Noekula Kittens...


Santa Fe Cat


Legend has it that a beautiful and wealthy princess once owned a pair of Siamese that were wholly devoted to her. She trusted these cats so much that she would string her jeweled rings on their tails and "tie" a knot in the end of the tail to keep them in place while she would bathe or sleep. In an effort to please their owner, these cats produced offspring with a "kink" in their tails to help hold their most beloved master's jewels in place.


"Noekula Kittens.


"All About Cats"

What to feed your cat

Diet is the brick and mortar of health. This web page lays out some often-ignored principles of feline nutrition and explains why cats have a better chance at optimal health if they are fed a quality canned food diet instead of dry kibble. Putting a little thought into what you feed your cat(s) can pay big dividends over their lifetime and very possibly help them avoid serious, painful and costly illnesses. An increasing number of American Veterinary Medical Association members, including board-certified veterinary internists, are now strongly recommending the feeding of canned food instead of dry kibble.

The three key negative issues associated with dry food are:

1) type of protein - too high in plant-based versus animal-based proteins

2) carbohydrate load is too high

3) water content is too low

Can you see 6 kittens?

A litter of kittens usually consists of two to five kittens. They are born after a gestation that lasts between 64-67 days, with an average length of 66 days. Kittens emerge in a sac called the amnion which is bitten off and eaten by the mother cat. For the first several weeks, kittens are unable to urinate or defecate without being stimulated by their mother. They are also unable to regulate their body temperature for the first three weeks, so kittens born in temperatures less than 27 °C (80 °F) can die from exposure if they are not kept warm by their mother.

Another cute kitten picture.

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer. Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)

It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it? Eleanor H. Porter (1868 - 1920), Pollyanna, 1912

Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there. Henry James (1843 - 1916)

Cats regard people as warmblooded furniture. Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Deep End of the Ocean

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. Jeff Valdez

Did you know...

Ailurophilia is the "love of cats."

The nose pad of a cat is ridged in a pattern that is unique, just like the fingerprint of a human.

There are more than 500 million domestic cats in the world, with 33 different breeds.

The American cat population reached nearly 68 million in 1996.  American Demographics magazine estimates that's about 200 million kitty yawns per hour and a whopping 425 million catnaps each day!

A cat's heart beats twice as fast as a human heart, at 110 to 140 beats per minute.