Cats are defintely not suble. They let you know exactly what thay're
thinking and feeling at any given time.
Bring home a new baby and your cat will yet you know how jealous she is.Move to a new home and she'll let you know that she was happy where she was. when you scold, get angry at , or reprimand your cat, don't be surprised if she "sulks" by turning her back on you and refusing to look at you.
Is your cat punishing you by sulking? You may feel that she is, but she's really avoiding eye contact because she feels threatened. It's not the tone of your voice or how loud it was. Most likely you cat reactedbecause you stared at her. A cat associates a fixed stare with "the enemy."
The dominant cat in any hostile social situation always stares at its rival
who will look away in order to hold her ground while abating the potential for
increased hostility. When you stare at your cat in an angry way, you become the
dominat rival, even more threatening than another cat because you're so much
bigger.
Many people think that cats can become addicted to catnip, but it's usually just the opposite.Cats can get so used to catnip that they become disinterested in it because it no longer has any effect. But until that happens, your cat will act as though she's addicted, and in fact, will vently hunt out your catnip supply.Once she finds it, she'll have no control over how much she consumes, and you'll find yourself with one wild crazy, but very happy, cat.
Some cats, almost 50 percent in fact, simply don't respond to catnip. The reason is genetic, but no one really understands the actual cause. They do knoe, however, that kittens up to the age of two mounths have no intrest in catnip.
Many people use catnip as a positive reinforcer for their cats. When their cat does something good, a taste of catnip is the reward. Some veterinarians use it to make their patients's visit a little less stressful, so they'll remember it as a positive, rather than a negtive, eaperience. It certainly helps to get Kitty to her next vet appointment.
Yes. Wheather their self-image is good or bad, generally depends on
you, the owner, because your cat will live up, or down, to your expectations. As
you probably know better than anyone else, your cat is very smart, so smart that
she knows everything that's going on, even when you're not talking about it.
Worse, don't be surprised if you cat really starts taking on negative behavior patterns. You've convinced your cat she's bad, the last thing she wants is to "disappoint" you. Sometimes cat ownes help their cats develope a negative self-image because the only time they give attention is when they're doing something wrong.
Think you're one of those owners? Count the number of times you say "no" to her, or "stop that", or "get away from there." Now, count how many times you say "yes," "good Kitty," or " that a girl."
The best way to develop a positive self-image in your cat is to give it positive reinforcsement for the things that she does well. Pay attention to her when her behavior makes you happy.
Yes, they can. A daeth in the family, either humwn or animal, a
divorce, or even one of the kids going off to college or moveing out can cause
your cat to become depressed.
How can you tell? You'll see it in her eyes. She'll ask you, "Hey, what's going on here?"If you've always paid attention to your cat's normal behavior, you'll be right on top of it when it changes. This includes her appetite. If you know your cat is heaithy physically, but she suddenly stops eating, it's a good sighn that she is feeling depressed. You'll see it in her lethargic behavior. She'll be sleeping alot more and in general just "hanging around." You'll even notice that a depressed cat grooms less. She just stops caring how she looks, even when company is coming over!
Basically, a depressed cat's behavior changes. A sweet, loving, friendly cat mat become aggressive and withdrawn. Depression is a very upsetting feeling for your cat. A depressed cat needs lots of "TLC" from you.
Unfortunately,you may be feeling depressed as well, but don't forget that a little snugglingcan help both of you feel better. Neglesting a depressed cat will only make her feel more depressed. Neglect is the number one cause of depression in cats. Neglecting a cat who icn't deprssed will cause depression, a lot quicker than you may think.
Most people think than purring cats afe happy and content. But that's
not always true. Purring cats can be in serious pain. Female cats purr when they
are in labor. Sure, they are happy that their new family is on the wat, but the
purring is indication of the discomforts of the the birthing process.
Kittens start purring when they are only a week old. It's a signal to Mom when the kitten is nursing that the milk supply is adequate and going where it's supposed to. That's good news for Mom, so she purrs back.
The purring process is a combination of inhalation and exhalation, usually performed with the mouth completely closed. As you've certainly noticed, cats can purr for hours.
Changes in your cat's behavior and bodily functions can be a sighn of
illness. If your cat stops urinating or starts urinating excessively or you
notice a change in the color of your cats urine, it might mean liver damage or
kidney failure.
