Cold knowledge about cat fur that you don't know
The structure of cat hair is different from that of humans. Humans generally only grow one hair from each pore, but most cats have a pore full of dozens of hairs.
This form of hair growth is called a "compound hair follicle" structure. The central part of the compound hair follicle will grow long and thick guard hairs at the "main follicle", and the "sub-hair follicle" of the villi will be arranged around the "main hair follicle".
The hair-changing cycle of cat hair is a cycle of growth period, regression period, rest period, and initial growth period. A complete growth cycle is about 226 days.
Wild cats living in the northern hemisphere will begin their hair growth period around May. During this period, the hair will grow rapidly and the old hair will be squeezed out. This period is also called the moulting season.
However, because domestic cats have been affected by air conditioning and heating for a long time, their judgments on the seasons will be inaccurate, which also causes some cats to shed their hair all year round. Cat hair blowing is to stand up the cat all over the body, similar to the feeling of our human hair standing up. When cats are cold, they fry their hair mainly because the air between the hairs will become fluffy after the hairs stand up, so that the hair will keep warm better. Cats blow their hair when they are afraid because the hair stands up and makes the cat look much taller than it actually is, which can scare away the enemy.
How to make cat fur look better?
The key to good-looking cat fur is heredity. If the cat’s parents have good fur, then if the cat is not malnourished, it must have good fur. The second is the amount of cat hair. The more cat hair there is, the better your cat's hair will look. This is why stray long-haired cats look so good. There are many ways to increase the amount of cat hair, such as lowering the temperature and grooming less. I heard that in order to increase the amount of cat hair, some cattery do not turn on the heating in winter, and the air conditioner is 16 degrees in summer.
The final factor affecting cat hair is the health of cat hair. If the cat hair is not healthy, the hair will be dry and hair loss will be severe. In this case, you need to pay attention to the cat’s diet. It may be that the cat lacks: amino acids, key fats Omega-3 and Omega-6. You can consider feeding some fish oil regularly, supplementing ten tablets of Vb every month, and feeding some egg yolks to solve these problems.
Hairless cat licking is very interesting. Hairless cat has no traditional sense of cat fur, only a thin layer of down, so its body will secrete a kind of oil to protect the skin, this oil will become dirty, so hairless cat will Lick it off and it looks like you're licking fur.
This form of hair growth is called a "compound hair follicle" structure. The central part of the compound hair follicle will grow long and thick guard hairs at the "main follicle", and the "sub-hair follicle" of the villi will be arranged around the "main hair follicle".
The hair-changing cycle of cat hair is a cycle of growth period, regression period, rest period, and initial growth period. A complete growth cycle is about 226 days.
Wild cats living in the northern hemisphere will begin their hair growth period around May. During this period, the hair will grow rapidly and the old hair will be squeezed out. This period is also called the moulting season.
However, because domestic cats have been affected by air conditioning and heating for a long time, their judgments on the seasons will be inaccurate, which also causes some cats to shed their hair all year round. Cat hair blowing is to stand up the cat all over the body, similar to the feeling of our human hair standing up. When cats are cold, they fry their hair mainly because the air between the hairs will become fluffy after the hairs stand up, so that the hair will keep warm better. Cats blow their hair when they are afraid because the hair stands up and makes the cat look much taller than it actually is, which can scare away the enemy.
How to make cat fur look better?
The key to good-looking cat fur is heredity. If the cat’s parents have good fur, then if the cat is not malnourished, it must have good fur. The second is the amount of cat hair. The more cat hair there is, the better your cat's hair will look. This is why stray long-haired cats look so good. There are many ways to increase the amount of cat hair, such as lowering the temperature and grooming less. I heard that in order to increase the amount of cat hair, some cattery do not turn on the heating in winter, and the air conditioner is 16 degrees in summer.
The final factor affecting cat hair is the health of cat hair. If the cat hair is not healthy, the hair will be dry and hair loss will be severe. In this case, you need to pay attention to the cat’s diet. It may be that the cat lacks: amino acids, key fats Omega-3 and Omega-6. You can consider feeding some fish oil regularly, supplementing ten tablets of Vb every month, and feeding some egg yolks to solve these problems.
Hairless cat licking is very interesting. Hairless cat has no traditional sense of cat fur, only a thin layer of down, so its body will secrete a kind of oil to protect the skin, this oil will become dirty, so hairless cat will Lick it off and it looks like you're licking fur.