European Shorthair

American Shorthair is the “generic cat” of the United States, the European Shorthair is what most Europeans think of as the typical househo...

It’s called “queening”

female cat—technically, a queen cat—is quite capable of giving birth all by herself, as is true of most animals. Normally she seeks out a ...

Munchkin

general idea, but not the whole story, of this cat: short, but not a real dwarf, for the only thing dwarf about the Munchkin is the leg bon...

American Bobtail

Japanese Bobtail has been around for ages, the American Bobtail is a fairly new breed. The parent cat for the breed was a mutation, a bobta...

Dual pregnancy?

Yes, really: a female cat can carry more than one litter. It doesn’t happen in humans, but it sure happens in cats. Here’s the sequence: in ...

Bengal

Breeds of spotted cats have become popular in recent years, among them the Bengal, which originated from crossbreeding in the 1980s. Suppose...

Abortion

female pet is pregnant, and the morning-after drug ECP can only be used within the first forty hours after mating. A veterinarian can injec...