Posts by Stephen
Are You My Mother? Cats and Their Relationship to Us
So what is our real relationship with cats and how do they view us? In nature when looking at cat colonies what we see is that adult cats do not tend to meow to each other. They make all sorts of other vocalizations, but adult to adult they generally don’t meow. They may caterwaul,…
Read MoreCats and the Cycle of Predation & the Relationship to Hunting
For cats, play is mostly a predatory behavior. It’s about hunting the mouse, killing it and then eating it. So as you read on, whenever you see me use the word “hunt” below, insert the word “play” instead.. Unlike animals like cows and sheep that are “grazers” and need to eat all day long…
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