Speaking from my own experience with various different cats either my own or other people's it is my opinion that cats only really choose one or maybe two people in their family that they... Читать далее
Although other factors can also affect their activity (such as the weather, the presence of other cats in their territory, or their health), cats tend to sleep for several short periods... Читать далее
I think my answer to that would be that it’s much more difficult to meet a cat’s needs when they’re kept purely indoors.
There are a number of pros and cons involved in terms of cats... Читать далее
Sadly, there’s nothing you can do about it. Even if you pay for a pest control company to remove the foxes, another one will come in quite quickly. We have urban foxes because they were... Читать далее
Just to add to the point about the eye, Richard Dawkins gave an excellent demonstration about the evolution of the eye in his Christmas Lectures in 1991.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/eA1r... Читать далее
Cats sleep for about 16 hrs a day on average, although it varies according to the individual – and it also tends to decrease as cats get older, as the sleep can become more fragmented and... Читать далее
For one reason only, which is to get soil out of their tunnels. Moles are the only perfectly subterranean mammals and their tunnels are two things: their home and their larder. They build... Читать далее
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Easy – a rescue dog. You can have any breed or crossbreed really, as long as you can provide its exercise needs, and keep it physically and mentally stimulated.
But the best dog in most... Читать далее
We tend to think that cats are playing with the prey, but that’s probably not what they’re doing.
Some cats are not very experienced hunters, or their mums may not have been particularly... Читать далее
Nepeta cataria is the technical term for catnip. We believe that catnip gives off a vapour (nepetalactone) – the molecules of which are detected by receptors in the roof of the cat’s... Читать далее