A Michael Broad Blog
Photo by Tscherno (Flickr) The answer is no but their ability to see colour is limited. The cat’s retina is made up of two types of light sensitive cells; rods and cones. The rods enable the cat to see black, white and shades of grey. The cones provide the color vision. There are many …
by Chris (Delaware County, PA) The Big Baby Felix in a Small Picture! Sometime ago Felix was displaying somewhat odd behavior. He would lie in front of the pantry and meow throughout the night. One morning as I was going to work (5am.), I decided to look in the pantry to see if something …
by Chris McHenry (Pennslyvania) King of the house! We took Felix in about two and a half years ago. When I first saw Felix (about two months old) he was only a kitten and appeared to have been abused (burnt whiskers). He was living under my neighbors porch and my neighbor was not a …
Do I have an albino cat? This page aims to help answer that question. What is Albinism? Visually, white animals look very different to their normally colored counterparts. However, the actual difference inside the animal in very small indeed. White animals of a certain species are the same species as normally colored animals. So …
by Liz (Michigan) Albino Siamese I am awaiting genetic test results to confirm albinism. Elfine is pure white. She has blue eyes with a pinkish rim. I can’t get a good pic of her eyes as she usually closes them when I snap the pic. The genetics for coat color is very complicated. It …
Cat Dander on the face of Jack – photo by grebo guru Are there allergy free cats? I am allergic to a stray cat. It’s a shame ‘cus I love him. As soon as I touch him I feel itchy. I’ve got to wash my hands soon afterwards otherwise I feel itchy for a …
by kittycatcatalyst@gmail.com (California, United States) Spike using his claws to grasp and manipulate his cat nip toy. We are looking for film footage and photos of declawed cats for a documentary (we will not accept or condone any footage taken of cats declawed for the purpose of the request of this post). For example, …
