This week I wanted to talk about a famous cat who was adopted by an entire school. Let's meet a cat named Room 8! Accoring to the LA Times, in 1952 a grey and white tabby cat wandered into Elysian Heights Elementary school. Explore Historic California mentions that the cat walked around the desks, got some pets and that someone remarked that he was the skinniest cat they had ever seen. When recess came, the children gave the cat some milk and went out. When they returned, they found their lunches had been raided and the culprit fast asleep! Later, when lunchtime came, he followed along and got even more tasty treats from the children's lunches. After that 1st day,...
Do you ever see your cat snuggled in bed and just think my cat is spoiled? But is it true? Is your cat spoiled? I did some research to see what they say on the interwebs, so let's look at some signs of a spoiled cat! Catcurio says one sign of spoiled cats is that they find the comfiest spots in the house and claim them for their own. If you find your cat already sprawled across your bed looking all comfy when you go to bed, do you work around them and let them stay as they are, even at the expense of your own comfort? You are probably spoiling a cat if you wake up with a kink...
Whooo's a pretty girlie? Whooo's the best boy boy? These are some of the things I say when I talk to my cats, and I'm not alone! Do you talk to your cat in baby talk? Studies have shown that cats do respond to baby talk when their owners talk to them, so we're on the right track! First off, what do we mean by baby talk? It's when we use a higher pitched voice, draw out our vowels and ask short questions, like my examples from the beginning. Science.org tells us of a study done by Charlotte de Mouzon where cats were played recordings of their owners voices. The recordings included 5 phrases like “Do you want to play?”...
We've featured some famous cat lovers and cats here, like Abraham Lincoln and Felicette, first cat in space, and today let's learn about another cat lover - Mark Twain! There are several Mark Twain cat quotes that show his esteem and affection for our feline friends. When we look for quotes by Mark Twain on cats like "A home without a cat -- and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat -- may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?" from Pudd'nhead Wilson, and "If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat." NewEngland.com even notes that when his 13 year old daughter wrote a biography of...
I saw a quote online recently by Maurice Burton that said "Anyone who claims that a cat cannot give a dirty look has either never kept a cat or is singularly unobservant." I admit that I've gotten my share of dirty looks from my cats, and it made me think about cat facial expressions. What other kinds of cat face expressions are there, and how can we identify them? Let's look more into facial expressions of cats! How many facial expressions do cats have? A study in the journal Behavourial Processes, published by researchers Lauren Scott and Brittany N. Florkiewicz looked at recordings of cats in a cat cafe to see what facial expressions they used to communicate with each other after...
