cats

I've never believed in ghosts, spirits of the dead or other such things-that-go-bump-in-the-night woo, but our new cat has given me cause to wonder. In April of last year, we adopted an 18-year-old cat called Millie. She loves the house, and has made it her own, with the exception of one room...

Big cat caught on film in Otways, fueling belief that panthers roam our wild places tl;dr It's a cat. At best, it's an unusually large black feral cat. But people will still claim that it's a panther. Something about hoofbeats and zebras comes to mind.

Interesting looking critter... Had not heard of it before. https://www.livescience.com/65744-cat-fox-new-species.html

China has its first cases of Angiostrongylus cantonensis being transmitted through the consumption of live centipedes. It's on CNN, so (as obvious with the headline) is looking for the "OMG! Eeew!" audience, but the article is interesting from a scientific point of view. I'm personally...

I knew already that my flat was not well isolated and not a good place at high temperature for cats, but it never went above 32-34 celsius for extended period of time. But now I am reaching 40+ and this is dangerous for all involved particularly cats. I am planning to move as quick as I can find...

My son is thinking of adopting a kitten that had a baby gate fall on it, injuring its back. Its walking again and able to climb in and out of its litter box. The adoption agency said it has been getting cold laser therapy for the injury. My brief research seems to imply its bunk. But my son...

First, a little history that has prompted me to post this thread. My wife and I live on a busy road in the city, but with a bit of forest behind us. A stray cat had been hanging out in our back yard, most likely because we feed birds. Eventually, on a very cold day, it literally begged us to...

http://omginformation.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/indiana-state-prison-lets-murderers.html Not in this article, but apparently in another one about this program, is the fact that the cats would otherwise have been euthanised if they were not looked after by prisoners. As the program appears to be...

More at: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/how-your-cat-is-making-you-crazy/8873/2/ Quite scary if true. :scared:

Saw this on the front page of the NYT this morning, I found it incredibly interesting :p http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/science/12cats.html?ref=science SCIENCE! :D

I've heard that once a purebred dog or cat has a litter fathered by a mutt (or the feline equivalent) they are ruined for breeding purposes. The dog or cat is said to retain genetic material from the previous mating that is passed on. This doesn't happen to other mammals so why would it be true...

I was going to start a thread on this subject on Saturday when my interest was purely academic, but I didn't. Now I have a more invested interest. A couple of weeks ago when I was doing my volunteer job cleaning cages at an adoption center, there was a note that one of the kittens was supposed...

Our 5yr old cat has vomited up what I assume is a toxocara worm. She has been quite well, though hungrier than usual. It's a while since her last worming (6m -1yr). We will get her dewormed pronto, but I have a question for you vet types: What is the risk of toxocariasis in our kids (youngest...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8303126.stm The cat, George, was also registered as an NLP practitioner. Leon

A big cat has been photgraphed in Scotland. The railway line is about 4 and a half feet wide which by my rekoning makes the cat about 3 foot not including tail. That's a fairly hefty moggie for sure but I'd have thought it was still within the range of domestic cat...

This would have been a great humourous story if it weren't for the last couple of paragraphs. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24961392-13762,00.html This is a respected news site. Why do they have to include that kind of rubbish? It reminds me of a very interesting show I watched on...

I came across this article at a woo forum: http://inexplicata.blogspot.com/2009/01/source-ovnivenezuela-date-01.html It sounds like a hoax to me. They seemed careful to say that they hadn't had anything to drink before seeing it, and adding the bit about two atheists suddenly becoming...