Mary Allen
Have you ever tried to get your velvet paw used to a basket? Then you surely know how stubborn our darlings are when it comes to where they sleep. We’ve tracked down cats’ strangest favorite places for you.
High places
It doesn’t matter whether it’s on a bookshelf or the highest point of the scratching post, cats love high places! This is because our velvet paws prefer to always have an overview. Curious cats in particular prefer this sleeping place. However, shy house cats tend to look around for caves or other hiding places, after all, you can hear every unpleasant noise up there.
Wardrobe
An ideal example of a quiet retreat is the closet. Have you felt the same way? You take your eyes off your closet for a moment and there’s a little kitten sitting in it? That’s because the closet combines everything that cats love: it’s protected, warm, and snuggly, and it also smells like something familiar: you! Actually perfect, if it weren’t for your poor freshly washed laundry…
Windowsill
If you’re wondering what your neighbors do all day, your cat probably knows it. After all, it’s not for nothing that our curious house tigers have chosen the window sill as one of THE cat’s favorite places. The fact that Miezi can let the sunshine on her fur in summer and that she warms the heater in winter could be more than a spy affair. Maybe the future afternoon snack will fly by with the birds outside. What a land of milk and honey!
Bed
Also not welcomed and of course all the more popular: the bed. True to the motto, what master and mistress prefer must also be good for me. Cats love soft places to sleep like our sofa or our fluffy duvets, and of course the more strictly they are banned, the more attractive they become. Our velvet-pawed friends are just like children.
If you want to wean your darling away from the bed, you should start early. Later, it often only helps to make the bed as uninteresting as possible or to make another place more exciting or more comfortable with a cuddly blanket. But since Miezi can sleep in almost any place, no matter how uncomfortable it looks, that’s a challenge in itself!
Laundry basket
And again your laundry is at the collar, but luckily this time the dirty ones. The laundry basket also fulfills all the criteria when it comes to a cat’s ideal favorite place: it is protected, fluffy and soft and has the allure of the forbidden. If you don’t want your darling to sleep in the laundry, it’s best to quickly get a lid for the laundry basket. Maybe your house cat gets too busy on its own if you keep throwing your dirty laundry at it.
Washing machine
Yes, unfortunately, the drum of your washing machine is also a small cave and therefore ideal for a nap. It is one of the greatest dangers in the home for your cat. It is best to make sure that you keep the washing machine closed and always check it thoroughly before each wash so that Kitty does not have a rude awakening. The fact that the drum isn’t padded is only a minor annoyance, after all, we know that cats, with all their quirky sleeping places, have a different idea of comfort.
Cartons and crates
“If it has an opening, then I can fit in” is the motto of almost every cat. So it shouldn’t surprise you that your little stray takes every opportunity to crawl into a box, crate, or even just under a cupboard. At first, your velvet paw doesn’t care whether it fits in at all or comes out again. If it’s made of cardboard, it’ll quickly become one of the cat’s new favorite spots. This is where the curious explorer who has set out on the trail of a new place to sleep comes through.