Nov
19

Cat News

The latest feline stories from Yahoo! News...

  • Irate man wields bat to liberate his lost cat (AP via Yahoo! News)
  • Police are looking for an irate pet lover so intent on liberating his lost cat that he wielded a bat to fend off animal shelter employees. Dallas Animal Shelter manager Kent Robertson said the man found his missing gray and blue short-haired cat at the shelter, where it had been brought by someone who thought it was a stray.





Nov
19

Cat Tips and Advice

Cat Facts from the Cat Fact Files

  • Are rescue cats more prone to health and behavior problems?
  • Cats and kittens that are up for adoption often have an unknown past. This means that they could have suffered abuse or experienced a dysfunctional or feral background. Sometimes cats have been considered abandoned or lost and have simply been handed in at a rescue centre. Cats in both categories can be more vulnerable but, [...]


  • How do I know if my cat is contented?
  • There are a number of signs to look for. The following will tell you whether or not you have a happy cat: At some times of day you will not know that you have a cat, because it is snoozing in a favorite cupboard or sunning itself in the window. Your cat will use the litter tray [...]

  • Can a pheromone aerosol prevent a cat from spraying in the house?
  •   Unfortunately, no. The idea behind an artificial pheromone spray is that it replace at cat’s natural facial scent-marking and is sprayed onto a target for inappropriate feline ‘marking’. This could be an electrical plug curtain or furniture. The principle on which this product is based is that the cat will not mark a target it [...]

  • How Should a Tortoiseshell Cat be Marked?
  • In the most desirable tortoiseshell cats, the dominance of black is infiltrated with a fairly even spread of red and cream. The true tortoiseshell-patterned cat is quite rare and the incredibly high price for a pedigree reflects the rarity of its coloration. True tortoiseshell-patterned cats are almost all females, as the coloration is linked to the lack [...]