Colorpoint Shorthair cat – a Siamese cat with pointing in 16 colours
The Colorpoint Shorthair is a Siamese cat with pointing in 16 different colours.
Month: February 2022
EU’s bureaucratic pet transportation rules causing cats and dogs to be abandoned at border by Ukrainian refugees?
NEWS AND COMMENT: Mercifully, it appears that the EU countries bordering the Ukraine have loosened their pet transportation/immigration requirements to prevent the abandonment of cats and dogs and other animals at the border. But the information is not entirely clear while the new arrangements are put in place. As up to 400,000 refugees are …
How long do cats live? From moggies to purebreds and the wild cats
Discussion the lifespan of moggies, purebred cats and the wild cats.
It is business as usual for Cat Café Lviv, Ukraine, during Putin’s invasion
It is business as usual for Cat Café Lviv, Ukraine during the invasion.
2 reasons why cats purr when about to be euthanized (and hum versus purr)
I discuss the 2 reasons why domestic cats purr when about to be euthanized at a vet clinic and a correlation between humming and purring.
Cats marginally stressed at veterinary clinics provided they use low stress techniques
Provided veterinary clinics employ low stress techniques domestic cats need not be too stressed at their clinics.
Does the cat’s purr help alleviate symptoms of dyspnoea in humans?
According to science, the domestic cat’s purr can help alleviate difficulty in breathing in humans.
Do cats protect eggs (because they know they’re fragile)?
Do domestic cats protect hens’ eggs because they know that they are fragile? The videos on TikTok might give this impression when you push the egg partly underneath them as we see in the video on this page. The videos can be interpreted in different ways depending on your beliefs. They are ambivalent. In …
