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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Friday, August 20th, 2010 | Home and Family |
FROSTY, THE WANDERING VAGABOND CAT Copyright 2004, Michael
LaRocca
For a long time, we had a four-pet home. Daisy the border collie
mix and Bebe the dachshund/doberman mix. Witchie and Taz, the
Siamese couple. Pumpkin wandered into this mess for a disruptive
while. What was especially disruptive is that Taz and Pumpkin,
two males, became best buddies. Then Pumpkin left us.
Weeks later, Taz was still depressed. No more running up and
down the stairs and making weird noises at three in the ...
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 | Home and Family |
Siamese are known for their distinct coloring and blue eyes. Its refined coloring and too cold-blooded on appeal and he was at the height of its popularity in the 1950s. It is a well-loved breed today, but less attention is paid to today from its peak. Almost everyone knows what that looks like a Siamese as they are known. This is partly due to their popularity in the mystery film genre. Many people think, it is curious nature makes them an ideal choice for a detective in the wizard. Appearance ...
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Saturday, August 14th, 2010 | Home and Family |
If the dog is the best friend of man, then cats are a man's caprice. In addition to being expensive, purebred cats are difficult to treat because they require their owner's love and attention. Cats are like babies, because they are fed, sometimes bathed, combed with and cared for have played. Cats are best bought responsible cat breeders. Hobbyists choose cats to own because their temperaments are more predictable than cats with unknown pedigree. If you found a cat in a cat breeder, ask about ...
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Friday, August 13th, 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 ...
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Thursday, August 12th, 2010 | Home and Family |
Motivated aggressive behaviors for play is common in kittens
when cats play the have a variety of behaviors that they share
in their play. Exploratory, predatory, and instigative play
provides a kitten the opportunity to practice these skills. All
of these skills are normal need for survival. Kittens will
explore new thing that moves. They like to bounce, bite, and
swing at objects that are great to play with.
Kittens learn to bite from the mother and offspring. If you take
a kitten from their ...
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 | Home and Family |
Formerly, it was carelessly thought that our house cats were simply the progeny of tamed pairs of the European wildcats; but anatomy has denied the probability of this and historical investigation shows that they came from another source. Historical evidence, which includes innumerable mummies, shows that the cat was domesticated by the Egyptians before the time of the oldest monuments of their civilization. Moreover, the characteristic specific markings of the caffrc cat (still wild as well ...
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Friday, August 6th, 2010 | Home and Family |
Cats outnumbered dogs by millions as house pets in USA , UK and
many countries of Europe. In USA alone, there are about sixty
million cats kept as pets. In USA, thirty seven percent of
houses are having at least one pet cat. In UK about twenty five
percent of houses are having at least one pet cat. In Australia,
twenty six percent of houses are having at least one pet cat.
There are more than seven million pet cats in UK. In Canada,
there are about five million domestic cats. There are about ...
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010 | Home and Family |
In USA, a cat is sold from cattery at cost any where upto US $
20000. In USA alone people spend more than four billion dollars
every year for cat food. People of USA spend more money for
buying cat food than buying their baby food. Cats need balanced
diet consisting of proteins, vitamins, fats and carbohydrates.
People also spend large amount of money for buying cat beds ,
cat furniture, cat clothes, litter box, cat bathing soap, cat
carriers, cat toys, catnip, apparel, collars leash harness, ...
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Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 | Home and Family |
Most kittens seem irresistibly cute and fun. There are a few
more things to know before you bring home your kitten. You need
to research healthy types of food. You should interview a vet.
You should kitten proof your house. You should pick up your
plants, hide your wires. One good idea you can do is go out and
find something for your kitten to hide in. when they first get
home they may get a bit scared and want to find a safe and
secure place to go. This could either be a kitty condo or ...
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 | Home and Family |
The beautiful Siamese cat is one of the earliest known and recognised breeds of cat believed to originate in Siam (now Thailand). It is now one of the most popular breeds of cat and makes a wonderful pet. Their nature is friendly, extrovert and highly intelligent. They love human company and should never be left alone for a long time. Like a dog, if you cannot be at home for half the day do not have a Siamese cat unless you buy two. This is ideal because they enjoy the company of other cats as ...
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010 | Home and Family |
Siamese cats were originally from Siam and have gained popularity in the past one hundred years or so as house pets. They were typically bred only for the wealthy, but these days anyone who wishes to can own a Siamese cat can do so with ease.
For those who are not familiar with the Siamese cat breeds, there may be some confusion when choosing these types of cats as a pet. Most people do not even know that there are sub types in the category of Siamese cats. While most Siamese cats will be ...
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