|
The Middle Ages were truly the Dark Ages for cats. Condemned as symbols of paganism, witches' familiars, and agents of Satan, cats were persecuted and nearly wiped out by the fifteenth century.
= = = = = = = = = =
The cat has 500 skeletal muscles (humans have 650).
= = = = = = = = = =
Human painkillers such acetaminophen (Tylenol) are toxic to cats. Chocolate is also poisonous to cats.
= = = = = = = = = =
A healthy cat has a temperature between 38 and 39 degrees Celcius.
= = = = = = = = = =
You check your cats pulse on the inside of the back thigh, where the leg joins to the body. Normal for cats: 110-170 beats per minute.
|
