Cats How To - Cat Trivia

Cat Trivia: Friends, believe it or not but they say it's true:

Stroking a cat can help to relieve stress.

Owning a cat can decrease the occurrence of high blood pressure.

It has been proven that people who own pets live longer and have fewer heart attacks.

Neutering a cat extends her life span by 2 or 3 years.

A group of kittens is called a kindle. A group of cats is called a clowder.

(So "kindle" is not only Amazon's wireless reading device).

Ask your grandma. She probably still remembers that male cats used to be called "rams" and "boars"

until 1760. It's the year when an anonymous author wrote a book "The Life & Adventures of a Cat".

The central character of the book was a male called Tom the Cat. The book became very popular and
the name "tom cat" replaced the other words.

The first cats came into existence about 12 million years ago.

In 900 BC Phoenician cargo ships brought the first domesticated cats to Europe. But some historians

doubt that. (You'd better ask your cat).

The ancient Egyptians were the first nation to tame cats. (4000 or 3000 BC).

In ancient Egypt the penalty for killing a cat was death. (It's not a joke).

The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat. It still exists in Africa. So you and your kitty

can take a tour to its grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-grand-"billion times"-grandma.

There are more than 100 breeds of cat.

Female felines are "superfecund". Each of the kittens in her litter can have a different father. (Oh, no!)

Cats can be left-pawed or right-pawed. And more of them are left handed. (Why? Why? Why?)

Usually a cat has her body temperature between 38.6 and 39 degrees Celcius. (About 101.5 or 102 degrees F).

Cats eat grass to aid their digestion. The grass also helps them get rid of any fur in their stomachs.

I do not know if you like this name - "Mini Mee". But the fact is that cats respond most readily to

names that end in an "ee" sound. (So Mini Me sounds perfect! At least for him).

Cats have 30 teeth, dogs have 42. And all kittens have "baby teeth." Later (around 6 or 7 months of age)

they are replaced with their adult teeth.

Scientists say that a cat's brain is more similar to a man's brain than that of a dog. (Wise cats and,

alas, poor, poor men. What kind of brains they have... BTW, what about women's brain?)

They say that cat bites are more likely to become infected than dog bites. (Aha! Can we explain it

somehow by similarity to a man's brain?)

It's hard to believe, friends, but the same scientists say that cat's tail is used to maintain balance.

(If we one hundred-per-cent believe the scientists, should we assume that our cats do not fall only
because they have tails?)

The cat is the only domestic animal not mentioned in the Holy Bible.

I am sure, you know this: If your cat likes to rolls over on her back to expose her belly, it means she

feels safe and happy with you.

Sorry, dog lovers, but cats have better memories than dogs. (And so have men, right?.. Right, right...

My husband nods. It's all that similarity).

Some more about similarity: Cat's sense of taste is keener than a dog's sense of taste.

And be sure: Cats see much better in the dark than dogs and 6 times better than humans.

In relation to their body size, cats have the largest eyes of any mammal. (That's why they are so cute!)

The female cat reaches sexual maturity at around 6 to 10 months. The male cat - between 9 and 12 months.

A female cat will be pregnant for approximately 9 weeks or between 62 and 65 days from conception to delivery.

Usually, the average litter of kittens is between 2 to 6 kittens.

You never guess but... Cats bury their feces to cover their trails from predators. (I used to think they were polite).

An ailurophile is a person who loves cats. The word "ailuro" is from the ancient Greek word for "cat."

Ailurophobia is the fear of cats. Julius Caesar, Henry II, Charles XI, and Napoleon were ailurophobes.

All cats need taurine (a sulfur-containing amino acid important in the metabolism of fats) in their diet to

avoid blindness. Also all cats must have fat in their diet because they are unable to produce it on their own.

The Pilgrims were the first to introduce cats to North America.

In households in the UK and USA, there are more cats kept as pets than dogs.

When a cats rubs up against you, she is claiming ownership, marking you with her scent. (Looks like any

cat owner belongs to his or her cat, not otherwise. At least we do not mark our cats with our scent).

Usually, cats can jump 5 and even 7 times their height.

Alas, milk can give some cats diarrhea.

Does your cat like cat food? No wonder. The average dry or canned cat meal is the nutritional equivalent

of eating five mice.

