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KIWI THE CAT
THE WONDERFUL WONDERFUL CAT

NEWS TAKE HERE AND THERE

AGES TO CONFRONT		THE CAT'S SEASONS
CAT	MAN	THE INFANCY The kittens born after a gestation of nine weeks medium duration. They are blinds and weigh 100 grams about. They are fed to mother cat till fifthies days from your birth. THE SEXUAL MATURITY The sexual maturity is reached in the first year: between 6 and 8 months for females; about 1 year for males. The physical increase is completed about 16 months. The capacity to reproduce them: till tenth year for females and till fourtheenth year for males. THE "THIRD AGE" The ageing begins about 10 years. The life duration is conditional to: breed, descent, food, climate, sex. The domestic cats, neuters, that they had a easy life, can arrive to live untill 15 - 20 years. The cat very rarely goes away from home. With passing of the years, it reduces its curiosity and its aggressivenes. It sleep very more to along. The phisycal activity is reduced for arthrosis and riduction of the tone and muscular mass. It's necessary to try to get the cat to move him, to devote him some time every day to play together. THE TROUBLES OF THE OLD AGE The metabolism is impared: the cats have an energetics requirements that stay uchanged with the age, but on old age they don't remain to absorb the fats in efficient way and often they make thin (obesity is a problem of cats of 6 - 8 years old). The coat loses in bright and the cat is not able to keep it clean to oneself. It is necessary brush it every day to avoid the outbreak of dermatitis. Eyesight and hearing grows weak progressively. Before to carry in one's arms the cat, it's necessary to report it our presence with a hand in front the muzzle, with the sound of our voice or with a caress. The teeth lost. It is necessary to pay a particular attention for bad breath that can be sympton of infiammation. Also the tumours develop more easily in advanced ages, after the 10 years.
2 months	9 - 10 months
4 months	5 - 6 years
6 months	14 years
8 months	15 years
1 year	18 years
2 years	25 years
3 years	30 years
4 years	35 years
5 years	38 - 40 years
6 years	42 - 44 years
7 years	45 years
8 years	48 years
9 years	55 years
10 years	60 years
11 years	62 years
12 years	65 years
13 years	68 years
14 years	72 years
16 years	76 years
18 years	80 years

THE "NUMBERS" TO KNOW:
-rectal temperature: 38,5°-39 °c.
- frequency of the brath: adults 10-20/minut.
- frequency of the wrist: adults 110-140/minut.
- on heat: from fifth to the eigth month, frequency 2 -4 times on the year, duration 6-10 days.
- gestation: 60-70 days.

DANGER - POISONOUS PLANTS FOR CATS:
Make sure that if you do have these plants, keep in away from your cats.
If you noticed that your cat has eaten any of the plants below, rush it to the vet immediately.
Some plants if eaten even in a small ammount may kill your cat.

Alfalfa Almond (pits of) Aloe Vera Alocasia Amaryllis Apple (seeds) Apple Leaf Croton Apricots (pits of) Arrowgrass Asparagus Fern Autumn Crocus Avocado (fruits and pits) Azalea	Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy Heartland Philodendron Hellebore Hemlock, Poison Hemlock, Water Henbane Holly Honeysuckle Horsebeans Horsebrush Horse Chestnuts Hurricane Plant Hyacinth Hydrangea	Peace Lily Peach (pits and wilting leaves) Pencil Cactus Peony Periwinkle Philodendron Pimpernel Plumosa Fern Poinciana Poinsettia (low toxicity) Poison Hemlock Poison Ivy Poison Oak Pokeweed Poppy Potato Pothos Precatory Bean Primrose Privet, Common
Baby's Breath Baneberry Bayonet Beargrass Beech Belladonna Bird of Paradise Bittersweet Black-eyed Susan Black Locust Bleeding Heart Bloodroot Bluebonnet Box Boxwood Branching Ivy Buckeyes Buddist Pine Burning Bush Buttercup	Indian Rubber Plant Indian Tobacco Iris Iris Ivy	Red Emerald Red Princess Red-Margined Dracaena Rhododendron Rhubarb Ribbon Plant Rosemary Pea Rubber Plant
Cactus, Candelabra Caladium Calla Lily Castor Bean Ceriman Charming Deeffenbachia Cherry (pits, seeds and wilting leaves) Cherry, most wild varietes Cherry, ground Cherry, Laurel Chinaberry Chinese Evergreen Christmas Rose Chrysanthenum Cineria Clematis Cordatum Coriaria Cornflower Corn Plant Cornstalk Plant Croton Corydalis Crocus, Autumn Crow of Thorns Cuban Laurel Cutleaf Philodendron Cycads Cyclamen	Kalanchoe	Saddle Leaf Philodendron Sago Palm Satin Pothos Schefflera Scoth Broom Silver Pothos Skunk Cabbage Snowdrops Snow on the Mountain Spotted Dumb Cane Staggerweed Star of Bethlehem String of Pearl Striped Dracaena Sweetheart Ivy Sweetpea Swiss Cheese Plant
Daffodil Daphne Datura Deadly Nightshade Death Camas Devil's Ivy Delphinium Decentrea Dieffenbachia Dracaena Palm Dragon Tree Dumb Cane	Lacy Tree Philodendron Lantana Larkspur Laurel Lily Lily Spider Lily of the Valley Locoweed Lupine	Tansy Mustard Taro Vine Tiger Lily Tobacco Tomato Plant (green fruit, stem and leaves Tree Philodendron Tropic Snow Dieffenbachia Tulip Tung Tree
Easter Lily Eggplant Elaine Elderberry Elephant Ear Emerald Feather English Ivy Eucalyptus Euonymus Evergrenn	Madagascar Dragon Tree Marble Queen Marigold Marijuana Mescal Bean Mexican Breadfruit Miniature Croton Mistletoe Mock Orange Monkshood Moonseed Morning Glory Mother in Low's Tongue Morning Glory Mountain Laurel Mushrooms	Virginia Creeper
Ferns Fiddle-leaf fig Florida Beauty Flax Four O'Clock Foxglove Fruit Salad Plant	Narcissus Needlepoint Ivy Nephytis Nightshade	Water Hemlock Weeping Fig Wild Call Wisteria
Geranium German Ivy Giant Dumb Cane Glacier Ivy Golden Chain Gold Dieffenbachia Gold Dust Dracaena Golden Glow Golden Pothos Gopher Purge	Oleander Onion Oriental Lily	Yews

The computer to cat test: What to make if the cat takes a walk on the keyboard of the computer? A solution is: a company, that produces software for computer, has put to point a program that will concur with the computer to distinguish between the normal pressure of the fingers and the pressure of the leg of the cat.

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