Mocking bird Dear Patches, For years now, Pollie, our African grey, has been mimicking everything everybody says, sings or whistles, as well as the telephone and the alarm. It is so annoying! And what’s even worse, is that he is so good at it, that I can’t distinguish between him and the real source of […]
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Baby gate disaster Dear Patches, The cats and I love to play chase in the house. Flash is the fastest and he always gets away from me, but he cheats! He will run from the kitchen to the lounge, through the dining room, down the hall and then over the baby gate at Mom’s room.
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Sometimes, we look at our animals and wonder, what are they thinking? They can come up with the weirdest behaviour that seems so odd to us as humans, but that is actually very normal for them. We might ‘read’ something into their behaviour, while it may actually have a totally different meaning in an animal’s
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The short answer is “No!”. While it is human nature to discipline or punish somebody for what they have done wrong, we should understand that pets are not people. They don’t comprehend things on the level we do, and they don’t understand the difference between right and wrong. Just as there are many ideas on
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Does your cat seem a bit anxious and your first thought is to play her that one song that calms you down? Stop! You won’t necessarily do her any favours, as cats often don’t like the music we do. If you want to treat your cat to a song, or want to calm her down,
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