What affects us affects cats
Yes, the domestic cat is a species. Although I think it is a slightly tricky question because the domestic cat could be a subspecies. This is the science of TAXONOMY which is fairly settled nowadays but scientists are still making adjustments. As the domestic cat is a domesticated North Africa wildcat (F.s.lybica) the question …
This cross-eyed grey cat who looks like a Nebelung, a rare long-haired grey cat, was rescued and adopted at San Francisco Animal Care and Control in June 2018 by animal lover Rachel Krall who adjusted her work hours to make sure that she could get down to the rescue center to see him. She …
Rosie and Poppy live with Sarah Jenkins who lives in the US. Sarah is a teacher and she decided to share her quality photos of her Sphynx odd-eyed cats on social media because someone said that they looked ‘weird’. Weird is good on social media especially if they are cats. It is an excellent …
We are told that a black domestic cat called ‘Flathead’ is the latest cat celebrity because his ears are not erect but lie horizontally on his head like Baby Yoda in star Wars. The online news media refer to a ‘mysterious mutation’ which causes these strange looking Yodaesque ears. I am going to stick …
This young cat looks like a red panda. This is also a dwarf cat in my opinion because the legs are short. The result of the highly unusual coat and shortened legs is a cat that looks quite like the cute red panda. Genetics? I am not sure what the genetics are but they …
Siamese are dark cats with a pigment-inhibiting, temperature-sensitive gene which removes some of the darkness when the temperature is warmer. Yes, Siamese cats are dark coated believe it or not. But they have a gene which inhibits the pigmentation in the fur if the cat’s body temperature rises above a certain threshold. I guess …
There have been many claims that a cat is a bobcat/domestic cat hybrid. Sarah Hartwell, a cat genetics expert says, ‘No modern alleged bobcat-domestic hybrid has been proven by DNA testing’. Although she presents an ambivalent picture about the existence of bobcat/domestic cat hybrids. It seems they may exist but not proven by DNA …
Siamese kittens are born white because in their mother’s womb they have experienced an ambient temperature which is even throughout their body, internally and externally, and which is warm at 99.5º-102.5º Fahrenheit which is about 38º Celsius. The Siamese cat coat is temperature sensitive. Where the body is warm it is white (or whiter) …
