Does your Siamese like to snooze inside an open suitcase? Is your calico in the habit of curling up inside a cupboard to catch 40 winks? Have you noticed that your Persian prefers to sleep on a pile of laundry rather than a fancy cat bed? If you are a pet parent perplexed by your purring pal’s peculiar places to get some shut eye, cartoonist Simon Tofield of Simon’s Cat fame and a cat behavior expert from Cats Protection answer your queries about you feline’s visits to the Land of Nod in the latest Simon’s Cat Logic video, “Catnap: Why Do Cats Sleep in Unusual Places?”
As cats spend an average of 16 hours each day asleep, with the number of hours rising for kittens and senior cats, finding the perfect spot for a siesta is one of a cat’s primary activities. From soft sweaters to fluffy towels, the laundry is a favorite place form which a kitty can drift off to dream land. According to Nicky Trevorrow from Cats Protection: “Some cats prefer dirty laundry, just because it smells familiar to them and has the scent of the owner of them whereas other cats prefer clean laundry, and this could be because if it’s been freshly tumble dried it’s going to be nice and warm, so it’s a safe place to sleep.”
Felines also tend to confuse their human families by periodically rotating the place where they sleep. Trevorrow explains that this behavior has most likely been passed down from their ancestors in the wild, who often moved to new, clean sleeping quarters in an attempt to avoid a build-up of external parasites.
“Catnap” is the latest comical clip created by Simon Tofield for a series of Simon’s Cat Logic videos which explain the sometimes quirky comportment of our kitty companions. Other videos include Why Do Cats Love Boxes?, Do Cats Fall in Love?, In or Out? What are Cats So Indecisive and Why Do Cats Have a ‘Crazy’ Time? The videos were made in partnership with the UK’s leading feline welfare charity, Cats Protection. Founded in 1927, today there are 32 Cats Protection adoption centers and more than 250 volunteer-run branches of the organization, which provides care for approximately 200,000 cats and kittens each year.
Enjoy the Simon’s Cat clip “Catnap” and download Cats Protection’s free “Understanding Your Cat’s Behavior” guide to learn more about the minds of our meowing buddies:
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