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The entire ship’s crew stands to attention while Sir Winston ignores them and pats the ship’s cat! . I love cats, I have said it before and I guess I will say it again a few times before I make my last post on VetBlog, so today lets cover famous cats and their famous owners. When I lived in England my house was about one hours drive from Chartwell which was the country residence of the … Read entire article »

Gentle, elegant and beautiful Bast. . The History Of Cats Part Two – Cats As Gods And Objects Of Worship. . Cats as Gods and objects of worship are most closely associated with ancient Egypt than any other culture I can find out about, the ancient Egyptians had several cat Gods and Goddesses. Larger cats were also involved, for example lions were said to guard the great God Ra during his nightly journey through the underworld so in general … Read entire article »

. The elusive Scottish Wild Cat . Anyone that knows me knows that I love cats, they are my favourite pet and my two Philippines street cats, Peter and Avatar are sleeping quietly near my desk as I am writing this, but cats were not always a part of us humans life’s were they? It is probable that it has been less that 10,000 years since cats started to appear as our companions and became closely associated … Read entire article »

Why Does My Cat Purr, Why Do Cats Purr? Purring In The Cat. . When I am sitting relaxing in my favourite chair on my veranda of an evening listening to the noises of the tropical night and having my evening drink before I go to bed very often my own cat Don Pedro will climb on to my lap. After he kneads for a moment or so he will settle down and start to purr loudly, … Read entire article »