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Quotations For Fans of Our Feline Friends

2008-05-21T19:25:00.008+07:00

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.*Joseph Wood Krutch - Twelve SeasonsI have just been given a very engaging Persian Kitten... and his opinion is that I have been given to him.*Evelyn UnderhillWhen I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?*Michael Eyquem De MontaigneI would never wound a cat's feelings

Feline Useful Addresses

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Feline Advisory Bureau,350 Upper Richmond Road,Putney, London SW15 6TI.Telephone: 01-789-9553The Cat’s Protection League,17 Kings Road, Horsham,West Sussex RH13 5PP.Telephone: 0403 65566The Cat Association of Britain,Cat Association Central Office,Hunting Grove, Lowfield Health,Crawley, West Sussex RH11 0PY.Telephone: 0293 23470The Governing Council of the Cat Fancy4-6 Penel Orlieu, Bridgewater,

The Cat and the Law - Cat Show

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It is great privilege to be owned by a cat. Although many non-pedigree cats are unwanted, and considered by the uninitiated to be of little value, each and every one is worthy of the esteem due to all sentient living creatures. Although they have less protection under the law than dogs, they nevertheless do have certain inalienable rights, and we owners take on legal responsibilities when cats

The Show Cat - British and American Shows

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BRITISH SHOWSThe first thing that happens at the show is vetting-in. The vet will give each cat a thorough health check, and if for some reason, such as runny eyes, fleas, or sore gums, the cat fails the examination, you will have to take it home and forfeit your entry fee. You may have to show your vaccination certificate to the vet, so have it ready.Judging British Cat ShowPutting your cat in

The Show Cat - Cat Show

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Harrison Weir (1824 - 1906) The Father of the Cat FancyThe first cat show on record was held as part of an English fair in the year 1598, but serious showing really only began in 1871, with a large show at London’s Crystal Palace for British Shorthair and Persian types. Harrison Weir (1824 - 1906) The Father of the Cat Fancy, was an English gentleman and artist. He organized the first cat show in

CAT SHOW

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The showing of pedigree cats has played the central role over the past century in creating the rich spectrum of breeds that delight cat lovers today. Through the shows, breeders have produced many new kinds of cats and had them recognized.It must be said of course that the artificial selection carried out by breeders has been confined to the human ideal of a good-looking cat. Nobody bothered to

Heredity and Breeding - Cat Show

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Basic mechanisms of heredityBreeding for showing depends on the workings, be they calculated or accidental or plant contains structures called chromosomes. These look like microscopic string carries details of the design of some particular part of the body. Some genes are concerned with eye colour and so on. The genes are arranged in a fixed order along the length of the chromosome, so the

REPRODUCTION

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Everyone, well nearly everyone, loves babies, and few babies are more attractive than the cubs, or kittens, of cats, big or small. The successful breeding of, say, snow leopards or ocelots, is a notable and ever-welcome event – the more the merrier for such endangered species. With domestic cats however, the owner has a special responsibility. Pedigree kittens are usually in demand, and they

Raising and Fostering – Reproduction

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There are occasions, such as the death of a queen or where she simply cannot produce or where she simply cannot produce a sufficient supply of milk, when you may be faced with the problem of rearing kittens in some other way. (If you decide to “destroy” the kittens, do not even consider drowning the, Animal euthanasia must always be carried out by a vet or clinic).You have two options – fostering

Kitten Development – Reproduction

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The transformation of the kitten from its blind and helpless newborn state to full independence takes about six months. During that time physical and mental abilities mature steadily. The kitten’s instinctive, inbuilt knowledge is progressively enhanced by a process of learning by observation, imitation, and practice through play. Play is the vehicle of the feline learning process – the life of

Maternal Behaviour – Reproduction

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The newborn kitten is eleven to fifteen centimeters (four to six inches) long and weighs between seventy and one-hundred-and-thirty-five grams (two and five ounches). It is a fairly helpless creature at this stage, unable to see because of closed eyelids, unable to hear with ears that are folded back, and capable of wiggling and squirming but not walking.Brothers and sisters instinctively bunch

The Birth – Reproduction

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Pregnancy ends when special hormones, sent out from the pituitary gland, set birth into motion.Up to one-third of all kittens are born tail-end first. This is perfectly normal and these are not breech births. The term “breech birth” signifies a birth position where the kitten’s bottom passes first through the vagina with its hind feet pointing towards its head. So pliable are kitten’s bodies that

Pregnancy – Reproduction

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The length of pregnancy in the cat is between fifty-six and seventy-one days, but the average length is sixty-five days. The mean litter size of the domestic cat in the United States is 3.88 kittens (only statisticians have ever seen 0.88 of a kitten!). Larger cats tend to have more kittens in a litter.It is known that more eggs are ovulated and probably fertilized than kittens are born. The

