Fleas are one of the more disgusting and horrible creatures on the planet. They are parasites which are creatures which live off the body of another creature. Parasites can cause much damange to their “host” including passing diseases to them.
Most people who have cats have had to deal with cat fleas. read full article…
He leaped out of the cage and grabbed me around the shoulders. My shock quickly turned into amazement. He hadn’t sunk his claws into me! My thought was, “This cat definitely knows good manners. Somebody has worked with him.” I looked at the ticket on the cage door. It read, “Morgan, male, age 14.”
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Anyone who owns a cat will know what a struggle it can be to get your cat to take medication. This brief article on Cat Medication covers some useful techniques which will help you give medication to your cat. read full article…
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis, Valerianaceae) is a hardy perennial flowering plant, with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers. This “sweet” smell is quite overpowering when the flower is placed into a vase. read full article…
The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett, illustrated by Gray Jolliffe, is a book written to promote what Pratchett terms the ‘Real Cat’, a cat who urinates in the flowerbeds, rips up the furniture, and eats frogs, mice and sundry other small animals. The opposite of the Real Cat is the ‘Fizzy Keg Cat’, a well-behaved and bland kind, as seen on cat food advertisements. It was first published 1989 by Gollancz. read full article…
The International Cat Association, more commonly known as TICA, is the world’s largest genetic cat registry in North America. The organization has an extensive genetic registry for purebred and household pet cats and is one of the world’s largest sanctioning bodies for cat shows. read full article…
A show cat (also known as a purebred cat or pedigreed cat) is one that has been judged to be close to the physical ideal for its breed standard at a cat show. Not all pedigreed cats are show cats, many are just pets but the ones with the best conformation and personality are often shown in associations such as the CFA and TICA in the US, the GCCF in the UK or the FiFe in the rest of Europe. Uncommonly, a prize-winning pedigreed show cat can be worth thousands of dollars but most are loved pets. In order to compare examples of breeds and improve stock, cat shows are held where judges evaluate the cats according to a breed standard. Pedigreed cats are often identified with microchip implants. read full article…
A scratching post is a wooden post covered in softer material that cat owners provide so their pets have an acceptable place to scratch. Cats have a natural urge to scratch: the action helps them remove old material from their claws, and they mark territory with scent glands in their paws. Indoor cats may be prevented from exercising this urge on furniture if they are provided with an acceptable scratching post. read full article…
A purr is a sound made by some species of felines. It varies in detail from cat to cat (e.g., loudness, tone, etc.), and from species to species, but can be characterized as a sort of tonal buzzing. Some cats purr so strongly that their entire bodies vibrate. read full article…
A polydactyl cat is a cat that has more than the usual number of toes on one or all of its paws. In animals including humans, polydactyly (or polydactylism, also known as hyperdactyly) is the anatomical abnormality of having more than the usual number of digits on the hands or feet. Polydactyly is a congenital abnormality, usually genetically inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Polydactyly is not life-threatening and usually not even debilitating to a cat, in fact in many cases it actually improves the dexterity of the animal. The condition seems to be most commonly found in cats along the eastern coast of the United States and in South West England. read full article…
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