What affects us affects cats
Domestic cats, in general, have this deadpan face. It is not entirely expressionless but, compared to humans, cats’ faces are relatively impassive. Their faces do show pain, however, when it becomes quite pinched and tense looking. It is quite noticeable and it varies with the amount of pain that the cat is suffering from. …
The answer is in the illustration: polydactyl cat. As you see it is quite a popular search term on Google. So what is the origin of the word ‘polydactyl’? Well, you probably know that ‘poly’ means many and ‘dactyl’ means digit or finger, or in the case of cats ‘toes’. The record-holding cat for …
Can cats be hermaphrodite? Yes, there is one for adoption at Caldwell! At March 16th 2021 a hermaphrodite cat whose name is Jessie is up for adoption from the West Valley Humane Society in Caldwell. So domestic cats can be hermaphrodite because they are born with male and female reproductive organs. They are very …
When do domestic cats reach maturity? I have to say that I normally rely on reference books for this sort of question together with my personal observations. My reference books are letting me down and therefore I have make up my own mind as to when domestic cats stop growing. I would like initially …
This picture of a paw print in snow from the forepaw of a domestic cat tells a story but what is the story? A picture is worth a thousand words, they say but what are those words? Pictures can mislead and they can tell the truth. They can get at the truth or they …
Breathtaking right? from r/cats Note: The above is an embedded image from the Reddit.com website. It may stop working over time. If that has happened I apologise but I have no control over it. And I won’t know about it unless someone tells me. Here is the same picture sharpened up a bit. The …
Ivory is a 10 year old, white, domestic shorthaired cat with odd-eye colour. Her right eye is gold coloured and her left eye is yellow-green coloured. Her owner, Gabriela Carvalho, 28, a nursing student, adopted Ivory from the same rescue centre that she adopted her former cat from, whose name was Luna. Luna died …
The two main reasons why cats can jump so high is because most of their muscles consist of fast-twitch fatiguing cells. They give the cat its speed and these muscles allow them to jump several times their own length in a single bound but they use up all the energy in an instant. The …
