What affects us affects cats
This is a bit of fun with a serious ending. What is the maximum distance from the litter tray where you find litter deposited by your cat? This depends on the litter and the cat. Actually a cat’s toes play a major part too. If you use wood chip litter your cat can carry …
Do you use damp rubber gloves to get rid of cat hairs? I don’t. I use this: This brush is more convenient and as effective. You just grab it and brush. No messing around finding the gloves and making them wet and then having to wash off the hairs. Where do the hairs go? …
If you listen to the last bit of this video of a cheetah purring it is quite impressive. The recording is good which helps but the purr is very strong. Below the video is another showing the waveform of the sound. The order of breathing in the video immediately above is: egressive (out) — …
This is a very brief video by Harvey from Northern Cyprus. It is a kind of snapshot. I asked him to send me some video material if he could because I like to see cats that live in countries other than the USA and UK. Harvey writes this about the video: [It is] an …
This is a very instructional video about the impact that declawing can have on a cat’s behaviour and health. It is such a classic. A genuine cat expert, Jackson Galaxy (exotic name, sensible thinking), properly analysed this sweet looking Himalayan cat’s behaviour. Her name is “Fi”. The problem that this cat suffered from, which …
The word “dumb” means (a) stupid and (b) the inability to speak. Cats are not dumb on both counts. It is people who are being dumb in not recognising (a) that cats have a different kind of intelligence and (b) in failing to understand that cats communicate extremely well with other cats and humans through vocalisations, …
Cat saliva is similar to human saliva. It contains bacteria as does human saliva. It also contains antibacterial agents that helps prevent infections. Cat saliva does not contain antiseptics or disinfectants. Here is the detail…. When people, who know a bit about cats, think of cat saliva they might think of four things (a) …
The Bengal cat can have an embossed coat. The coat can also glitter. These are two elements of the Bengal cat coat that add glamor and interest to the cat. What do I mean by embossed? Well, the picture above shows it. The darker parts of the tabby coat are raised above the remainder. …
