A cat's hearing is one of the best in the animal world. It developed to a point where they could hear the slightest peek from the mouse. Even in their dreams! It's a matter of survival - because in the wild they make easy prey for predators during their nap time.

Recently, according to foreign media reports, a new study published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery by Louisiana State University in the United States pointed out that they studied the effects of various music in high anxiety situations. Sedative effect on domestic cats.

In the study, researchers from Louisiana State University in the United States randomly divided 20 cats into two groups. One group listened to music for 20 minutes before the examination, and the other group did not listen to music.

Music includes Cat Music Scooter Bere's Aria and classical music Faure's Elégie. Cat music mimics cat purrs and suckling sounds, which are typically two octaves above the human vocal range (55-200 Hz).

Before the experiment, there was no difference in the stress index of cats listening to cat music, classical music, and no music. After the experiment, the stress index of cats who listened to cat music was significantly reduced, and the stress index of cats who listened to classical music and did not listen to music did not change.

Our results show that listening to cat music can reduce cat anxiety and make cats more acclimated to their environment for physical examination by veterinarians, according to the researchers.