The fan blade syndrome

good chance he will seek out the hood of the car, taking advantage of the warmth, especially in cold weather. Cat owners have come to expec...

The need (?) for a bed

grass , a tree branch, even on top of radiators . Unlike humans, cats do not require a soft (or flat) surface for sleep. In fact, part of the...

The hiding instinct

domestic , and some of their wild instincts will always remain. You see this in their choice of sleeping places: make a box, bag, open drawe...

Stretching or curling?

temperature happens to be. The basic rule: they stretch out when it is warm, curl up when it is cool. So you’ll see a cat stretched out i...

Are you listening to me?

human being isn’t at all rude in a cat, however. A cat settling in your lap or nearby who half-closes his eyes isn’t showing a lack of in...

Dead to the world—not!

deep the sleep, cats are never totally “out of it.” Every cat owner knows that even a cat who appears “dead to the world” is very easily aw...

Cat EEGs

brain and the brains of some animals as well. By using the EEG, we’ve learned a lot about cats’ sleep habits, as shown by the wavy line dis...