A Sunny Selection of Silly Cats Purrfect For the Dreary Days of Winter

When the days are cloudy and gray, you can always turn to cats to fill every meowment with sunshine and pawsitivity.

It's a known fact that people tend to be a little more down in wintertime. The shorter days, the gloomy weather, the freezing temperatures, and the fact that we haven't seen the sun for a number of days just makes everything feel dreary. It's an unfurtunate consequence of daylight savings and living in a location with an actual winter, but there are quite a few tips and tricks we have to stay pawsitive and make the SADs less sad.

Some people buy special "sun lamps" that trick your brain into feeling like it's experiencing sunshine without there actually being any sun in sight. These lamps reduce excess melatonin, help your body understand that it is, in fact, daytime outside, and can help with irritability, low mood, and brain fog. However, they work best with everyday usage and will not magically cure your grumpiness.

Our preferred method is much simpler (and fuzzier). We work with a purrscription for cats, kitty cuddles, and silly cats on the internet. This combination of things always makes us feel better because (excuse us while we get a little technical here) we get: oxytocin (your body's love hormone) from petting our cats and cuddling with them, and serotonin (your happy hormone!) from scrolling through silly cats. With these three things combined, it's purractically like chasing the clouds away and feeling the sunshine on your face. Now that's what we call meowgic.

The days may be gloomy and sad, but the cat corner of the internet remains purrfectly pawsitive. Gather around, because we've got a sunny selection of silly cats for you that are sure to shoo away those gloomy, grumpy vibes, and get you feeling purrfectly optimistic in no time!

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via @brencasts.bsky.social
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via RaytheForgetful
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via @the_pizzacat
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via BETTYDR4PER
Whether this cat is a stray or an indoor cat that got out, for the love of Ceiling Cat, let them in! Snow and freezing temperatures are no place for a cat to be. They need to be inside, hogging your entire heater and/or fireplace (who has a fireplace anymore?), and then promptly taking up your whole bed. There are no exceptions.
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via @RachelxSussman
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via Mars
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via RaytheForgetful
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via RaytheForgetful
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via RaytheForgetful
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via RaytheForgetful
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via RaytheForgetful
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via RaytheForgetful
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via RaytheForgetful
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via RaytheForgetful
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via u/iloveyeezus32
Despite popular belief, you can actually work to increase your cat's problem-solving skills, memory, and adaptability by having them play with puzzles and foraging toys. Cats are also trainable, but it just requires a lot more work than training a dog. It helps a lot if you have a food-motivated cat.
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via @ItsBlarg
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via RaytheForgetful
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via RaytheForgetful
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via @brutalrecovery
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via RaytheForgetful
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via glen.meows
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via RaytheForgetful
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via 13irdl3rain
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via thebestoftumbling
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via RaytheForgetful