“Vetting in”

All the people connected to cat shows are, of course, fanatical about the health of the cats, given that so many cats in close quarters coul...

The kitten scruff posture

A kitten has its own instinctive response to “scruffing”: while being carried by its scruff, it stops wriggling and tucks its legs close to ...

No outcasts here!

There was a time when cat show competitions were for purebred cats only, and the many happy owners of mixed-breed cats could not enter their...

The show season

winter , and this is also true for cat shows, which mostly take place between September and February. There are several reasons for this s...

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...