What affects us affects cats
By Elisa Black-Taylor Gerri Dempsey, 71, of Conway, SC was facing jail time for violating Conway ordinance Section 9-2-2. This ordinance states that it is: “unlawful for any person to maintain within the city, any residence, building, place, condition or thing which is offensive to the public health, safety or morals and which amounts …
This is a page that touches on cat anatomy. I am presenting a couple of radiographic images of two cats. One shows a foreign body, a coin, in the stomach. The other is useful because it shows some of a cat’s internal anatomy. I have marked out some of the internal structures with the …
Modern cat food has almost eliminated feline diseases caused by an inadequate diet. At one time most people fed their cats human food scraps – whatever came to hand. Certainly cat food was far less refined than it is today. However, it could be argued that in some respects commercial cat food is too …
Nearly all of us know about cats mimicking a snake’s hiss as a way of defending themselves. The snake is obviously known throughout the animal world as a dangerous creature. The whole defensive measure is based on that. It is also based on the sound of the snake. The interesting thing about the cat …
I always love to write about cats that live in countries other than the United Kingdom or United States, which are the two countries I usually discuss. In this instance I am writing about a Finnish cat enclosure. It looks like a “catio” (a cat-patio). Marc found Merja’s website which shows pictures of her …
This is a fresh-off-the-press news item and I don’t have the full story yet but want to post something as I seem to be ahead of the curve at the date of this post. This is a genuine show cat news item. I received a phone call from Martin Stucki of A1 Savannahs about …
Is Isabel a Russian Blue or a grey Oriental Shorthair? The Helmi Flick picture below of “Isabel” shows an oriental style cat with an all grey close short haired coat, long limbs and green eyes. There are four cat breeds that have to be grey (gray). They are: Korat – a “cousin” of the …
Yes, there are at least 3,207 reasons to relinquish your cat according to a study by the Regional Shelter Relinquishment Survey (Salman and others in 1998). Here are the top 41 reasons. The reasons are interesting and warrant a bit of a discussion. Cat Behavior Problems At the base of the spreadsheet I have …
