Kliban's Cats by B. Kliban for February 02, 2021

That “purr box” has been around MUCH longer than the “magic fingers” hotel bed.

Ah HA! I’m gonna show this to Bowie, my surprisingly mechanically-minded kitten — 11.5 months old, so still a kitten! — to say, ‘See! We’re onto you!’ >B^D

The purring mechanism.

I always new there was a motorized contraption somewhere….MEW MEW MEOW!

If we could only harness that energy.

Ahah! The secret exposed!

Somewhere along the line my boy Boots got an upgrade

When he was young, his purr was so soft we could barely hear it or feel it

Now that he’s a senior cat, he can be heard from the next room

:-)

The schematic is incorrect. The settings should read "Loud,’ “louder,” and :Loudest."

No longer a mystery.

Well, this explains a lot.

“Mama’s got a purr box, daddy never sleeps at night…”

A purr seems to be related to healing, muscle tone, and certain psychological factors. Last I heard they are still not real clear on how such deep bass notes are generated. It turns out, if you poke or dissassemble a cat, it stops purring.