Diarrhea or a change in the color of your cats stool can indicate an intestinal problem or inflammation or the liver. Unusual panting, sailvating, or swallowing can indicate that there has been an overload of poisonous toxins to your cat's liver, kidneys or heart problems.
Shallow, rapid breathing can also be a sighn of heart problems, pain or tilting of the head could spell inner ear or kidney problems, or even complications of the brain.
Watch for changes in the appearance of your cat's coat. If it looks dull of
dry or sparse, there could be a problem. Even a change in normal behavior, like
playing less or sleeping more. That too could be a sighn of illness.
You bet they can! Espeilly if their lives have become one big bore.
Like humans who experience mid-life crises, cats will exhibit personality
changes, both psychological. Cat experts say that car owners can prevent their
cats from experiencing mid-life crisis. By keeping your cat mentally and
physically stimulated throughout her years.
Many people think that cats have outstanding vision and even see better
in the dark, but it's not true. Cats; night vision is the same as ours. The
reason we think cats have great vision is because they are farsighted. Over long
distances, up to 120 feet, they can detect very small objects or movements. But
put something up close to them and that's another story.
Next time your cat is playing with a small toy, push it within a couple of inches of her face. Poor kitty won't even be able to see her toy. "What in the world happened to that darn thing?" She'll start wondering. When she moves about six to eight inches away from the toy, like magic, it will "reappear."
Yes they do, especially during the autumn and spring shedding seasons,
when they have a tendency to develop acne under their chin. Pores become clogged
and those embarrassing pimples appear. It's not a serious problem, though. It
just may mean there are too many wastes building up in her body and her organs
of excrection are not working as well as they usually do.
Another cause of cat acne is the food which sometimes unintentionally gets left on the chin, an easy spot for even the cleanest cat to miss while grooming. The bacteria from that food turns into acne that looks like little whiteheads or blackheads.
Believe it or not, some cats get acne from eating out of plastic bowls. Here, the cure is obvious. Use a glass or stainless steel bowl. The acne will most likely go away on its own, but if it doesn't, you should consult your veterinarian to make sure it's really acne.
Cats rely on their hearing more than they do on their sight. They
posses one of the most acute senses of hearing in the entire animal kingdom.
Cats exceed even dogs when it comes to hearing high-pitched sounds. Your
footsteps are certain to be recognized by your cat, even when you're several
hundred feet away. I'm sure you cat has yet to fail the refrigerator-opening
hearing test.
Cats loathe loud noises because it hurts the delicate hearing apparatus that they possess. As much as your cat loves you, when you're playing your loud "rock" music she is probly thinking, "Woundn't she like something by Johnny Mathis?"
Experts say that cats are very affected by a divorce in the family. It's not only that they can experience the emotional stress, the inevitable fighting between their owners is having an even more stressful impact on their ears.
Not only can cats cause damage to a fetus, they can also cause a women
to miscarry by exposing people to toxocara canis, a protozoan parasite causing
toxoplasmosis. While it is not something that can easily occur, it is
nevertheless essential that cats are dewormed regularly and that pregnant women
take extra precautions when claening litter boxes or gardening.
Before 1950 they couldn't. But in 1950, the Cornish Rex was discovered,
a cat that did not have the normal feline fur that caused allergic reactions in
humans. While one would think that every frustrated cat-loving asthmatic and
allergy sufferer would run to the nearest Cornish Rex breeding farm, but this
hasn't happened. The breed has remained relatively rare and most people say that
it's because the Rex looks, well, odd in a half naked sort of way.
But Rex owners think they're the greatest, not only because of the lack of allergic reaction but also because of their wonderful personalities. Specifically, research has shown that it's the long guards hairs of a cat that cause the problem for asthmatics and allergy sufferers.
The Cornish Rex and the German Rex don't have this type of hair. But beware,The Devon Rex, even though it looks like the others, it does have the long guard hairs.
The Sphynx cat, discovered in Canada in 1966, is even more bizarre looking than the Rex, but just as friendly and considered to be suitable for even the most allergic human, especially one who lives in a warm climate or likes to keep the heat way up during the winter mounths. Although the normal cat's hair serves as an outstanding fur coat in even the coldest wheathter, the poor Sphynx has only short, shoft down where fur would normally be. Her face looks like it's covered in velvet; feels like it too. But the naked skin on the rest of the body creates a rather ugly look because every wrinkle and crease shows.
