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  Murjan telling a story. Ever wonder what your cat's vocalizations and body language mean? You probably have a lot of it figured out, but if you are like me, some things are elusive. This article does a fab job of delineating all those sounds -- trills, hisses, growls, meows -- and body behaviors -- tail and ear positions, swats, and the like:  I Want It Meow . For more Caturday posts, click  HERE . Read more  posts about cats . Watch for Luna Norwood's forthcoming book,  Raising Happy Cat Families . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advice, and more -- stay up to date)   Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC?  We help writers become award-winning published authors. One writer at a time. We are a family, not a factory. Do you have a future with us? Turned away by other publishers because you are a first-time author

  Intrepid and Murjan perfectly enjoying just being cats " Cats have nailed one thing so well that they all do it and just come up with slightly different sizes. That's why they're perfect evolutionarily. They don't need variation. They might get bigger or smaller, but they don't change anything else, because they're just right otherwise. They're not jacks-of-all-trades; they're masters of one," says specialist Anjali Goswami. This is just one interesting explanation by biologist why cats are perfect. Take a minute (or more) and read this great article that has fascination information you had now known before"  Cats Are Perfect. An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why | Scientific American For more Caturday posts, click  HERE . Read more  posts about cats . Watch for Luna Norwood's forthcoming book,  Raising Happy Cat Families . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 1

Happy Cat with his best pal, CB Leaver When you have a family of cats, you end up facing some of the same difficult decisions that human families face, the most difficult among these being end-of-life issues.  A couple of months ago, Happy Cat changed overnight from happy to sad. One day he was his affectionate self, nurturing the other cats; the next day, he was walking in circles, stumbling into his food bowl, and acting confused--and was clearly blind. After local vets ruled out physiological reasons for the behavior and the blindness, we took him to a neurology center for an MRI. He has a brain tumor, a melangioma. Options we were given included very expensive surgery ($15K), radiology (nearly as expensive and would require frequent out of town trips), or medicine (that would not cure or even put him into remission but would make him more comfortable).  Beyond the expense of the surgery, there was a bigger picture. Happy Cat is a geriatric cat, a street rescue between the ages of 1

  Intrepid in his most-frequent sleeping position, with owner, Carl Leaver . Continuing with the "Why do cats" series, this Saturday, we consider the case where cats like to snuggle with owners. Three of my 8 cats end up in my bed every night -- one by my feet, one by my side, and one by the bench beside my bed. They don't compete; they just sleep. Probably each for a differenc reasons. Check out possible reasons here:  Nighttime Companions: The Real Reasons Cats Love Sleeping by Your Side. See more  Caturday  posts. Read more  posts about cats . Sign up for the MSI Press LLC monthly newsletter (recent releases, sales/discounts, awards, reviews, Amazon top 100 list, author advice, and more -- stay up to date)   Follow MSI Press on  Twitter ,  Face Book , and  Instagram .   Interested in publishing with MSI Press LLC?  We help writers become award-winning published authors. One writer at a time. We are a family, not a factory. Do you have a future with us? Turned away by o