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Bill Stock - 06 Mar 2005 03:22 GMT

I think Cali can tell when I'm pretending to be asleep. If she comes to get
me up too early, I usually try to ignore her, which is futile of course. If
I'm really sleeping, she'll stick her nose in my ear and turn on her motor
or rub under my chin with her paw (scritches). But if I'm pretending to be
asleep, she'll jump on the bed and meow, which in Cali's case is barely
audible and sounds more like Meh.

So how can she tell I'm not sleeping, smell, sound? Any thoughts or similar
experiences?

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Jo Firey - 06 Mar 2005 04:17 GMT

>I think Cali can tell when I'm pretending to be asleep. If she comes to get
>me up too early, I usually try to ignore her, which is futile of course. If
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> So how can she tell I'm not sleeping, smell, sound? Any thoughts or
> similar experiences?

Do you have any children? Not trying to be a smart aleck but if you are
holding an infant or small child you can easily "feel" if they are asleep or
not by the muscle tone.

Jo

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Bill Stock - 06 Mar 2005 04:24 GMT

>>I think Cali can tell when I'm pretending to be asleep. If she comes to
>>get me up too early, I usually try to ignore her, which is futile of
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> Jo

Nope, just the furry ones.

Gave up my muscle tone years ago. :)

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melizabeth - 06 Mar 2005 13:06 GMT

> >I think Cali can tell when I'm pretending to be asleep. If she comes to get
> >me up too early, I usually try to ignore her, which is futile of course. If
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> > So how can she tell I'm not sleeping, smell, sound? Any thoughts or
> > similar experiences?

I'm not sure if she can tell whether I am awake or not,but Willow certainly
decides that I *should* be awake to feed her. Actually, she does this with
my husband now, as she has given up on me. He will get up, I turn over.
Willow has also become quite adept at turning on alarm clocks to get us up.
Just keeps walking back and forth on those little buttons, and something
happens that makes us get up fast. Once he has moved,she started with wake
up by whisker torture, smacks in the eye region, and sitting on full
bladders. I do think they can tell, by the way we breathe and feel.

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Bill Stock - 06 Mar 2005 14:58 GMT

>> >I think Cali can tell when I'm pretending to be asleep. If she comes to
> get
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> up by whisker torture, smacks in the eye region, and sitting on full
> bladders. I do think they can tell, by the way we breathe and feel.

Cali has been through most of these, tapping the eye, tapping the lips,
scritching the chin, bladder trampoline, purring in the ear, rattling the
window blinds, rattling the door stop. Fortunately Smokey thinks a bed is a
terrible thing to waste.

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jmcquown - 06 Mar 2005 05:30 GMT

> I think Cali can tell when I'm pretending to be asleep. If she comes
> to get me up too early, I usually try to ignore her, which is futile
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> So how can she tell I'm not sleeping, smell, sound? Any thoughts or
> similar experiences?

I don't know. Persia gently taps me on the shoulder at 6 AM. I open my
eyes and she starts purring. If I say, "It's not time yet" she'll curl up
next to me, still purring, get some scritches and wait about an hour before
she tries again. If it's Saturday, she's more insistent earlier since she
gets her gooshy food on Saturday. I swear, cats have pockets. They have
calendars, alarm clocks and PDA's hidden under all that fur :)

Jill

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Bill Stock - 06 Mar 2005 14:58 GMT

>> I think Cali can tell when I'm pretending to be asleep. If she comes
>> to get me up too early, I usually try to ignore her, which is futile
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> Jill

LOL, Britta is going to have to update her sig.

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Howard Berkowitz - 07 Mar 2005 05:33 GMT

> I think Cali can tell when I'm pretending to be asleep. If she comes to
> get
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> similar
> experiences?

Mine recognize a wide range of states.

1. Human is stretched out in bed, reading or watching TV. Available
for scritches.

Special case: if human is lying prone, Ding, and only Ding, may
stretch out on his back.

2. Human turns out light and attempts to go to sleep.

Special case: Mr. Clark will climb aboard, either to cuddle or
to wash human. Eventually, when human shifts under 17+ pounds
of cat, he moves, with dignity, to my side.

3. Human is awake with eyes closed (or room dark). Ignore unless
human seems upset, then cuddle.

4. Human gets up. Observe if he is going to his litter box. Do
not get off the bed if so.

5. Human gets up and turns left at the stairs rather than right
to the litter box. Run downstairs in hope of being fed.

There are variations of this that apply to the bed during the day.

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Mischief - 07 Mar 2005 15:03 GMT

About 5-6 am every morning, my body wants to get up. Normally I just
roll over and go back to sleep. Or at least I try to.

One of the cats will hear me stir and then hop up. If it's imp, he'll
just walk on me and then settle down. Mischief on the other hand will
mrpp at me and purr really loudly next to my head, so it's hard for me
to sleep. I haven't gotten used to sleeping with a purring cat, it
keeps me up. Then she'll start nudging me and mrrping and kneading and
I normally try to roll over and ignore her.

At least until my alarm goes off, then I have to roll back. Then they
KNOW that I definitely up and they take turns bugging me.

I can' t remember the last time I was able to successfully sleep in on
a Sunday morning

Kristi

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Howard Berkowitz - 07 Mar 2005 20:17 GMT

> About 5-6 am every morning, my body wants to get up. Normally I just
> roll over and go back to sleep. Or at least I try to.
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> I can' t remember the last time I was able to successfully sleep in on
> a Sunday morning

I am apparently blessed with especially courteous cats.

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Katz - 07 Mar 2005 20:42 GMT

> I am apparently blessed with especially courteous cats.

I've been unbelievebly lucky w/all my cats. Until 5 years ago, I worked
either 2nd or 3rd shift, which meant I slept really late. (I hate to
get up.) Now I get up on work days early enough even for a cat. But
weekends are another story. If I don't have something specific to do,
I'll sleep really late. I try to remember, when I'm going to bed on
Fri. & Sat. nights, to check that there's enough food in Moxie's bowl
to keep her quiet in the morning. If I misjudge, she may walk on me a
few times. I just ignore her & she gives up. :) Daisy is a champion
sleeper like her Mommy, & never tries to get me up, no matter how late
I sleep. What a good girl! :)

Katz

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