What affects us affects cats
Here is a picture of a part of the domestic cat anatomy that is semi-abstract because the ears are so strange. The image immediately appealed to me as suitable to make a puzzling picture. They are the ears of an Elf cat – a dwarf hairless cat with curled back ears because they are …
The wrinkly skin of hairless cats is caused by what? I have tried to answer the question but I’m reliant on speculating what I think might cause it. Some people might believe that cats with normal coats have the sort of wrinkled skin that we see in these photographs. However, this simply isn’t true. …
This is a picture of the chest and forelegs of a Bambino cat and I find it interesting. You would be forgiven for believing that you were not looking at a cat at all but some strange creature from another planet. The anatomy has an abstract appearance. The Bambino is a hairless dwarf cat, …
The public is told that earwax buildup is greater in hairless cats than normal. Because there is a greater than normal buildup of earwax in hairless cats, the ears have to be cleaned more frequently. However, there is some mystifying information surrounding hairless cat ear wax which I would like to discuss on this …
This is a interesting question. It is certainly peculiar that we are seeing many hairless cats with incredibly wrinkly skin particularly on the top of their heads. I’m not sure that there is a caste iron answer to the question as to why hairless cats have wrinkly skin. Certainly, cats with fur do not …
No, hairless cats are not hypoallergenic per se but if you are allergic to cats your reaction to a hairless cat may be less than it would otherwise be to a normal cat with a coat. I’ll explain why. The allergen which causes people to be allergic to cats is the Fel d1 protein …
The Aztec cat breed were Mexican Hairless Cats and they are extinct. Today, we are able to see the exact origin of the phrase “Aztec Cat breed” and how they became known as Mexican hairless cats. This is because I’m able to reproduce verbatim the letter from Mr FJ Shinick to Mr H C …
What is a Peterbald cat? This is not an unexpected question because this is a rare cat breed in my opinion. I have lots of books on cats and the cat breeds and none of them contain a reference to the Peterbald! I have to go back to my own research that I carried …
