What affects us affects cats
A little story may help to answer the question in the title. My mother owned a ginger cat. At about three years of age he left his home and went to live on the golf course opposite. Despite my mother’s best efforts he never returned until he was about 15 years of age when …
Sometimes, female cats eat one or more of their offspring if they are sick or carry a genetic defect. Eva made this comment recently and it got me thinking: A cat gave birth near the woods of my house. I began talking with her and gave her food and told her she could bring …
A Siamese cat was sent by first class post in a parcel. The package took eight days to be delivered. Can you believe it? Actually, it is quite believable because we know that cats like boxes. We know that cats can sneak into places unnoticed. We know how difficult it can be to see …
By Michael and Sandy Sandy writes: As you may know, we’re experiencing tragic losses of homes and animals in fires that are raging our neighbor, Lake County. It’s been going on since Saturday afternoon, and spreading fast. One thousand homes have been lost, in addition to many businesses. I’ve been spending a lot of …
How long can cats survive without food and water? Answer: depending on circumstances, about a maximum of 10 days without water and 35 days and more without food. The argument is below. I am open to counterargument. On the face of it, the answer is not that difficult to find because almost every month …
This is a short article about cat survival and will get your heart pumping to start the week off right. We’ve all heard cats have nine lives, and this cat is living proof. Meet Sylvester, who resided at the Towers Hotel in Dauphin, Manitoba until a fire last Thursday morning caused the building to …
Despite every source of information that I can find reporting that the feline cutaneous marginal pouch (Henry’s Pocket) has no known use or it has no use, my theory is that this interesting piece of cat ear anatomy enhances high frequency sound detection in order to more successfully locate the cat’s primary prey, mice and …
