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My Termite, who is mostly Russian blue, frequently says uhk uhk uhk to me. It's a greeting of some kind. She also chirps but almost never meows. Do different breeds have different languages? How confusing THAT would be to us (fairly dim) humans! -- JGB

I live in South Central Texas, where there are a great many scorpions. I have found my cats batting them around and stepped in to squish the insect. The cats seem to know that the tails are dangerous and have managed to keep away from the stinger. However, my vet said that scorpion stings can...

My first cat comes running in response to her name (Termite) or Termie. Whether she thinks "that's my name!" I don't know. My second cat, Davy Crockett, responds to "Coonie" (short for Coontail, the name my husband gave him. I hadn't thought about the importance of some word ending in "ee,"...