More than a few pet owners are puzzled when their cat seems to be hungry all the time. Is that mutilated mouse lying in the middle of the kitchen floor in the morning the result…

Bodega comes from the Spanish for “warehouse.” When Spanish-speaking immigrants moved into New York City in significant numbers in the first half of the 20th century, bodega was used by them to refer to a…

There’s something about bigger and fluffier cats that’s just more inviting. Really, fluff makes any animal more cuddly and cute. It’s just a fact of life. However, there’s a downside to fluff that many pet…

There are a lot of people who take their dogs with them on vacation, but it’s not as easy with your furry feline friends. More often than not, cats are not as readily accepted at…

There is an ongoing discussion about whether cats can be counted as social animals or not. Certainly, the ancestors of the domestic cat were solitary predators, but there has been more than enough change over…

There are times when popular wisdom can be very useful. However, there are plenty of times when popular wisdom can be misleading as well. For example, while mice will eat cheese because of pure opportunism…

Cat lovers know that their cats have many life lessons to teach them. They seem to take life in stride with an attitude that seems to not care what the world around thinks. We can…

It isn’t uncommon for people to use different terms with very different definitions in an interchangeable manner in casual conversation. For example, there are tame cheetahs, but there are no domesticated cheetahs. This is because…

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