Cats Site: Answers To Your Cats Questions

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The domesticated cat has spread to nearly every continent and is one of the most popular pets worldwide. However, there are many people who do not like cats and would never consider letting a cat share their home for several different reasons. Although some people simply don't enjoy animals, many prefer dogs over cats because of few liabilities that cats have, such as shedding, clawing furniture and carpet. The following questions and answers provide some information that can make cats easier to live with, explain some of their bothersome behaviors and how to remedy them, as well as how they purr and land on their feet, and the typical lifespan of a cat.

When you watch the process in slow motion, it's quite impressive. Essentially, as the cat begins to fall, it turns its head and looks toward the ground. Once it can see the ground, its entire body begins to rotate while it continues to look toward the ground. First the shoulders and front legs come around, and the back legs twist into place soon after. Once the cat has its legs underneath it, it flattens itself out to create drag in order to slow down slightly. This process explains Highrise syndrome and why cats that fall from higher than six stories have a higher survival rate than cats that fall from lower levels.

Cats shed their fur as a way of adjusting to their living conditions. Outdoor cats tend to put on a thick coat in the fall as winter sets in, and then shed the extra fur in the spring when it begins to get warmer. Outdoor cats shed in this manner because their brain can sense how much sunlight they are exposed to and use this to gauge how much fur they need to stay warm or cool for the season. Indoor cats, on the other hand, have very little exposure to natural lighting and the artificial lighting inside home does not register the same to the part of their brain that controls shedding. Because the cat's brain senses an imbalance, they grow and shed hair continually, unlike an outdoor cat.

Cats were first kept as pets about 4,000 years ago be the Egyptians. They kept them to hunt down mice and other pests that threatened food stores. The Egyptians respected cats for their intelligence and hunting skills, and even worshipped them as gods. In Egypt, at this time, the penalty for killing a cat was death. Since then, domesticated cats have spread all across the world. It is thought that the introduction of cats to Italy ultimately caused them to be distributed across the world. Since this time, many different breeds of domestic cat have been developed and continue to be developed.

Although tens of thousand cats are declawed each year, many vets and cat owners are against this procedure because of what declawing actually entails. A cat's claws are not like ours. Our finger nails are simply dead cells while a cat's claws are very similar to the last joint on your finger. Cats use their claws for balance and movement, so the lack of them can be painful and removing them makes walking much different for the cat. If you plan on letting your cat live in the house, there are other measures you can take to ensure they don't shred your furniture like getting them a scratching post covered in abrasive material instead of soft material that resembles carpet or upholstery.

Most of the time we notice cats purring when they are content or soaking up your attention, but this is not the only time cats purr. Cats will oftentimes purr amongst themselves, or when they are alone. However, cats also purr when they are under duress, but no one is quite sure why. Some people believe that the rhythm of the purr helps cats to calm themselves down.

There are also several ideas on how a cat actually purrs. Some people believe that the purring sound is produced by vibrating its false vocal cords when inhaling. However, the most prevalent idea is that the purr is caused by impulses to its larynx.

How you care for your cat has a big impact on your cat's lifespan, but generally an indoor cat will easily outlive most outdoor cats because outdoor cats are exposed to many risks that indoor cats never come in contact with. An indoor cat, if properly cared for, can live between 10-15 years old, although there is a record of a cat having reached 36 years old. Outdoor cats have much shorter life spans because of car accidents, fights with other cats or dogs, diseases, and predators. Another contributing factor is that many outdoor cats, especially feral cats, aren't spayed or neutered, which makes them more wild, aggressive, and willing to travel distances to find other cats to mate with, which can put them in harm's way. In the world of wild cats, the Jaguar has the known longest life span and can live to be 30 years old in the wild.

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Today's Tip On Cats

Cat rescue operations don't always cater to the small, domestic cat breeds that we usually keep as pets. Many people decide to purchase a big cat, such as a tiger or another exotic type of breed, and bring the cat home. This type of purchase is illegal to start with and big cats are usually only found through black market venues. What makes the situation worse is that the cute, cuddly and interesting cub the individual brought home soon becomes a large feline that can be very dangerous.