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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2005Do cats get jet-lag?
I have no idea why this question popped into my head. But I was thinking about Vino, who flew from Canada to Bangkok and will fly next year to Australia. Cats seem to have little internal clocks... do they reset themselves or do cats crossing time-zones suffer from jet-lag? Jill  SignatureI used to have a handle on life...but it broke off. > Australia. Cats seem to have little internal clocks... do they reset > themselves or do cats crossing time-zones suffer from jet-lag? Considering cats sleep between 16 and 18 hours per day, I think jet-lag is a non-issue to them.. :) SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> Australia. Cats seem to have little internal clocks... do they reset >> themselves or do cats crossing time-zones suffer from jet-lag? > > Considering cats sleep between 16 and 18 hours per day, I think jet-lag > is a non-issue to them.. :) That's probably true! (I find that going to bed as soon as I arrive, and sleeping straight through until I wake up (that's why hotels have "do not disturb" signs in multiple languages) generally has my internal clock "reset" nicely. > That's probably true! (I find that going to bed as soon as I arrive, > and sleeping straight through until I wake up (that's why hotels have > "do not disturb" signs in multiple languages) generally has my internal > clock "reset" nicely. When I went to Asia last year, I bought a homeopathic remedy for Jetlag and also some melatonin that my mom recommended. The jetlag "pills" you're supposed to take once on takeoff and then every two hours. Melatonin is supposed to help you sleep if you can. What I did was figure out what time it was in my destination and force myself to either sleep (on the way there) or not sleep at all (on the way back). I did not feel the effects of jetlag at all. SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> That's probably true! (I find that going to bed as soon as I arrive, >> and sleeping straight through until I wake up (that's why hotels have [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > either sleep (on the way there) or not sleep at all (on the way > back). I did not feel the effects of jetlag at all. I made the 20+ hour flight from the U.S. to Bangkok as a pre-teen but I was able to sleep on the plane. My problem was walking down the steps from the plane and immediately collapsing on the tarmac... it was so HOT! I only vaguely remember my mom carrying me through the airport, calling out for water. (It's true, you don't drink the water, and this was *way* pre-bottled water days.) I sort of remember the taxi ride to the hotel, which thankfully was air conditioned. And they had filtered water and ice for us "falangs". After we moved into our house the Imperial Hotel burned down. Never occurred to me while we stayed there the 6 floor hotel didn't have fire escapes. Jill >>> That's probably true! (I find that going to bed as soon as I >>> arrive, and sleeping straight through until I wake up (that's why >>> hotels have "do not disturb" signs in multiple languages) generally >>> has my internal clock "reset" nicely. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> either sleep (on the way there) or not sleep at all (on the way >> back). I did not feel the effects of jetlag at all. I find that taking those jetlag pills every 2 hours makes it worse because you keep having to wake up to take them. No thanks. I've never tried melatonin though. Oh well, we only go home every 18 months or so anyway. I just try to sleep as much as I can and then fit into the new time zone as well as I can. It's not usually too bad. > After we moved into our house the Imperial Hotel burned down. Never > occurred to me while we stayed there the 6 floor hotel didn't have > fire escapes. > > Jill Can't say that I remember ever seeing a fire escape anywhere here. I'd hate to be in a fire in Thailand! -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > I made the 20+ hour flight from the U.S. to Bangkok as a pre-teen but I was > able to sleep on the plane. My problem was walking down the steps from the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > thankfully was air conditioned. And they had filtered water and ice for us > "falangs". I was five years old when my family moved to the US. I mostly slept on the plane on the way there, but my parents didn't. Then when we got to our house in Cambridge, Mass., my parents put us all to bed and went to sleep themselves, though it was broad daylight. Wilful little brat that I was, I wouldn't stay in bed, but went outside to play. LOL! I remember my mother shouting out the window for me to get right back in bed right now, and I wondered why we were supposed to sleep in the middle of the day. SignatureMarina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I have no idea why this question popped into my head. But I was > thinking about Vino, who flew from Canada to Bangkok and will fly [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Jill Ummm, how can someone who sleeps 20 hours a day get jet lag? ;-) But no, I don't think Vino noticed a thing. He didn't even seem to notice the sudden marked increase in temperature! He just peed and peed and peed for about 5 minutes straight as soon as we got to the hotel in Bangkok. I had a little litterbox for him on the plane, but he wouldn't use it. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > I have no idea why this question popped into my head. But I was thinking > about Vino, who flew from Canada to Bangkok and will fly next year to > Australia. Cats seem to have little internal clocks... do they reset > themselves or do cats crossing time-zones suffer from jet-lag? We moved across a time zone and ours didn't seem to notice the one hour difference. I presume that a radical change of time zone, like Canada to Australia, would register as odd, but it wouldn't take long for them to readjust their behaviour, I wouldn't think. I'm pretty sure there've been experiments whereby scientists tinkered with the amount of light available, and when it was bright, they exhibited "Day" behaviours and when it was dark they exhibited "night" behaviours. They'll just have an extra long day, or an extra long night, is all. --Fil > I have no idea why this question popped into my head. But I was thinking > about Vino, who flew from Canada to Bangkok and will fly next year to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > -- > I used to have a handle on life...but it broke off. I don't think cats have much of a problem with jetlag...they sleep so much. Willow never seemed to have issues with transatlantic crossings. > I have no idea why this question popped into my head. But I was thinking > about Vino, who flew from Canada to Bangkok and will fly next year to > Australia. Cats seem to have little internal clocks... do they reset > themselves or do cats crossing time-zones suffer from jet-lag?// My guys never seem to suffer from it. All Tiger ever wants after flying is something to eat. Helen M |
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