Tagged: cat fur

Cat hair pigmentation types (fully illustrated)

A fully illustrated page on the self, tipped, shaded, smoke and ticked (tabby) cat coat hair strands and the positioning of pigmentation which is called melanin (eumelanin). Melanin is created in pigment producing cells...

3 cats in a cat colony

We don’t see many feral cats with long fur

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...

How many hairs on a cat?

How many hairs on a cat?

The total number of individual hairs on a regular-sized domestic cat is: 68,250,000 (68.25 million). The calculation is 25,000 hair strands per square centimeter multiplied by 2,730 square centimeters total surface area of the cat.

Bird can use cat fur for nest building

Birds can use cat fur to build nests

It’s the bird nest building season (Feb-Aug) and I have just learned that domestic cats can contribute to the welfare of birds which is nice to know considering that ornithologists are annoyed about cats...

Cat hair strand showing the overlapping cuticle cells

What is cat fur made of?

The fur coat of a cat is made up of 68,250,000 (68.25 million) hair strands. The calculation is difficult to make accurately in my view. The calculation is 25,000 hair strands per square centimeter...

Do tabby cats have striped skin?

Do tabby cats have striped skin? The answer is no but it is an interesting question and it is quite a difficult question to fully answer in my opinion. You won’t find the answer...

Lion cut

The lion cut: no, it’s not cruel

“The lion cut: no, it’s not cruel” – the words of Jackson Galaxy in his book Total Cat Mojo. It caught my eye because I am against lion cuts and any attempts at modifying...


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