Cats' Corner

Sometimes it can feel like cats live in their own little world. They zoom around the house as if they own the place, communicate with subtle signals, and hate it when we close the door.

Cats also like to lick — a lot. And they lick plenty of things that aren't food. When cats lick or suck on an inedible material, it is called "wool sucking." 

In this IAABC peer-reviewed article, author Allison Hunter-Frederick draws on her own experiences as well as sound advice from Dr. Nicholas Dodman and other veterinary experts to explain a cat-specific behavior issue called non-recognition aggression.

Chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, gorillas, dolphins, killer whales, elephants, and magpies demonstrate self-recognition in the mirror test. Most other animals, including cats and dogs, do not pass this test … or so it is said.

A Tale of Two Different Species
The first step to making the perfect match is to understand and respect the behaviors that make cats and dogs unique.

There are some cats that seem to be frightened of almost everything unfamiliar, including people and other cats. The question arises, why would a cat become so fearful?  The answer...

Teaching our pet companions to “operate” or rather come when called is not a difficult skills to learn. It does however rely on... 

It’s not what you think.

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Inverse | Rae Paoletta

A former Amazon engineer is working to answer a question almost all cat owners have: What is my cat trying to tell me?

Javier Sanchez, who worked on Amazon's Alexa, is now a project manager with ...

Feline inappropriate elimination made up 56% of feline cases at Cornell University’s Animal Be­havior Clinic between 1991 and 2001, and it appears to be the most frequent type of feline behav­ior problem...

The most common compulsive behaviors exhibited by cats include wool sucking or fabric eat­ing, over-grooming/hair-barbering or hair-pulling behavior (psychogenic alopecia), and possibly feline hyperesthesia.  By far oral behaviors such as...

Cats are generally solitary animals that only come together during courtship and mating or in the situation of a mother with kittens.  That said, it is quite possible for cats to develop strong bonds with each other and people...

I recently did an interview about declawing cats – a practice I have stood against for many years. As far back as 1997, I was on ABC’s 20/20 discussing alternatives to declawing and subsequently became a member of The Paw Project. The Paw Project first fought against declawing of big cats (tigers, lions, etc....