{"id":4478,"date":"2020-10-07T02:19:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T10:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4478"},"modified":"2020-10-07T02:19:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T10:19:25","slug":"wild-and-sometimes-crazy-wednesday-whats-a-clowder-of-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4478","title":{"rendered":"Wild (and Sometimes Crazy) Wednesday \u2013 What\u2019s a Clowder of Cats?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cats-eating-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cats-eating-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cats-eating-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cats-eating-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cats-eating.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Have you ever heard of a <em>clowder<\/em>? That\u2019s the correct term for a group of cats. Also used are cluster, clutter, destruction of cats and pounce of cats.<\/p>\n<p>Of course there\u2019s a litter of kittens and a colony of feral cats. So where did the odd and not very flattering term <em>clowder<\/em> come from? It\u2019s thought that it originated in the middle east in the late 1700s and it describes a clotted mass.<\/p>\n<p>And did you know that a clowder or colony of cats will <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_6679-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_6679-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_6679-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_6679-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>have a hierarchy\u2014a cat that ranks higher in the colony (or household, even). How do you tell which cat that is? The one that is most often rubbed on by the other cats. The cats know which one is boss and they continually remind him of his hierarchy by rubbing against him. The more the cat (or human) is rubbed on by another cat, the higher in the hierarchy the cat (or human) ranks.<\/p>\n<p>This evening, you might have a competition with your spouse. Note which of you is most often head-butted and rubbed on by the household cats. It\u2019s probably whoever is feeding them at the time.\u00a0 Read more about this topic. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certapet.com\/clowder-group-of-cats\/\">https:\/\/www.certapet.com\/clowder-group-of-cats\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever heard of a clowder? That\u2019s the correct term for a group of cats. Also used are cluster, clutter, destruction of cats and pounce of cats. 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