Peace and Tranquility

Cats sleep during almost three fourths of the day, usually on comfortable and warm corners, but not necessarily always in their place of residence.

Cats that are free to come and go as they like, as do their wild parents, tend to identify different places for different moments of the day, be it under a brush at mid noon or on top of a flat roof in the afternoon, in the same way, domestic cats also "follow the sun" from room to room, adapting its sleep to the routine in the house.

For example, if the family is absent all day, they usually sleep during most of the time, and they prepare for socializing (and to feed) as son as someone arrives home.

The same as humans, cats don't like to be disturb while sleeping for it, if children bother them, its logical for them to defend themselves.

Cats are generally less generous with their presence if there is too much noise or if there is rough movements nearby. On the contrary, they love the murmuring of voices. The low sound of the radio, tuned up in some channel in which people are talking, gives them the illusion of having company when being too much time alone.

Dignity and Respect
One of the most attractive features of cats is its dignity. While many dogs do anything for us to laugh, humor doesn't have a space inside the psychological structure of a cat. Usually, if he calculates wrong a distance, for example, and falls in a now dignify way, he gets angry and retires to recuperate himself with a good cleaning session. When this happens never laugh. And never try to teach him funny tricks, although some learn more than one by their own will and, of course, don't disguise him. Always try to teach children that a cat is not a toy, but more member of the family.

Freedom
On the wild world, felines are free to define the limits of their territories, of doing exercise when they feel like it, to choose the hours for feeding and to move at it own will.

The domestication process restricts this freedom, but also puts a limit to hunger, cold and humidity, which is a fair exchange to the eyes of a domestic cat.

One of the first decisions that you have to take when adopting a cat is if you are always going to keep him inside the house or will he be able to go outside when ever he wants.

There is no doubt that cats that are free to go and come have a more natural and interesting life, but you also have weigh the risks of car traffic, fights, of contracting diseases or of parasites from other cats, of getting lost, etc.

On the other hand, domestic cats tend to urinate inside the house, to scratch the furniture and to suffer of overweight due to the lack of exercise.

The decision is clearly of the owner, but there is a condition: if you acquire an adult cat, you have to give him if possible a similar style of life as he used to have. It would be cruel to condemn him to being inside the house when he is used to being free to make him go outside without having any experience on how to confront the outer world.