The three marking methods

methods , one related to sight, the others related to smell. To provide visual evidence of “This is mine!” cats scratch. (And you thought th...

Wetting the tires

tomcats do it too? As with dogs, unneutered tomcats who do this are marking their territory (and, like dogs, don’t understand that the “mar...

Love that wool

Burmese and Siamese cats: the cat will chew on cloth, sometimes creating large holes. They seem to prefer wool, which is why vets refer to...

Shedding, molting, whatever

molting , but owners usually just speak of shedding, and it’s one of the less pleasant aspects of cat ownership. Cats living in the wild mol...

Do they know their names?

independence . A tip for teaching the cat his name: call out the name just before you feed him, so that he comes to associate the sound wit...

Drinking from the toilet

dogs , but cats love to do it, too. Why, especially if the cat has a perfectly good water dish available? No one knows for sure, except tha...

Yes, cats do it too

fact they are, though less showy about it than dogs are. Two cats new to each other will, assuming they don’t fight , at some point get ar...