Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Let's talk about the social nature of the house cat (when not in a house).


We're talking about the paper by Crowell-Davis, Curtis, and Knowles (2004). Available here: preview.tinyurl.com/kittySociety



Oopsie clarification: partway through I switch from saying "preferred associates" to "paired associates." Paired associates isn't the actual term, but it's what my brain apparently defaulted to.
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Timestamps
0:00 Cat society
0:42 Introduction
1:37 The colony
14:27 Implications for management and care of cats
17:55 Summary/conclusions