7 myths about cats

1. Cats treat themselves, licking their wounds
Small wounds and scratches to the cat can be allowed to lick for a short time, it disinfects them and promotes healing.

2. Cats maintain balance with the help of a mustache
The whiskers (vibrissae) in cats - the organs of touch and to balance they have not the slightest relation.

3. Cat and dog are enemies
Tales of the eternal hostility between a cat and a dog are unfounded.

4. Cats see in the dark as the day
Another common misconception. In fact, cats see a little better in the dark than people (they have eyes, not lights). But! The fact is that cats are born hunters!

5. If the cat does not walk outdoors, then she can not get sick
Pathogens of dangerous diseases can get into the apartment on the clothes and shoes of the owners, as well as through contaminated inferior foods for the cat.

6. After sterilization, the cats become fat and lazy
Rather, they become more accommodating and calm, which some people take for laziness. In fact, any cat - and castrated, and no - sleeps at least 18 hours a day.

7. Cats always painlessly land on their feet
Domestic cats are excellent acrobats, and an innate instinct helps the falling cat to land on its paws.