Years ..........................Years
1...........................................15
2...........................................25
4...........................................40
7...........................................50
10.........................................60
15.........................................75
20.......................................105
Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day. When cats are asleep, they are still alert to incoming stimuli. If you poke the tail of a sleeping cat, it will respond accordingly.
In some countries, black cats are thought to bring good luck.
Like birds, cats have a homing ability that uses its biological clock, the angle of the sun, and the Earth's magnetic field. A cat taken far from its home can return to it.
The chlorine in fresh tap water irritates sensitive parts of the cat's nose. Let tap water sit for 24 hours before giving it to a cat.
The average cat food meal is the equivalent to about five mice.
A large majority of white cats with blue eyes are deaf. White cats with only one blue eye are deaf only in the ear closest to the blue eye. White cats with orange eyes do not have this disability.
Neutering a cat extends its life span by two or three years.
Ten human years translate to about 60 cat years. A one year old cat is similar in age to an 18 year old human.
Cats bury their feces to cover their trails from predators.
Besides smelling with their nose, cats can smell with an additional organ called the Jacobson's organ, located in the upper surface of the mouth.
Most cats sleep from 16 to 18 hours a day.
Cats were first domesticated in Egypt.
Most cats have 2 coats: A top coat of long strong "guard" hairs that give the cat its coat colour and pattern, and a shorter coat of soft hairs for insulation.
Cats prefer small, fresh, frequent meals to big ones a couple times per day.
A cats tail swished violently from side to side signals an attack is coming.
Ideally, cats prefer their food served at C (86F) & not straight from the fridge.
A cat has four rows of whiskers on each side.
A cat can jump five times as high as it is tall.
Cats must have fat in their diet because they can't produce it on their own.
Some common houseplants poisonous to cats include: Ivy, iris, mistletoe, philodendron, and yew.
A cat's skeleton is made up of about 250 bones. The longer a cat's tail is, the more bones it will have.
Cats normally have five toes on each front paw and only four on each paw in the back. The "extra" toe in the front acts like a thumb and aids the cat in getting a hold on its prey.
Cats feet are different then our feet. Cats always walk on their tippy-toes and humans can't walk on tippy-toe.
