PetScoop -- Cat Cams Reveal What Your Cats Really Do Home Alone

Most of us have felt twinges of guilt leaving our pets home alone. What do they do when we aren't there? Do they just sleep all the time? Do they have a boring life?

Nestle Purina PetCare's Friskies brand of cat food made it their business to find out. 50 house cats were equipped with collar cameras that snapped a photo at 15 minute intervals. Jill Villarreal, an animal behavior scientist, collected the data:

Based on the photos, about 22 percent of the cats' time was spent looking out of windows, 12 percent was used to interact with other family pets and 8 percent was spent climbing on chairs or kitty condos. Just 6 percent of their hours were spent sleeping.

The 777 photos studied by Villarreal showed the cats looking at a television, computer, DVDs or other media 6 percent of the time and hiding under tables 6 percent of the time.

Coming in at 5 percent was playing with toys; eating or looking at food finished at 4 percent.

Based on this data, cat owners get the best bang for their buck investing in Cat Furniture. And keep those curtains and blinds open, at least during the day!

Source: LA Unleashed

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