{"id":1935,"date":"2017-04-27T03:40:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T11:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1935"},"modified":"2017-04-27T03:40:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T11:40:21","slug":"thoughts-for-thursday-my-cat-impersonates-a-pair-of-slippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1935","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts for Thursday \u2013 My Cat Impersonates a Pair of Slippers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_191\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/pg-11-win-vac2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/pg-11-win-vac2-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/pg-11-win-vac2.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winfield Finds a Warm Spot<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cats have a reputation of being aloof and anti-social. As the quip goes, to cats we\u2019re staff\u2014at their beck and call to give them whatever they want when they want it. And usually, it seems, when they\u2019re being cute and sweet, it\u2019s because they want food. Take our Lily\u2014she becomes furry slippers and leg warmers when I walk into the kitchen for any reason around her feeding time. She rubs all over my ankles and rolls around on my feet. I don\u2019t know if this is in appreciation for feeding her (she\u2019s saying, \u201cI love you, Mommy, I love you!\u201d) or if it\u2019s a warning (\u201cFeed me NOW or bite your ankles and chew your toes off.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>If your cat seems to like food more than she likes you, you might be surprised about a recent study done by researchers from Oregon State. It\u2019s been reported at many cat sites and even in <em>Newsweek<\/em> and the <em>Huffington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers set out to determine whether cats genuinely like us\u2014enjoy human <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/046-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/046-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/046-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>interaction\u2014or if they\u2019re using us, as the jokes go. They used 50 cats in this study\u2014some of them household pets and some from shelters. They deprived the cats of human company, food, and toys for a couple of hours and when they presented these to the cats again, 50% of them seemed more interested in human interaction than in food. 37% chose food first. Their conclusion is that cats like us better than food. Would you agree?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifewithcats.tv\/2017\/04\/21\/your-cat-may-like-you-more-than-you-think\/\">http:\/\/www.lifewithcats.tv\/2017\/04\/21\/your-cat-may-like-you-more-than-you-think\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cats have a reputation of being aloof and anti-social. As the quip goes, to cats we\u2019re staff\u2014at their beck and call to give them whatever they want when they want it. 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