Why are mice afraid of cats? Silly question you’re thinking. It’s because cats will eat them (with great joy, I might add). But is that fear genetic or learned? The answer is not at all obvious, since many mothers teach their young to hunt. And this is not simply an academic question, since we often have […]
I’m sure I’m somewhat prejudiced, but I have always thought the furniture we have in our Cat Suites has both form and function. But I ran across this Japanse house that is simply beyond cool.
If an adult wants to push metal objects through parts of their body (the woman on the left has 720 piercings), that’s fine with me. But, come on, leave the cats alone.
There are many great aspects to my job of running Tabby’s Place, but one of the best is having cats for officemates. I’m guessing that outside of home offices there are not many cats in offices. So I was planning on a blog post about my officemates, since not many people get to enjoy this […]
Yesterday I received email with the news that Smurf, a Tabby’s Place alumnus, “went to Heaven on Friday, March 6, 2009.” I was greatly saddened to hear this … my mind flashed back to the day Smurf came to Tabby’s Place.
I don’t know about you, but I can’t resist an article that (i) has a photo of a cat playing a guitar, and (ii) starts with the phrase, “Originally known as the “Rat Lady of Chicago, …”” .
When I was a kid, the term “geek” was an insult, denoting someone with an unusual or odd personality, and usually the looks to match. (The term originally referred to a carnival perfformer who did disgusting acts, such as eating chicken heads). The internet boom changed all that: a hundred million dollars quickly made a geek into […]
I should have written this update about Donny’s progress sooner, since it has been well over a week since he came back from surgery ([[Donny is Back from Surgery :-)|see entry]]).
You won’t be surprised to hear that I love my job. Among the many wonderful things I get to do is to hear from fellow cat rescuers. I”m constantly amazed by the number of people who are willing to give so much and expect nothing in return. Just the other day I received email from […]
As you can imagine, we have had no lack of amusing cats at Tabby’s Place (having saved almost 700 cats at the date of this posting). But I must say that Hootz might be our funniest cat to date. You can read Hootz’s background, but the only way to appreciate her is to see her […]