WildQuestions-ForWildCats

I have often wondered what it would be like to be a cat, and if they could speak for just one day, this is one of the questions I would have to ask. It seems they have the perfect life, at least the ones in my house do. Food and water is always provided, at no cost to them. Blinds are raised 8-10 inches so they can soak up the sun. They have their own room at their disposal with a litter box, actually two, a couch and a windowsill. They play when they want to, get attention when they want to and sleep when they want to. All at their whims. The life of a house cat is one of wonder and splendor to me.

 This is another question I have pondered on. Sometimes it seems that my cats just coexsist and then I catch them all snuggled up together, like the picture above. So I'm confused. Is it a mixture of the two? Can they both love and not really care for another cat at the same time? And what about outside cats? How come you can hear them hissing and fussing one minute and then catch them sitting together the next. One of life's great mysteries. And if I could, I would ask my cats for further clarification.

Not only can they fall asleep at the drop of a hat, it appears, from the picture above, that it does not matter where they nod off. I've often caught my cats looking like they were ready to head to lala land and suddenly their up awake and eating, so what is a cat nap? Is it your way of spying on everything around you? Your way to always have the upper hand? I wish is was as easy as that for me to fall asleep, could you imagine me walking through the living room, laying down on the floor and taking a snooze? It would be ludicrous, but not for a cat. Oh, what a hard life they lead.

 I think cats have a natural hatered for cameras in general. The olny time I can get a decent picture of any of my cats is when they are sleeping. Their constant motion makes it next to impossible to get a good close up. Is it because the flash is extra sensitive on their eyes or because they want to make it harder for me? Could it be that cats are really sadistic creatures that are just really good at hiding it?

 Purring is one of my favorite things about cats. I love the sound and feel of a cat purring. To me it seems that they are content, happy, and feeling loved. But is that really the case? I know it is due to a special set of vocal cords and would be something like us, as humans, humming when we are happy. But here's the problem. We cannot hum while we are sleeping, whereas, cats can pur anytime they want, even after they are fast asleep. I also know that cats pur when they are upset or in pain, so you've got to pay attention to them if they're getting on in year of have an ailment as purring can also be a signal of distress. So, why do you pur?

If a picture could say a thousand words this one would speak volumes. But I wonder why the constant hissing? These two have lived together since I brought Snoop home 8 years ago. But still there is the occassional hiss here and there. Never any paws flying, just a hiss. What's that all about?

I don't know about your cats, but my cats can sling litter from here to Kalamzoo with little effort. So I often wonder why? Is it a conspiracy against me, their human? Litter never stays within the confined areas of the "litter box". They have a whole room to themselves, and believe me, they use every inch of to throw litter around. And heaven forbid you leave anything in there, because it is going to wind up in the box, magazines, t-shirts, you name it, they can get it in there, even if it takes moving it from one room to the next (t-shirts for instance). They are very sneaky in their endeavors to move articles of my clothing, never my husbands, into "their" room. What's up with that?

I know you've seen a lot. I know you know a lot. So, if you could talk, would you tell me all your secrets or would you be just like a cat and tell me nothing? Obviously, you have the whole "good life" thing figured out, would you tell me how I could achieve it? Somehow I doubt it. You'd probably want to keep it to yourself or make me figure it out on my own. What other things could you tell us? Could you tell us if people we knew have rifled through our things while we were away and they were "baby-sitting"? Could you tell us which dog keeps dragging things out of the trash can and which dog then proceeds to shed said trash into a thousand pieces? Would you tell me if you could? Probably not.