| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Monadnock Guide |
Posted - December 03 2009 : 4:57:27 PM
LOS ANGELES (AP) - What do cats do when their owners are away? There was one way to find out - "cat cams."
Fifty house cats were given collar cameras that took a photo every 15 minutes. The results put a digital dent in some human theories about catnapping.
Based on the photos, about 22 percent of the cats' time was spent looking out of windows, 12 percent was used to interact with other family pets and 8 percent was spent climbing on chairs or kitty condos. Just 6 percent of their hours were spent sleeping.
"What surprised me was how active the cats were. I believed my three cats were sleeping during the day," said Jill Villarreal, an animal behavior scientist who collected the data for Nestle Purina PetCare's Friskies brand of cat food.
The 777 photos studied by Villarreal showed the cats looking at a television, computer, DVDs or other media 6 percent of the time and hiding under tables 6 percent of the time.
Coming in at 5 percent was playing with toys; eating or looking at food finished at 4 percent. |
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| Monadnock Guide |
Posted - December 04 2009 : 7:22:10 PM
Heh, heh, - sometime (perhaps not right now) remind me to tell you about the "problem cat" we had, and the solution. |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - December 04 2009 : 6:44:10 PM
The one I suspect is the culprit is getting up in years... he's 15. I suspect he is getting the beginnings of Catzheimer's and can't remember exactly what he is supposed to do. I would not punish him. As long as he keeps it there, I can deal with it. The floor is easy to wash and sterilize. |
| Fitzhugh Williams |
Posted - December 04 2009 : 1:16:42 PM
That's just their way of making a statement. I was just never quite sure of what the statement was. But the cat did get some attention for her efforts. |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - December 04 2009 : 12:43:15 PM
I'm about ready to install a video camera near the cat box so I can find out which one is responsible for depositing things on the floor next to the box, rather than in it.
As for the rest.... I don't want to know what they do when Mama is away! |
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