Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD
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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD
@mikeldelgado.bsky.social
Cat behavior expert, Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist, author of Play With Your Cat! (2024, Tarcher Perigee). Vegetarian. Punk. Californian. She/her. Covid conscious.
And she is sooooo cute!
August 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I need to check this out!
July 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
🤔
July 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
That means there's still opportunity
July 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A lot of practice and four giant litter boxes
July 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I feel like some people have a very strong visceral reaction to the litter box ...I strangely enjoy scooping it?!?!
July 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It's like kitty litter asmr
July 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Reposted by Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD
Absolutely! I've mentioned before it's like tending a zen garden. I go around the house to each box scooping into a dust pan, then dump into trash can. The edge of the empty dust pan makes a great litter leveler. Smooth as can be. Who doesn't appreciate a tidy toilet?
July 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Actually I have identified a few outliers who do not !?!?!?
July 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I try not to but they really aren't helping me out!!!
July 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Reposted by Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD
This is awful!! Those poor cats!

On this note, a group of my colleagues carried out CBD safety and efficacy tests for both cats (no effect) and dogs (some effect) exposed to everyday stressors (note no unwanted peeing effects!).

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39559539/

academic.oup.com/jas/article/...
Investigating the effect a single dose of cannabidiol has on measures of stress in cats when being transported in a carrier and meeting a novel person in an unfamiliar environment - PubMed
Domestic cats (<i>Felis Catus</i>) are often exposed to stimuli that have the potential to negatively impact their welfare. These can include situations such as veterinary visits, travel, changes to t...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
July 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Thank you for doing this important work in a humane way!!
July 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In my own home, I often let my cats tell me where they want to eat! For two of them it's consistent, but for the third, she often switches it up!
July 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
actually I never recommend feeding cats together to introduce! cats are solitary eaters and eating near other cats can increase stress and that affects eating and how the body converts that food to energy/fat etc
July 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
OMG right
July 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
that's a wonderful thing!!! I miss having kitties who love each other!!!
July 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
right? I think about this a lot... the road atlas, if you're late 🤷🏻‍♀️
July 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Yeah that's when I started to think it wasn't going to happen....
June 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM