Cats are born with a natural instinct to massage, known as kneading. they do it to each other for comfort, social bonding, and even play. Keep reading for a closer look at the unique ways that cats show love and affection.
Why do cats clean themselves so much? Even when healthy, cats spend as much as two to five hours every day grooming themselves. Grooming helps clean their coat, remove loose hairs, regulate body temperature through evaporative cooling as saliva dries on the fur, and distributes oils evenly thr...
Cats Dogs Feeding Dental Treats to Your Dog Dental treats can be a great tool for helping to clean your dog’s teeth, support healthy gums, and freshen their breath. If you’re new...Continue Reading Dogs Health & Safety How Dog Dental Chews Work As a dog parent you might be wondering...
And it can be difficult to decipher when your cat is sick because cats are very good at masking their feelings. As always, the sooner you can get your cat to the vet, the sooner you will find out why your cat isn’t feeling well. If your cat has any illness, long-term or even ...
Agility is something we associate with dogs but cats can do it too. You don’t have to enter an agility competition but you can clicker train kitty to a fun obstacle course in your home. You can make it as basic as holding an embroidery hoop low to the ground with one hand while you...
If you don’t know whether to love or loatheCats, rest easy—neither do the experts. The show leaves even Kenrick, a cat lover who named one of his feline companions Eliot, scratching his head. “I’ll be honest with you—the first half-hour was breathtaking. The last...
Social hierarchy is one of the main causes of inter-dog aggression in multi-dog households. According to dog trainer and owner of Peaceable Paw,Pat Miller, “Social hierarchies do exist in groups of domesticated dogs and hierarchy can be fluid.” By nature, dogs are pretty good conflict solve...
D’Arcy Thompson in his bookOn Growth and Formsaw that one species could be turned into another through the application of mathematical transformations to alter their proportions. Homology Homology in vertebrates The bat’s wing, seal’s flipper, cat’s paw, and human hand all have the same ...
Maybe not. Many cultures worshipped cats and even counted cat-like beings among their gods. This was at one point true for the Chinese, Egyptians, Norse, Polish, and Greek civilizations. Do I need to cut my cats nails? Denis Val // Shutterstock ...
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