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Four Feline Fun Facts on Antique Cat Art

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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