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Visits to the vet can be stressful to your kitty. We hear of many cases where cats have escaped while being taken to or at the clinic. Here are a few simple tips that can make your kitty’s visit to the vet happy and secure. For your cat, carriers are associated with stressful experiences like visit to the vet or moving houses. At home, occasionally place treats or toys in the carrier. This will…

Throughout the history there have been many well known people who have enjoyed the loving companionship of cats. They are known as Ailurophile or cat lover. The well known Bronte sister who wrote many wonderful books usually had a pet cat – or even two. Emily Bronte devoted one of a series of essays she wrote to the cat “I can say with great sincerity that I like cats” she wrote very seriously. “A…

Does your cat melt your heart for food…? Read about Bubble’s strategy. There are various strategies that a smart pet who knows your weaknesses, would use to beg for table scrap. When it comes to my baby, Bubble, he is beyond well versed as far as this field goes and has acquired a forte in using a step by step approach for this! Firstly, he applies the persistent method of staring at you with a…

It is believed that small weasel-like creature called Miacis is where the domestic cat can trace their ancestry back more than 13 million years! There’s more about these wonderful felines. Keeping evil at bay: The Egyptians used cats to guard their homes, temples and warehouses of grain. They believed that cats kept away the ‘evil eye’ and deterred thieves who often changed their minds about…

Our smart kitties are getting smarter, now they are even boarding a bus...saving their time ‘n’ energy. Recently, bus drivers in Wolverhampton were stunningly amused by a magical cat, nicknamed Macavity, who was commuting on a busy route most days for three months. The smart kitty jumps on the No 331 service in Wolverhampton and rides it for two stops before leaping off near a fish and chip shop…

Cats are inquisitive by nature. They like to explore new things and surroundings and greatly rely on their sharp senses. Be it their strong sense of smell which makes them choosy or their sight which helps them catching a prey even at night, a cat’s senses are in all ways miles ahead of our senses. Let’s see how. RIGHT SIGHT Both cats and dogs have tapetum lucidium. This means that they have a…

Who says it’s just dogs who have all the fun on big screen? A good number of feline actors have so far been acclaimed for their roles in various blockbuster movies. Let’s catch them through a flashback. Little naughty, little cunning, but full of affections in their traits, kitties always go well with wise guy type characters in almost every movie they act. Since the early days of world cinema,…

Cats have more reasons to be popular than just as pets around our households. Dargah-E-Shareef Hazarath Sayed Suleiman Baba in Hyderabad is a place where devotees offer them milk. Let’s see why! As though they have been invited, a clowder of cats gathers every Thursday at Dargah-E-Shareef Hazarath Sayed Suleiman Baba in Hyderabad to have a kind of holy feast of milk. Devotees visiting this…

Ever thought how your cat laps up the water or milk so fast? A research by Pedro M Reis and Roman Stocker of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, joined by Sunghwan Jung of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Jeffrey M Aristoff of Princeton has revealed the secret of lapping. These four engineers have discovered that the cat’s lapping method depends on his instinctive ability to calculate…

You have probably heard many interesting facts about cats like they have more bones than humans; they can feel with their whiskers, their urine glows in the dark, etc. Here are a few more interesting facts about your cool felines. What’s in a name: A group of cats is called a Clowder, a male cat is called a Tom, a female cat is called a Molly or Queen while young cats are called Kittens and a…

We all know our kitties are amazing... but here are some facts which would amuse one and all... Lion sneezed out the cat: If a Hebrew legend is to be believed, rats were menace and Noah prayed to the God to protect food from rats. The God answered his wish, made the lion sneeze and out popped the cat – the mouser. The sleepy heads: We all know our kitties love to sleep but have you ever…

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn’t just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES. First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily, Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James, Such as Victor or Jonathan, or George or Bill Bailey - All of them sensible everyday names. There are fancier names…

A well-behaved cat is simply a darling! Here are a few common behavioural problems and the ways to tackle them. Toilet training… Though it is not a common problem for a cat owner but in some cases it may be quite serious. Housebreaking means that cat always goes outside for urination or defecation or uses the litter box for this purpose. Feral cats defecate or urinate at the same places to mark…

Scared of a furry feline!! Did you know what noted people like Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini had in common? They all got the jitters when it came to our little angel–the cat. According to dictionary, Ailurophobia is a ‘morbid fear of cat’, people who suffer from this phobia hate cats and when they come in physical proximity of one–have intense fear/stress…

Say cheese… know how to get that purrfect snap. •    Get down to the level of your cat. •    Put some props so that you can catch her in action. •    Ensure there is proper lighting •    Curiosity will get the better of your cat and she will try to inspect your camera, let her get used to it. •    You can also make different sounds to catch her curious looks. •    If you want your kitty look regal…

A small pet is often an excellent companion for the sick or long chronic cases. – Florence Nightingale (1859) Florence Nightingale also known as the Lady With The Lamp dedicated her life to nursing and raising the operating standards and medical facilities. Because of her invaluable contribution and passion to serve the sick and the needy, she became the first woman to receive the red cross by…

Egyptian name for cat is Mau meaning ‘to see’. And other names used by the people in different parts of the world are: • Kat - Holland and Denmark • Katt - Sweden • Katze - Germany • Kot - Poland • Kots - Russia • Gatta - Greece (modern) • Gato - Portugal and Spain • Gatto - Italy • Chat - France Whatever you call these purrfect angels, we all love them dearly.

Cats have been involved in the lives of humans since the days of ancient Egyptian and Roman civilizations, or probably even earlier. Their mystery has fascinated people through the ages and they have been regarded both as celestial and evil, as protectors and destroyers, and have been as loved as they have been hated. Here are some mythological stories surrounding our cats. The Egyptian…

‘India’, the 18-year-old female cat in the White House passed away on January 4, 2009. The demise of ‘India’ had deeply saddened her pet parents George W Bush, Laura and their daughters Barbara and Jenna. Barbara named the kitty ‘India’ after the former Texas Ranger baseball player Ruben Sierra who was popularly known as El Indio. ‘India’ had been a beloved member of the Bush family for almost two…

Meow! It’s difficult Herding cats - This commonly used cat phrase means to bring together many different people together for a common cause… Well! It’s an uphill task, we all must agree. Now you know what it means when they say – ‘Managing a team of professionals is like herding cats’ or ‘Teaching li’l kids is like herding cats.’