Some owners cover up their cats up with attire made from nonallergic material. This, of course, has the added benefit of keeping the Sphynx cat warm.
The first thing to do before you even pick up your cat is to share your
intentions with her by telling her that you're about to pick her up. Then face
her away fram you and slip ine hand under her chest and the other under a thigh
so that her hindquarters are supported comfortable but her legs are as free as
possible. This gives your cat a feeling of safety and freedom too.
No matter how old your cat is, she still sees you as her pseudo-parent.
So she acts and thinks like a kitten when she's around you. That's alot
differant from the way she behaves when she's outdoors and you're not around.
Then she's tough; she's "street-wise." But when she gets home, she's a
little kitten again, rubbing against your legs, begging to be stroked, and
asking "What's for dinner?"
Whether you're male or female, you're your cat's mother. She's looking to for love. Sure, she knows you can't do things like her real mother did, like licking her all over. But she's willing to make some compromises. Like she'll substitute stroking for licking.But did you ever notice how every time you stroke your cat, she sticks her tail up? It's a throwback to her days with her real mother, an invitation for Mom to examone her anal region.
The only trouble cats have with us is that we're too tall as mothers. "Hello wat up there," they're probably saying as we greet them when we get home. And always trying to solve their problems, they may try to hop up on their hind legs to greet you.
You can even see this behavior with a kitten and their real mother. In that case Mom helps by lowering her head to make that face-to-face contact that actually involves rubbing one face with the other. This results in the mingling of scents.
Since cats are really not comfortable on their two hind legs, the jump is more of a symbolic gesture. To really get the job done, your clever cat might leap up on the furniture to get closer to your face for a face-to-face rub of a greeting.
When you have your cat sit comfortably in your lap while you stroke her, your cat is reminded of her gratifying times at her real mothers breast. That's when she would knead her paws at her mother's belly as a way of stimulating the flow of the milk. That kneading is called milk-treading, done at a very slow pace and always accompanied by loud purring.
So as you're gently stroking your cat on your lap and making her feel warm all over, you shouldn't be suurprized when she starts milk-treading and even drooling. She doesn't know that her paws aren't tinny antmore, that her nails are sharp, that it hurts "this" mother.
Talking to your cat helps to establish a strong relationship. In fact,
many experts believe it is the single most important factor in a good
relationship between a cat and owner. Furthermore, experts say that by talking
to your cat, you will build up her vocabulary and heighten her awareness of her
surroundings. Cats can understand a lot more than a few words. The secret is
making sure your cat knows you're talking to her.
You can also talk to your cat with body language. You can talk with your eyes and even your nose. Put your hands behide your back, bend over, and reach out to your cat until your nose is about sixinches away. The message that you will be conveying to her is one of trust and friendship. Now, throw a kiss with your eyes.It's a long, slow eye blink keeping your gaze and attention entirely on your cat's eyes before, during, and after the "kiss."
Cats communicate with so much more than sound. Practice your cat kiss enough and before you know it, your cat will be reciprocating. One of the most important messages that you want to communicate to your cat is, "Good bye, I'll be back."
Since many cat experts believe that cats can perceive their owners in terms of memories of the five senses (seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling and smelling), mental pictures and accompanying emotions, it is extremely important to combine as much of these as possible when you are communicating with your cat.
So when you tell your cat. "Good bye, I'll be back," say it out loud, but think it, and add feelings of emotion that you, and Kitty, will feel when you return.
Your cat combinds sounds with body signals that include facial
expressions and tail movements. Enlarged pupils and contracted pupils both
indicate aggression. A cat with contracted pupils slits is usually letting the
world know that she feels threatened. "I can't help myself," she's
announcing. "There's something out there that's forcing me to become
aggressive. The cat with the enlarged pupils is usually the aggressor.
Your cat's mouth can tell you a lot about how your cat is feeling physically. An unusual amout of pawing or rubbing of the mouth and face areas can mean that your can is experiencing a toothache, an earache, or has something in her eye.
If you observe your cat licking any portion of her body more often than usual, it's a sure sighn that there's something wrong in that area. Pulling back whiskers are also an indication that your cat isn't feeling well, ether physically or emotionally. Like pupil indicators, whiskers pulling back tight along the face or bristling whiskers mean that your cat is feeling aggressive.
