A sudden sight, sound, or movement can trigger a cat to instinctively puff up. Cats can get startled by anything that appears out of nowhere, perhaps a shadow, a dust bunny, an approaching dog, or, ...

The dark blue jacket was covered in white hair. That immediately narrowed the suspect list to one: their cat, October. As it turns out, the couple's cat had been using the jacket as bedding for a ...

Chinchilla coats are some of the rarest, and prettiest, coat colors found in several cat breeds. Here's why this stunning color is so hard to find.

When a double-coated dog "blows their coat," they shed their undercoat. Cats also go through one or two cycles of hair loss and growth per year, but indoor cats tend to forgo those cycles due to ...

Even in cats that don't have scabbing, some hair loss is normal, like shedding their winter coat. But if they lose a lot of hair, there might be a problem. Cats groom themselves a lot -- up to hal ...