The things one can learn from books!

I just got into a book I received some time ago: "101 Questions Your
Cat Would Ask Its Vet (If Your Cat Could Talk)". It's by a British vet
- Bruce Fogle - and contains a number of cat facts I'd never
encountered, even though I've been owned by cats for most of my adult
life, and have read quite a few books about them.

I had read that cats have a double uterus (which supposedly accounted
for the fact they can have litters fathered by more than one tom). But
I didn't know that, unlike all other mammals, a female domestic cat does
not ovulate until AFTER she has mated! Being "in heat" for a female
cat is not the same as for a female dog (which is why there's no vaginal
discharge, only behavioral clues to her condition). Usually it takes
several matings before she is fully fertile, so if she is running free,
and has "accomodated" several toms (and has all that mingling of sperm
swimming about looking for an egg), who can tell which is the father of
how many of her kittens? (I suppose DNA testing might provide an answer
- assuming all the possible fathers were available - but I doubt whether
anyone would want to go to that kind of trouble and expense!)

It's a delightful (and informative) book, written with humour by someone
who REALLY understands cats - I highly recommend it.

Some people said things, and then:-
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) added

I just got into a book I received some time ago: "101 Questions Your Cat Would
Ask Its Vet (If Your Cat Could Talk)". It's by a British vet - Bruce Fogle -
and contains a number of cat facts I'd never encountered, even though I've been
owned by cats for most of my adult life, and have read quite a few books about
them.

It sounds fascinating. I shall wander over to Amazon later.


--
Richard, whose Squeaky Chair can be seen at http://www.squeaky.demon.co.uk

"I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth."
-Steve McQueen

Some people said things, and then:-
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) added

I just got into a book I received some time ago: "101 Questions Your Cat Would
Ask Its Vet (If Your Cat Could Talk)". It's by a British vet - Bruce Fogle -
and contains a number of cat facts I'd never encountered, even though I've been
owned by cats for most of my adult life, and have read quite a few books about
them.

It sounds fascinating. I shall wander over to Amazon later.


--
Richard, whose Squeaky Chair can be seen at http://www.squeaky.demon.co.uk

"I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth."
-Steve McQueen

Some people said things, and then:-
Richard added

Some people said things, and then:-
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) added

I just got into a book I received some time ago: "101 Questions Your Cat Would
Ask Its Vet (If Your Cat Could Talk)". It's by a British vet - Bruce Fogle -
and contains a number of cat facts I'd never encountered, even though I've been
owned by cats for most of my adult life, and have read quite a few books about
them.

It sounds fascinating. I shall wander over to Amazon later.

To follow up my own post - GOT IT!! ;-)

He's written a huge number of books. If I like this one I'll take a
look at others. Not the ones about d*gs, or rabbits, just cats.

For those of you States side, if it doesn't show up in Amazon.com, there
are copies available from the UK site http://amazon.co.uk though,
obviously, postage is going to cost you more.


--
Richard, whose Squeaky Chair can be seen at http://www.squeaky.demon.co.uk

You can't tell how deep a puddle is until you step into it.

Some people said things, and then:-
Richard added

Some people said things, and then:-
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) added

I just got into a book I received some time ago: "101 Questions Your Cat Would
Ask Its Vet (If Your Cat Could Talk)". It's by a British vet - Bruce Fogle -
and contains a number of cat facts I'd never encountered, even though I've been
owned by cats for most of my adult life, and have read quite a few books about
them.

It sounds fascinating. I shall wander over to Amazon later.

To follow up my own post - GOT IT!! ;-)

He's written a huge number of books. If I like this one I'll take a
look at others. Not the ones about d*gs, or rabbits, just cats.

For those of you States side, if it doesn't show up in Amazon.com, there
are copies available from the UK site http://amazon.co.uk though,
obviously, postage is going to cost you more.


--
Richard, whose Squeaky Chair can be seen at http://www.squeaky.demon.co.uk

You can't tell how deep a puddle is until you step into it.

On Sat, 10 July, EvelynVogtGamble wrote:

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But
I didn't know that, unlike all other mammals, a female domestic cat does
not ovulate until AFTER she has mated!
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Not only that, but for those interested in the sex life of cats, it's
apparently not very enjoyable for the female, though she is driven to
pre-mating behavior by instinct. The organ of the male cat has sharp
spurs or hooks on it which stimulate the ovulation. Kinky!

Regards and Purrs,
O J

On Sat, 10 July, EvelynVogtGamble wrote:

---------------------snip----------------------
But
I didn't know that, unlike all other mammals, a female domestic cat does
not ovulate until AFTER she has mated!
---------------------snip----------------------

Not only that, but for those interested in the sex life of cats, it's
apparently not very enjoyable for the female, though she is driven to
pre-mating behavior by instinct. The organ of the male cat has sharp
spurs or hooks on it which stimulate the ovulation. Kinky!

Regards and Purrs,
O J