Your cat's ears will tell you how she's feeling too - relaxed, alert, fearful, agitated, defensive, or aggressive. Like whiskers, ears also tell you when your cat isn't feeling well physically. As a rule, the more pulled back the ears are, the greater pain or physical discomfort your cat is in. When your cat is relaxed, her ears point forward and slightly outward. Sometimes, you'll see your cat's ears twitching. That's an agitated cat - conflicted, confused, frustrated, or apprehensive. Or more than one. Twitching ears carry a message. "I'm feeling really emotional," they say. It's up to you to determinewhich emotion.
Fearfulness and defensiveness in a cat can be observed by pulled back ears lying flat against the head. An aggressive cat's ears are not quite flat against the head but still not in their normal position. Sometimes, they're a bit rotated so that a portion of the ears is almost facing forward.
Your cat's tail is also a great communicator, perhaps the best. A relaxed tail (just hanging there in a casual way, curveing down gently and then up again at the tip) tells you that all's right with the world. But as soon as you see kitty's tail swishing or thumping, something's up. And the faster and harder the tail swishes or thumps, the more aggressive your cats is feeling.
A fearful cat has her tail lowered and fluffed out. As a cat becomes interested in something, her tail is raised slightly and softly curved. As she becomes more interested, in a positive way, she holds her tail erect but with the tip tilted over. A totally erect tail with the tip stiffly vertical is a signal that the cat is displaying a most open and heartfelt greeting. This type of signal is a carryover from when she was a kitten and was greeting her mother. What a better position could a kitten's tail to be in for a full view? When your cat's tail is in a submissive position, often right between her hind legs, she's either frightened or feeling physically ill.
Most people think they're facing an angry cat when they see her tail wagging. But the experts sat that's simply not true. A cat with a wagging tail is having a problem making up her mind. She wants to do two things at once and one impulse is blocking out the other, so she can't do either. As soon as the conflict is resolved, that tail will stop wagging. It's fun to watch and try to determine what the conflict is. And next time you can't make up your mind and you start shaking your head back and forth, check to see if your cat is watching you!
When a cat gives you a quick flick of her tongue over her lips, her nose, or around her mouth (but not as part of her grooming ritual) it usually means thaat she has seen or heard something that fascinates her, but also causes a bit of agitation. She's upset about something, yet intrigued by it as well. This causes her to start the washing action, even though her face isn't dirty. This behavior is called a "displacemant activity." "Should I go or should I stay?"your cat is asking, torn between her nap curled up in front of the fireplace or that little bug she just spotted crawling across the room.It's easy to identify what the agitation is being caused by. Just look in the same direction your cat's looking. For the duration of the conflict, her gaze will be firmly fixed on whatever has attracted her attention.
It's easy for you to test this behavior. Rub a coin back and forth along the teeth of an ofdinary hair comb so that it creates a sound. This sound is a high-pitched vibrating noise that cats don't likr. Yet they're attracted to it. As soon as your cat hears that"brrr" sound, she will stare at the comb in your hand and then, after a few seconds, start licking her face.
All animal species have their own displacement activities. Birds, for example, wipe their beaks on a branch. Some animals start nibbling on their paws. We scratch our heads.
There are times when our cat's non-verbal behaior is sometimes mind-boggling, even when it's combined with with the verbal stuff. "Maybe she knows what she wants," you mumble in frustration, "but I sure don't." All you owners of indoor/outdoor cats know exactly what I'm talking about, especially if you don't have a cat-flap on your back door.
Standing by the door and whining is a sign your cat wants to go out. Or is it? Before you know it, she's back, begging to be let in. "Can't you make up your mind?" you scold as you once again interrupt what you're doing to accommodate your kitty. But your cat has done what she set out to do.
When your cat asks to go out, it's because she wants to check the territory and what the other cats in the area are up to. She wants to make sure the the scents and sprays she left around don't need some refreshening. It really doesn't take long at all to get this mission accomplished and once it's done, unless there's something unexpected, your cat is ready to return. Until the next time which could be an hour later.
Do you ever scratch your head and ask yourself, "Who's the father?" The question should be, "Who's the fathers?"
During her heat cycle, your female cat can have more than one mate who can father one or more kittens in a litter. Ovulation occurs during the actual mating, in fact seconds after the male cat ejaculates. Three partners? Three fathers? It's quite likely especially since her partners will actually encourage her ovaries to release egg cells. They stimulate ovulation when they withdraw after ejaculation.
