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If there’s anything cats take very seriously, it’s their personal hygiene. And sometimes yours too! We talked with Stephen Quandt, CFTBS, founder of Stephen Quandt Feline Behavior Associates, LLC, in New York City to learn more about this cute and quirky behavior.

Kittens at four to six weeks of age are often very similar. At four weeks they are just learning to explore the world and show virtually nothing of their adult personality development. When you look at all the variations in adult cat personalities, whether they are confident, nervous, playful, lazy, affectionate, independent,  lap cat, non-lap…

  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,…

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…