Chester Cheetah cartoon cat – “It ain’t easy bein’ cheesy”

Cheetos snacks showing Chester Cheetah cartoon cat

The Chester Cheetah cartoon cat was an advertising mascot for Cheetos snacks. Cheetos is a brand of cheese curl made by a company called, Frito-Lay. They are a cheese-flavoured cornmeal snack. Cheetos was developed by Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin (1948) with a potato product called “Fritatos”. Chester Cheetah cartoon cat insisted that other …

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How to stop your cat waking you up – get him tired when you’re tired

A man said he couldn’t breathe when sleeping so he installed a camera to see why

The title to this article implies that people are trying to find out how to stop their cat waking them up at night. This is a problematic exercise because, depending upon the cat and the circumstances, domestic cats are quite likely to be active during the night. This is particularly so if they are …

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Inbreeding of wild cats can lead to extinctions in the wild due to unviable population sizes

Siberian tiger cub septuplets born in captivity

I feel that humankind is gradually approaching the time when we could argue that the inbreeding of some wild cat species might effectively extinguish them in the wild. Through human activity we have brought many wild cat species to their knees. The classic causes are habitat loss and direct persecution such as poaching for …

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Do domestic cats select strangers who dislike them over cat lovers?

Daughter said that her father has made it clear that he does not like cats

It is said that if a bunch of strangers come into the home of a domestic cat and sit down, the domestic cat, if they are confident enough, will walk up to the stranger who dislikes or hates cats and jump on their lap. I may have exaggerated slightly but the point is that …

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How to bond with your cat? Is something wrong?

Cats bond with humans to the same extent as human infants and dogs

I am revisiting a page that I wrote about 12 years ago. The question in the title (which I have subsequently amended) asked how a cat owner can bond with their cat. Internet users ask the question sometimes. The implication is that they feel that they are not bonding with their domestic cat companion. …

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How to look after an old cat – comprehensive page focusing on health issues

Elderly rescue cat

As domestic cats are living longer thanks to better nutrition and veterinary care together with better educated cat caregivers, there are going to be more elderly cats requiring specialist care from their human caregiver. This page is in two parts as it has been updated, upgraded, checked and added-to as at January 9, 2022, …

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