Fur care of Cats
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Especially if we live with longhaired cats, the presence of wayward hairs can be a great annoyance. This is exacerbated to infuriating levels during shedding season when hairs fly all around the home. In addition to a messy home, cat hairs also raise more serious issues related to health and well-being....
From the time they are born, kittens will have fur on their body. The only exception for healthy kittens are hairless cat breeds. However, this hair will vary across their lives. Longhaired cat breeds will have fur which grows thicker. At certain points, a cat's hair will shed and make it look thinner....
When the seasons change and the year starts to warm up, there are a lot of advantages for a cat. Although warmer weather means they can enjoy the outdoors more, it can bring other challenges. External parasites are one of the most problematic issues which can affect a cat's well-being. Not only can they...
Lice are one of the external parasites which most affect cats. However, they often not discussed as much as fleas and ticks in cats. They most commonly affect strays or cats with access to the outdoors, but they can occur in indoors cats also. However, cats which are young, old or have a compromised immune...
Although we may have an idea of what is a tabby cat, the term has become a loose definition. Many of us refer to a cat with no distinct breed, using it to make the distinction between a purebred and a mixed-breed cat. However, this terminology is not completely correct. To make it even more confusing,...
The history of cat breeding is a rich and fascinating one. While different cats are bred to emphasize certain features, many of the initial cats from which the breeds originate seem to appear by magic. After kittens in a litter are born, we sometimes see one of them with certain distinctive and unique...
With a few exceptions, cats will shed a certain amount of hair all the time. We notice it when we fish the remote from the back of the couch and return a werewolf hand covered in loose fur. We hear it when our cat starts hacking up one of those unpleasant fur balls onto the kitchen floor. However, sometimes...
There is a widespread belief that cats don't really get on with water. We won't completely deny this, but if you accustom a cat to water when they are kittens, they will be much more comfortable in later life. On the market today there are so many different options to clean your cat. Brushes, special...
If your cat's hair is falling out, it's very important to do some research to work out what are the possible causes, solutions, and especially the alarm bells which will help you know when to take your pet to the vet.
Hair loss is a common condition, because cats spend so much of the day preening themselves....
If you've got a cat you'll probably know that most felines are pretty much allergic to water, as in they hate baths and everything to do with them. A cat's curiosity will take it many places and if your pet gets excessively dirty you might wonder if whether or not you should help it to get clean and how...