Kismet Twitching While Sleeping

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Cordn8r - 18 Dec 2003 04:20 GMT

hi there...i was just wondering if this is something that i need to worry
about? it's sort of cute, and i heard that cats can twitch while in REM
sleep...sometimes when i go to touch her during a twitch, she awakens startled,
like out of a deep, deep sleep...how do i know the difference between a seizure
and normal kitty sleep twitching? thanks! harriet

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Karen - 18 Dec 2003 05:02 GMT

> hi there...i was just wondering if this is something that i need to worry
> about? it's sort of cute, and i heard that cats can twitch while in REM
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> seizure
> and normal kitty sleep twitching? thanks! harriet

I think you would know the difference. She sounds like she is dreaming of
chasing things to me.

Karen

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kaeli - 18 Dec 2003 15:05 GMT

> hi there...i was just wondering if this is something that i need to worry
> about? it's sort of cute, and i heard that cats can twitch while in REM
> sleep...sometimes when i go to touch her during a twitch, she awakens startled,
> like out of a deep, deep sleep...how do i know the difference between a seizure
> and normal kitty sleep twitching? thanks! harriet

If she were seizing, she wouldn't just wake up.

Most kitties I have had twitch in their sleep and have a startle reponse
if woken. Actually, I also have a startle response if you wake me from a
dream...heh

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William Hamblen - 19 Dec 2003 00:41 GMT

Your cat won't be alert after a seizure.

Sometimes cats twitch their paws and mouth as they dream.

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Laura R. - 20 Dec 2003 19:54 GMT

circa Fri, 19 Dec 2003 00:41:44 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
William Hamblen (william.hamblen@earthlink.net) said,

> Sometimes cats twitch their paws and mouth as they dream.

And their ears, and tails, and pretty much any part of 'em that
moves. :-)

Laura

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