Talk:Cat

Contradictory information

"Queens normally reach sexual maturity at 5–10 months, and males at 5–7 months. This varies depending on breed. Kittens reach puberty at the age of 9–10 months." This appears contradictory, unless I'm missing something? JBritnell (talk) 11:09, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Other name

I'm not sure why other names are not used for certain articles but are for others. A common name for cat is 'kitty' or 'kitty-cat'. Should that not be mentioned in the lead as other common names? I also addressed this in the 'Dog' article, as 'Doggy' is a common name used to refer to a dog. It is included in dictionaries. I'd appreciate some opinions here, and if there is a consensus, I will add it. Thanks. Battykin (talk) 22:28, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Imo, these names are not important enough to be mentioned in the lead. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 06:10, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

I don't think those are formal common names, "the name by which a species is known to the general public", more nicknames or informal names. They don't help describe what the article is about or belong in the lede. If they did, we'd have to add moggie and who knows what else. —  Jts1882 | talk  06:33, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

I understand why some might feel that way, but Wikipedia isn't all that formal. They use 'common spoken' terms in other articles, included in the lead. The term, 'Doggy' has been in the dictionary since the 1600s, and the term 'Kitty' since the 1700s. Both terms are common internationally. People often see a dog and say "doggy". The phrase, "Here kitty, kitty" is extremely popular as is people pointing to a cat, referring to it as a 'kitty'cat'. I am okay with not mentioning these terms, but I thought I would bring it up since I have seen other articles mention common 'other names' for a subject. Battykin (talk) 21:04, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Avoiding milk

Under "hunting and feeding" I found this seemingly odd statement for which no references are given: "They also avoid sweet food and milk". I'm not arguing that it's wrong, necessarily, but the notion that cats avoid milk seems to contradict common cultural stereotypes about cat behaviour and may come as a surprise to cat owners. If it's true then perhaps a reference should be provided for corroboration? Slimeypete (talk) 07:35, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 July 2020

Under the Hunting and Feeding section, a line reads:

"Free-fed feral cats and house cats consume several small meals in a day."

change to:

"Feral cats and Free-Fed house cats consume several small meals in a day."

"Free feeding" is a way of feeding house cats that entails leaving an unlimited supply of food available to the cat at all times. The inverse of free feeding house cats is feeding the cat large meals on a schedule. Feral cats cannot be free fed as feral cats do not have a singular source of unlimited food.

Thanks, Sam Samlachance (talk) 01:44, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

 Done Jack Frost (talk) 04:36, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Statistics

It would be interesting if we could have a simple table overview showing statistics about cats. For example, I specifically came here today to find out how many (estimated) cats, as pets ("house cats") live in total. Even a rough estimate is useful, even if it is not quite correct - right now I just don't have any numbers. This would be best if we could have a table-overview of useful cat data in general, as a table. (I prefer a table in this case, similar to what you can see in countries on wikipedia, because that is a LOT faster than reading through lots of text.) 2A02:8388:1641:8380:3AD5:47FF:FE18:CC7F (talk) 16:00, 6 September 2020 (UTC)