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Behavior

Why Does My Cat Bite Me?

September 6, 2026

Most cat bites are not aggression. They are communication that escalated because the earlier, quieter signals were missed. If you are asking why does my cat bite me, the useful question underneath it is what your cat was saying in the ten seconds before teeth were involved — because there is almost always something there.

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What Is a Group of Cats Called?

September 3, 2026

What is a group of cats called? A clowder. That is the answer most people are after, and it comes with a small collection of others: a group of kittens is a kindle, a group of wild or feral cats is a destruction, and a male cat is a tom while a female is a queen. What is a group of cats called turns out to have several correct answers, depending on which cats you mean.

Behavior

Why Do Cats Lick You?

September 2, 2026

Cats lick you for the same reason they lick each other: it is grooming, and grooming is how cats maintain a social bond. If you have wondered why do cats lick you rather than simply sitting nearby, the answer is that your cat is treating you as family — with a tongue built for a job yours is not suited to.

Behavior

Why Do Cats Sleep So Much?

August 31, 2026

Cats sleep 12 to 16 hours a day, and kittens and seniors push past 20. That is normal. The reason why do cats sleep so much comes down to biology: your cat is built to hunt in short, explosive bursts, and everything between those bursts is recovery.

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Why Do Cats Have Nine Lives?

August 30, 2026

Cats have one life, the same as everything else. The saying is folklore, not biology — but it survived for centuries because cats really do walk away from things that would kill most animals their size. The question of why do cats have 9 lives is really two questions: where the phrase came from, and what cats actually do that made people believe it.

Behavior

Why Does My Cat Sleep on Me?

August 29, 2026

Your cat sleeps on you because you are warm, because you are safe, and because scent-marking you as part of the group is what cats do with the individuals they trust. If you have ever wondered why does my cat sleep on me rather than the expensive bed you bought, that is the short answer: you win on all three counts.

Health

Why Is My Cat Peeing Everywhere?

August 14, 2026

First: your cat is not doing this out of spite Let’s clear up the most common myth right away. When a cat starts peeing on the bed, the laundry, or the corner of the living room, it’s easy to feel personally attacked. But cats don’t urinate outside the box for revenge, jealousy, or spite. They […]

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Why Do Cats Like Boxes?

August 14, 2026

The great cardboard mystery You spend good money on a fancy cat bed or a deluxe toy. Your cat sniffs it once, walks away — and climbs straight into the plain cardboard box it arrived in. If this has happened to you, you’re in good company: it happens in nearly every cat household on earth. […]

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What Does Catnip Do to Cats?

July 28, 2026

The herb that turns cats into cartoons You sprinkle a pinch of dried green leaves on the floor, and within seconds your dignified, aloof cat is flat on their back, drooling, rubbing their face in it, and kicking the air like they’ve completely lost the plot. Ten minutes later they get up, shake it off, […]

Health

Why Is My Cat Always Hungry?

July 27, 2026

You just fed them. You watched them eat. And yet here they are again — winding around your ankles, yelling at the cupboard, staring at you like you’ve never fed them in your life. Some cats treat every meal like it’s their last and every hour like it’s dinnertime. So is your cat genuinely starving, […]