Is there anyone else who prefers the unneutered male cat appearance, as I do? I’m only referring to one aspect of the appearance of unneutered male cats: the head shape. It would be interesting to know if men or women … Continue reading →
When do domestic cats reach maturity? I have to say that I normally rely on reference books for this sort of question together with my personal observations. My reference books are letting me down and therefore I have make up … Continue reading →
I’m referring to the domestic cat. A good source on the Researchgate website, a study entitled Immune System Development in the Dog and Cat by M. J. Day published August 2007 on the Journal of Comparative Pathology, tells me that, … Continue reading →
There is physics behind the answer to the question, which may displease some readers and I’ll understand why! By six or seven weeks of age a kitten’s eyes begin to change colour from blue to the colour that their genes … Continue reading →
This is called “social play”. It is the way kittens interact with each other. It is different to how children play. Kitten playtime is based on fights and predation (hunting animals) whereas although children sometimes fight their play together is … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
All the discussions we have about domestic cat socialisation concerns socialisation to humans. Little is known about the important time for kitten-to-kitten socialisation. I try and address the topic generally here. During the first two weeks kittens form an attachment … Continue reading →
People ask: “when do kittens open their eyes?”. The answer is that most kittens open their eyes sometime during their second week of life. There is considerable variation in the time when kittens first open their eyes. The range is … Continue reading →
Each cat learns to meow at different stages in their lives dependent on the circumstance and the individual cat but around 4-6 months might be the first time. When did your cat first meow? My cat Gabriel has just uttered … Continue reading →
This is a chart showing milestones in a kitten’s development before and after birth over the first weeks. It is based on John Bradshaw’s Cat Sense: The Feline Enigma Revealed. If you click on it you go to my Flickr … Continue reading →
