Cats and people like a soothing sense of community

Fundamentally cats and people like the same things. Here’s a little snippet of information which tells us that we are like cats in many ways. We know that cats rub themselves against us and objects in our home to deposit scent on those objects to make the place more friendly. When they rub against …

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The Tip of a Cat’s Nose

This is a discussion about the tip of the cat’s nose and a follow up to my page on a condition called “Bengal Nose”. The tip of a cat’s nose is a triangle of skin and is made up of nostrils, the nasal plane (planum nasale) and the philtrum (a groove). This area is …

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How does a cat know when you are coming home?

I’ll speculate and keep this short. Cats sense when you are about to come home because your scent in the home, in the air, has faded to a certain point which is precisely inline with the time you usually come home. In other words your cat can tell the difference in the strength of …

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The Cat’s Nose

The cat’s nose Photo by polandeze (Flickr) – original photo Introduction Structure Sniff Additional organ Introduction to the cat’s nose Smells (a chemical sense7), odors, call them what you like are important to a cat. A cat has an excellent sense of smell. At close range a cat uses smell over sight, in my experience, …

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Pigmentation On My Kitten’s Nose

by Sarah My kitten is now 4 months old and a couple of weeks ago I noticed that a dark spot had appeared on her nose. I took her to the vet and he said that it was just pigmentation – nothing to worry about. She also has many darker spots on the roof …

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