Behavior

Some cats will do anything to avoid it, while others love it and want to jump right in. Experts discuss some possible reasons.

The loss of a beloved companion can be difficult for your cat. Heres how to help her heal.

You can suffer serious medical consequences, but the wound may also attract the attention of local health authorities. Heres why.

I recently received a letter from a concerned cat owner. Her dilemma is a common one: Her beloved eight-year-old cat bites her. This particular cat was adopted at three months of age from a lovely family and has known only gentle handling. The bites are hard - sometimes requiring medical attention - so the situation is very serious. And the owner is distraught, trying to determine where she could have gone wrong. …

Getting your cat to stop scratching certain objects requires a two-pronged approach. Heres some help in redirecting the behavior.

Are my cats playing or are they fighting? Are there ways that I can tell? Simple enough, right? In fact, not really; these are...

Cat owners are often concerned about neutering their male or spaying their female cat. One question they sometimes ask is whether the surgery will change their family cats character and behavior. On this, veterinarians are virtually unanimous: Change will be significant, but it is all to the better. In my way of thinking, it should be done for every cat, says James Richards, DVM, director of the Cornell University Feline Health Center and Editor of…

Learn to recognize this behavior and nip it in the bud. Heres why.

Caring for cats that need extra socialization or time to get healthy provides shelters - and the animals - hope for the future.

This compulsive behavior can be difficult to redirect. Heres what you need to know.

Heres some help in convincing your cat to regard her traveling case with less fear.

Veterinary behaviorists can spend hours watching their subjects. What are the animals doing all this time? Mostly, they are engaging in normal, species-typical behaviors. In fact, it can be quite difficult to identify and manage problem behaviors without understanding which behaviors are truly normal. A question commonly posed to veterinarians and behaviorists is: Doc, is my cat normal? …