What affects us affects cats
My experiences tell me, with certainty, that domestic cats have a first class long term memory. Isn’t this an indicator that cats are more intelligent than given credit for? Memory is an important factor in intelligence. Reasoning relies on memory. Long-term memory is about a file of experiences which can be called upon to …
Do you think that domestic cats can see ghosts? Do you believe in ghosts? I am quite a scientific person and I like to see hard evidence but despite that when you hear sensible, reasonable and plausible people talking about their encounters with ghosts you can’t help but begin to believe that they might …
USA: The victim of a grisly murder was almost decapitated and he was severely beaten but he had a single strand of orange cat hair in one pocket of his jeans. The victim kept cats and so did the murderer. In fact the murderer lived with 11 cats, 8 of which were related to …
The muscles of a cat’s eyes are set to suit the environment in which the cat grows up in. This means that outdoor cats such as strays and feral cats have eyesight that is slightly longsighted. Long-sightedness means that objects far away are sharp whereas near objects are less sharp. Conversely, all indoor cats …
“Cat nose color changes” is actually quite a tricky topic because you have to distinguish between what is normal and what requires more consideration and perhaps veterinary treatment. Perhaps the first point to make is that when people refer to the color of a cat’s nose they must be referring to what cat breeders …
Black spots on the eyelids, and on the nose or lips of cats, are nearly always examples of localized pigmentation rather like freckles on a ginger haired person. In fact, ginger cats are more likely to have “cat freckles” than other cats. It is not cancer or health related. Calico cats (ginger, black and …
Albino cat eye color is pink. The color of a cat’s eye comes from pigmentation in the smooth muscles of the iris of the eye. This is the donut shaped part of the eye behind the lens which encircles the pupil, the opening in the middle. The photograph is by kngsrivr on Flickr. This …
