A semi-dead token of affection

The author has had half-dead lizards dropped in his lap or at his feet, and countless cat owners get presented with similar “gifts”—dead or ...

The cat-chicken truce

Siamese tomcat had no qualms about killing and eating baby chicks. And why not, since cats like to prey on birds, and what easier prey th...

Why hunt when you’re full?

rodent come within sight and the predaceous genes take over. Sometimes the hunt can be more involved than that, with a cat waiting by a s...

The no-lizard rule (seldom obeyed)

prey (and meal) for the house cat, and in Florida the most common small creatures around the house are the many species of lizards availab...

Will a cat fish?

Of course it will, as any owner of an aquarium or goldfish pond knows. Yes, cats hate water, but cats just love fish for dinner, so many a ca...

The bird predator myth

natural predators, and, yes, they do eat birds. But nature lovers have unfairly exaggerated the role that cats play in decimating bird popu...

Chattering teeth

natural predator, is in a place where he spots a potential prey , but he can’t get to it, so his teeth chatter. You may have observed thi...