Is it bad for a laptop if Kitty wants to lay on keyboard for warmth for hours?

[Grasswire2]

It's my spare. It's plugged in all the time. And it emits some warmth. I have been letting Kitty watch CatTV on it -- yahoo squirrels and mice!

But she can't stay off the keyboard, which I covered with a little pad to keep her from changing the youtube site.

And it's warm.

[getagrip_already]

1. No worse than closing the cover.....

The cooling is from the side and bottom usually.....

[Grasswire2]

2. so maybe it is hot because it is sitting on soft surface.

My same model laptop on my desk is not that warm, and on 24/7

[hlthe2b]

3. CPU slows waaay down when idle, so not so much. If a video were streaming, on the other hand,

it could overheat.

[Grasswire2]

7. okay, we keep the Cat TV video on most of the night.

youtube has many, many, many videos for cats, and they are many hours long.

[hlthe2b]

11. Risk will vary by laptop manufacturer. I've found that Lenovos (at least some) run hot

But, my previous laptops have had better heat fans/dissipation.

[1WorldHope]

4. It your cat is a boy it might lower his testosterone levels😛

One time I was interpreting a lecture at the University of Nebraska. It was a science course, the prof asked the class who they thought had a higher sperm count, the prof, middle aged, or the young men in the room. The answer was the prof. Because the chemicals used in plastic and the fire retardant used in laptops have a similar molecular make up as estrogen. They think this is why younger men's sperm counts are lower these days than before. He suggested the guys in the room stop putting their laptop on their laps.

[Grasswire2]

10. haha....nope, this is a fixed girlie. nt

[niyad]

5. I do not know about anybody else, but years ago, one of my kits loved to sleep

on the keyboard., after she informed me that it was time for bed. I would even flip the keyboard up, and she would nose it down. Never seemed to have any effect. (Actually, Ithink the kits spent nights on the 'net, because I would wake up to odd messages, and the screen being on a different page.

[Grasswire2]

9. yes, LOL nt

[amerikat]

6. My cats seem to find keyboard shortcuts

That not even Microsoft knows about. Some are hard to recover from.

[CrispyQ]

8. I'd make kitty find a different spot.

Why risk running your electronics warmer than necessary?

[Frasier Balzov]

12. The laptop might need to have hairballs cleaned out.

[Grasswire2]

13. I'm thinking now about a heating pad made for pets.

She obviously craves the warmth.

Although she does also love to watch the birds and squirrels on youtube.

[magicarpet]

14. Can't you have the cat be somewhat more productive,...

... having it make some keyboard entries while it is camped out there ?

[Grasswire2]

16. LOL

Maybe I'd better look at the history. She might be going anywhere on the Internets!

[Best_man23]

15. Only concern might be static electricity

But if you're just using the laptop to provide the kitty access to CatTV and nothing more critical, then its all good in the hood.