Why Do Cats Love Boxes So Much?

April 19, 2021 by Łukasz

TAKE HEART FELINE enthusiasts. Your cat's continued indifference toward her new Deluxe Scratch DJ Deck may be disappointing, but there is an object that's pretty much guaranteed to pique her interest. That object, as the Internet has so thoroughly documented, is a box. Any box, really. Big boxes, small boxes, irregularly shaped boxes—it doesn't matter. Place one on the ground, a chair, or a bookshelf and watch as Admiral Snuggles quickly commandeers it.

So what are we to make of the strange gravitational pull that empty Amazon packaging exerts on Felis sylvestris catus? Like many other really weird things cats do, science hasn't fully cracked this particular feline mystery. There's the obvious predation advantage a box affords: Cats are ambush predators, and boxes provide great hiding places to stalk prey from (and retreat to). But there's clearly more going on here.

Thankfully, behavioral biologists and veterinarians have come up with a few other interesting explanations. In fact, when you look at all the evidence together, it could be that your cat may not just like boxes, he may need them.

Source: wired.com

10 Fascinating Facts About Cats

April 20, 2021 by Łukasz

Learn More About Your Cat.

• In terms of development, the first year of a cat’s life is equal to the first 15 years of a human life. After its second year, a cat is 25 in human years. And after that, each year of a cat’s life is equal to about 7 human years.
• Cats can rotate their ears 180 degrees.
• The hearing of the average cat is at least five times keener than that of a human adult.
• In the largest cat breed, the average male weighs approximately 20 pounds.
• Domestic cats spend about 70 percent of the day sleeping. And 15 percent of the day grooming.
• A cat cannot see directly under its nose.
• Most cats have no eyelashes.
• Cats have five toes on each front paw, but only four on the back ones. It’s not uncommon, though, for cats to have extra toes. The cat with the most toes known had 32—eight on each paw!
• Some believe that if you dream about a white cat, good luck will follow.
• Meows are not innate cat language—they developed them to communicate with humans!

Source: purina.com

Can Cats Help Detect Seizures?

April 19, 2021 by Łukasz

Cats and Seizures More and more stories are cropping up about cats that can tell when their owners are about to have seizures and will do their best to warn them. Take the story of 19-year-old Nathan, whose cat Lilly can always tell when he's about to have a seizure, often warning his parents beforehand. During a particularly bad seizure, Nathan stopped breathing, and his cat licked his mouth until his breath came back. While scientists suspect this ability has something to do with detecting biochemical scents, how it works remains a mystery.

Source: purina.com