MESSYBEAST CATS

MESSYBEAST CATS

Sick cat or kitten?I DO NOT give veterinary advice. Sick cats and kittens need to see a vet for proper diagnosis and treatment.

What breed is your cat? 90% of cats are random-bred. Without pedigree papers, a cat is considered random-bred regardless of looks.

SITE OVERHAUL IN PROGRESS!

BEHAVIOUR & MEDICAL

BEHAVIOUR

Are Dogs More Faithful Than Cats?
Cats and Babies Can Coexist!
Cat Chat: Vocal Communication
Cat Communication: Body Language
Cat Sex: A Quick Guide to Cat Sexual Misconduct
Do Cats Dream?
Do Cats Have Emotions?
Do Cats Have Intelligence?
Effects of Quarantine on Cats - Case Studies
Felines Fostering Other Animals
Feline Retrievers
First Impressions - Introducing a New Cat
Food Burying and Toy Dunking
House Soiling Problems
Nervous and Aggressive Cats (Non-Ferals)
Night-Time Calling (Age/Insecurity Related)
Pica: Eating the Inedible
The (Un)sociable Cat?

NEUTERING

Early Age Neutering - Resistance in the 1990s
Early Age Neutering- Increasing Acceptance in the 21st Century

MEDICAL

Blood Group Incompatibility In Cats
Feline Perception of Pain
Help, I'm Allergic to the Cat!
Lyme Disease In Cats
Medicating Your Cat - Tips and Tricks for Tablets
Radial Hypoplasia (RH) & Femoral Hypoplasia (FH)
Tea Tree Oil - Toxic to Cats!
Twisted Limbs in Kittens (Cause and Treatment)
Zoonoses - Diseases Spread from Cat to Man

RESCUE & FERAL CONTROL
PEOPLE ISSUES Anti-Neutering Lobby Anti-Neutering linked to Castration Anxiety? Cat Collectors (Cat Hoarders) Cat Population Control Vs Discovering New Breeds Cats or Bloodsports - Which is More Cruel? "Designer Breeds" Myths Moggy (Mutt Cat) Breeders - No Friend to Cats	SO YOU WANT TO START A CAT SHELTER? A British Shelter in the 1990s Casebook (Some photos may cause distress) Cat Work & Feral Control in Ethnic Communities Fundraising Ideas Kenya Society for the Protection & Care of Animals Pedigree Shelter Cats and Pedigree Lookalikes Gallery So You Want to Start a Cat Rescue Shelter? Tales from the World of Cat Rescue
MISSING CATS The Cat Fur Trade Cat Theft for Classroom Dissection Studies Missing Cats and Stolen Cats	FERAL CATS American Feral Cat Problem (1990s) Australian Cat Dilemma (Summary) Australian Cat Predicament (In Depth) British Feral Cat Control Do Pet Cats Contribute to the Feral Cat Problems? Feral Cats - Extermination is not the Answer Myth of Giant Feral Cats Homing Feral & Other Outdoor Cats (Guidelines) Stray Cats Are Not Just Somebody Else's Problem Taming Feral Kittens and Cats TED Case Study: Australian Feral Cat Dilemma Wildlife Enemy #1 or Convenient Scapegoats?

BREEDING & GENETICS
BASICS Barrington Brown (Recessive Brown) A Plain English Guide to Colours and Patterns A Plain English Guide to Conformation Basic Colours of Self (Solid) Cats Beautiful Bicolours - Tuxedo and Magpie Cats Colourpointed and Masked Cats Eye Colours in Cats Indefinable Colours Satin, Glitter and Grizzle in Cats Silver and Gold - Smoke, Shaded And Tipped Cats Striped, Spotted and Ticked Cats Tortoiseshell and Tricolour Cats White Cats, Eye Colours & Deafness	GENETICS Basic Inheritance and Cell Division Genetic Anomalies of Cats Genetics Jargon File - Plain English Meanings Gene Loci, Alleles & Phenotypes (Colour & Type) Gene Symbols for Feline Mutations Influence of the Father on Kittens' Temperaments Is Coat Colour Linked to Temperament? New Mutations - What Next? Pros and Cons of Cloning Pros and Cons of Inbreeding Pros & Cons of Mutation & Why Mutation Can't Be Eliminated
BREEDING PRACTICES & ETHICS Cat Registries (A Broad Definition) Cat World Designer Cat ("Anti-Munchkin") Debate Cosmetic Enhancement "Designer Breeds" Myths Ethics of Breeding for Deformity: Extreme Brachycephaly Ethics of Breeding for Deformity: Twisty Cats Future Cat Breeds? Shady Story of the Singapura Tangled Tale of the True Turkish Angora Ultra-Typing and Extreme Mutations Validity of New and Minority Breeds	CONFORMATION & FUR TYPE Curled, Curved and Folded Ear Cats Curly Tailed Cats (Gallery) Dwarf, Midget and Miniature Cats (General Information) Dwarf, Midget and Miniature Randombred Cats Dwarf, Midget and Miniature Purebred Cats Longhaired Cats Polydactyl (Hemingway) Cats Rex1: Hairless & Sparse-Coated Cats Rex2: Rex and & Curly-Coated Cats Rex3: Wirehair & Broken-Coated Cats Short-legged Cats Tailless, Bobtail and Curly Tailed Cats Mosaicism, Tortie Tomcats, Genetically Impossible Kittens and Gender Anomalies

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