Felines Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• fearful : tail tucked, ears flat, lowered body stance.
• happy : ears up, tail up, eyes soft, purring and meowing
• renal disease : a common disease in older cats that affects the kidney
• kitten : a baby cat
• queening : the act of parturition for a cat.
• tom : male cat that can reproduce
• rabies : zoonotic disease that is fatal
• gib : a castrated male cat.
• hyperthyroidism : when the thyroid produces too much hormone causing weight loss
• carnivore : cats are an example of this, animals who primarily eat meat.
• abyssinian : compact short haired cat that typically comes in red/brown coloring.
• taurine : an amino acid that must be added to commercial feline diets.
• fvrcp : a core feline vaccine.
• cfa : organization that registers purebred cats
• fip : this very contagious disease's main symptom is a build up of fluid in the lungs.
• feline leukemia : contagious disease spread by casual contact like shared food bowls
• queen : a female cat that can reproduce
• purring : a sound that only cats make coming from either their hyoid bone or larynx.
• retractable : this describes a cat's claw which makes it different from a dog's.
• gestation : for cats, this is 65 days
• onychectomy : surgical removal of the claw
• bevy : a group of cats
• diabetes : a common disease of obese cats
• polydactyl : having more that the normal number of toes
• neonate : newborn animal