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SLEEPING CATS

9/15/2011

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"Kittens are born with their eyes shut. They open them in about six days, take a look around, then close them again for the better part of their lives." ~ Stephen Baker

Nobody is sure why cats sleep so much. Cats evolved from a long line of hunters and predators – and their sleep patterns reflect that. For one thing, they are crepuscular (most active at dawn and dusk), since their prey would also be active at these times.

Whatever the reasons, there's no doubt about it - cats know how to sleep. Although napping varies from cat to cat, and depends on the cat's age and personality, felines spend an average of 13 to 16 hours each day curled up in slumber. Only the opossum and the bat sleep more, napping almost 20 hours a day.  If you want an easy, low maintenance pet…the cat is almost certainly the best choice!

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LOSING A BELOVED PET

9/14/2011

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"Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that have succeeded but not replaced one another." ~ Irving Townsend

Losing a beloved pet is difficult.  It seems unfair that our faithful companions have so much less time than us.  We never forget our loved ones but there is joy ahead.  There will come a time when you are ready to create more precious memories with a new friend.  And there are so many out there just waiting to make you happy...
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CATS BEAT OUT DOGS...

9/12/2011

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Cats beat out dogs... in sheer numbers, anyway. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, there were about 81,721,000 cats in U.S. households as of 2007; that's compared with 72,114,000 dogs. Just over 32 percent of households owned a cat, and the average cat owner had at least two felines.  

By the way, cats and dogs can live together without causing mass hysteria. A 2008 study published in the journal Applied Animal Behavior Science found that if cats and dogs are introduced when the cat is under 6 months old and the dog under a year, the two species can coexist in peace. Interspecies clashes may be nothing more than a breakdown in communication, the study found. For example, averted eyes signal aggression in a cat and submission in a dog. The animals introduced early on seemed to understand each other's signals, the researchers found — almost as if they were bilingual. 
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