Fur and colours in cats The different kinds of fur, colours and shapes possible in cats are very numerous, be it unique to the cat or common to a breed. Hundreds of combinations exist and not all are acknowledged or standardised. Therefore, we are going to show you the most well known but also the […]
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How Can I Encourage My Wandering Cat To Return Home?
Cats are adventurous creatures. However, this can sometimes be worrying for owners. Here are some tips to encourage your cat to return home. Follow these tips to get your cat to return home: Enter your garden and name call (brightly) at regular intervals – every hour or more often. This is especially important in the […]
Cat Whiskers Functions
Ever wondered what are the cat whiskers for? It turns out that the whiskers help them to orient themselves in the space around them, especially in the dark. For cats, they are very important and the main organ of contact. Home cats are active mostly at night. Therefore the whiskers are obviously helping them to […]
Cat Diseases: Overview Of The Most Important
Table for cat diseases Pathogen/ Cat Diseases Primary vaccination Repeat Refreshing Feline Distemper 8th or 12th week – yearly Rabies 12th week – yearly Cat Flu 8th or 12th week – yearly Cleucosis 8th or 12th week after 2 – 4 weeks yearly FIP Feline Infectious Peretonitis 16th week after 4 weeks yearly Cat Diseases […]
Mother Cat Is Ignoring Her Newborn Kittens: Causes and What To Do
Cats are generally excellent mothers. We often come across heartwarming stories of queens fostering the kittens of other cats or even the young of other species. Typically when cats give birth, you need not worry about the kittens. You only have to take care of the mother and she instinctively takes care of the little […]
Modifying a Dangerous Cat
Andrew Demetrius was an 8-week old seal point Siamese kitten when he came to live with us. Well actually, we picked him out of a litter of kittens. We met the father of Andy, but not the mother. Bad mistake! The father was easy going and good natured, apparently, the mother was not as nice and therefore […]
Miracle Baby – The Kitten Who Should Not Have Survived
The first kitten, late in the evening was stillborn the second was a male and was fine. The morning arrived and we rushed down to our vet’s office with the mother cat trying to deliver kitten number three. The third kitten was much larger and was stuck. Shortly after arriving at the vet’s office he […]
Who Is In Charge – You Or The Dog?
Cute little puppy comes to reside at your place of residence, no problem here. You are so much bigger than the pup. But the puppy has a different trend of thought. He is now in a new pack and if he works it right, it will now be his pack! Dogs are pack animals and one […]
The Joys and Heartache of Being Owned By Cats
Obtaining a cat should be really not big deal. That is the way it was for the first ten years when having acquired a free beautiful furry white alley cat. Did not know much about the care of cats, although I had cats in my parent’s home, as a kid you just enjoy them. With […]
Taming of the Wild Cat
After the sudden death of our oldest Siamese cat, Maggie had become very distraught. A month and a half later and things were getting worse. She was losing weight and it was becoming very noticeable. We had to pursue at getting her a cat. Siamese kittens are hard to find in February. The breeder where […]