A Michael Broad Blog
The salmiak cat coat is a variation on the tuxedo cat which is essentially a black-and-white (bicolor) cat but predominantly black with white on the chest area. In the salmiak version the black hairs are white at the tip which gives an interesting graded appearance to what would have been black fur – described …
The infographic by me summarises information about bicolour cats. I hope you find it useful. There are image links to more pages on piebaldism and bicolour cats after the infographic.
Note: I am indebted to Sarah Hartwell of messybeast.com for her knowledge on piebaldism and the images in the middle of the infographic about grading. Other source: me and Gloria Stephens of Legacy of the Cat.
This is a cute video which has captured the imagination of a significant number of internet users. I can see why. The woman has trained her cat to say ‘Ahh’ – open their mouth wide so she can place a food morsel into the mouth. Why does she do this and not rely on …
Ceb found himself being cared for by Danielle at her foster home in Winter Park, Florida: Central Florida Foster Kittens. They have an Instagram page. He was an interesting little boy kitten because he had a tough start in life, which resulted in him having no tail because of a condition called Manx syndrome …
Black-and-white cats are more popular than black cats and less popular than grey cats. Therefore, their popularity is relative and it is incorrect to suggest that they are unpopular in an absolute sense. Cat lovers like black-and-white cats because they like cats in general. It is worth noting that we are only discussing one …
Toby has been described as Britain’s loneliest cat as he is facing a second Christmas without a home of his own after being rescued from a household where there were 46 pets. He is currently in foster care organised by the RSPCA in Canterbury, Kent. He found the shelter difficult and was therefore removed …
Words are hardly required because this is self-explanatory. It is a nice picture of a cat. It is not often these days that I can create a post which is squarely inline with the website’s title! The reason why the website is called pictures-of-cats.org is because 12 years ago when the site started the …
Vitiligo has transformed this sweet looking tuxedo cat from a standard black-and-white coat to one which is nearly all white with a mottled black pattern. It is an ongoing process. Vitiligo occurs in humans as well and the fact that you can see its effect in this cat’s coat tells us that a cat’s …
