cat unit test

Tortoiseshell

These cats have a black and orange coat color.

Jacobson's organ

Where smell and taste receptors are located.

A kitten's eyes stay closed for how many days after birth?

10-12 days

Hybrid

A cat produced from breeding cats of different breeds.

Purebred

A cat whose ancestors are of the same variety or allowable varieties.

Bicolor

A cats fur consisting of white hair mixed with one other color.

Cat Fancy

A collective term used to cover the hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, and/or breeding of cats.

Breed

A group of cats with a related ancestry and similar characteristics.

Tomcat

A male cat that has not been neutered.

Cat

A member of the family Felidae.

Cattery

A place where cats are bred and/or boarded.

Queen

An unspayed female cat of breeding age.

Feline

Belonging to the cat family, which includes jungle cats, wild and domestic cats.

What are two advantages of owning a cat instead of a dog?

Cats are independent and they require less care than dogs.

What are two health issues you should check for when adopting a cat?

Eyes should be bright and clear and nose should be cool and slightly damp.

Cochela

Found in the cat's ear.

Papillae

Found on a cat's tongue. This is what makes the tongue "rough" and allows them to remove meat from bones.

What is declawing?

Is amputation of the claw and the end of the toe bone joint.

Do cats have more or less bones than humans?

More

Feral

Tame cats that have reverted back to the wild state.

Agouti

The sandy color located between the black stripes of a tabby.

Calling

The yowling sounds a female cat in heat often makes.

Tabby

These markings on a cat are striped, spotted, or blotched.

Calico

This colored cat can be black, orange, and white and is almost always a female.

Pedigree

This document contains the first three to five generations of a cat's predecessors. It includes the known names, titles, colors, and registration numbers of these cats.

Ghost markings

This faint tabby pattern seen in young kittens usually disappears as the kitten becomes older.

Kitten

This is a young cat, usually under 15 months of age.

Cats with what physical characteristics are prone to deafness?

White coat and blue eyes.

Points

markings such as a Siamese cat has where the ears, face, legs, feet, and tail are a different color than the body color.