What affects us affects cats
A cat with vitiligo has a coat that is a mirror of his skin pigmentation. The appearance is like nothing you have seen before. As vitiligo is a condition which causes patches of skin to lose pigmentation (a loss of the pigment melanin) this is shown in the fur coat. What you get is …
The largest cat wingspan was recorded in northern Sweden in June 1949. This is a confirmed and recorded report. The cat was examined by the State Museum of Natural History. The cat’s wings were 58 cm across or 23 inches. There is no picture of this particular cat. Below is a picture of a …
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 …
Occasional feline skin twitching is a signal that a cat dislikes something that is happening at that time. It can be a signal that a cat disagrees with what is going on and/or he or she is uncertain. It can also signal anticipation. In general it is a response to an emotion. The fact …
Allergic to cats? Most of the problem is to do with you! About 15-25 percent of people are allergic to cats to varying degrees1. The blame for being allergic to cats should be shifted from the cat to people. If we are to apportion blame or fault, and some people do, new research3 indicates …
by Joni (Pomona, MO) My “little” Rebel came into my life on the fourth of July 2008. I had rescued his mom about seven days before that. Having no idea she was pregnant I set her up in a kennel in my bathroom wormed her etc an just figured she was eating so much …
