Are you a new reader of About Cats? If so, you might like to know what other cat lovers are reading on this site. Here is a list of the most popular articles and special features on the site in October.
The question of "Does a cat purr when he is alone?" is on the order of "If a tree falls in the woods, and there's no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?" Truthfully, I don't know if cats purr when they are alone. It seems likely that they do, if one understands a little about why cats purr, and how, and when.
Some cat lovers' idea of great content is photos of cats, cute kitten pictures, kitty photo albums, or galleries of cats. These pages are an eyefeast of exactly that: Just one kitty picture after another.
What's in a name? Everything, if you're picking out cat names. Here are resources for everything you'll ever need to know about cat names, including thousands of suggested cat names and their meanings.
A-Z listing of everything on the About Cats Site.
A-Z listing of cat breeds with snapshot descriptions, history, standards, photos, and more.
Everything you need to know about raising a kitten, including a free email class that will take you through step-by-step from preparing your home to the right and wrong ways of playing with him or her.
If you're like many cat lovers, you want to know everything there is to learn about cats. Here's a chance to test your knowledge about cat breeds and colors, while viewing some pretty sumptious cat photos. There are an even dozen questions in this quiz.
A proper diet, regular veterinary exams and vaccinations, and careful observation of your cat for warning signs can help eliminate or lessen the long-term impact of many feline diseases and conditions, and enable your cat to have a long, happy life.
Let's face it: cats are very sexy creatures, not only in their romantic habits, but in their sleek and supple physiques, their aura of mystery and intrigue, and their tradition of lying around in provocative postures. Gazing at a cat lying in un-selfconscious array apparently is a very sensual experience for some people. Hence, the birth of "kitty porn" as we know it.
Behavioral problems in cats, such as missing the litterbox, excessive meowing, or destructive scratching can be corrected by first eliminating physical causes, then instituting a program of informed retraining, with the help of these resources.
