Have you noticed how I haven’t been banging on about cats so much recently?
Well I figure the occasional mention won’t hurt and this caught my eye, especially as I’m prone to fussing on my two.
Cat behaviour experts are warning the UK’s 9 million cat owners they are stressing their pets out – by loving them too much.
Vicky Halls, a specialist in cat behaviour, says in this busy, technologically sophisticated world, we are forgetting what a cat really is and what its needs are.
“Cats are highly adaptable,” Vicky says, “and have lived alongside us very successfully, but there is no doubt that most of the behavioural problems we are now seeing, such as indoor spraying and soiling, nervousness and aggression, are caused by the environment we put our cats into and our unrealistic expectations of them.
“Cats are by nature solitary and can’t be expected to provide emotional support for lonely owners,” she says.
In other cat news (you can’t really imagine John Humphrys saying that, can you) the Feline Advisory Bureau is seeking to shed light on cat behaviour by launching a book, 'Essential Cattitude – An insight into the feline world’ to celebrate its 50th birthday.
Apparently they’re launching it next week at the famous Groucho Club in London.
Funny, I was only recently talking about how I’d love to visit The Groucho (the spiritual home of hard-living artists!) so maybe I should see if I can blag an invite…
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