Besides the sloth, a cat spends more of its time sleeping than any other animal.
It has a solitary lifestyle with frenetic periods of hunting and playing.
A cat can spend up to 16 hours a day sleeping.
In the wild, this can increase to 20 hours.
The waking periods are very active requiring a cat to conserve energy by sleeping.
Its diet is protein rich not requiring a lot of time for feeding to maintain its strength.
During its waking hours, it is playful but not necessarily sociable.
It does not adapt well to change.
It is timid and anxious around humans and must gain their trust before interacting.
It likes to sleep next to a warm body which is a way trust can be gained.
Forcing it on another animal or human can increase its mistrust.
Children wanting to pick and play with it can create anxiety causing it to react by scratching or biting them.
Since it does not like change, grooming, feeding and playing with it at the same time each day will increase its feeling of security.
When playing, use of a variety of toys will maintain its interest.
Playing creates excitement and provides exercise.
Catnip and laser toys are very popular.
Gift wrap, ribbons and gift boxes from Christmas also make good toys.
A cat can sense human moods when being talked to.
It can learn up to 20 different words including its name.
It will start to read a humans body language in the same way it does among other cats.
It will respond with different sounds to the conversation.