SLEEP SLEEP SLEEPING CAT

We typically see our cat sleeps nearly all the time. And many people believe that it is a nocturnal animal that awakes and hunts in the nighttime. This believe seems to be both right and wrong. Cat needs many hours of sleep, range from 12-16 hours daily. It needs to digest food that it consumes and keeps energy for next hunting times. Although in natural, cat's usual prey like rats and small animals are nocturnal animals, cat also likes birds, fish and other animals that is typically non-nocturnal creatures. And cat does have a lot of activities during day light. Hence, we can not say that cat is typically nocturnal animal.
In its daily routine, it will hunt several times for food which are typicall small animals and has them several times a day. It will take a nap between that hinting-feeding time. But in domestic cats, we usually feed them regularly with two or three meals a day. So they have plenty time to plays and sleep rather than hunting. This has some negative effects to their health. Domestic cat tends to be overweighted if they do not have enough activities and overfeed. They don't have any exercises in contrast to hunting time in nature.
If we feed them with dry cat food, they might learn to have it small amount at a time and several times a day like in their natural life. After feeding, they will groom themselves and then find a quiet and safe place to sleep and when they awake, they will become fresh and ready to play with us. Domestic cat also adapts very well with our routine day-night time by take a long nap when it's owner is out to work and wake and play with us when we arrive home. It also sleep quite long in the night corresponded with our sleep time. If it does not adapt with these schedules, we would not see many of us let their beloved cat sleep on the same bed in the bedroom. :D

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Yoga-like posting cat

If you think about a cat, you will remember how the different seemingly impossible yoga-like poses your cat can distort into. Due to the relative flexibility of a cat's skeletal system but in particular the backbone, most of these incredible positions can be possible.


A domestic cat has five more number of backbones than a human and they are joined by extremely flexible soft bone (cartilage-like material) that allows for freedom of movement. This is necessary for a predator in the wild. The more flexible spine allows for free range of movement and quick motion.

Wild cats rely on their spines for a fast springing action that allows them to pounce into action and leap onto unwary prey like when you see cheetahs and lions hunt for their prey in documentaries. Domestic cats do the same thing when they jump onto an unsuspecting mouse, birds or toy. Cats hunker down, flick their tails, and suddenly spring up silently and grab their target with powerful front paws and clamp their jaws to immobilize their quarry.

The spine's flexibility also comes into play during high speed chases when sudden turns and bursts of speed are essential. The spine can bend and flex in tune with a felines hips and legs to turn in seemingly impossible directions to quickly outflank prey. A cat's spine is built for one quick and frenetic pace for hunting and then rest for after the meal.



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Cat Vision Development (2)

Cat vision and learning starts when the eyes has opened during 5th-14th days. Although the eyes have opened, the visual acuity will be fully developed at about 25th day. Binocular vision will be mature around 47th day. Eyes development will be equal mature cat at 2 month age. Cat vision development is important for the wild cat which is originally the hunter. Domestic cat is still preserved its hunter characteristic through its life.

Why do your cat love to sit near the window?

It depends on if it is an indoor cat. If it is, it might be wanting to go outside. And cats instincts tell them to hunt so, it might be watching the birds and seeing them as little snack.
Furthermore, to sit near the window on the sunny day will keep your cat warm.