How To Groom A Cat

What You Should Know About Bats

For some people just hearing the word ‘bats' conjures up something scary and possibly even dangerous. However, once you know the true nature of bats they become less frightening and much more interesting. You may even want them to become part of your pest control system!

So let's start with the myths. Bats are mammals, not rodents. They are the only flying mammals in existence. Bats are not blind. Bats are not dirty. They groom themselves much like a cat and do not smell. Bats will not fly into your hair, as they do not like being entangled. As to rabies, all mammals can contract rabies; however, even the less than one half of one percent of bats that do contract rabies normally only bite in self-defense and pose little threat to people who Do Not Handle Them. Bat rehabilitators and/or wildlife managers should be called if you ever find a bat on the ground. Under no circumstances should you attempt to pick up the bat. (Cover the bat with a box or pail to keep it safe from predators until someone arrives to take it away safely.)

In California we have twenty-three species of bats and all are insectivores. That is, they eat bugs! In the foothills we can probably find at least twelve of the twenty-three species living among us. During the day they roost in trees, abandoned mines, attics and eaves of homes, and if you're really lucky, your bat house! All bats require a source of water within their foraging territory.

Each species of bats have their preference in insects, both flying and crawling. Little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) are the quintessential mosquito eaters. One little brown bat can catch and eat up to 600 mosquitoes an hour! The California myotis (Myotis californicus) also enjoys mosquitoes, but also likes moths, midges and other aerial arthropods. Other moth feeders include the Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) and the Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans).

Beetles and other hard-shelled insects are gourmet treats for the Big Brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus). The Pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) is a beautiful, creamy-yellow furred bat that catches its prey on the ground and delights in eating scorpions, spiders, and centipedes. With very large ears, the Pallid can hear a scorpion walking on sand thirty feet away!
All of the above bats hibernate in the winter with three of them migrating south to find a hibernation site (Hoary, Silver-haired, and Little Brown).

Grooming Metal | Thechocolatedog

Do you think the poem I wrote good?

Dun dun Dunda Someday all you hear is the piano while walking down the aisle in their accounts silky cream dress, holding red roses bright color while the groom is waiting at the altar of his black tuxedo, looking sharp as a knife, and people in their seats looking their best as his first prom, as I look around I see a glass sculpture bright as sunshine in metal.-One day I would like everyone looking at me thinking the same thing

I'm not big on criticizing the work of others, but this is not what I would call "good." I like the structure, but this poem is very short and dry. No emotion or creativity involved. Revision is the key.

The Cat Bible, Everything Your Cat Expects You to Know

Planet Cat, A CAT-alog

How to live with a cat

How to Groom Your Cat

Grooming manual for the dog and cat