By the scruff of the neck

We’ve all seen it, and yes, it is adorable: a mother cat transporting a kitten by carrying it by the scruff of the neck. A cat’s skin is fai...

The cleanliness obsession at cat shows

disease . This concern is felt by everyone associated with cat shows, which is why the judges and other folks associated with them are as...

Nursing territorialism

mother and from then on the order becomes fixed. Whether some nipples give more (or better) milk is not known, nor is it known how the orde...

No performance at cat shows

You may have attended dog shows or horse shows, and if you have, you know right away that cat shows are different, for the cats are not expe...

Not “a guy thing”

Yes, there are lots of men who love cats (the author is one), but the old stereotypes and prejudices—dogs are the proper pets for “real men,...

Baby-wipes

behavior with almost all other carnivorous animals. (Humans don’t do this, thankfully.) Cats are, of course, absolutely obsessive about c...

Why so many?

Christian denominations instead of just one. Simply put: members can’t agree on everything. The different cat associations mostly disagre...