

The average domestic cat lives between 12 and 17 years, and many well-cared-for cats now reach their early 20s. This article explores the main factors that affect a cat’s lifespan, common causes of shortened life expectancy, and practical steps you can take to help your cat live a longer, healthier life.

Asthma is a long-term inflammatory disease of the airways of the lungs. It is fairly common in people, but we often overlook the fact that it occurs in cats as well.

Alpha mannosidosis is a lysosomal storage disorder which results in the decreased efficiency of the production of an enzyme called alpha-D-mannosidase.

Feline melanism (dark coat coloration) is a fairly common polymorphism observed incats, but it is still widely speculated what kind of adaptive and evolutionary significance it has.

Haemophilia in cats is a group of rare hereditary bleeding disorders in which a cat’s blood doesn’t clot appropriately in case of an injury. Here is happens when a cat bleeds, how bleeding disorders develop, and what haemophilia really is.

All fur parents are utterly in love with the flawless white tips of their pets' paws. The time has finally come to talk about the white gloves in cats!

A chimera cat, as we know it here at Basepaws, is a gorgeous and breathtaking genetic anomaly who actually carries two distinct genotypes in their cells.

Many people find it quite challenging to walk their cats on a leash. However, with a bit of patience and work, you too can totally walk a cat!

Hypokalemic periodic polymyopathy is a genetic disease of Burmese and related cats and it's marked by skeletal muscle weakness, often episodic in nature.