C. M. Barrett

You might be surprised C. M. Barrett · Follow Published in Catness · 3 min read · -- Image by chiplanay from Pixabay Years ago, a friend asked me for some advice about a problem she was having with her cats. She had a two-year-old rescued Tabby she’d named Daisy. (All names in this are fictitious.) A few weeks earlier, a feral kitten had shown up at her door, and she’d adopted her, naming her Dizzy. The problem was that the cats weren’t getting along.

People often have their first experience of being dominated by cats without understanding the truth of the power dynamics involved. They believe that they can get a cat to do what they want. Abandon hope, all ye who read this. Never has a word had so little impact when spoken to a cat. You might as well be humming a jingle. The cat might pay more attention to that.

How Squirrels Do It If you have a bird feeder, you probably know about the immense creativity of squirrels. In addition to my many personal experiences, I also once saw a film about the ingenuity squirrels exercise to get food. One Manhattan squirrel had learned how to trip a candy machine in Times Square to allow a chocolate bar to land in the collection area. According to observers, it made the journey across busy Broadway several times a week.