Fun FAQs - Did you know?
A female cat can become pregnant as early as 4 months old
One female cat who has not been spayed can produce 100 cats in 7 years (this is surviving cats, and takes into account kitten mortality and loss of life)
A brother and sister from the same litter can create their own litters by the age of five months. It is not a good idea to allow this to happen (same for mom and male kitten)
Cats have 5 toes on their front paws and 4 on their back, except for polydactyl cats who have extra toes on front and/or on the back paws.
A domestic house cat can sprint at 30 miles per hour
Cats typically sleep 16 hours a day, so a 7 year old cat has spent only 2 years of it's life awake!
The domestic cat is the only feline species that carries it's tail vertical while walking
Neutered male cats tend to be more loving and cuddly than spayed female cats
The average life span of an indoor cat is 12-15 years. The average lifespan of an outdoor cat is less than 4 years
Cats can jump as much as 7 times it's height
Dogs have about 10 vocalizations, cats have over 100
Cats see better at night than dogs and humans because they have more rods than cones in their eyes. Rods are used for seeing in the dark and cones are used for color vision.
That "deer in headlights" look applies to dogs at cats too. They have a light sensing membrane in their eye called the tapetum which glows when light hits it
Cats have more sensitive hearing than dogs and humans
Dogs have more sensitive smell than cats, about 4 times more scent cells than cats and 14 time more than humans, hence why cats aren't used for bomb and drug sniffing!
