Cats & lunar eclipse

Margot Lane

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Anybody’s cat reacting to lunar eclipse?
 

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My cats never reacted to anything but a can opening :lol:

Joking apart, my previous cats never reacted even to the earthquakes. But on a couple of occasions they predicted the storm coming, by a few minutes.
 

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What kind of reaction to a full eclipse would one expect from a cat? I can't see any change in their behavior. They're sleeping at the foot of the bed, same as always.

100% cloud cover. Can't see the eclipse anyway.
 

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Just saw the eclipse, it is partly cloudy. Looks like the moon with the lower right-hand corner blacked out. I guess I was expecting more. Yesterday it was almost red, looked much more interesting!
Cats are acting the same, they did sleep a little better last night, instead of whining at 3 AM for their food, they started at 4!
 

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The night was clear here for the eclipse. I thought it was great! When the eclipse started, the moon was full over head, the stars were hard to see since the moon was so bright. According to what I read the moon was 97.4 covered by the earth's shadow for this eclipse. It did get very dark here. The stars looked extraordinarily bright. I don't think any of my indoor-only cats were affected, but all the dogs in the neighborhood seemed to be as they were all howling!
 
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…my cat napped too. ‘Been there, done that…whatever.’ Interesting about the dogs tho…I guess they’re flappable.
 
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