Sunbeams
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Does anyone else have a cat who follows sunbeams around the house to snooze in? I can tell what time of day it is here, depending on where Robbie is asleep in the sun!! Helen M — God created the domestic cat so that man could touch the Tiger. Throw the cat out before replying.
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Yup – a favourite spot in the Simmons’ household is in the dining room, stretching out on the carpet as the sun floods in through the sliding glass doors… Cheers, helen s
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Ours do. When we leave for the lake cottage every weekend, our last step is a cat check. If we don’t see them, we usually look in the "puddle of sun" spots. (And one to two are usually there). — *Cheers* ~Just Me~ Please (remove your shoes) before replying. "My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, and yet I am happy. I can’t figure it out. What am I doing right?" ~Charles M. Schulz
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Ours do. When we leave for the lake cottage every weekend, our last step is a cat check. If we don’t see them, we usually look in the "puddle of sun" spots. (And one to two are usually there).
My Siamese would do this, and anywhere else it was warm. In my old co-op with radiator heat the pipes would start banginmg when the steam came up and the cats would get up to move next to the radiator. They’d jostle each other for room on top of the TV (if it was on, of course) and once, enjoying the morning sun on the through-the-wall A/C, they started their ock fights and the male fell off. I ran out and around the apt bldg (it was only one-story up) and as soon as he saw me he ran past me and up the stairs to safety LOL That’s still one of the smartest things I’ve seen a cat do; I mean, he had never been out but as soon as he saw me he "knew" the way home was behind me somewhere. —
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Ours do. When we leave for the lake cottage every weekend, our last step is a cat check. If we don’t see them, we usually look in the "puddle of sun" spots. (And one to two are usually there). My Siamese would do this, and anywhere else it was warm. In my old co-op with radiator heat the pipes would start banginmg when the steam came up and the cats would get up to move next to the radiator. They’d jostle each other for room on top of the TV (if it was on, of course) and once, enjoying the morning sun on the through-the-wall A/C, they started their ock fights and the male fell off. I ran out and around the apt bldg (it was only one-story up) and as soon as he saw me he ran past me and up the stairs to safety LOL That’s still one of the smartest things I’ve seen a cat do; I mean, he had never been out but as soon as he saw me he "knew" the way home was behind me somewhere.
Tawny (RB) used to lie on top of my kitchen stove, over the vent at the back. This was a very old gas stove with a pilot light, so there was always warmth coming up through the vent. That was his favorite spot during his last couple of years, year round. Joy
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Those are not sunbeams… they are cat refueling ports.
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Tawny (RB) used to lie on top of my kitchen stove, over the vent at the back. This was a very old gas stove with a pilot light, so there was always warmth coming up through the vent. That was his favorite spot during his last couple of years, year round.
Bingo! The upstairs old gas stove has a very wide "central area" (the solid part between the ranks of burners) because it has an interchangable griddle/fifth and sixth burner accessory-space there, with a solid porcelainized metal "lid" (matches the rest of the stove) to cover the guts when neither is in use. There’s a good sixteen-inch-wide "workspace" there — which, BTW, is really handy when you’re juggling pots and burners, even if you aren’t using the griddle or the extras. We usually just leave the solid "lid" on it because the extra room is always welcome and we seldom need the big griddle area or the fifth burner. After all, there are only two of us here (human-types, I mean). Hei Yu *loved* to sleep there, since there was the gentle warmth of a pilot light right under her as well as the warmth from the two that are connected to the four regular burners. We didn’t mind it *too* much, but we sure had to watch closely to keep her from jumping up there when we were cooking, *especially* on the rare occasions when we *were* using either the griddle or the extra burner! After she (Hei Yu, not Mum! <g) died, Mum started leaving a large pot or two in that space so the next cats wouldn’t ever get in the habit of sleeping there. ‘Twas a bit disconcerting to have a cat suddenly appear *on* the stove when you were cooking — not to mention trying to keep as much cat hair as possible out of what you were cooking. And/Or keeping the cat’s tail, ears, whiskers, paws, etc. out of the in-use burners! These days when they want warmth they just have to make do with their nice squoodgy velvet and satin and fur pillows on the marble slabs that’re on top of the steam radiators. (Have you ever tried to even sort-of de-fur velvet?? What a job!) The 3" thick marble slabs hold the heat while at the same time it insulates them from the metal radiator’s !HEAT! when the steam is actually "on", so they’ve got gentle warmth available there 24/7 during cold weather. If they want heat during the summer, they’ve got a whole attic of places to choose from. I guarantee that they’re not mistreated just because they can’t sleep on the nice warm stovetop. <g Regardless of what *their* opinion would be, did they only know. JEM (whose Mum’s cats have always been as spoiled as her own are — who do you think she learned from? <g Her cats didn’t need to train her — not in the Basics, anyway — ’cause her Mum had already done it!) I don’t suffer from insanity……I’m enjoying every minute of it!
