What affects us affects cats
This is a chart showing the key stages in development of a kitten before they are born and up to around 10 weeks of age. I think it’s quite interesting and I hope you agree. This is a good opportunity to remind ourselves that the personalities of cats are affected strongly by what they …
I don’t think that I have seen an all-grey cat with odd-eyes before. This picture is on the Reddit.com website. And the eye colours are interesting. The brown eye is very dark and the light green eye is, in contrast, quite light. I think this cat is fairly rare. I don’t think the owner …
This picture of a cobby cat, probably and Exotic Shorthair, with her whisker pads raised shows us how her whiskers are being used to try and feel the object that is in front of her but out of view. It is as if she was thrusting a hand at the object to touch it …
Why don’t we see many feral cats with long fur? It is about functionality. The suggested answer is that long fur is unsuited in most places because it requires human attention to keep it in good condition. Without human intervention the skin can become infested and infected as it becomes matted. Another less important …
If English is your language, you have probably heard of the phrase “to wear your heart on your sleeve”. However, if case English is not your native language, it means to show your emotions and feelings. Nowadays it can be a form of mild criticism denoting that the person is overly emotional and cannot …
There is a distinct process, which causes the ringworm symptoms that we see on cats and ourselves. It starts with the presence of one of three species of parasitic fungi: Microsporum canis (the most common), Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Microsporum gypseum. These are dermatophytes – ‘pathogenic fungi that grow on skin, mucous membranes, hair, nails, …
The background colour of the bobcat varies from ‘buff, brown, reddish or yellowish brown to light gray and is streaked or spotted with black or dark brown”. So, yes, bobcats can have a grey or greyish background colour but it’s shaded and varies somewhat across the flank of the cat. There is quite wide …
Here are a dozen succinct facts about the domestic cat purr. The text is deliberately ‘tight’ so that you can get through it fast. There are more articles on the cat purr at the base of the page for more extensive reading. Domestic cats purr under a number of circumstances: when content, when injured, …
