harness may be in order.
Catnip
#Caturday 1st hit of catnip pic.twitter.com/4UR6hvkKpr
— Fancypants Maloney (@fancypants_s) February 27, 2021