Cats and Hardwood Floors

I'm picturing playing cats sliding across the floor!
Depending on the weather some cats love a nice cool smooth surface to lay on. This is one reason why cats get up on our tables, counter tops, or sleep in sinks.
You could (and probably do) provide cat beds for them and maybe a rug here and there for them to lay on. It won't hurt their feet to walk across it.

I have hardwood floors throughout ...... none of mine sleep on the floor but they dont sleep on the rugs I have either. They prefer a piece of furntirue. They get into chases sometimes where they slide on the floors though.

I had hardwood floors throughout my house, except the bathroom, in Sarajevo, so it is what all my cats were brought up with. They sometimes lay on them, but more usually on a rug. They did like playing on them though. Here I only have wood in the bedrooms - the rest is tiled, and that is cold! But I have lots of rugs.

Thanks jenny, strange_wings, & Pami!

Originally Posted by strange_wings

I'm picturing playing cats sliding across the floor!

Depending on the weather some cats love a nice cool smooth surface to lay on. This is one reason why cats get up on our tables, counter tops, or sleep in sinks.

You could (and probably do) provide cat beds for them and maybe a rug here and there for them to lay on. It won't hurt their feet to walk across it.

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LOL, now I cannot get the image of Cosy and Eppie skidding across the floor as they chase each other

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You make a great point about cats liking cool, smooth surfaces (most cats but my weirdos anyway!!). I guess I'm just looking for an excuse to splurge on some nice area rugs

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my apartment is all hardwood floors, and i have area rugs in the living room and bedroom. wally prefers lying on the rugs, but i'll occasionally see him lounging on the floor too. in fact, lately he's been spending more time in the kitchen which has linoleum.

My last house was either hardwood floors or tile. Any carpet that was in there when we moved in was removed. I had area or throw rugs through out the house. The house didn't have a basement and the foundation was simply a stone perimeter. That meant that the hardwood floors on the 1st floor were basically a deck. In the winter, the floors were about 20 degrees colder than the temperature at knee height. It never bothered the cats at all. No cold little paws walking across them. I never noticed a difference between them laying on the floors or jumping up on a comfy piece of furniture.

Actually, the hardwood made a great kitty race track and they had a lot of fun sliding across them when they played chase with each other.

We have hardwood floors throughout, tile in bathroom and vinyl in kitchen. We have an area rug in the family room and that is about the only place the kitties lay on the floor. The remainer of the time they perch on the bed, daddy's new cat tree he built for them or the furniture. I have to admit they have made some lovely scratches on the hardwood, but what the heck - I consider it normal "wear and tear".

We have had hardwood floors for 11 years. Doesn't seem to make a difference to the cats at all!! If you have hardwood steps though you will notice the accumullation of cat hair though!!!
Did you buy a house????????????

In our other house it was a mix - they liked sliding on the rugs

But they slept in the chairs, couch, bed.

My cats sleep on the hardwood floors in the summer. They do slide somewhat when they are running around, we have rugs and a hall runner they just don't always run along the rugs

We have wooden floors as well - to be honest it is brilliant as it is SO easy to clean mucky kitty footprints off!! As far as their comfort, we have blankets scattered about (which we sit on, as they sit on the sofa!!! )

Max is not very good on the slippy surface as usually, wherever he is going, he is going very fast - he often flies in through the catflap and skis across the floor and under the kitchen table!!!

My Severino can barely walk he slides the whole time because he has so much hair on his feet, and when they chase each other they slide all over and it's pretty funny...as far as laying on it they prefer the rugs or furniture...if you have any throw rugs maybe they will lay on them.

Trout slides all the time..playing fetch she rams herself into the wall alot

For the little while in my apartment I didn't have any rugs to put on the hardwood, and my kitties would lie on the floor pretty comfortably. Now I've got a rug or two and they lie on that just as often as they did on the bare floor. It's the only thing they've ever known though, so maybe for us there would be an adjustment if we ever moved into a carpeted place or something different. I've often commented that my kitties seem clumsy sometimes, but with all the posts about people's cats sliding around on the floor, I'm wondering if they're just finding the floor too slippery when they're tearing around the place. Maybe my little ones aren't so uncoordinated after all!

We are remodeling with hardwood and marble tiles. My kitty decided that he *loves* a piece of slate tile we brought home as a sample. He lies down and rubs, and rolls around on it. So funny to watch! It's his now, of course

Originally Posted by strange_wings

I'm picturing playing cats sliding across the floor!

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sliding along the floors is one of my cats favorite activities. it's not funny when she slides into the wall but otherwise its adorable. and yes she sits on them all the time but prefers to sleep higher off the ground.

Oh they are going to have fun sliding around on those

We have a tiled kitchen floor and it is very funny to see the cats go from the carpeted hall to the tiles, the first time Sonic ran in there his back legs went faster than his front legs and he spun round so he was facing the way he came, with a confused look on his face. They both enjoy running onto it and sliding