Food, water, and a straw bed in the tree — In the hollow of a maple tree not far from the road, Ron Venden has made a cozy dwelling for the 7-month-old cat he swears has never left its tree home… How is Venden certain the cat never leaves? Mostly because there are never any…
Cats
Cats
Friday Catblogging: So What’s in Purina Kitten Chow Anyway?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Wired answers the question of What’s Inside: Purina Kitten Chow. Here are the main ingredients: Biotin, Brewers Rice, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Animal Fat Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols, Fish Meal, Chicken ByProduct Meal, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Taurine, and Soy Flour. The Wired story describes why each ingredient is included, and it’s well…
Cats, Crime
Cat-Hating Misfit Pleads Guilty
by JOHN ADAMS •
Giovanni Estrada, now 20, entered the plea in court this morning. Investigators say he tried to drown the cat in its locked carrier back in September because it killed one of his pet crawfish. The cat, later named “Lovie” for her affection towards caretakers, had been shot by a BB gun multiple times. She was…
Cats
Friday Catblogging: Are Cats Amazingly Sensitive or Simply Manipulative?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats
Friday Catblogging: Cat Relaxes in the Tub
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Cats, Holiday
YouTube – Jingle Cats Silent Night
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Cats
Friday Catblogging: Cheetah vs. Hyena (Video)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats
Friday Catblogging — Disney African Cats
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Cats
Friday Catblogging: Baby Cheetah Cub, Kiburi, Born At San Diego Zoo
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats
Epic Cat Fight Joined By Birds (Video)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats and birds are natural enemies. Sometimes, so are cats and other cats. And sometimes, a wild melee can involve two acrobatic brawling felines and a pair of feisty birds willing to pick a fight with somebody much bigger than themselves. That exact scene was caught on video and set to dramatic music…. Note: These…
Cats, Weird Tales
Cat vs. Alligator: Pet Protects People from Swamp Predator (Video)
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Cats
Friday Catblogging: How Cats Drink
by JOHN ADAMS •
For Friday’s catblogging, here are stories and videos about how cats drink. At Wired, Lisa Grossman writes that High-Speed Video Reveals Cats’ Secret Tongue Skills: High-speed videos reveal the strange technique and delicate balance of physical forces cats use to lap milk from a bowl. Unlike dogs, who use their tongues as ladles to scoop…