Cats prefer foods at body temperature–the temperature of freshly killed prey. They also prefer their food cut into ¼ inch chunks (especially when they are sick and need to be tempted.) And did you know that 60% of all cats like cold tomato juice? I’ve tried V-8 and it doesn’t seem to be at all tempting. We use this trick to entice kidney-failure cats to drink more liquids.
Cats are either right or left handed, showing a distinct preference for one paw over the other.
A healthy domestic feline can reach speeds up to 31 miles/hour, but can’t maintain that sprinting speed for more than a minute.
A cat licks their fur to keep cool in hot sphynx kittens for sale near me . Like dogs, they sweat only through the pads of their feet.
Their whiskers are specially adapted to act as antennae. They are used to navigate, to detect movement and to judge the width of an opening. Whiskers are also an indicator of mood–when the whiskers are back, the cat is angry, so watch out. Some people think finding a whisker is good luck. I know one woman who is a millionaire that has a cat whisker collection!
Each cat ear is controlled by 32 muscles and can turn 180 degrees. Humans have only 6 muscles, so it’s harder to make our ears wiggle. Cat ears that are facing back or folded down are really ticked off, so watch out.
A cat’s fur has 60,000 hairs per square inch on the back and 120,000 hairs per square inch on the underside–No wonder cat owner’s have to empty their vacuum bags every time! Shedding is controlled by hormones and ambient temperature as well as light–even artificial light. Nervous cats shed more–especially when they get stuffed into a carrier and hauled off to the vet’s office.
Felines are highly territorial. A domesticated cat’s territory encompasses 150 acres. Apparently their acres intermingle as we see about eight cats in our backyard every day as they make their rounds. Only one is ours–there’s lots of neat feline entertainment stuff in our yard.
Jumpability: The human equivalent of the cat’s ability to leap would be jumping the width of a swimming pool.
Sense of smell: Humans have 5 million odor-sensitive cells in their noses–cats have 200 million. Of course this means they can smell when you don’t clean the litter box every day and will “inappropriately urinate” because of this.
Sleep habits: A healthy mature cat spends about 15% of its life in deep sleep, 50% in light sleep, and 30% in awake time. I’ve noticed that part of this wake time coincides with the human’s sleep time. This annoys the animal. This could be why our Dagney wakes me up about 2 a.m. every morning by sticking her paw in my mouth. Bleck! Cats attain full alertness faster than any other creature.
Milk Drinking: Most adult felines lack the enzymes necessary to digest milk, so if you must give your cat milk, be sure to give them only a couple teaspoons at a time. Yep–too much milk definitely gives them gas and sometimes diarrhea. It’s good to coordinate the milk-giving ceremony with your partner or family so that they don’t get the benefits of double-sipping.
Dieting: Neutered and spayed cats require fewer calories than intact animals do. A good rule of thumb is ½-3/4 cups per cat per day for lower quality foods and 1/3 cup per day for the higher quality foods such as IAM’s, Max Cat, and Nutranuggets. Putting fat cats on starvation diets can kill them because the liver fat breaks down too fast causing a condition called ketosis.
Skin Disease: I’ve noticed in my naturopathic practice that cat’s with skin disease like fish flavors. Felines with liver and kidney disease like Chicken and Giblet or foods with liver and kidney in them. and felines with heart disease like heart-based foods. When the condition is repaired, they stop eating that particular flavor of food.
Hearing: Human beings can hear sounds up to 20,000 Hertz (cycles per second), dogs can hear up to 40,000 Hertz, and cats can hear up to 100,000 Hertz. Cats can even hear electrical currents in cords. Pretty amazing, huh?