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 …
Cat Facts
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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 …
Why Do Cats Lick & Groom Each Other? Hint: It’s Probably Not What You Think
If you've ever had more than one cat under your roof, you may have noticed a feline behaviour crop up where - every so often - one cat will begin to lick and groom another. At this point, either the first cat will continue to groom the second on his or her own, or the second cat will join in, grooming the first cat back until the two begin licking …
Why Do Cats Like to Sit & Lay on Paper? 8 Theories – What’s Yours?
As cat owners, we've nearly all had it happen to us. You're filing a phone bill, reading a letter, or taking your essay out of the printer, and just so happen to place the pages on the floor. Out of nowhere your cat, who had been half-in half-out of sleep, dozing off in his comfy spot by the window, checks you out. A second later, he stretches, …
My Cat Bites, Then Licks Me: Why? What Does It Mean?
Cats engage in some pretty peculiar behaviours: they have an almost insatiable itch to scratch, they love kneading things (and even people!) with their claws, they sleep through a very large portion of each day, and they purr - which is adorable, but still a very strange behaviour when you really think about it. Like with almost any cat …
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 …