If your cat ever goes missing, it can be very stressful and worrisome, and you will naturally wonder if cats can find their way home. I'd love to put your mind at ease and say that your cat will reappear, but like many things when it comes to cats, it seems to depend on the individual cat. A study from 1922 called "Homing Powers of the Cat" looked into a mother cat who was able to reunite with her kittens from as far as 4 miles away. There is also a survey on lostpetresearch.com that includes a cat that found their way home from as far as 80 miles away! It's not well known how cats find their way home if lost,...
Did you know there is a Guinness world record for best mouser? Meet Towser the mouser, the current record holder for most mice killed! Towser was a distillery cat, employed by the Glenturret distillery in Scotland. Like other brewery cats, she was tasked with rodent control, and according to the good folks at Guinness, she was the best who ever did it! The Glenturret distillery is well known for their whisky, including one named the Famous Grouse, which according to ScotchWhisky.com is so popular it even has it's own visitor experience for those who would like to tour the distillery. They even named a whisky after our heroine Towser in 2017 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her death. So...
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...
