Amazing Cat Facts

The worlds fattest cat was a neutered male tabby named "Himmey" When Himmey died of respiratory failure he weighed a whopping 46 lbs 15.5 ounces! He had a 15 inch neck, was 38 inches long, and had a 33 inch waist.

The worlds smallest cat is a male blue point Himalayan-Persian named "Tinker Toy." He is just 2.75 inches tall and 7.5 inches long!

The oldest age that a house cat has attained and has been reliably documented is the case of a female tabby named "Ma." She lived to the ripe old age of 34!

Worlds Most "Prolific" Cat was a tabby named "Dusty" gave birth to 420 documented kittens in her lifetime.

The largest litter was produced by a Burmese\Siamese mother. There were 19 kittens.

The largest feline ever recorded is a captive Siberian tiger named "Jaipur." He is 10 feet 11 inches long and weighs 932 lbs! "Jaipur" lives is New Jersey.

The cheetah is the worlds fastest land animal it is also the only cat that can't retract its claws

Cat's urine glows under a black light.

Tylenol and chocolate are poisonous to cats.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten

The ancestor of all domestic cats is the African Wild Cat which still exists today.

In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death.

Today there are about 100 distinct breeds of the domestic cat.

Hunting is not instinctive for cats. Kittens born to non-hunting mothers may never learn to hunt.

Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day.

Besides smelling with their nose, cats can smell with an additional organ called the Jacobson's organ, located in the upper surface of the mouth

A large majority of white cats with blue eyes are deaf. White cats with only one blue eye are deaf only in the ear closest to the blue eye. White cats with orange eyes do not have this disability.

Neutering a cat extends its life span by two or three years

Tigers have round pupils and yellow irises (except for the blue eyes of white tigers). Due to a retinal adaptation that reflects light back to the retina, the night vision of tigers is six times better than that of humans.

Cats cannot see in complete darkness but they can navigate by sound, smell, and the sensitivity of their whiskers.

Genetic mutation created the domestic cat which is tame from birth.

The cat has 500 skeletal muscles (humans have 650).

Normal body temperature for a cat is 102 degrees F.

Cats lose almost as much fluid in the saliva while grooming themselves as they do through urination.