Meowy Monday – National Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day

We all wonder what our cat is thinking and sometimes we don’t really want to know. Some people believe that cats might actually have questions of their own and because of that, a day has been set aside for us to ponder that concept.

What might your cat ask you? Here are a few possibilities:

Why do you take so many photos of me? (Yeah, that would be Olivia’s question and complaint.)

Where’s my favorite toy? I lost my toys. Where is it????

Why can’t I scratch the sofa?

Why can’t I eat that plant?

Actually, I don’t think our cats really want the answers to some of these questions, they simply want the privileges they believe they deserve as king/queen of the household. It’s certainly a fun premise to consider

Here’s another bit of trivia. Cat litter was discovered 70 years ago this month by Edward Lowe who was in the sand and gravel business. But it was actually a woman who instigated the concept of using clay instead of sand in the litter box. This unnamed woman came to Mr. Lowe asking for something better than sand to use in her cat’s litter box. He sent her home with a bag of clay granules and the rest is history.

There’s a side story to this: when Mr. Lowe began to market the litter he’d created he visited cat shows and was taken aback by the smell throughout the hall. That must have been when he realized a second convenience and benefit to the absorbing clay he marketed for litter boxes, the substance worked to keep the smell down.

Thank you Mr. Lowe and the unnamed woman who brought up the subject.

 

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