Do Bengal cats have sensitive stomachs?
The answer has to be an unequivocal YES judging by the information on the Internet and you can extend the sensitivity to include the gastrointestinal tract. Sadly, there is a lot on the Internet...
Bengal cat / Cat Anatomy / Cat Breeds / Cat Food / cat food ingredients / Cat Health / cat parasites / health issues / parasites / parasitic worms / raw cat food / raw cat food and premix / stomach
July 21, 2023
The answer has to be an unequivocal YES judging by the information on the Internet and you can extend the sensitivity to include the gastrointestinal tract. Sadly, there is a lot on the Internet...
cat breed history / Cat Breeds / Cat History
July 20, 2023
I’m going to refer to a study of 2007 which contains a lot of useful information (https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ygeno.2007.10.009). One of the conclusions which interests me and which might interest others is that the Siberian cat...
evolution / natural selection / selective breeding
June 21, 2023
You can categorise domestic cats two ways: purebred and random bred. The default category is random bred. There are far more random bred cats than there are purebred cats. Random bred cats procreate when...
cat eating behaviour / Cat Food / Exotic Shorthair / feeding domestic cats / Persian cat / wet cat food
April 5, 2023
Well, this video is about people who are scared of cats or who don’t like them. They find out over the course of a week that cats can be charming and great companions. All...
Animal Cruelty / Animal laws / shooting cats / sport hunting / trophy hunting
March 18, 2023
Britain is leading Europe in the creation of legislation to ban the importation of hunting trophies from big game into the UK. There is no EU law banning trophy imports. It seems that this...
bones / Cat Anatomy / facts / hip dysplasia / inherited diseases / joints / Maine Coon
March 13, 2023
This is a cross-post with another website which happens to be dedicated to Maine Coon cats. As far as I’m concerned, it is a crying shame that this magnificent domestic cat – probably the...
December 17, 2022
“Inbreeding depression” is a euphemism for a general lack of health in an individual purebred cat which has been selectively bred (using artificial selection) for appearance, which automatically incorporates inbreeding. Cat breeders often have...
October 29, 2022
We know that most domestic cats are “moggies” i.e., non-purebred cats. They been created through natural selection whereas purebred cats are created through artificial selection a.k.a. selective breeding. We also know that domestic cats...
October 11, 2022
This is a focused, single question which must result in a response along the same lines. Your typical F5 Bengal cat, which is the default standard Bengal cat in people’s homes will be the...
March 26, 2022
The problem with this question is that it is badly formulated. Therefore, it doesn’t really make sense which means it is difficult to answer. If it was well formulated it would still be difficult...
noisy breathing and breathing difficulties
February 19, 2022
This is a short discussion on the connection between noisy breathing and difficulties in breathing due to the skull shape of domestic cats. This has been discussed quite a lot on the Internet, normally...
October 20, 2021
I did a bit of legwork on this one. There will be differences of opinion. I tried to find a consensus on the dog breeds that get along well with domestic cats. Having searched...
September 6, 2021
In 2021, the reputation of the domestic cat is becoming frayed because of predation on native wildlife species. This bad publicity mainly comes out of Australia where the authorities are more concerned than in...
March 23, 2017
Cat inbreeding causes what is described as “inbreeding depression” which is another term for general weakness. Robinson’s Genetics for Breeders and Veterinarians provides a list of signs of inbreeding depression which are as follows:...