NATHAN IS NOT getting enough sleep. Pumpkin, his 13-year-old cat, is keeping him up at night. Pumpkin especially likes howling in Nathan’s bedroom, and Nathan is losing his patience. Excess vocalizing ...

DEAR JOAN: We’ve had our Siamese cat for almost a year now. He was a rescue we adopted right before the quarantine started. Every night, as we are getting ready for bed, he does this weird thing where ...

DEAR JOAN: Once in a while I’ll find our male cat sitting next to one of several neighborhood cats, howling at the top of his lungs. Why does he do that ? — Dennis M., San Jose DEAR DENNIS: Normally, ...

DEAR DENNIS: Normally, howling and yowling in the presence of another cat is not a good sign. It is a clear indication that there is something territorial going on, and we’re about to see an epic cat ...