Mating – Reproduction

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The cat, if you but singe her tabby skin, The chimney keeps, and sits content within; But once grown sleek, will from her corner run, Sport with her tail and wanton in the sun; She licks her fair round face, and frisks abroad To show her fur, and to be catterwaw’d Pope, The Wife of Bath (Prologue)Initial contact between tom and queen.Choosing a studIf you plan to breed from your pedigree queen,

Sexual Behaviour - Reproduction

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Queens reach sexual maturity between seven and twelve months of age. Do not breed a queen until she is at least one year old, at which age cats breed most easily. Toms mature sexually between ten and fourteen months of age.The oestrus cycleQueens come into heat (oestrus) according to a seasonal rhythm. The heat period lasts for two to four days and occurs at approximately two-week intervals. The

NURSING CARE (Health Care) - Keeping A Cat

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Whether your pet’s aliment is mild or serious, you will normally have to be prepared to do some nursing. There are some essential nursing techniques to be learned.It can be useful to restrain a cat by wrapping it in a blanket or towel.Handling a cat for examination1 Cradle it in your arms if the animal is quiet and not in pain.2 Place the cat prone on the table, holding all four legs so that it

FIRST AID (Health Care) - Keeping A Cat

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Cats do occasionally appear to have nine lives. Their bodies are so elastic and wiry that they often survive being run over by a cars, airgun pellets, stones, falling masonry, or drunkards’ boots, trapped in doors, falling from great heights, or savaged by dogs, Puss sometimes seems to need every life it can lay claim to. These serious crises produce skeletal and soft-tissue damage, which the vet

OLD AGE (Health Care) - Keeping A Cat

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Inevitably, time catches up with cats. Should your pet survive beyond seventeen years, it is doing very well indeed. Very few reach one score, although the longest record at present stands at thirty-four years achieved by a tabby queen from Devon. Certainly cats tend to live longer than dogs – the oldest recorded dog reached twenty-seven years and the majority do not pass sixteen years.Named Lucy

COMMON AILMENTS (page 2) - Health Care

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The urinary systemProblems in this system are marked by difficulty passing urine, blood in the urine, loss of weight, and thirst.When a cat strains to pass urine, the owner may thing it is suffering from constipation, but it may have “gravel” in the urine. Cats on mainly dry-food diets, cats taking insufficient water, and tom cats castrated very early are more prone to “gravel”. Which is a

COMMON AILMENTS (page 1) - Health Care

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Cats may have nine lives but they are, like humans and other creatures, occasionally out of sorts and sometimes downright ill. The study of feline diseases and their treatment by medicine and surgery are important areas of veterinary science, and much research is currently being done – recently a virus (FIV) has been identified as producing a feline immune deficiency syndrome, which is similar in

Health Care - Keeping A Cat

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CHOOSING A VETBefore your cat ill, you should find a veterinarian in your locality who will give your newly arrived feline a thorough check, provide all the necessary vaccinations, and tell you about any preventive medicine or special care that your cat may require. He should also provide a twenty-four hour service that can deal with genuine emergencies.Some veterinarians specialize in cat

Grooming (page 3) - Keeping A Cat

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WASHINGIf your cat’s coat gets very dirty you should give it a wet or a dry bath.If your cat violently objects to water, give it a dry bran bath. Use this method only on shorthaired cats which are not too dirty. First heat half to one kilogram (one to two pounds) of bran in an oven at 150C (302F) for twenty minutes. The stand your cat on a newspaper and massage the warm bran into its coat. When

Grooming (page 2) - Keeping A Cat

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GROOMING A SHORTHAIRGrooming Equipment: soft cloth, cotton buds, soft bristle brush, fine-toothed comb and rubber brushShorthaired cats posses less exuberant upholstery than Longhairs, and are better at self-cleaning, so they need grooming only twice a week.Picture 1: Cat having its fur combed with a metal tooth comb1. With a fine-toothed metal comb, work down the cat from its head to its tail.

Grooming (page 1) - Keeping A Cat

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More fastidious than dogs in keeping up appearances, cats will groom themselves regularly and often. Rows of hooked, horny and backward-pointing scales (papillae) on the tongue form an efficient comb for raking the skin and fur.As well as keeping the coat clean, neat and glossy, grooming serves to remove dead hair and skin cells and to tone up the superficial blood circulation and underlying

The Traveling Cat - Keeping A Cat

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Moving HouseMoving house does not normally trouble the family cat. It retains its well-loved human companions and usually many items of furniture that it knows well. After arriving at the new dwelling, the cat quickly sets about establishing its territory and leaves its calling cards with the feline patriarchs of the area. Occasionally, loving for some old flame left behind, or preferring the