Most cats hate water, yet Hawkeye not only likes swimming, but also goes scuba diving as well. Hawkeye’s owner, Gene Alba, even went so far as to create a custom, cat-sized scuba suit for her. Now to get exercise, Hawkeye goes swimming underwater in the pool. If your cat is afraid of water, perhaps you can […]
When Florence Rostami found Nazzaning, her 6-year-oldTurkish Van, unable to move her left side, she initially thought Nazzaning had broken her paw. After taking Nazzaning to the vet, she learned that her cat was actually partially paralyzed. An MRI showed swelling in her vertebrae so the vet suggested hydrotherapy, which basically means letting the cat exercise […]
One day, Roman Stocker, an MIT engineering professor, watched his cat, Cutta Cutta, lap milk from a bowl. That’s when he wondered how milk traveled from the bowl to Cutta Cutta’s mouth. While dogs lap up water by using their tongues like a ladle, cats apply an instinctive understanding of fluid mechanics to take the […]
A woman in Cotton Grove, Oregon is on a mission. With so many people owning swimming pools and thousands of pets drowning every year, she’s determined to teach cats how to swim. Not only does she teach cats how to swim, but she teaches them how to get out of swimming pools in case they […]