Eating what you kill

hunters : a good hunter eats what he kills—which means that you don’t kill for the sheer pleasure of killing, leaving a dead beast to lie a...

Hunting: nature or nurture?

mother cat living in the wild or on a farm will catch rodents or birds and, of course, bring them home to the kittens . But they won’t ea...

Attack!

natural cover (such as plants) for concealment. The closer to the prey, the slower the cat advances. When lying in wait, only the tip of ...

Playing with their food

death for several minutes. Many humans find this rather sadistic, but words like sadistic hardly apply to an animal that, by nature, catc...

The radiator bed

source of moist heat. Cats willingly sleep on top of any heat source that won’t actually burn them. This does not harm them, but it does ...

The fan blade syndrome

good chance he will seek out the hood of the car, taking advantage of the warmth, especially in cold weather. Cat owners have come to expec...

The need (?) for a bed

grass , a tree branch, even on top of radiators . Unlike humans, cats do not require a soft (or flat) surface for sleep. In fact, part of the...