Many types of animals have homosexual tendencies even though their
sexual preference is for the opposite sex. Cats sometimes show an interest in
cats of the same sex, but this may not be sexually related.
Often the male cat is demonstrating domonance over the other male cat. And yes, may even perform homosexual acts under certain circumstances, but never because that's their preferenc. It may simply mean that they are sexually aroused, but there's no cat of the opposite sex around. So one of the cats may switch to the sexual patterns of the other cat. At other times, with no other cat available, male or female, a cat will even masturbate or attempt to mate with inanimate objects.
There are hundreds of authenticated stories about the near-miraculous
healing powers of cats. These stories range from cats helping to bring children
out of comas to cats working wonders on the mentally-ill that neither
psychiatrists nor the most advanced medicines could help.
Cats also have a remarkable influence on maintaining health. One example involves recovery from heart attacks. Doctors at the Unoversity of Pennsylvania studied the relationship between loneliness and recovery of people who had suffered heart attacks. They found clear evidence that owning a pet could mean the difference between living and dying. Doctors have also found that simply petting a pet can reduce blood pressure, heart rate and skin conductivity. They concluded that petting had the same effect as meditation or other relaxation techniques.
What power does the cat possess that causes healing in others? Sure, there's the obvious psychological bond that develops between cat and owner. But there has to be more than that. Touch appears to be the answer. Cats are experts at using and responding to touch.
The skin is our body's most crucial sensory system. It it our largest sensory organ and without the continuous feedback to our brain, we would not be able to adjust muscle tone to respond to external conditions and stimuli. Just think about what it's like when your foot or leg "falls asleep," and vital signals can't get through.
Even when our bodies are in a deep natural sleep, messages are constantly being sent to the brain from the skin. People with psychological and emotional problems have often been deprived of touch, the kind of touch that provides comfort and a feeling of well-being. These people usually shut themselves off from others.
Pets are so much less threatening than people though. And when we think about how important tactile stimulation is to cats, we can see why they serve such an important part in the healing process. Just watch cats lick their young. It's not just to keep them clean. The constant stimulation keeps all the essential systems working.
Yes! It's known as precognition. There are many examples of cats
reacting to danger to themselves or their owners, before the danger actually
happens.
During World War II, British families found that their cats were the best warning system for impending danger. They showed unmistakable signs that something was about to happen even before the air raid sirens were sounded. Their hair would stand on end or they'd spit or wail. Some would head straight for the nearest shelter. To those cats who had actually helped save numerous lives, the British government gave them special medals which read, "We Also Serve."
Cats have predicted tornadoes, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Their predicting skills have saved babies and prevented murders. But it's not always gloom and doom. Have you ever noticed how your cat can predict when an unexpected, but most welcome, guest is about to arrive? Cats also have a remarkable ability to anticipate the return of their owners after a long absences.
There are four theories. The first is that cats are so sensitive to
vibrations of the earth that they feel long before scientific instruments do. It
makes sense when you remember that an earthquake does not happen suddenly. It's
a gradual build-up. The cat's predictive power acts as an advance warning
system.
The second theory is that cats are extremely sensitive to dramatic inreases in static electricity which is thought to precede earthquakes. It's not that humans don't respond to this increase too. It's just that we can't put our finger on it. That sudden feeling of tension or the throbbing feeling in our head could have come from anything. Cats know dirrerently.
The third theory is that cats are mightily sensitive to sudden shifts in the earth's magnetic field, which accompany earthquakes.
The fourth theory is that cats have supernatural powers. In fact, in medieval times, superstitious religious fanatics would burn cats at the stake because they believed they were in league with the "devil."
Which theory do you think is correct? Or do you think it's a combination of them all? A combination of the first three would explain how cats can predict the volcanic eruptions and severe electrical storms.
Some mother cats will actually rush back and forth, in and out of the house, until she has moved all of her kittens into a safe place. An almost equally interesting, but puzzling, skill of a cat is how she can find her way home, even when home is hundreds of miles away. It has happened when cats are moved to a new home and find their way back to their old home, in another state!
To explain how cats find their way home over short distances is easy. Cats have an excellent visual memory which is aided by familiar scents. That doesn't, however, explain long distances. In their search for an explanation, many navigation tests have been developed and tried out, successfully. The conclusions drawn from these unusual exercises is that cats possess a highly sophisticated homing mechanism that is probably triggered by iron particles that occur naturally in animal tissue and acr as a built-in biological compass.
