If your cat is missing, you probably heard that you should put out their cat litter box or spread dirty litter around your yard to help them find their way home. You may have even heard that your cat can smell their dirty litter a mile away. Unfortunately, there is no evidence that a cat […]
Many lost cats will react in fear when they are approached by any person including their owner. This well documented behavior is frequently confusing and even heart-breaking to the lost cat’s owner who cannot understand why their cat would act this way. I think that former pet detective Donna Holsten described this phenomenon best when
Before covering additional topics on cat behavior, I wanted to take a moment to review cat research in general. Although the cat is the most popular pet in the US, there is surprisingly little research on its natural behavior. So far I have only been able to find five research studies that focus on the
