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Cats / Behaviour
A quiet cat is not automatically an unhappy or unhealthy one. Meow frequency varies enormously between individual cats, and a naturally quiet cat is simply a quiet cat, not a cause for concern on its
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Cats / Behaviour
Unlike gaining weight, which tends to creep up slowly and is often welcomed by an owner as a sign of a well fed cat, weight loss usually gets noticed and worried about sooner. That instinct is general
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Cats / Behaviour
A cat fixated on a blank patch of wall, sometimes for several minutes at a stretch, unsettles a lot of first-time cat owners. In the vast majority of cases, the explanation is far less mysterious than
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Cats / Behaviour
A cat squatting to pee on your bedsheet is a different problem from one that sprays a wall, and it deserves a different response. This kind of accident usually means something about the box, the cat's
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Cats / Behaviour
A cat nibbling on soil from a houseplant, a balcony pot or a garden bed is unsettling to watch, and worth taking seriously rather than dismissing as odd curiosity, since there are several genuine unde
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Cats / Behaviour
Scratching is not a habit to eliminate. It is a need to redirect, and the difference matters for how you approach it.
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