Feline Question

[stickmaker]

Do cats lay on the clothes you've taken off because they smell like you, because they have some residual warmth, or to get hair on them?

Comments

[kengr]

Yes.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

None of the above. They do it because they have contempt for you.

[donsimpson.livejournal.com]

Cats seem to pick their lurking/resting spots by use of a point system. Smelling like you adds points, as does warmth. I don't think leaving hair does, but leaving their own smell on things does, so there are points for things not yet sufficiently smell-marked. There are more points for elevation/good view, concealment, etc. Not that cats have a checklist, this all gets calculated naturally....

At least, I don't _think_ they have an actual checklist. If they do, then "contrasts nicely with shed hair" may indeed be on it.