You’ve probably seen a lot of kittens with blue or gray eyes and wondered whether this is normal in both kittens and adult cats. The explanation is quite simple: All healthy kittens are born with blue eyes because their bodies lack melanin, which is normal. When the eye color changes from blue, it may become … Read more
Some people think that because cats hiss and have snake eyes, they are somehow related to snakes. Well, is there any truth to that? The similar features between cats and snakes, like the hissing and eye shape, can be chalked up to convergent evolution, where unrelated species evolve similar traits due to having to adapt … Read more
Most cats are born with pink pads on their paws. As they age, the pads change color, often to black, and you may see black spots. So, what exactly are these markings? Black spots on a cat’s paws are usually just skin pigmentation. Pink pads are common in light-colored cats, black pads in black cats, … Read more
