CAT DIARY

The Cat’s Places Rated Almanac for Cat Naps.

(from Cat Diary 3)

Five checks is best. 

On the front doorstep. PP

Too dangerous.  Big Owner, not paying attention, can step on your tail – or worse.

On the stairs. PPPP

Outstanding support for the length of a stretched-out feline. Also provides ledge from which to hang (almost) any appendage. For obvious reasons, never do this in the dark

On the bathroom toilet tank. PPP

Only if it is one of the carpeted variety -- which is, admittedly, a little retro. The style went out with the ‘70’s, but some owners never change.  If there are vases or boxes of Kleenex on the tank, knock them off. Excellent full body support, head and hind paws hang over. For between-nap exercises, roll some TP off the holder on to the floor. Again.

In the bathroom sink. PP

Perfectly formed for a kitty’s body. But can still be wet and disgustingly dirty from the Big Owner’s shaving his face there each morning. Strange things seem to grow there. Best after it has been freshly cleaned with powerful chemicals to cut through the grunge. Also risk of leaky faucet disturbing a beautiful rest.

In the clean laundry. PPPP

Especially if it is still warm.

In the dirty laundry. X

Never. Unless your cat box is dirty and you need somewhere to ‘go.’

In a box. X

Be sure it has no lid, lest the Big Owner close it and take you to the vet. I have fallen for that trick once. When I came back I was half a man, if you get my gist. Never again. Someday I will return the favor to the Big Owner.

On The Big Owner. PPPPP

… Drooling a puddle on to his chest. Insist he scratch you. Purr loudly so that he does not fall asleep on the job.

On the bed. PP

Usually used for long-term sleeping, and not catnaps. And it is a shame to use it when there are no humans there to disturb during the day.

On a closet shelf. PPP

Insist the closet doors are the sliding variety, for fear that someone will close the door on you and you are trapped. Otherwise, it’s difficult to get into full-blown catnap mode when you are keeping one eye on the door.

On a car. P

Normally too cold. But the messy paw prints you leave on the fresh wax job and clean windshields are worth the effort.

IN a car. X

Tried that once, with horrible results. (See ‘Car Sick.’)

On a windowsill. PP

Normally too narrow for deep sleep. Cats are notorious for trying to force a windowsill nap and falling off midway through.

On the kitchen table. PP

Right on the placemats. The Mrs. Owner supplies me (doubtful it’s for ME, but I’d like to think so) with thick, cushy mats. If dinnerware is in the way, push it over the side.

On the Big Owner’s easy chair. X

I am reading too many stories of Big Owner’s not seeing their pets and plopping themselves in their chairs without first checking to see if something is there. My Big Owner has gained so much weight, if that happened to me I would lose eight of my nine lives.

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