Furthermore, the cat's extraordinary sensitivity to the earth's magnetic field enables them to find their homes, even over londg unknown distances, when and/or where visual clues or memory could not possibly play a role.
French fishermen certainly think so. They watch their cats closely to
predict weather changes. You can too. Rain? Watch for your cat to pass her paw
behind her ear during grooming. Windy? Watch for your cat to clean her nose. Low
tide? Look for small pupils. High tide? Wide puplis, of course. When will the
bad weather end? When your cat twists and turns. Seas so stormy there could be a
shipwreck? Your cat turns her back to the fireplace.
It's not only French cats who can predict the weather. All cats are extraordinary sensitive to even the smallest changes in the weather. In fact, you can throw away your thermometers and stop whaching weather forecastes on TV. All you have to do is pay close attention to the five positions your cat sleeps. These will tell you whether it's over 70 degrees, under 55 degrees, and everything in between.
Besides discovering that cats could predict the future, Dr. Joseph Bank
Rhine, who started the worlds first parapsychology laboratory in the 1930's at
Duke University in North Carolina, also discovered that cats had extra psychic
powers.
They responded to the death or distress of their owners, over long distance. Dr. Rhine called this a form of telepathy. He also reported that truly psychic cats are often lert-"handed." Dr.J.Cole at Oxford University's Laboratory of Physiology discovered that. of 60 cats tested, only two did not have a "left-paw preference."
Want to know if you cat is left-pawed? Try Dr. Cole's test. Take a sheet of stiff cellophane and roll it into a tube about three inches wide. Tape in onto a stiff card. Then give your cat the chance to play with it a little bit.
Once she seems familiar with it, offer a scrap of her favorite food. When she has eaten it, put a second scrap just in front of the mouth of the tube so that she can pick it up easily. Now, put the food INSIDE the tube and watch which paw she uses to retrieve it.
Repeat ten times, keeping track of which paw your cat favors or uses exclusively. If it's the left paw, there's a greater chance that she's psychic. But what, you're probably asking, is the relationship between left-pawedness and pychic ability? Well, it has to do with right vs. left brain dominance. Cats who favor the left side have right brain dominance and the right side of the brain deals with imaginative and intuitive mantel processes.
You bet they do! While dogs only use 40 sounds, cats use over a hundred
sounds, on a regular basis, one of the largest spoken vocabularies of all
animals.
To get along well with youa cat, it's not necessary to know the whole range. But it it important to be able to understand your cat's basic messages about what's going on in her life. These messages generally reflect your cat's state of mind, emotionally and physically, at any given time.
There are three theories on how cats talk. The first is the false vocal
cord theory. Those people who back this theory say that cats have two sets of
vocal cords. Their "real" ones and their "false" ones. When
air is inhaled and exhaled, one false cords rubs against the other.
The second theory involvles muscles contractions. Some of the cat's larynx muscles contract and cause a build-up of pressure which results in cat talk.
The third theory is the turbulence blood theory. When blood flow increases through the heart's main veins, turbulence is created, causing a whirring sound which travels up the cat's air passeges and into the head area.
Unlike humans, cats do not use the tips of their tonues to form the sounds. Instead, they vary the muscle tension in their mouth, throat, face and lips to create 13 vowels. They produce as many as eight consonant sounds by closing and shaping their mouths in various ways. Cats murmur, call and cry, depending on whether their mouths are open or closed, all cats share the same language.
The cat has become extremly efficient at obtaining her food and
domestication hasn't hurt that skill one bit. She has lots of time to kill.
(fiuratively, not literally of course) Approximately 16 hours in any given 24
hour period is reserved for sleeping, or atleast twice as much sleep as a cat's
owner generally gets. Think about it. A nine-year-old cat has slept for a total
of three years!
There are three types of sleep states which your cat enters into, the brief nap ("catnap"), the longer (but still light) sleep, and the deep sleep. Often your cat enters into a light sleep, then into a deep sleep, then back to a light sleep.
The light sleep lasts about 30 minutes, the deep sleep is for about seven minutes each. This, obviously, can do for hours. When the cat is in a deep sleep, her body relaxes so much that she actually rolls over onto her side. You might notice how parts of her body twitch and quiver. You just know she's having a dream. Even the experts are certain that cats dream, but they've never been able to determine what cats dream about, probably about catnip and meeting the Tom of her dreams.
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