The main physiological characteristics of cats.

Females of different species differ from each other. However, the main parameters is the same.

They weigh, mostly from three to seven pounds. Although it may have a larger and less weight.

Normal temperature of cats more than people somewhere 38-39 degrees. And the kitten may be about forty.
A cold nose in a cat, just like a dog - it is a sign that your friend is healthy. And by the way, the cat's nose is the same "fingerprint," as in humans. Drawing the nose - is unique. But not always rely on the cat's nose - in cases of suspected disease, it is better to measure the temperature of the thermometer.

Pulse of the cat can be measured, if you click on the inner side of the thigh. Under normal conditions, there are 100-150 beats per minute. A pulse of kittens, as well as temperature and respiratory rate, much higher than in adult cats.

The familiar "spring" meow cats may be at different times of the year ... And, if your cat is 6-7 months, then she can start to complain about the lack of a handsome cat. Estrus in the cat lasts ten - fourteen days. At seven-fifteen months in the cat finishes puberty. If the cat is pregnant, then after 59-66 days, it appears the offspring.

Kittens are born blind and helpless. And the mother cat does not depart from them. Therefore, it is desirable to give her food right in the box or elsewhere, she was chosen to give birth. Eyes open at ten days of the kittens. And about four weeks, they leave their cradles. Since that time, they are starting to eat independently and go to the toilet. In the meantime, they sucked milk, cat care for them. Separate with a cat kittens should be no earlier than two months old, and it is better to wait up to three months.


Organ systems.

1. The digestive organs.

By the organs of nutrition of cats are: mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and rectum.

In the mouth there are teeth, tongue, five pairs of salivary glands. Saliva contains a substance cats, which helps kill bacteria, disinfect the wound. In the language are villi, through which a cat takes care of the hair and licks (usually as predators in nature), meat with bones.
Saliva contains many cats minerals. It is therefore important to monitor the teeth of domestic cats as well as in humans, they appear on the teeth of plaque and tartar.

Esophagus of cats actively reduced. And this is his property, allows food to pass well out of his mouth to the stomach, as well as easy to regurgitate food surpluses and accumulated in the stomach fur. Cat food is better to give chopped into small pieces. Or, conversely, to give her more pieces of medium size, from which a cat bite off pieces of itself the right size.

Stomach in cats does not differ from the stomach of most mammals. He - a single-chamber and does not contain substances that help digest plant foods.

The small intestine in cats is short. There food is broken down and are absorbed necessary for life products. As the stomach is not adapted to the tissue.

Liver in cats is very vulnerable. That's why you should not give cats a lot of drugs, fatty, fried and smoked food.

The large intestine (rectum) is used to output of waste products. And cats do not have appendicitis.

2. Respiratory system.

By the respiratory organs of cats include: the nose, nasopharynx, bronchi, trachea and lungs ... Then there is the larynx, where the vocal cords by which the cats meow. Then there are the lungs and the left lung slightly greater than the right.
It is believed that the cat "purrs," with special folds, which are located in the larynx. It was from there, born such a pleasant MPP ...

3. The circulatory system.

Blood in cats studied quite poorly. But it can not replace the blood of other animals and she has a good immunity to the stings of bees and snakes. That is, in itself, an interesting fact.

4. Urinary organs.

The kidneys are cats with long cords, and can change its position. Because of what is sometimes difficult to probe. The liquid, which should be removed from the body, then gets into the bladder. And then - in the urethra, and through the urethra out of the body.
Cats urinate an average of 2-3 times a day. Males are more prone to disease urolithiasis. And especially those who eat more fish, because fish are the salt of phosphorus. A poorly absorbed by the body of their cats.

5. Reproductive organs.

Sexual organs are composed of a male scrotum with two "eggs" and a small penis. In the cat to the sex organs are the ovaries, two yaytseprovoda, uterus, vagina and vulva lips.
The penis is covered with small cat "scales." And it is these scales provide sufficient contact during sexual intercourse, as well as practically to cause ovulation. During mating the cat can impregnate several cats alternately. And if you do not watch a cat, then it can happen even in one day, and for some time, until her last "season of love."
In this case, the fruits will be conceived at different times. And at birth, which may not occur simultaneously, but gradually, as a rule, the later the kittens born prematurely and died. Although there have been cases when all the kittens survived.