Pain detection in cats: Why is it so difficult?
When you are in pain, how does your doctor know where it hurts? You usually have to tell them. You might draw on an image of a body exactly where…
Could a new study explain the “Yahtzee Barf”?
Well, perhaps I should start by explaining the Yahtzee Barf. Saturday night at our pad is pizza night (we make pizza), and sometimes we play games too. One night we…
The cat questions continue: Do cats like music?
I’ve previously blogged about musical animals, and many believe that musicality (at least to the extent we see in humans) is unique to humans. We love music so much that…
Can we keep our cats warm enough?
Reading the Wired story on cats and boxes last week I was introduced to the cat’s “thermoneutral zone.” This is the temperature range at which animals do not expend any…
Does a cat’s nose always know?
A new study looks at visual and olfactory cue preferences in cats We know that cats have an excellent sense of smell, and good vision for certain things (like prey…
The one thing everyone wants to know about cats….
What’s up with cats and the full moon? If you could KNOW any one thing about cats what would it be? What is the biggest feline mystery of all? I…