Comments on: Human-Cat Psychology: Do Cats Improve Our Mood and Become Attached to Us?

By: Maurice F Prout Ph.D, M. Prout

Maurice F Prout Ph.D, M. Prout — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:53:51 +0000

Nice concept, ‘psychology of everyday’! Pets are truly an important part of the lives of the people who own them. Like other relationships, this is also give and take relationship. I had read somewhere that how we treat our pets influences their psychology and they start responding in the same tone. Similarly in the writings of Maurice F Prout, you will find how little things affect the behavior of groups irrespective of whether they are animals or human beings. This is the reason why maximum experiments are performed on animals. Maurice F Prout writes a lot about mood disorders and his popular publications can be read at mauriceprout.com or mauriceproutphd.com

By: ravi

ravi — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:11:56 +0000

Try switching to a better catfood such as proplan or science diet. Your vet can recommend one. They are more expensive than regular store foods but your cat will eat less and be healthier.

By: Jeremy (PsyBlog author)

Jeremy (PsyBlog author) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:07:00 +0000

Thanks to everyone who commented on this post - glad it sparked a discussion but I'm closing the comments on it now.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:57:00 +0000

Joan,
Try switching to a better catfood such as proplan or science diet. Your vet can recommend one. They are more expensive than regular store foods but your cat will eat less and be healthier.

By: deLLa

deLLa — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:40:00 +0000

Cat can be jealous too.

I used to have only 1 female cat that sometime slept in my bed and get all the attention from the family. When another stray cat came and we adopted him, she was very jealous, protective to us (human) and become vicious. It took months for them to get along (lucky this newbie is peacefull and friendly).

By: Osmotic

Osmotic — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:18:00 +0000

I use cat claw covers on my mog. He doesn't mind them in the least and they do him no harm whatsoever. There were developed by a vet in the US to try and dissuade people from the cruel act of declawing.

Here's a link to the site.

http://www.softclaws.com/colors.asp

By: Joan

Joan — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:23:00 +0000

I think the best way that my little kitten got over her separation anxiety was when a friend of mine would come over and play with her and take care of her while I was out of town. It always cheered her up whenever my friend would come over because she would get out my kitten's favorite ball or bell toy and go to town with her! I know that it won't cure the anxiety but it does help I think. :-)

Next topic: Here is the problem that I'm having. My 10 month old kitten is a gem and she is wonderful to have in every way. The only problem is that whenever she uses the litter box and goes #2 she stinks up the entire house! I mean, I've tried a different kind of canned food and I've tried a different brand of kitten dry food. I've been feeding her the good stuff, Purina Kitten chow dry food and Fancy Feast wet food. I've tried Nine Lives wet food and MeowMix Kitten formula and a few others but her #2's are still pretty stinky. Any suggestions guys and gals?

By: Justyvonne

Justyvonne — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:55:00 +0000

One of my cats has separation anxiety if I leave for more than a day. (He hides and throws up). There is no doubt they are all attached because when I come back from being out of town, they are all over me. When I am sick or sad, they know that too and stay very close. The unconditional love is enough for overall mood improvement. I'm a little silly about it...they are all on pages on the Catster site. It's truly a win/win relationship.

By: maya857

maya857 — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:50:00 +0000

Hi Joan!

First I must apologize to the writer of this blog, I will give my email at the end of this so you won't have to keep reading my unsolicited advice LOL.

Joan, that's funny what your kitten does. Many cats do this, and a friend of mine once joked that our cats see us taking a shower, and they are saying, "How can you do that??"

To answer your question, as long as your kitten is okay and not howling in pain after your shower is over, I'm sure she's fine.

Of course she's not afraid of a few drips, but a full blown shower is scary and indeed would be dangerous for an animal her size. Even a full grown cat could drown or be injured in a shower. She knows she can't jump in safely. Cats are very smart in this way.

Is she a very affectionate, clingy kitten? She's probably "in agony" because she can't curl up next to you - she's been blocked from getting close to you because of the hammering needles of water.

The good news is, it sounds like she's a very loving kitten who's attached to both of you! ;)

Here's my email you (or anyone) has more questions,

karyfinch@yahoo.com

Or click on the name "Maya" and come visit my blog!

By: Joan

Joan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:52:00 +0000

My new kitten, the one that I have been previously speaking of, is acting very peculiar. Well, everytime that I get in the shower she will sit there outside the curtain with her little front paws on the lip of the tub, looking up at me and I know this because we have a clear shower curtain and proceed to meow to the point like someone is hurting her! I don't understand why she does this but she does it with my husband too! And yet whenever I go into the bathroom to brush my teeth or whatever she will follow me and jump into the tub and want me to turn on a drip from the tub faucet so she can play with it. So, I know that she's not afraid of the water. I just wonder why she keeps doing this. Any ideas guys and gals? Maya?