Cat Facts

We tend to do a lot of blogging about our canine friends here, so I thought it would be good to change it up and give some love to our feline friends! Now, I personally am no cat expert having never owned a cat myself (although I have been around them a lot). So my first instinct was to head to google and see what I could find. I stumbled upon a lot of interesting Cat factoids. I thought I would share some for those who have never done this.

“On average cats spend 2/3 of their day sleeping.” Seriously? Do cats really sleep that much? This made me think for a minute. I thought about our store cat Ohso, and sure enough I think every time I see Ohso she is sleeping somewhere throughout the North store. This means that a 9 year old cat has really only been awake for 3 years of their life. Weird fact, but at least when they are awake they are hunting and taking care of rodent problems!

“Female cats tend to be right pawed, while male cats are more often left pawed.” I thought this fact was very interesting. How can you tell what paw is dominant. Does this have to do with which paw they use to swat more often, or just a blatant lie? This led me to search and find out. It appears as though there have been many studies conducted to find out. From what I gathered the criteria for deciding is which paw they use for foraging. The numbers do not seem as concrete as male versus female, but more that the majority of cats are ambidextrous but there are cats that have a dominant paw!

“Some cats have survived falls of over 65 feet, due largely to their “righting reflex.” The eyes and balance organs in the inner ear tell it where it is in space so the cat can land on its feet. Even cats without a tail have this ability.” We all know that cats always land on their feet; but that is quite the fall to survive. Cats are quite resilient.

“A cat rubs against people not only to be affectionate but also to mark out its territory with scent glands around its face. The tail area and paws also carry the cat’s scent.^” I had to share this fact, because I always wondered why cats would continue to rub against you even when they know you don’t want them to. Marking their territory makes a lot of sense.

These are just a few facts about cats that interested me, and there are a lot more out there. Cats are quite an interesting animal with a lot of skill and ability. We love cats here at Poudre Pet and Feed Supply, so if anyone has any interesting cat facts please share with us either here or at any of our locations!

Sources

http://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facts-about-cats.html

http://pets.thenest.com/cats-dominant-paw-8318.html

http://www.petplace.com/cats/cat-paw-preference/page1.aspx