What affects us affects cats
This is just a snippet of information about the domestic cat’s anatomy which I bumped into on my travels. You know those stiff hairs above the domestic cat’s eyes which are a bit like whiskers but shorter, thinner and less stiff: they are there to protect the eyes by triggering the blink reflex. So …
Andreas Steiger in the book The Welfare of Cats tabulates an interesting list of symptoms and associated welfare problems concerning hairless cats, the best known of which is the Sphynx. The Sphynx is a popular cat breed with many fans although it is not mainstream because of it’s rather extreme appearance. The first welfare …
This is a comprehensive list of cat coat types. It is a rather dry list but it might please someone or help someone, somewhere 😉 – another page on cat color and patterns with photos. Solid Black, chocolate, blue, lilac, fawn, red, cream, white. Tortoiseshell Tortoiseshell, chocolate tortie, blue tortie, seal sepia tortie. Tabby …
Business has wised up. All the world’s cat lovers know about the sweet nutty scent of their cat’s forehead which they recognise when they kiss their cat at that favoured spot. Perhaps the forehead of a domestic cat is the most commonly kissed area. Personally, I kiss my cat almost all over and he …
This is a beautiful cat who reminds me of chocolate and ice cream for some reason! Or a brown and white chocolate mix cookie. Yummy. There is certainly chocolate in the color. The brown is so purely milk chocolate. He looks like he might be purebred; perhaps a British Shorthair. He has the right …
Cats like boxes because they are cryptic animals. Cats like to hide. And as the collage about demonstrates cats can use their anatomy to deter predators. “Cryptic” comes from “Crypsis” which is the the use of anatomy and behavior to hide from potential predators or “the ability of an organism to avoid observation or …
The collage has been taken from a page on tabby cat facts for kids as the original image has been lost. You can read more about the tabby coat by clicking on the link. The tabby coat is so ubiquitous that people searching for pictures should be shown pictures of tabby wildcats, tabby random …