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We really only have one good sunbeam spot, as most of our windows face northeast. The one spot in the middle of the living room comes from the skylight through most of the afternoon, and that’s one of the two places I’ve seen C’Nedra assert her dominance over Missy – there and the food dishes. If Missy’s there before her, she’ll come up and gently sniff her tail. Then sit calmly, stare, and wait. Missy will resist for a moment or two, but sooner or later she’ll slink off with a guilty look on her face, "Sorry, ma’am, I but I just couldn’t resist, really." Then C’Nedra moves with the sunbeam for the rest of the afternoon. Robin – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Does anyone else have a cat who follows sunbeams around the house to snooze in? I can tell what time of day it is here, depending on where Robbie is asleep in the sun!! Helen M — God created the domestic cat so that man could touch the Tiger. Throw the cat out before replying.
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These days when they want warmth they just have to make do with their nice squoodgy velvet and satin and fur pillows on the marble slabs that’re on top of the steam radiators. (Have you ever tried to even sort-of de-fur velvet?? What a job!)
Actually, I deliberately got plush or velveteen upholstered furniture because I found the fur easier to remove from that than from ordinary, coarse-woven upholstery fabric. I have this brush thingy covered in a sort of coarse "one-way" plush – you use it against the grain to collect the fur, then turn it around so it moves with the grain to shed the fur on a paper towel or newspaper or something – it works pretty good on things like velvet, where the fur just lies on top, rather than being permanently incorporated into the furniture. Of course, now I have leather, I don’t have to worry about it collecting cat-fur (just claw marks, darn it!) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The 3" thick marble slabs hold the heat while at the same time it insulates them from the metal radiator’s !HEAT! when the steam is actually "on", so they’ve got gentle warmth available there 24/7 during cold weather. If they want heat during the summer, they’ve got a whole attic of places to choose from. I guarantee that they’re not mistreated just because they can’t sleep on the nice warm stovetop. <g Regardless of what *their* opinion would be, did they only know. JEM (whose Mum’s cats have always been as spoiled as her own are — who do you think she learned from? <g Her cats didn’t need to train her — not in the Basics, anyway — ’cause her Mum had already done it!) I don’t suffer from insanity……I’m enjoying every minute of it!
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Absolutely! My Romeo especially loves to sleep in the sun, even in summer! During winter he’s a "heat hog" — he sleeps right on top of one of the heating ducts. Flippy from Melbourne, Australia. My Catpage: http://www.onthe.net.au/~flippy/ See pictures of our new kitty: http://www.onthe.net.au/~flippy/chloe-page1.html "Heaven… would have to be a place lined with cat bellies." – L. F. Hoffman – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Does anyone else have a cat who follows sunbeams around the house to snooze in? I can tell what time of day it is here, depending on where Robbie is asleep in the sun!! Helen M — God created the domestic cat so that man could touch the Tiger. Throw the cat out before replying.
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