What affects us affects cats
Inherited diseases are quite prevalent among the cat breeds and some are more predisposed than others (take the Peke-face Persian as an example). If you were to rank the cat breeds not by appearance and popularity but by inherited health, the American Shorthair would feature around the top. To be clear I am referring …
I am grateful to the International Cat Care (ICC) website for this information as I could not rely, in this instance, on ChatGPT an AI chatbot as I felt that its information was muddled. This may be because certain inherited disease can affect all domestic cats, non-purebred and purebred alike such as HCM. Also, …
The ‘mini-infographic’ compares cats and ferrets as pets in sparse outline while the article on this page compares cats and ferrets in more detail. Hope you find it useful. cat Comparing cats and ferrets as pets. Mini-infographic. By Michael Broad This section is a recording of a conversation I had with ChatGPT, an AI …
This discusses the advantages of ‘virtual’ animal-assisted therapy for seriously ill children. Instead of direct interaction aimed at enhancing the child’s life quality, this study had sick children become pen pals with similarly ailing cats and dogs. The pets’ owners received training to craft replies to the children’s letters, optimizing the benefits for the …
The American Bobtail is arguably not a mainstream cat breed but to the breed’s credit it is considered to be fairly healthy in terms of inherited genetic diseases. However, like all breeds, they can be prone to certain conditions. The most significant inherited health issue is the topic of discussion in the infographic below …
Patellar luxation is relatively uncommon in Abyssinian cats compared to other breeds, but it can still occur. The condition is not as frequently seen in Abyssinians as it is in larger breeds like Maine Coons. However, since Abyssinians are an active and agile breed, joint issues can occasionally arise, including patellar luxation, especially if …
You will see a lot on the Internet about domestic cats sleeping for very long periods of time throughout the day and sometimes the night. The authors of these articles give us the impression that domestic cats sleep for much longer periods of time than humans. I believe this is misleading because cats nap …
The BBC video on the BBC website about the shipping of 19.5 tons of mummified cats (180,000 mummies) from Egypt to Liverpool, England in 1890 is excellent but for one omission. It does not refer to a very important part of the story; how so many mummified cats came into existence. Where exactly did …
