From John Goss
I can relate to the inscrutability of domestic cats as spelled out by John Bradshaw (14 September, p 44). My cat, Her Supreme Highness Sophie, leader of the World Cat Domination League, has twice within the last 12 months given me a dose of Bartonella (cat scratch disease); the first by a playful bite, which caused an ankle to swell; the second by an affectionate pawstroke to my face.
Both required antibiotics, but HSH is still, as I write, stretched across my lap, purring and expecting her dinner.
Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, UK
