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Life With Cats explores familiar cat behavior through research and everyday observation. Learn what rubbing, whiskers, scratching, play, and vocal sounds can tell us, while leaving room for each cat's individuality. Not veterinary or behavior-treatment advice. Scienza Scienze biologiche
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  • Why Cats Love Boxes and Small Spaces

    Why Cats Love Boxes and Small Spaces
    Oct 8 2026
    Put a cardboard box on the floor and many cats are inside it within minutes. Here's what's behind the box habit, from feeling hidden but able to watch, to staying warm, including what happened when a shelter gave new cats a box to hide in. Inside this episode: - The Box Test You've Probably Run - Hidden but Watching - Warmth in a Small Space - What a Shelter Study Found Sources include the references linked below. Sources and further reading: - [Vinke, Godijn & van der Leij 2014, Will a hiding box provide stress reduction for shelter cats?](https://ufl.pb.unizin.org/app/uploads/sites/49/2019/10/Vinke.Hiding-box-stress-reduction-for-shelter-cats.2014.pdf) - [van der Leij et al. 2019, Hiding boxes and shelter cats, PLOS ONE](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31609987/) - [Smith, Chouinard & Byosiere 2021, If I fits I sits](https://www.gwern.net/doc/cat/psychology/2021-smith-2.pdf) - [AAFP/ISFM Feline Environmental Needs Guidelines](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11383066/) - [EFSA 2023, Welfare of cats and dogs: thermal comfort](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10500269/) This episode is an educational overview, not individual professional advice. Details can vary by context. Corrections are incorporated into future editions. Follow Life With Cats for more episodes.
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    7 min
  • How Cats Turn in Midair to Land

    How Cats Turn in Midair to Land
    Oct 8 2026
    Cats have a famous knack for landing on their feet. Here's how the righting reflex works, how a falling cat turns its front half and then its back half in a split second, when kittens develop it, and why it doesn't make a fall safe. Inside this episode: - The Righting Reflex - Front Half, Then Back Half - How Kittens Learn It - Why a Good Landing Isn't a Safe Fall Sources include the references linked below. Sources and further reading: - [Public Domain Review, Photographs of a falling cat, 1894](https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/photographs-of-a-falling-cat-1894) - [Higurashi et al. 2026, Spinal mechanics of feline air righting, The Anatomical Record](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41734949/) - [Cremieux et al. 1984, Development of the air righting reflex in kittens](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6723872/) - [Candela Andrade et al. 2025, Feline high-rise syndrome in Berlin](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12126627/) This episode is an educational overview, not individual professional advice. Details can vary by context. Corrections are incorporated into future editions. Follow Life With Cats for more episodes.
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    8 min
  • What a Slow Blink Means Between Cats and People

    What a Slow Blink Means Between Cats and People
    Oct 8 2026
    When your cat looks at you with sleepy, half-closed eyes, it may be sending a message. Scientists tested the slow blink in people's homes and at a rescue center. Here's what they found, what it probably means, and how to try it with your own cat. Inside this episode: - The Look That Isn't a Stare - The Living Room Experiment - What About a Stranger? - The Shelter Test - How to Try It Tonight Sources include the references linked below. Sources and further reading: - [Humphrey et al. 2020, The role of cat eye narrowing movements in cat-human communication, Scientific Reports](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-73426-0) - [University of Portsmouth, How to build rap-paw with your cat](https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/news/how-to-build-rap-paw-with-your-cat) - [Humphrey et al. 2020, Slow blink eye closure in shelter cats, Animals](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7761381/) - [International Cat Care, How to greet a cat](https://icatcare.org/articles/how-to-greet-a-cat) - [International Cat Care, Cat communication](https://icatcare.org/articles/cat-communication) This episode is an educational overview, not individual professional advice. Details can vary by context. Corrections are incorporated into future editions. Follow Life With Cats for more episodes.
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    8 min
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