Deafness in cats is correlated with having a white coat. This doesn't mean that every white cat is deaf or that every deaf cat is white but if a cat is white, it is more likely to be deaf.

If a white cat has blue eyes then it is even more likely to be deaf. Again this does not mean that a cat with orange eyes cannot be deaf as well or that a white cat with blue eyes is necessarily going to be deaf, all it means is that there's a higher likelihood of a white cat with blue eyes being deaf.

Because of this is, it is generally a good idea not to have two white cats breed. When two white cats breed the likelihood of deafness in their kittens increases by a large margin.

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Simi sent the following photo and this message:

"All Your Munchkin Are Belong To Me.

Its a goof on the "All your base are belong to me" quote gamers love to use in online gaming.

My youngest and his best friend, who is not at all adverse to taking advantage of a comfy seat when she sees it."



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Christine says "In the attached photo, Romeo is wearing a very stylish white button-up sweater with green & blue scarf. He likes to wear it when it snows because it makes him look like a snowman."

Here's Romeo:



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Of course you can buy hardcover & paperback cat books from Amazon.com, but in today's digital age you may prefer an instantly downloadable cat book.

Here are some of the best downloadable cat books you can download right now (they all accept orders 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.)

Click on the images to learn more about the book and how you can order an immediate download.

Complete Cat Training (from Kingdom of Pets)


Ragdoll Cat Secrets

I Am Siamese



Cat Care Fundamentals



Solve Cat Behavior Problems

Christine sent us this photo of Romeo and the following message:

"here's romeo in the sink at the vet's office. he always hides there while we're waiting for the doc to see us."



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Today I found Simon resting in the luggage and took a few photos:







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Rose sent us a photo of Cecil, a very cool cat, sitting in a cooler! If you've seen Cecil's photos on this site before you know that he has a habit of sitting in unusual places.



Rose is one of the founders of Angelcat Haven.

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Another funny cat video from YouTube: Joy Joy Joy.

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Simon has been making an effort to escape every time we come into the apartment lately. We live on the 5th floor of an apartment building so there's not much worry of him escaping out onto the street! But there are some dogs that live on our floor so we try to keep him from getting out.

We thought because of all of his attempted escapes he may be wishing to spend some time outside.

As I think I've mentioned before Simon really loves going outside. We decided to take him out last night in the cart (on top of a blanket so he was quite comfortable) and wheel him around the block. Towards the end of the trip we even let him explore the sidewalk a bit (on a leash of course.)

Simon is unusually calm and serene in situations like this for a cat. Most cats would be a bit freaked out by all of the people and cars but Simon is very calm and just enjoys looking around and seeing what he can see.

Here are some photos from Simon's adventure last night:

This is simon in his cart, looking around.


In case you can't tell (if your monitor is dark like mine) those are cars in the background. The glowing rectangles are license plates!


Simon in front of a store selling fresh fruits & veggies.


Simon taking a seat on the sidewalk.


Simon is back in his cart & sitting in an unusual position.


Simon's tail coming through his front legs! I think he looks like a rabbit when he sits like this. Except rabbits have much shorter tails.


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This video is on the front page of YouTube right now and I had to share it here as it's rather ridiculously fun (if you're into morphing kittens.)



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We got sent a link to this cool (and very short) cat video from Adam Schleichkorn & Peter Toh of Hidden Track TV.



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Last week we showed you one laughing cat:



Now here's another one:



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Complete Cat Training & Cat Care Fundamentals.

Although there are many different kinds of fleas in the world most of the fleas found on a cat are called "cat fleas" (makes sense right?) and the scientific name for them is Ctneocephalides felis, yeah I guess we'll stick with calling them cat fleas.

How do I tell if my cat has fleas?

If you happen to see a flea on your cat then you can assume there are many many more. But since fleas are extremely fast and very sensitive to light there's a good chance they will have already fled the scene when you go looking for them.

The best way to tell if your cat has fleas is to look for the droppings of the fleas instead of for the fleas themselves since they are so fast and fearful of the light (you let light shine onto to your cat's skin when you are looking through your cat's fur.) Look on your cat's back, especially towards the tail for what will look like tiny black grains.

To make sure these "black grains" are actually flea droppings put them on a damp paper towel and if they are flea droppings a red ring will appear around them because flea droppings are blood waste.

Are Fleas Harmful?

