A Guide to Understanding Your Cat’s Paws Cat lovers may have noticed the small, bean-shaped pads on the bottom of their feline’s paws. Cat parents, including us, often observe our kitty’s paws and think over and over how cute they are. It doesn’t matter how often we see our cat’s paws, we just stay focused on the cuteness and it…
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Why Do Cats Have Whiskers?
Why Do Cats Have Whiskers? When Annie, Eddie or Bob lose a whisker, we place it in a special box. We don’t know exactly why we began doing this but it just seemed we could not bring ourselves to toss them into the trash. Each one feels special to us so we thought we would learn more about just how…
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Are Black Cats Good Luck?
Are Black Cats Good Luck: Debunking Common Myths Are black cats good luck? We think Bob, our black cat, is good luck! We consider ourselves quite fortunate that he chose to walk up to our front door and wait patiently for me to get the mail. When I opened the door and saw his cute little face I said, “well…
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Is the Dark Spot in my Cat’s Eye Iris Melanosis?
Bob’s Right Eye Has a Dark Spot When Bob adopted us, we noticed right away that he had a dark spot with a bit of a cloudy look in his right eye. I wondered what is that dark spot in my cat’s eye? Our neighbor, who looked out for Bob when he was living in the wild, told us that…
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Cats in the White House
cats in the white house President Lincoln might be the first President with cats in the White House with as family pets. Lincoln was given an unexpected gift of two kittens from William Seward, then Secretary of State. The President pampered his cats, Tabby and Dixie. It is told that he once fed Tabby from the table during a formal…
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