![]() Whiskers also cause the blink reflexes to protect the eyes from damage, much like a human's eyelashes do.Ĭats walk very precisely. The whiskers sense air currents and objects that they touch. These whiskers tell the cat how the passageways they travel are and the location of objects in the dark. To aid with traveling and feeling, cats have dozens of movable whiskers (vibrissae) over their body, especially on their faces. Wild cats, no matter their size, are not tame and can be very dangerous.Ĭats' whiskers are highly sensitive to touch. There are small, wild cats in most parts of the world, such as the lynx in northern Europe and the bobcat in North America. ![]() The big, wild cats are well known: lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, pumas, and cheetahs. Felines are usually called either big cats or small cats. The word cat is also used for other felines. An entire female cat (able to have kittens) is a queen, and an entire male cat (able to father kittens) is a tom. Cats are sometimes called kitty or pussycat. Cats that are not specific breeds can be referred to as 'domestic shorthair' (DSH) or 'domestic longhair' (DLH).Ī young cat is called a kitten. Domestic cats are found in shorthair, longhair, and hairless breeds. They are kept by humans for hunting rodents and for companionship. Cats are one of the most popular pets in the world. Feral cats are domestic cats that live away from humans. Domesticated cats who live on farms to keep rodents away are called farm cats. Cats have been domesticated (tamed) for nearly 10,000 years. Domestic cats are often called house cats when they are kept as indoor pets. He goes right up to people.Cats, also called domestic cats ( Felis catus), are small, carnivorous (meat-eating) mammals, of the family Felidae. "Everyone has been taken with him," said operations manager Nancy Haynes, who's been sharing her office with the cat who draws a steady stream of gawkers. ![]() He needs to lose at least half of his body weight. A full blood workup and a strict, vet-supervised diet are the first orders of business for a new owner. A vet declared him "generally healthy" after a brief checkup. He's the Shaquille O'Neal of cats," Shear said.Īll joking aside, this morbidly obese feline faces potentially costly veterinarian bills to treat possible diabetes complications, joint problems, a heart condition and other issues from being severely overweight. He's been napping mostly in a dog bed placed on the floor of the office. He twice busted out of a metal pen so that he could jump up and sleep on a swivel desk chair. He wouldn't fit in any of the standard cat kennels at the shelter, so he's staying in a manager's office. "The challenge will be to place him with someone who isn't just adopting him as a novelty. "I don't think this guy is going to have any trouble finding a home," Shear said. Dozens of people have inquired about adopting the cat, which was featured in stories in the local media and on, a People magazine website spin-off. Since its owner has not come forward to claim the cat and the shelter's mandatory five-day waiting period has passed, he will be available for adoption when the shelter opens at 10 a.m. As he hoisted the cat his staff members dubbed " Fat Joe," its Buddha-like torso puddled up in a wavy mound that obscured Shear's chest.īeing so fat also makes it difficult for the cat to groom those hard-to-reach places, leaving it with a smelly belly. Someone made a mistake previously," said Brad Shear, executive director of the Mohawk & Hudson River Humane Society. One other fact about the infamous cat has come to light after an accurate weigh-in and thorough examination.Īpparently, the folds of fat that encompass its protuberant white belly - which sways and jiggles when the big fella does his side-to-side waddle - made a quick, casual gender identification a crapshoot. This stray brown tabby is by far the heaviest cat anyone can remember being brought to the Mohawk & Hudson River Humane Society, which was founded in 1887 and takes in more than 4,000 stray cats annually. That's just 10 pounds shy of the Guinness Book of World Records' 46-pound neutered tabby named Himmey, who died of heart failure in Australia. It turns out that the flabby tabby, whose vast girth made it a minor media sensation after being found as a stray in Watervliet on Friday, actually weighs 36 pounds rather than the 30 pounds previously estimated.
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