Category — Cat Blogging

The BBC reports: Cat joins exclusive genome club

A pedigree cat called Cinnamon has made scientific history by becoming the first feline to have its DNA decoded.

The domestic cat now joins the select club of mammals whose genome has been deciphered – including dogs, chimps, rats, mice, cows and people.
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Cinnamon, a four-year-old Abyssinian cat, is descended from lab cats bred to develop retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease, also found in humans, which can lead to blindness.

Earlier this year, with the help of the sequence, scientists found the gene change, or mutation, that causes the condition in cats.
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It’s Cold

Zzz…brrr…zzz

[Editor: Excise and Property decide the clothes basket is a pretty good location to wait for warmer weather.]

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The Boys

And then there was the time…

[Editor: Income, Sox, and Excise looking out the front door while Sox lies about his life as a feral cat.]

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La Bella Donna

Where’s dinner?

[Editor: The matriarch of all the feral cats decided to drop by for a nosh. Molly is the oldest and most senior alpha female. Normally she comes by at dusk.]

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In Memoriam

Last weekend Athenae at had to say good bye to Stripe, the last member of her original troika of ferrets.

Zipster

Hurry UP!

[Editor: Zipster looks like Income’s younger brother, but he is feral. When I go out to feed the “pride” Zipster dashes around my feet at full speed. He may leap up a tree and then jump down and take off, full tilt, in another direction.]

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In Memoriam

Last weekend Melanie at Just a Bump in the Beltway had to say good bye to her good friend, Eddie Purrington Mattson, after an extended illness.

Ringo Baby Picture

You don’t mind? Do ya, huh?

[Editor: Very busy, I’ll explain later.]

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Concentration

They won’t escape today!

[Editor: Every morning Sox comes into the office to stare intently at the mini-blinds hoping to catch the shadows of the doves that land on the edge of the roof. The window faces East and the rising sun casts a shadow on the blinds as the doves’ tail feathers hang over the edge. I have a large stock of mini-blinds and they are rarely totally trashed when he leaps into action.]

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Possessive

It’s MINE!!!!

[Editor: Property has a problem with sharing. She also has a problem of kicking the litter out of the box all over everything.]

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Comfy?

Zzzz…..

[Editor: I have a hard time believing the places and positions Excise can sleep in. Even when he pushes stuff off of shelves, it certainly doesn’t make for a comfortable bed.]

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KT Takes A Break

Kittens are hard work.

[Editor: KT was a kitten last year, but has kittens of her own somewhere. She has the classic gray and white markings of the group. I only see her in the evening when I put out “wet” food.]

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I Want To Be Alone.

Go away!

[Editor: Dot is hiding in a place where the teenage cats and their psycho mother can’t get to her. I would like to join her.]

Kevin Drum, patron of Friday Cat Blogging, celebrated his fifth blogiversary™ on Wednesday.

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Working Hard

You have bony legs, Ex.

[Editor: Income and Excise are in the early stages of training for Synchronized Sleeping in the next Cat Olympics. They are a little unclear as to what a heart looks like.]

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Overheated

Bast, it’s hot, when does it cool off?

[Editor: Property demonstrates what you have to do when you don’t have sweat glands and it’s hot and humid.]

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Getting Prepared

Another two naps and I will last until 3AM.

[Editor: Property prepares for the 1AM tag game with her brothers.]

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