Remarkably, it’s quite difficult to find out from a really good source information about the size of a domestic cat’s brain. Internet users have to rely on a website that closed in 2007 (serendip.com) but the information looks good so … Continue reading →
Your veterinarian might ask you to take a urine sample from your cat because she shows signs of suffering from a disease such as cystitis or diabetes. A urine test will help diagnose these diseases. If you have one cat … Continue reading →
A cat’s tail is made of bone (caudal vertebrae), ligaments, tendons, cartilage, muscle, skin and hair. A typical cat has between twenty-one and twenty-three caudal vertebrae which are extension of the spine. Exceptionally a cat with a full tail may … Continue reading →
Background Sometimes you suspect that either your cat or an intruding cat has sprayed urine in your home. You can’t be sure but you think it might be there but you can’t see it. You can do two things to … Continue reading →
Eumelanin is a pigment in domestic cats and other animals (and humans). It is often referred to as melanin but in fact there are three different types of melanin: eumelanin, pheomelanin and neuromelanin. The two that concern me in this … Continue reading →
The big question is why does a hiccup cause the muscles of the iris to contract which opens the aperture of the pupil i.e. the eyes dilate? This normally happens when the surroundings become dark and the eye has to … Continue reading →
The skeleton of a cat allows it to absorb shocks to its forelimbs because it has no direct skeletal connection between its collarbone and vertebral column, say the experts on cat anatomy. Between their vertebrae, they have elastic discs, useful … Continue reading →
Walking on toes not feet – what it means We know that cats walk on their toes (digitigrades). I created a photograph of this years ago in which I showed my hand as if I was walking on it like … Continue reading →
Elon Musk has gotta be a closet cat lover as his Tesla logo is like a cat’s nose leather. Elon Musk likes animals it appears: We have a big dog called Gatsby, a little dog called Marvin the Martian & … Continue reading →
This is a photograph of an all-white Maine Coon cat with heterochromia iridum. In layperson’s language, this beautiful cat has odd-eye colour. And it is a classic case of odd-eye colour because one eye is yellow-gold and the other is … Continue reading →
