What affects us affects cats
This is very strange. Rare I’d say. I have never seen it before. This is a bench in a public place, next to a sidewalk (pavement). How did they get there? One thought comes to my tired, cynical mind. The owner put them there. She/he abandoned them. They curled up together to stay warm. …
The tweet states: “The atrocities just continue. May 10, a netizen photographed a man killing a kitten near Building 16, Yixinyuan, Pingyi County, Linyi City, Shandong, China. The cat has been taken away by the man. This dangerous man must be reported to police!” The person who tweeted (We Are Not Food) sounds desperate …
By the time kittens are about three weeks old most begin to acquire the ability to regulate their body temperature. The mother can then spend more time away from the birth then. At seven weeks of age kittens are able to thermoregulate as well as an adult. When kittens are born their body temperature …
Kittens don’t come much cuter, do they? The coat is red or orange and the pattern must be a tabby but it is barely visible. Nearly all red cats are male as the orange gene, ‘O‘, is sex-linked. This is a cute red tabby fella who is melting hearts. All kittens are cute but …
A healthy kitten weighs about 3-4 ounces at birth. This is 100-125 grams. They should double their birth weight within 2 weeks. This is an average. Some modern cat breeds such as the Maine Coon and Savannah cat (F1s and F2s) will weigh more as the former is the largest domestic cat breed and …
Kittens have sharp claws. They are not worn down and rounded off. They are fresh and pinprick sharp. They climb up her right leg like a group of mountaineering tourists climbing Mount Everest. They are chasing that precious goal: food, what I believe is formula milk for kittens. She is very stoic. She must …
Five kittens were found on a golf course. The mother was nowhere to be seen. A woman rescued them. She brought them home. Her father was disinterested. He was not keen. They already had a tabby cat feline companion. He was asked to hold the kitten and he replied, “No, I don’t want to …
The other day a crazy thing happened. The most unlikely thing, the sort of thing that if you worried about it you would be paranoid and never be able do anything. Basically a folded hammock pouring off the edge of a chair became a noose. A tiny kitten got it’s head stuck in the …
