My Oscar is part of the large family of white cats, and I am often asked if he is deaf. In fact, white cats with blue eyes are often deaf cats, but this is not an automatic occurrence. Among other things, my cat does not have blue eyes, but yellow …
Read More »Hypoallergenic cat: the truth about the hypoallergenic cat
Do you want a cat so much, but are you or someone in your family allergic? Is there really a hypoallergenic cat or a hypoallergenic cat with which to cohabit without suffocating? Here’s how to solve the problem: there are truly hypoallergenic breeds of cats, which allow us to fully …
Read More »White cat: characteristics, meaning and race
Having a white cat means having a white cloud of fur around the house, and it is certainly a very charming cat. If then, like my Oscar, it also has ears, a nose and pink pads, tenderness is assured. Also rumor goes that the white cat brings good luck, will …
Read More »Catnip: effects on cats and what it really is
Catnip is an English word that indicates in Italian the catnip, or Nepeta Cataria. The translation of catnip does not really exist because it is a word that has now entered the common use in Italian, among those who have a cat, to indicate precisely the catnip. Cats react in …
Read More »Age of cats: how to count the years of cats
It is not always easy to understand the age of cats: some retain their beauty and their agility for a long time, hiding the signs of age from the most expert eyes. Even the size often deceives, there are cats that are already very large at one year of age, …
Read More »Dog or cat? How to choose to adopt
When it comes to the decision to adopt a pet, generally, the choice falls between the most popular pets: the dog and the cat. But which is better to choose between dog or cat? Obviously, the choice must be entirely personal, but since it is an important choice and must …
Read More »Abandoned cats: how to look after an orphaned kitten
Unfortunately, every year the same story: litters of cats abandoned everywhere, volunteers with houses full of abandoned kittens that are busy saving them and growing them, newborn kittens abandoned because the cats are not sterilized. The situation is this, so I decided to create a video and an article with …
Read More »Hairless cat: what are naked cats and why?
Many people say that they have caressed a hairless cat and fallen in love with it: perhaps even in the case of the cat, the dress does not make the monk, or rather, the hair does not make the cat? But what are the breeds of peeled cats and why …
Read More »Cat squamous cell carcinoma: prevention, symptoms, treatment
One of the most common skin cancers unfortunately in cats is cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, or squamous carcinoma. In fact, it represents 15% of skin cancers in cats, and sun exposure is a very important factor to keep in mind, especially in white cats. So let’s see what are the …
Read More »The flehmen and the organ of Jacobson or vomeronasal in the cat
Have you ever seen your cat smell something, then open your mouth and stand still for a few moments with your mouth open? That kind of grimace is technically called flehmen, and at that moment your cat was using Jacobson’s organ or vomeronasal organ to analyze pheromones. We see in …
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