Does your cat seem to be obsessed with your shoes? Sleeping with them, playing with them and maybe even stealing them? You're not alone! Let's look more into why cats like shoes! Why does my cat love my shoes? Did you notice the word my was used in the sentence above twice? That's actually our first clue of why cats cats can be obsessed with shoes! Your cat may love your shoes because they smell like you! As TheSprucePets points out, a cat's sense of smell is fourteen times as strong as a persons! They will seek out smells that are familiar to give them a sense of comfort and make them feel safe. So, a cat that is bonded...
Does this sound familiar? You feed your cat and after eating, they start pawing around the sides of the dish like they're trying to bury it? My cats will even hop up on to the table and try to bury my plate, sometimes while I'm still in mid-meal! Why do cats try and bury their food? Catster.com says your cat my be trying to bury food to save it for later. This is called caching and it's an instinct inherited from cats in the wild! When a big cat like a mountain lion makes a kill, they sometimes have leftovers. They will cover the meat they haven't eaten with leaves, sticks and grass so they can come back to it...
A few weeks ago, I looked into the cat blep, when cats leave their tongue sticking out a little bit, and that made me wonder about another time cats stick their tongue out, which is when a cat licks their lips. I often see my cats licking their lips after eating, but there may also be health reasons that would cause cats licking lips, so I wanted to dig more into lip licking in cats! I already mentioned a common reason for a cat licking their chops, and that is that they have just eaten. They don't have napkins like we do, so a cat licking their lips after a meal is their way to clean off their face. Petsradar.com...
Big cats like lions and tigers are apex predators, which mean they are the top of the food chain and no animals prey on them. According to RangerPlanet.com, Lions can prey on large animals, like Antelopes, Giraffes, Wildebeast and Zebras. Even Crocodiles can be a meal for a hungry lion! And, although your fluffy best friend at home is probably a little too small to be taking on a Wildebeast, domestic cats are predators and share a lot of the characteristics that make the big cats such successful hunters! Lets look at some of the adaptations that make cats such powerful predators. Cats have a strong sense of hearing, which allows them to triangulate on their prey, plus strong vision,...
Last week I was looking into cat bleps - when a cat sticks their tongue out a little - and it made me think of the saying "Cat got your tongue", so I wanted to look more into the cat got your tongue meaning and origin. What does the cat got your tongue mean? I checked out the Merriam-Webster dictionary and they said it is used when asking someone why they aren't saying anything. In my experience it has an accusatory tone, like if someone asks who did something and you don't answer, they might ask, what's the matter? Cat got your tongue? HistoryofEnglish.com agrees, saying it's often used when one person is wrong and the other person is waiting for...
