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There are breeds of cats like Turkish Vans and Maine Coon cats that are notorious for being water lovers. Of course any domestic cat that shares some of the genes of those type of breeds may inherit this inborn tendency to want to play in water.
There are Maine Coons who will go into the shower their people; other cats will play in a washtub filled with water or a wading pool outside, so if you’re lucky enough to have a kitty cat who enjoys water sports, give him a place to indulge!
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Your cat called this morning. She can’t make the swim party. She hates water. All cats hate water. Except as it turn out, a booming breed of middle-eastern meowers, the Turkish Vans. Nobody knows for sure what led these kitties to water, but experts suspect it had something to do with those full-length fur coats and the Turkish summers.
With temperatures up to 100 degrees (F) in the Lake Van area where the breed originated, the kitties hatched a plan: learn to swim and stay cool. Thanks to two British women who brought the breed west in 1950s, your cat can marvel at the feline Phelps in backyard pools and ponds. Learn more about these swimming kitties here.
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Siamese cats do not have the ability to form one image from information that comes into two eyes. This means that Siamese do not have vision that is as sharp as other cats, and it also means that they often have a cross-eyed appearance. In fact, crossed eyes are typical for a Siamese cat: this problem arises early in a kitten’s life when the brain is not able to compensate and the eye muscles get accustomed to that position, which creates the cross-eyed appearance. |