Have a look at the tail of your cat and always remember: A cat's tail held high means happiness.

A twitching tail is a warning sign. A tail tucked in close to the body is a sure sign of insecurity. (Don't mix it up).

Is your cat fat? No? (And you?) BTW, the heaviest (and maybe the fattest) cat ever recorded weighed

46 lbs. (It's almost 21 kg!)

They believe a cat uses its whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through. The whiskers

help the animal judge the precise width of any passage.

On average, a cat sleeps for 16 hours a day. (How true!)

Hey, dog lovers! Do you know that cats live longer than most dogs. An average lifespan might be

12 to 16 years or even much longer. They say the oldest known female cat was Ma from Devon,
who was 34 when she died. (Ok, ok, dog lovers, don't be cross with me. I also like dogs!)

A cat spends nearly 30% of its life grooming itself.

Let's check it out: Your adult cat must have 30 teeth, 16 on the top and 14 on the bottom.

Another highly important thing to verify: There are approximately 60,000 hairs per square inch

on the back of a cat and about 120,000 per square inch on its underside. (Hope, you have time
to check it out).

Friends, if you have a cat, please keep in mind: Cats and kittens should be acquired in pairs

whenever possible as cat families interact best in pairs.

Who cares but... the first official cat show in the UK was organised in 1871; in America - in 1895.

Please, please, please! Never pick a kitten up by the neck. Only a mother cat may do this safely.

Never give your cat aspirin unless specifically prescribed by your veterinarian. It can be fatal.

(For your cat, of course, not for the veterinarian).

Never give human painkillers (Tylenol, etc) to your cat. And keep anti-freeze away from all

animals - it's poison.

Don't feed your cat chocolate. It is also poisonous to cats. (Lucky you, you are not a cat!)

Maybe you like citrus plants but lemon and orange rinds are toxic to cats. A rubbing of lemon

peel on furniture will discourage your cat from using it as a scratching post.

Does your cat like fish? Please don't feed your cat tuna too often. It lacks taurine, a nutrient

required for good feline health.

Some business information: Cat owners in the United States spend over $2 billion on cat food.

It's more than on baby food. (Oh, those hungry, hungry babies...).

Average year, rich and poor Americans spend more than $5.4 billion on their pets.

Last but not least, please always remember: A polecat is not a cat and not a polar cat.

It is a kind of weasel.

Tell the cat trivia to a friend!

My top 12:

1 Dogs have owners, cats have staff.

2 Cats are like potato chips. You can never have just one.

3 Dogs come when they're called, cats take a message and get back to you later. - Mary Bly

4 Some people have cats and go on to lead normal lives.

5 Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. - Jeff Valdez

6 Anything on the ground is a cat toy. Anything not there yet, will be.

7 People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life. - Faith Resnick

8 Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. - Joseph Wood Krutch

9 African saying: If stretching were wealth, the cat would be rich.

10 As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat. - Ellen Perry Berkeley

11 Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.

12 Buy a dog a toy, and he'll play with it forever. Buy a cat a present, and it will play with the wrapper for 10 minutes.

The last quote is not in the top 10. But it has a point: Every dog has his day - but the nights are reserved for the cats.

Tell the quotes to a friend!

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- A cat dies and goes to Heaven. God meets him at the gate and says, 'You've been a good cat all of these years. Anything you desire is yours, al you have to do is ask.'

The cats says, 'Well, I lived all my life with a poor family on a farm and had to sleep on hardwood floors.' God says, 'Say no more.' And instantly, a fluffy pillow appears.

A few days later, 6 mice are killed in a tragic accident and they go to Heaven. God meets them at the gate with the same offer that He made the cat.

The mice said, 'All our lives we've had to run. We've been chased by cats, dogs and even women with brooms. If we could only have a pair of roller skates, we wouldn't have to run anymore.'

God says, 'Say no more.' And instantly, each mouse is fitted with a beautiful pair of tiny roller skates.

About a week later, God decides to check and see how the cat is doing. The cat is sound asleep on his new pillow.

God gently wakes him and asks, 'How are you doing? Are you happy here?'

The cat yawns and stretches and says, 'Oh, I've never been happier in my life. And those Meals on Wheels you've been sending over are the best'.

Tell the joke to a friend!

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