Archive for the ‘Living With Cats’ Category
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Cats hail from the feline family. They are carnivorous mammals that are small but exhibit all the personality of a feline like a tiger – consisting of prey hunting, marking terrain and etc. Cats are also branded as domestic or house cats. They have been domesticated and staying among man for the last nine thousand five hundred years. Because of their being capable to provide friendship and their capacity to destroy pests like rodents they have stayed popular pets for a long time. They are clever enough to understand simple orders and do them. They understand several things on their own too like operating simple equipements like a door knob which they have the ability to unlock or lock by simply jolting and winding with their paws!
Cats are very talented at showing their disposition and worries through non oral sounds and utilizing their body parts. They meow, purr, chirrup, grunt, squeak, trill and so on. They curve their backs, rustle their tails, strengthen their body, and bristle their fur and so on. For example a purring cat could mean that it is pleased, a whooshing tail could signify fury and so on. Ultimately, only you will be able to tell what your cat is telling you. Each cat is different, and it takes time for an owner to find out just what their particular pet is trying to tell them. It does come over time, however, and all owners will learn to communicate with their pets eventually.
There are a number of kinds of cats a lot of which have been polished by man thoroughly for specific traits. A pastime also known as cat fancy entails procreation and registering pure breed pets which is practiced by cat aficionados all over the world. Even though cats were originally believed to have started being domesticated in Egypt evidence in recent times have shown that they were originated in Cyprus even before their times in Egypt.
Cats have been gifted with sensitive parts to be expert predators – including eyes, whiskers, ears and nose. Cats are nocturnal hunters and their eyes are so strong that they have the ability to notice in the night very noticeably. They have the ability to hear ultrasonic sounds and high frequency sounds. Rodents produce ultrasonic sounds which may be picked up by cats and that is how cats stalk the pests without difficulty. Their whiskers have the ability to sense a touch and air flow differences. This too assists to steer smoothly in the dark. Their sense of smell is very operational too and they have the ability to smell distinctly from quite far away if the wind route is exact.
When you encounter transferring to a different house you are likely to come under “moving stress”. After all you will have concerns about transferring your things securely and the cost involved in the relocation method. With a pet anxiety levels will possibly soar since you are worried as regards the secure transfer of your cat(s) also. A specialized service like moving company in Florida may offer complete packing and transferring services; they may also provide you a moving truck rental alone – you do the packing and moving yourself.
Tags: Cats, Florida moving company, Kittens, moving stress, moving truck rental
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Today Susan was making herself meatballs for lunch. She heated them up and put the plate down on the counter while heading to the refrigerator for some tomato sauce.
Up jumped Auri, who stuck out a claw and flipped one of the meatballs off the plate! She then played meatball hockey for quite a while after finding out it was too hot for her to eat!
Tags: Auri, Cat Burglar, Kittens
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
We have a guest blogger this evening: Steven, our youngest (a precocious 14-year-old) son. As soon as I heard what happened to him, I dragged him over so you could hear it too:
Hello, this is Steven. Just tonight, I fell asleep on our living room couch. I wake up about an hour later with Charger laying next to my chest, Agile under my head (he makes a very furry pillow), Yang in the crook of my leg, Yin on the other side of my legs, and Aurum (mind boggling!) sitting right on top of my side. It was quite a furry blanket as you can imagine
Then Auri decides to get next to my face so I can taste her fur…
Tags: multiple cats, sleeping with cats
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Today at work one of the pet groomers came to me and said she had a small kitten that needed a home, would I like to see her?
I was on lunch break, so I asked her to bring the kitten (who was kenneled in our grooming salon). Everyone at work knows I have cats. OK, read "sucker for hard luck cases"
But where did you get her and why can’t you keep her…? Questions and more questions.
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Tags: adopting a cat, Cats, Fast Food Restaurant, feral cats, Fur, Groomer, Hard Luck, Kibble, Kitten Food, Kittens, Litter Box, Pets, Tuxedo Cat
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Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
All Cats Need Fresh Water
Water, water everywhere. Your cats really need access to a lot of cool, fresh water for their health. Find out why…
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Tags: Airborne Pollutants, Ceramic Water Dispenser, Feline Acne, Fresh Water, Gravity Fed, Plastic Bowls, Veterinary Advice, Warm Weather, Water Bowls, Water Dishes
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Friday, December 17th, 2004
Cat Insults
Some of the things our cats say to each other are rather nasty. No wonder cats are renowned for getting into fights!
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Tags: Bad Manners, Cats, Dignity, Dr Doolittle, Gentleman, Glory, Insults, Jennifur, Panther, Periodontal Problems, Phrases, Pipsqueak, Security Gate, Steel Security, Vagabond, Vet, Wandering Cat, Weather
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Saturday, September 18th, 2004
Glory continues to show much interest in that chair I was mentioning in my last post. Right now she’s sitting on it without the slightest regard for the fact that today I sat down there first
Today she spent the day in Steven’s room, lying on a down sleeping bag that was just so cozy she barely moved in 6 hours. I came in to visit and she romantically bit my hair…sigh.
Tags: Glory, Sleeping Bag
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Friday, September 17th, 2004
Last night I never did get to sleep. I stayed up all night working on fixing various problems with various websites, and then at 4:30 AM, drove Scott to school so he could sign up for a driving class (last month, Susan drove him to school at 6 AM and he didn’t get in!).
Finally I went to sleep around 5:30, secure and happy in the knowledge that Glory (who had slept on a chair all night) was cuddled up next to me. Various people and cats poked at me during the morning hours, but I valiantly ignored them all and slept till a reasonable 2:30 PM or so.
After I actually was walking around the house, Jennifur reasonably wanted to know where the hell I had been for so long. The interesting thing was that she was vocalizing, which she has done very rarely since she came to live with us. I realized she’s been doing that more often lately, and so I told her out loud that I liked to hear from her. She immediately started in with more and more meowing, which made me laugh happily because she really does enjoy pleasing me.
Today Steven went to visit one of his friends, who just got a Siamese-mix kitten. I went to pick him up and ended up picking her up (the kitten, that is). Her name is Marshmallow, which fits because she’s mostly white and has the most incredible soft fluffy fur…not like a Persian but kind of "springy", although it’s not curled up like a Cornish Rex. I held her and she was quite a purrball!
Of course, when I got home, I had to reassure both Glory and Jennifur that they were beautiful and wonderful. They tend not to be jealous in general but take no chances when it comes to cute female kittens!
Tags: Beautiful, Cats, Cornish Rex, Female Kittens, Fluffy Fur, Hell, Jealousy, Kitten, Love, Marshmallow, People, Siamese Mix, Sleep, Sweetness
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2004
Some advice to faciliate the recovery of your cat.
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Tags: cat missing, Cats And Dogs, Caution, Detailed Description, Housing Development, Local Animal Shelters, lost cat, lost dog, Microchip, missing cat, Nearby Park, Neighbors, Pet Owners, Photograph, Playgrounds, Poster Description, Rewards, Supermarkets, Veterinarian Offices, Vicinity
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2004
Before You Adopt A Cat…
A very basic checklist before you adopt a pet, no matter where the cat is from.
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Tags: adopting a cat, Antifreeze, Black Widow, Bullies, cat adoptions, Defecate, fleas, Kitten, Lap Cat, Lifespan, New Pet, Play Time, Rattlesnakes, Rural Areas, School Boys, Suburban Areas, Ticks, Urinate
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