In the home environment, there are plenty of cats who have apparently learnt to use a lever-type door handle, to pull open a fridge door and to do several other tasks simply by watching the owner and then by trying it out for themselves. Are they learning through copying humans, are the...
Even if you keep your cats indoors, there are behavioral and health advantages to getting them spayed or neutered Intact males will frequently spray urine as a way of marking their territory. If you keep two or more intact males in the same house, they may become aggressive around each other...
It is wise to separate your cats if they are causing injury to each other, particularly if one or both cats are becoming ill due to stress, or if you start to see hiding and avoidance behavior. Then, re-introduce your cats through controlled meetings. Visual-only introductions, placing barr...
When I’ve asked specifically WHERE in the city someone has seen *more* coyotes, they list several different places in the city where they have seen one or several, and then rely on thesightings by other peopleto support their belief that we are being overrun by coyotes who, to them, ha...
claim about wolf packs that turned out to be inaccurate because theresearch was done with captive groupsthat did not have natural relationships. What's more, dogs are different from wolves in many ways, andresearch with feral dogshas shown that their groups don't have the same social ...
coyotes in Nebraska are widespread and cougar studies with detection dogs have a high proportion of nontarget scats (≥50%; S Wilson/Nebraska Game & Parks, unpublished data). The proportion of collected nontarget scats might also shift as a result of feral or free-roaming domestic dogs that ...
Leash training a cat is primarily to allow a cat to go outdoors in a safe and controlled way, not about training your cat to be a substitute dog. Cats are naturally cautious animals and are likely to bolt if faced with unfamiliar stimuli. When you take your cat outside, be prepared ...
All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published Submit Warnings Stray and feral cats are prone to disease if they are not vaccinated and wormed. Symptoms of illness can include: runny nose and eyes, sneezing and coughing, difficulty breathing or loud sounds when breathing, sun...