Not glad to meet

unneutered toms can be hostile in a very noisy way. Normally the two approach each other with tails moving slowly from side to side, all ...

Go for the gut

Cats use their hind claws to scratch themselves, but those long hind claws serve a defensive purpose as well. A cat under serious attack by ...

Scavenger buffet

food inside, and while he might have been someone’s pet, he was most likely a feral cat dining at one of his favorite feeding sites. Huma...

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...