With their strong senses of smell and hearing, it’s often difficult to tell if a cat (or a dog) is blind. Cats adapt fairly easily to being blind since they don’t realize they are handicapped. Here are some tips on caring for a blind cat. First and very important, a blind cat should remain indoors […]
A dog’s whiskers are somewhat different from those of a cat. To begin with their real name is Vibrissae from the Latin work “vibrio” meaning to vibrate. Dog whiskers are two times as thick as their hair and coarser as well, not soft like a cat’s whiskers. They are found on both sides of the […]
A cat’s whiskers are not just pretty adornments. The serve useful functions that cats cannot do without. Cats have whiskers on several areas of their bodies. They are located on the sides of the nose, approximately 12 on each side in 4 horizontal rows. There are shorter whiskers above the eyebrows, on the chin and […]
