Feline Human Bond
Saturday, September 4th, 2010 | Home and Family
The Cat was a pet at least eight thousand years ago because bones of cats, mice and humans were found buried together on the ancient island of Cyprus. In ancient Egypt, the cat was a pet at least five thousand years ago. The cat was considered to be a sacred animal in ancient Egypt. Cats are held sacred in Buddhism. Much appreciated by the Buddhists was the capacity of cats for meditation which they sensed in cats. The Birman cat descends from cats that were venerated as gods in the ...› Continue reading
Treating Fleas in Kittens
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 | Home and Family
When you ask an owner of a cat how she gets rid of fleas from her beloved feline, you will surely receive lots of advice. You will undoubtedly receive a list of flea products that she has tried on her cat as well. However, if you would ask how you can get rid of fleas from your kitten, well, you just might not receive that many pieces of advice. Kittens, being young, do not really have that strong an immune system yet. Thus, you cannot really use just any product that you would with an adult ...› Continue reading
Cat sense organs and Cat Breeds
Monday, August 30th, 2010 | Home and Family
Cats are available in all rainbow colours and their shades. Cats are available in hundreds of colours. The common coat patterns in cats are solid, tabby, tortoiseshell, bi colour, tri colour and colourpoint. Eyes of cats are most beautiful as compared to all other animals. Eyes of cats are also found in all rainbow colours and their shades. A cat can have each eye of different colour. Each eye of a cat can have two or more colours. The eyes of kittens change color over a period of months to the ...› Continue reading
The Marvelous Cat Species
Sunday, August 29th, 2010 | Home and Family
We all know that cats are loving and truly wonderful creatures. These days, it isn't out of the ordinary to see a cat in virtually every other home, sleeping in the window or cuddling up on the laps of their owners. Although cats have been popular pets for as long as most can remember, they weren't domesticated less than 5,000 years or so ago. Domestication took place in the valley of the Nile, which is what research tells us today.In the beginning, people were very grateful to cats and ...› Continue reading
America’s Intest in Cats
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | Home and Family
American interest in the cat is often said to have originated within the 20th century, since the advent of exhibitions and the taking up of the cat-cult by the public. This impression is not borne out by facts. The first cat-shows were held in Maine between 1860 and 1870, even before the great exhibition instituted in London in 1871 by the well-known animal painter, Harrison Weir. But cat-shows in America were not known outside of Maine until one was held in the Madison Square Garden, New ...› Continue reading
<b>The Amazing Cat Species</b>
Friday, August 27th, 2010 | Home and Family
We all know that cats are loving and truly wonderful creatures. These days, it isn't out of the ordinary to see a cat in virtually every other home, sleeping in the window or cuddling up on the laps of their owners. Although cats have been popular pets for as long as most can remember, they weren't domesticated less than 5,000 years or so ago. Domestication took place in the valley of the Nile, which is what research tells us today. In the beginning, people were very grateful to cats and ...› Continue reading
Cat Associations and Cat Lovers of World
Thursday, August 26th, 2010 | Home and Family
A cat association is an organization that registers cats and kittens, selects cat show judges and conducts many cat shows and cat competitions. A cat association also controls cat clubs. The winner of cat show is provided with trophies, awards or medals. The Cat Fanciers Association (CFA) sponsors about 650 cat clubs in the USA. There are many cat associations in USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Japan and other countries. The Cat Fancier's Association is the largest cat association in ...› Continue reading
How to Train Kittens to Use the Cat Litter Box
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 | Home and Family
There are several things you need to do to help the mama cat train her kitties to develop good cat litter box habits. While the kids may try to follow mom's example, here's how you can help cement that success. First, since kittens are so physically small and they're still developing coordination and agility, it's critical that you, the human mom, make sure they can easily get in and out of any cat litter box. The easiest way to do this is buy disposable aluminum roaster pans from your grocery ...› Continue reading
Intelligence of cats part-1
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 | Home and Family
Cats are more intellgent as compared to dogs.The anatomy of brain of cat is very similar to the human brain, whereas the anatomy of brain of a dog is not very similar to human brain.According to website http://www.petplace.com, the anatomy of brain of cat is about ninety nine percent similar to human brain. Both cats and human beings have same regions for emotion in their brain. The intelligence of animals depends upon brain weight to body weight ratio and anatomy of their brain. The brain of ...› Continue reading
No More Stillborn Kittens - Know How To Care For A Pregnant Cat
Saturday, August 21st, 2010 | Home and Family
'I named all kittens, although they were all stillborn.' 'My pregnant cat has a bloody vaginal discharge.' 'I had a litter of five, but only one kitten survived.' These are only a few of the horror stories I received the past weeks. Cat lovers that had hoped for a healthy litter, suddenly found themselves with stillborn kittens or an ill mother cat. There's a lot that can go wrong when cats are pregnant or give birth, even when most cats deliver without major problems. Among the dozens of ...› Continue reading