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Cats and sleep

OK, I agree with Kevin Drum about cats' sleeping habits. I think anyone who has (non-kitten) cats would agree with him.

He says:

What do cats do when they're home alone? The folks at Nestle Purina PetCare's Friskies division installed cat-cams on 50 cats in order to find out, and they've now announced the results:

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.

Uh huh. Look: I work at home. So I know exactly what my critters do between the hours of nine and five: they sleep.

I'm with him. Six percent sleeping?? Maybe kittens...but older cats? At least 60%.