Reviews for Cornish Rex Cats

The average rating for Cornish Rex Cats based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-04-21 00:00:00 Sjgqhg Sjgqhg We often divide ourselves into "dog people" and "cat people." I was a dog person until I was 19 and given a cat I didn't want. I've been a cat person ever since. As compared to dogs, cats were domesticated'to varying degrees'much later in history. "Dogs have been with us for possibly as long as twenty to twenty-five thousand years. That is five to six times as long as the cat." Although the Bible references a vast menagerie of animals, not once does it mention a cat. Perhaps there was some lingering resentment against the Egyptians for having used cats to protect their stored grains. Roger Caras's short book on cats contemplates a number of ways on how cats perceive us. He ponders how their senses work. "Cats have far better peripheral vision than we do," which helps to explain why they are so good at finding small bugs. Their sense of touch actually has much to do with how they socialize. "If a kitten is picked up, cuddled, and carried around several times a day from its first day of life, it will be a very different animal as an adult from a cat that is rarely if ever touched until it is eight or nine weeks old." I was surprised, based on personal experience, that cats are "somewhat insensitive to hot and cold." And it is a myth that cats see in the dark, instead their senses are much more attuned to their environment and this helps them to navigate in the absence of light. Cats are creatures of habit and anything that disrupts their routines and surroundings can have a profound effect on how they interact with humans and other cats. Some clichés are unavoidable, "When it comes to smugness, cats generally outdo their owners by a handsome margin. That is why the two understand each other so well." Never stare a cat in the eyes because "an intense stare can easily be interpreted by the animal as threatening and dangerous." Ultimately, however, I think those of us who love cats do so because we know we will never truly understand them. Much of the book is peppered with cat anecdotes, philosophical, historical, and from Caras's own experiences. The story about Mohammed the Prophet, who cut off a garment sleeve rather than disturb his cat, Muezza, from his nap, whether it is true or not, makes me like him more. How many of us remain in the same the place longer than we want just because we don't want to upset a sleeping cat on our lap? I found the real lesson of the book to be tucked away in a parenthetical observation, "(Quite frankly, I have always felt that anyone who could derive pleasure from killing a lion, leopard, tiger, puma, jaguar or any other cat for that matter was an incipient sociopath and should be held suspect. I feel the same way about ladies who wear them. They have to be watched carefully.)" But it is much more fun to know that they like to watch us as much as we like to watch them.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-03-14 00:00:00 Daryl Larramore I am, quite possibly, the biggest cat lover on the planet. I love all things feline, no matter the size. Right now, I have 5 cats living with me, am feeding a few ferals, and helping my son with the 5 he took in. Living in the woods, cats tend to get "dumped" out here, and they find my house. I do everything I can to make them inside cats as there is a lot that can happen to a little cat in the woods. If I am unsuccessful, I at least make sure they have food and water, and a warm place to sleep. That being said, cats are still mysterious. No matter how much you think you know about these feline wonders, there is more to learn. Of course I was immediately drawn to this book - who wouldn't want to know what the cat thinks or sees when they look at us? I loved every minute of this book. The book is not only filled with facts, but also the author's take on our felines, big and small. Do lions look at the puny humans on safari in the same light that we look at animals kept in zoos? What do house cats think when they look up at us - virtually the same ratio as if we were looking at a 2,000 pound animal. We are that big to a cat's eyes - so how can they ever trust us? A must read for feline lovers.