Four Feline Fun Facts on Antique Cat Art
We’re ending the week with some old-fashioned cat wisdom and four feline fun facts. When these paintings of cats and kittens were painted over 100 years ago, cat care and veterinary advice was in Dark Ages. We’ve come a long way since then but the facts bear repeating in a fun new way.
World Spay Day is February 23rd. Kitten season is coming. Kittens as young as 4 months old can and do get pregnant.
1) Let’s saves lives and misery by early spay/neuter.
This is an ad for silk thread from 1912. Cats and kittens have been depicted in art with ribbons and balls of yarn for hundreds of years. If you Google “cat ribbons” over 14 million results pop up. As long as advertisers continue to use ribbons and balls with cats, consumers are going to think it’s cute and safe. It isn’t.
2) Click to find out why cats and kittens should not play with string, ribbon or yarn
3) Black and white cats like all two-colored cats are called piebald.
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4) And one final cute reminder to spay/neuter and adopt.
19 Comments
Migdalia Dillenbeck
You are so awesome! I do not believe I’ve truly read through a single thing like this before. So nice to find somebody with a few original thoughts on this subject. Really.. thanks for starting this up. This website is something that’s needed on the web, someone with some originality!
Cynthia Southern
I love antique cat art. Thanks for sharing. The cow and cow cat piece made me laugh too.
Jenna Meow
I love the collection of vintage cat art!
The Island Cats
We love the vintage art…all with excellent messages.
Flynn
Those are lovely pictures, but serious captions.
Ellen Pilch
Those are great. I like the Mama cat saying enough already- spay me.
The Swiss Cats
Lovely vintage artwork ! Purrs
da tabbies o trout towne
guys…theeze fotoz R total lee kewl…N de messages R grate az well…….hope everee one iz doin well, heerz two a flathead sculpin kinda week oh end ♥♥♥
Summer
I’m so glad to be a kitty living now – and not 100 years ago!
Cats of Wildcat Woods
Mom used to collect vintage cat art – these are very cool.
Tamago
Love those images very much, especially the cow and cow cat 🙂
Kathryn
Yes, love the vintage artwork. I always wondered if Tuxedo cats that resembled cows might be called moo cats. Glad to know they are.
Yes, spay/neuter. For those reasons. And they make better pets. They don’t hang out at the all-night dating bars. Yowling.
Layla Morgan Wilde
K, as a tuxie lover, hope you enjoy the Moo Cats page.
Sammy
Love the vintage artwork………also love the caption you gave Momma cat! Good reminder of spay/neuter and the importance of that.
Hugs, Sammy
Sue Brandes
Pretty pictures and great facts.
Nerissa's Life
What BEAUTIFUL pictures! I especially like third one down. I’m thinking my sister Tess might have looked a bit like that when she was younger. Way younger. And more innocent. You know, too innocent to frame me for stuff and the like. MO– — USES!
Purrs,
Seville
Layla Morgan Wilde
Seville, I’m stopping by to see what mischief you’ve been up to.
Skeeter and Izzy
Thanks for the fun facts and the reminders and beautiful art. At our house one cat leads to another for a different reason than not spaying or neutering …MOL
Happy day to all!
Luvs
Skeeter and Izzy and the Feral Gang + Twig & Peanut & Romeo & the Angels >^..^^..^<~
Layla Morgan Wilde
Ha, I know what you mean! Purrs to all!