Here are 9 facts about feline ‘freckles’ aka lentigo. Lentigo can infrequently cause alarm in cat owners. One asked on social media: “What is this all over my cat’s nose and mouth? And are there any possible treatments?”. They were referring to their ginger cat above. The words come from a Reddit.com user, and …
Cat scratches can exceptionally rarely cause a serious illness by allowing Group A streptococci bacteria on the skin to enter the bloodstream. Countless millions of people, brilliant cat guardians to ailurophobes, have been scratched by domestic cats without anything to concern them except for slight discomfort and a bit of blood. I have always …
There is a lot going on genetically with this cat. His name is Squirt. I don’t know who the owner is. But he is a flame pointed (red pointed) Siamese cat as well as being a dwarf cat. That makes him pretty unusual. The cross-eyed characteristic is typical of Siamese cats and I have …
‘Flame point’ is an alternative name for red point while Himalayan is an alternative name for a long-haired Persian. A flame point Himalayan is a red pointed long-haired Persian cat as shown in the photographs below: Sometimes people shorten ‘Himalayan’ to ‘Himmie’. The term ‘flame’ is only used instead of red when it occurs …
Not knowing what had happened to her cat for two years was eating at Iris Estrada Samaniego, from Murrieta, California but she never gave up hope of seeing him again. This is a happy ending cat rescue story with tears of joy. She says that she knew her cat, Diego, was alive. She must …
Dee used the words in the title and I agree with her. Animal heroes are those who help animals in anyway especially those in dire need and this little frozen kitten found in snow on the verge of death was certainly in dire need of an animal hero to rescue him. Here is a …
The photographs illustrating this post are by a Flickr photographer who lives with a fantastic looking cat who just happens to be a Flame Point Siamese. I won’t get as lucky again. The photographs are reproduced under a creative commons license. The license permits no derivatives, no commercial work and it requires an attribution. …
