Most cats hate getting wet and therefore have to clean themselves with their mouths. Most dogs, on the other hand, love playing and swimming in water, which cleans them quite effectively. Another ...

Cats spend as much as 50% of their waking hours licking themselves. But why do cats lick themselves? Licking is instinctual in cats. Cats groom themselves through licking. A mother cat’s first job is ...

As humans, if we didn’t have regular baths or shower then we’d get stinky quite quickly. Added to this, we often need help (or tools) for cutting our hair, taking care of our nails, and brushing our ...

Both dogs and cats secrete oils into their fur that interact with sunlight to produce vitamin D, which they ingest when they lick it off their coat. It could be that cats need a lot more of it than ...