Sleep

Doesn't it seem that all cats are lazy? They need to sleep because it's natural. In the wild, they hunt all day then eat. They have to sleep to conserve (save) energy. Even though they get all the food they need as pets, they sleep anyway. It's a habit that all cats have established through the speicie's lifetime, cats wild, domestic, big, or small. They can sleep for ten hours daily or, in hotter weather, eighteen hours. And you know how people usually sleep more when they're, well, fat? same with cats! The truth is that the fatter a organism is (most likely from the Kingdom Animalia), the more energy it takes for it to move. Think of it like carrying a pillow. Easy, right? Now carry around a stack of wood. It takes more energy the more you have to hull around. This is for all the people who wake the cat up to play with it...... LET THE CAT SLEEP! :)

Dangerous Household Objects

If you've read the post before this one, then you know that certain household items may kill your cat. Not all things are just fatal, though. Some are only dangerous. Wondering what they are? Then here's the list: Advil (causes gut problems and a lot can cause kidney failure), room deodorizers and sprays (painful to cat noses), paper clips, anti-diarrhea medications, mothballs (people say its great for training but never use mothballs, use things like tinfoil instead), knives, scissors, garden cocoa mulch, toilet bowl cleaners (only important if your cat drinks from it), string, liquid fabric softener (can stay on the towel, then transfers to fur which cat licks it off), iron with a dangling cord, plastic rings from plastic bottles, electrical cords (dangerous when chewed), secondhand smoke (bad for lungs and stays in fur), paper shredders (always turn them off after you're done), silica gel packets (in shoes, bags, and pills to keep out humidity), onions, roach power and spray, ant power and spray, small things on the floor, mildew remover, relining furniture (always check if your cat is underneath the reclining part before putting it down), metal cleaner, and household cleaners. Try to keep these out of reach of your cat or just behind a locked or all the way closed door (Thumper can open doors if it's not closed all the way). I jope your cat stays safe!

Objects That Can Be Fatal

Certain objects in all our households are dangerous, as you probably know, but some can be even potenially fatal to our little furful buddies (furful if you don't have a hairless cat). Things that are potentially fatal when ingested include: Fishing hooks, antifreeze, paint, paint thinner, mouse/rat poison, a mouse or rat that ate the poison, slug bait, alcohol, cigarette wrappers made of cellophane, househld cleaners (Windex, Mr. Clean, etc.), tylenol, apricot seeds, apricot stems, apricot leaves, small bells, liquid potpourri, rose plant treatment with disulfoton, apple seeds, apple stems, apple leaves, people prescribed medications, cooked poultry bones, motor oil, and any type of string. A long list, right? You also might be wondering why string would be dangerous/fatal to cats. String can cut and/or clog their intestines. Other objects such as fishing hooks, cellophane cigarette wrappers, small bells, cooked poultry bones, and possibly even stems, leaves, and seeds can have the same effect of string. The stems, leaves, and seeds,which can cause rapid death, I'm not so sure about, but don't worry too much if your cat swallows one of these. Just stay calm, your cat can tell if your worried and it will build anxeity. Take them straight to the vet. But Thumper swallowed a small amount of string and she was fine. We didn't even take her to the vet, but you should to make sure. Other fatal items that don't include swallowing are things like automatic garage doors, fishing hooks (again), and car engines. Automatic garage doors might not sense the cat and close right on top him/her. Fishing hooks can cut the outside of the cat as well as the inside. Keep these things away from your cat and you'll have almost nothing to worry about!

Cat Buddies

Do you have any cat friends? You can make animal friends without knowing it by being a true animal lover. I'm a true animal lover, and I have nine cat friends. Number one is my cat, Thumper. Two and three are cats named Pepsi and Kaya. They are long haired, twin, tortoiseshell crossed cats. Unfortunately, Pepsi died years ago from some sort of cancer, I think. Number four is a cat I met by strolling around my neighborhood during the summer. I call her Belly. She is a tan coloured tabby cat with blackish stripes. Now she only comes to see me if I have ID, a certain pair of flip-flops. Number five and six are twin cats as well. The girl I call Lucy and the boy I call Romeo. They look sort of like Thumper, but smaller. I met them while biking in a culdesac during the fall, but they are hard to be friendly with them because they are little scardy cats. Number seven is a cat that I met yesterday (Friday, May 28, 2010). She is a long haired, sweet, tabby cat. I call her Charlette. Number eight is a gray cat that I call Ashley. I met her the same way I met Lucy and Romeo. Number nine is another gray cat that used to be mine until she got lost outside and never came back named Dusty. She was a small, gray cat with white chest and paws. Although she was cute she was a little fierce and a little too playful. If you want to know how to make cat friends be friendly, blink slowly (cats find this calming) and never stare (cats use this to threaten each other), and always make sure the cat is ok with you petting it or carrying it. Have fun!

Purring

No one knows exactly how cats purr. All we know is that it comes from deep inside a the chest. I think it has a little extra thing on their vocal cord that vibrates when the cat needs it. Cats are able to meow and other things while purring, so I think that there is a something inside their chest that, first, makes scientists believe that there is something in the chest that makes a cat purr, and second, has a little tube or something that makes a cat able to meow while purring. That's only what the research I did on my cat concluded to. No one really knows for sure, bu scientists are trying to figure it out. We definitely know that purring is used to comfort the cat and to show a sign of happiness. :)

THUMPER'S FIRST MEOW!!!!!!!!

Manx cats are usually the quiet type. Thumper is a Manx, but today, she meowed! It was a soft little love meow, with a lot of cute in it! Now she's making little squeak like sounds when she is startled. It all started when I was thinking what to write in this blog, then she meowed to get my attention, i think, and there it was. HER FIRST MEOW! Thumper has the cutest little meow. I can't wait to hear it again!

Tongue

A cat's tongue is very rough. Do you want to know why? Well, their tongue is made of little micro spike-like things. This is great to scrape meat off bones and grooming themselves. That's why it feels so rough when the cat licks you. Their tongue is also made to make a cup shape. We can't make our tongue shaped like a little cup, and that is why we drink differently than cats. Cats scoop up the water, put it in their mouths, and swallow it. To a cat it's easy, to us we might say "Oh man, I spilled!"