We all know how frustrating it can be living with a cat who scratches up couches, clothes, and even walls. It's no fun living with kitties who use their claws as weapons of mass destruction. But not every cat is a destructive scratcher, though absolutely every cat is a scratcher at heart. Why cats all love (and need!) to scratch comes down to a …
Cat Biology
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Do Cats Chew Their Food? My Cat Doesn’t & I’m Concerned: What Can I Do?
When we humans eat meals we (typically) chew quite a reasonable amount with our teeth before we swallow. Among a number of beneficial purposes, the act of chewing helps break larger food into smaller pieces so that, once we finally do swallow, it's a lot easier for our esophagus to carry our food down to our stomachs, and easier for our stomachs to …
How Many Bones Are in a Cat’s Body? How Many Do Their Tails Have?
The human body starts out with 270 bones at birth. By roughly the age of 30, the majority of us have exactly 206 bones in our body. While we humans don't really have tails, our tailbone, known as the coccyx, usually starts out with 4 - though sometimes 3 and sometimes 5 - bones. By the time we reach adulthood, these bones typically become one …
Are Cats Nocturnal? Do Indoor/Outdoor Cats Have Different Sleep Rhythms?
We've likely all heard at one point or another that cats are nocturnal animals. While this is an absolute within the realm of common knowledge, heresay often gets things wrong, or spits out half-truths that sound right, but under a microscope, just don't cut it in terms of accuracy. Is that true of the statement that cats are nocturnal? Is it a …
Can Cats Cry? Do Cats Ever Cry Tears Like Humans? What Are Cat Tears?
If you've ever lived with a cat before, you're likely to already be aware of how very similar they can be behaviourally to humans at times. Cats yawn, cats snore; like many of us - they enjoy routines, enjoy snoozing one heck of a lot, and when they want something, they even somehow manage to sound like they're crying when they meow. But can …
Can Cats Swim? Do Many Know How? Can Cats Enjoy Swimming?
While I expected this would be a topic frequently discussed by vets and other pet experts on the net, there don't seem to be all that many quality resources online referring to cats and their ability (or inability) to swim. I'm not a fan of using hearsay as a reference, because even with the best intentions, common knowledge still sometimes gets …
How Many Teeth Do Kittens Have? Do Adult Cats Have More?
When we as humans are very little, we start out our lives growing in a set of small, adorable baby teeth, 20 of them in total. Nearly every adult remembers the process of losing those baby teeth, either by wiggling, pulling, or by these teeth falling out on their own. Once our baby teeth fall out, the empty space exposed a set of of new, full grown …