Most animals have fleas at some point during their life so it's nothing to be ashamed about if you find fleas on your cat but it is harmful to just let them be. It's especially harmful in the case of young kittens who can actually die from the effects of a heavy flea infection. But fleas can also be harmful in adult cats as they will scratch and bite at their skin because of the fleas. Too much scratching can harm their skin and make them more susceptible to other problems. Fleas can also lead to tapeworms.

Summer - The Season Of The Flea

Fleas are usually a bigger problem during the summer because the season brings them their ideal living conditions of warmth and dampness.

Fighting Fleas

One thing you can do to make fleas less likely to want to live in your house with you and your cats is to have more light and to keep your house clean. But do consider that fleas are insensitive to most cleaning materials. Mopping for instance only gives fleas exactly what they want: a damp place to hang out. Vacuuming can help with fleas because it will remove many of their food sources from the floor/carpet.

Although keeping your house bright and clean (especially vacuuming) can help your flea problems, you still need to treat your cats (and dogs if you have them) with a chemical flea treatment such as Frontline if you want keep your cats free of fleas: Order Frontline Plus for your cat online (from PetCo).

Check out this flea (good thing this is not life size...)



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Tanya sent this picture of her Ragdoll cat Felix:



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Simon's mom gave Simon a bath this morning and we took some photos of him after he got out and was toweled off. Most of them didn't really come out as he was moving fast! Simon doesn't seem to mind taking baths much but he doesn't like feeling wet afterwards.

We did get this photo:



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Sadly our cat forum here which was doing quite well for awhile has pretty much come to a stop. I really want to get it going again! So I'm going to be starting a new cat forum posting contest.

It's going to work like this: Everyone who has 10 or more real posts (no spam or gibberish is counted of course) by September 15th is entered in a random drawing for the following prizes, all of which will be shipped to the winner of the drawing!

Paperback Book: Do Cats Always Land on Their Feet?



Crazy Circle Cat Toy



Cat Sitter DVD

The Cat Sitter DVD is for playing for your cat while you are away from home. I haven't got one of these DVDs for Simon yet but it seems like a neat idea. Simon may end up watching more TV than I do!

So please join the Cat Forum and get to chatting (about cats or anything else you want.) The drawing will be September 16th. Anyone who has 10 (or more) posts from now until then will be entered in a random drawing to win. Don't stop at 10 posts though! Each 10 posts you make will get you another "entry" into the drawing.

Also don't forget to email me at MyCatWearsClothes@Yahoo.com with your cat pictures like this one:

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Mellisa sent this message and photo to our email (MyCatWearsClothes@Yahoo.com)

"We are new to this site.... and enjoy all the cat and kitten pictures..... I thought you might like to see or post a picture of one of our cats. This is Sugar, we adopted her from the shelter and she was bigger then she is now when we first got her. She is almost 2 years old and the people that had her before my husband and I welcomed her into our family she had already had a litter and the people just let her eat and eat and eat and she was huge! She loves our other kitten we have his name is Shadow and is 6 months younger then her. This is where we can almost always find our precious Sugar.. in our bathroom sink. Check out that tum-tum! thanks for posting my picture..."



What a great picture! Doesn't it look like Sugar is laughing? Thanks to Mellisa for sending the photo. If you want to see your cat on this site send 'em in to MyCatWearsClothes@Yahoo.com

Rosie sent this sad message to our email account (MyCatWearsClothes@Yahoo.com)

"my little tortoise shell beauty Sandra. unfortunetly she was run over by some careless driver 25days ago :'-( many hearts were broken. R.I.P"

I'm going on another trip tomorrow and won't be back for a week so there won't be any updates here for a bit! In the meanwhile send us your coolest cat pictures, cat art, cat songs, cat poems, cat stories, and cat videos to MyCatWearsClothes@Yahoo.com so I can feature them when I get back.

I'll leave you with a video for now.

Below is the sequel to the piano playing cat video (it's got many views on YouTube and we featured it here as well.)



***the video has been edited, it should be the correct one now! sorry about that***

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This is another video sent in by Peter. This one is called "Cat Statue" because the cat just seems to freeze with the clothes put on him.

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I was sent some wonderful pictures of this beautiful Persian cat "CutyBoy" by Nancy. He also has a website: www.CutyBoy.com which Nancy says has a mission to make people aware about animal abuse in order to increase compassion towards animals.

The photo below is of CutyBoy on the phone.



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