CatTails Feline Health Center

05/18/2025

Predatory play is an essential part of a cat-friendly home: experts recommend that cats have 10 minutes of predatory play daily.
When is cats playing with toys predatory play? The play should allow the cat to carry out a hunt on a toy - locating prey, chasing, pouncing, and capturing it.

Predatory play is an essential part of a cat-friendly home: experts recommend that cats have10 minutes of predatory play daily.When is cats playing with toys...

05/11/2025

A healthy feline environment includes the opportunity for predatory play. When are cats playing with toys - predatory play? How do we stimulate this behavior?

One of the 5 pillars of a healthy feline environment is the opportunity for predatory play. Experts recommend 5-10 minutes of such play daily. When are cats playing with toys - predatory play? Cats playing with toys - predatory play? Play in domestic cats is commonly categorized as social, locomotor...

05/11/2025

A healthy feline environment includes the opportunity for predatory play. When are cats playing with toys - predatory play? How do we stimulate this behavior?

One of the 5 pillars of a healthy feline environment is the opportunity for predatory play. Experts recommend 5-10 minutes of such play daily. When are cats playing with toys - predatory play? Cats playing with toys - predatory play? Play in domestic cats is commonly categorized as social, locomotor...

03/23/2025

Cats not getting along? If fighting has not broken out, supervised play sessions followed by relaxing on a blanket may help.

Cats not getting along? If out and out warfare has not broken out, supervised play sessions can help cats associate something good, toys and treats, with oth...

03/09/2025

What are the pros and cons of owning a robotic cat? Are robotic cats part of our future? Artificial intelligence is developing rapidly and among the applications are robots that can walk the dog, cook dinner, and teach the kids (Reference 1). So, it is not a surprise that robotic pets are being offe...

02/23/2025

You will see cats sniffing for food when they hunt. Cats are far-sighted and do not see things well close up. You may think this would handicap the cat when...

02/02/2025

Your cat lives in a noisy world. What do cats hear? Cats have one of the broadest hearing ranges of all the land mammals, hearing sounds from 50Hz to 80kHz.

Your cat lives in a noisy world. What do cats hear? Cats have some of the best hearing of all the land mammals. They can detect sounds in a range of 50Hz to around 80kHz (Hz measures the frequency or pitch of sounds). In contrast, we humans detect sounds of 20Hz to 20 kHz -...

01/04/2025

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12/22/2024

Cats not only groom themselves, they will groom (lick) catnip toys, people and other cats. Cats grooming other cats or allogrooming is a friendly behavior.

Cats not only groom themselves, they will groom (lick) catnip toys, people and other cats. Cats grooming other cats is called allogrooming - allogrooming refers to members of the same species grooming each other. Allogrooming occurs in many social species - it is a way for animals who live close tog...

11/10/2024

Does your cat cough? Pay your vet a visit. The coughing cat with asthma who is not being treated can end up at the ER , panting and struggling to breathe.
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Does your cat cough? Are you waiting for a hairball to appear? If this is a frequent occurrence - say daily, a few times a week, even just once a month - it may be time to pay your veterinarian a visit. A phlegmy, wet, productive cough often accompanies viral or bacterial infections. A hacking...

10/27/2024

Many cats enjoy food puzzles and are good at manipulating the puzzles to get treats. In this video, Gus, Miso and Zelda try some Halloween themed food puzzles, including one where they "bob" for freeze-dried rabbit treats.

Cats are born hunters but they are not above foraging for food, rooting around in holes for tasty bugs or lizards. Many cats enjoy food puzzles and are good...