Mummy said it’s not the season to be jolly just yet but it’s sure the season to be snuggly. Well, for us kitties it’s always the season to snuggle but here in our new home the days are getting colder and so we’ve started really and truly practicing our various snuggling techniques. If we start practicing now then when winter really arrives we’re fully prepared and ready for it and know exactly where the best spots are.
Snuggling is not as simple as you may think, there’s a fine art to it, you can’t ‘just snuggle’. You’ve got to suss out the best spots for every time of day, decide on the best blankies, figure out if it’s better on lap or off lap, do yew snuggle alone or buddy up? There’s so many things to take into consideration to find the purrfect snuggle spot for every occasion.
It’s a very complicated and exact science calculating the exact right place to snuggle into at that exact time. Sometimes by the time you’ve done all the calculations to make sure your in just the right place the moment has gone and that spot is no longer the best one anymore. Sometimes it’s just best to go with what you feel, what just feels good at the time, it doesn’t always look comfortable I can assure you, sleeping and snuggling is something that us kitties are very good at. I always know when I’ve got the right spot as it just feels good, really, really good, it feels safe, cosy and warm, like a big soft hug. Let me tell you, having spent my early months on the street back then I didn’t even know what a snuggle spot was let alone that big, warm hug feeling. There really is no other feeling quite like it.
Most people think that a snuggle is only good when you’ve got someone to snuggle with but I don’t think that’s true. Sometimes the best ones are actually when you’re all alone, quiet, peaceful and content in your own company, all curled up on your favourite blankie just enjoying life and being content. I dream of things that make me happy, remember how lucky I am and try to imagine if life really can get any better than this. This is the luxury of being able to have your own private snuggle space, after all we can all do with some alone time occasionally.
Sometime though you need company, someone to curl up on or next to, someone to just be there, to let you know that you’re not alone, that you are loved and that you’re part of the family. Nothing needs to be said, you don’t need to ask for permission, you can just hop on up and snuggle in, here in our house, there’s no right way or wrong way to make a snuggle puddle.
If you are going to cuddle with a buddy, you’ve got to consider how. Do you do head to head, bum to bum, nose to tail, side by side or even single decker or double decker (we’ve never gone for the triple decker…yet)? Each one has its advantages and disadvantage, bums can make comfy pillows but you’ve got to hope there’s no windy bums, specially with my super blindie sense of smell. Then there’s face to face which often means you can get a wash for those hard to reach parts but then one wrong move or a nibble in the wrong spot and it goes from cuddles to fisticuffs in the blink of an eye. Then there’s the expectation that you return the washing favour and change from washee to washer. Side by side gives extra body warmth for when those extra cold days come along, then, for me, it’s a matter of where’s Millie? She’s the floofiest and therefore the warmest so a great real life snuggle blanket who you can bury yourself right into but you’ve just gotta be careful as the downside of burying yourself into long floof is that it can tickle your nosey.
Obviously if it’s a lap cuddle we’re after then we hunt out mummy or daddy’s lap, each one is different so you’ve gotta choose depending on what your mood is. Mummy and daddy’s choice of blankie is a key element as it’s not all about the lap, it’s the combination of the two. This is what I mean about there being so many things to consider when thinking about where to nap. Of course whoever’s lap is chosen they have to stay completely immobilised for as long as we want to nap, no tea, no coffee, no food, no drinks, no toilet, no moving, stretching or fidgeting. How could they even consider disturbing the biggest pile of cuteness that could choose them as the purrfect place to settle down. Deciding to curl up on your humans lap is one of the greatest compliments a kitty could give, it’s a sign of contentment, trust and love, its part of the special bond that exists between a kitty and their daddy and mummy. I don’t just settle down on anybody that turns up…well not unless they’ve got an extra special blankie on their lap as bribery! A pawents lap isn’t just for when you’re already feeling good though but it also provides reassurance, its a place of safety and security in times of anxiety or when you’re feeling uneasy or unnerved, somewhere that you can go that makes you feel better.
I’m sorry I’m late with this post but I always take my blog very seriously and had to do a lot of research to make sure I only tell you the true facts about how to snuggle properly. I might have got a bit too involved with doing as much research about snuggling as possible and before I knew it I had napped for a little bit longer than I probably should have…ok well a lot longer than I should have. I hope you enjoy the photos mummy took of my research.
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