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Cat Forum / General Topics / January 2007My New Sleeping Arrangement
Ok, so my little guy, Trouble, is just starting to sleep at night instead of running around the apartment like a maniac and I have encountered something that I have never seen before with a cat sleeping. I sleep on my side and he sleeps with his back to my back and completely stretched out from head to foot. His paws are stretched out over his head and his feet are down down past my butt. My other cat, as other cats that I have had and seen, sleeps in a ball (granted, a ball that is wrapped around my head at night.....). Also, he has begun snoring and moaning throughout the night. Not a painful moan, but a playful one as I can tell he is dreaming because I can feel his whole body moving throughout the night, lol. Now, God forbid I try to move, which is not easy with one cat wrapped around your head and the other up against your back, he stands up, while moaning and gives me the bloody look of death before collapsing into another position uncomfortable position (for me that is). Does anyone else have these sleepness nights all for the sake of your cat's comfort or is just me? I had a male black short-hair who used to do the same thing at night. He would also insist on crowding us out when we would sit in an easy chair. Had him for 13 years, before he passed on due to failed kidneys. He had been adopted as a kitten by another military family, even though they knew they were transferring in a couple of months. They abandon him, when they moved. It was great timing, since our cat had just passed on a few weeks earlier. We adopted him and took him with us when we transfered. Not surprising his first family dumped him. Both parents were alcoholic, and their kids were always in trouble. >I had a male black short-hair who used to do the > same thing at night. He would also insist on crowding us [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > dumped him. Both parents were alcoholic, and their kids > were always in trouble. It's nice to take care of an abandoned cat.....I have one I picked up in a Burger King parking lot.....He really appreciates us, and is very loving. He wakes me up every morning by coming up on my chest to make sure I am still alive......We call him, "B-K". my 7 month old cat likes to sleep on my head. she also kneads my hair!! it is really hard to describe. I have long hair and she likes to play with it. she bites and pulls at my hair with her claws. all the while she is purring away. I don't think she does it to be a minx. she seems to do it as a cat would knead on a woolly jumper (or bare skin at times!!) when she is not on my pillow the eldest cat sleeps there. she is about 11 years old and a bit of a grumpy old lady. if I move my head in the night she does that buck rabbit thing with her back legs and meows in a whiney tone. charming - it's my bed after all!!! I end up moving my head to accommodate her it's a quieter life that way. . > Ok, so my little guy, Trouble, is just starting to sleep at night instead of > running around the apartment like a maniac and I have encountered something [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Message posted via CatKB.com > http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cats/200701/1 That's exactly it! Accomodating them first does seem to make my life easier, lol. Who needs sleep anyway! >my 7 month old cat likes to sleep on my head. she also kneads my hair!! it >is really hard to describe. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> Message posted via CatKB.com >> http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/cats/200701/1 > Ok, so my little guy, Trouble, is just starting to sleep at night instead > of [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > sake > of your cat's comfort or is just me? Yeah....We have four cats, and two of them like to sleep on our bed. but we move around so much that they usually end up down by our feet....they get discouraged by our rolling over when they are up by our chest or heads......The other two cats won't sleep on the bed....One was trained not to by her former owners, and the other, a feral cat, worries too much.....He sleeps near the cat door, so he can split should some stranger come in the house....A "watch cat" he's not! Ha GOOD CAT SLAVE ;-) > Ok, so my little guy, Trouble, is just starting to sleep at night instead > of [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > sake > of your cat's comfort or is just me? > Ok, so my little guy, Trouble, is just starting to sleep at night instead of > running around the apartment like a maniac and I have encountered something [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > me that is). Does anyone else have these sleepness nights all for the sake > of your cat's comfort or is just me? That is so funny to imagine... My kitten sleeps somewhere around my knees and chews on my hand when I reach down to see where she is.... > Ok, so my little guy, Trouble, is just starting to sleep at night instead of > running around the apartment like a maniac and I have encountered something [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > past my butt. My other cat, as other cats that I have had and seen, sleeps > in a ball (granted, a ball that is wrapped around my head at night.....). Mine sometimes sleeps stretched out, but usually balls up. She doesn't want anything to do with me when I go to sleep (probably because I toss and turn too much before falling asleep, but will usually end up sleeping next to my legs once I'm dead to the world. > Also, he has begun snoring and moaning throughout the night. Not a painful > moan, but a playful one as I can tell he is dreaming because I can feel his [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > me that is). Does anyone else have these sleepness nights all for the sake > of your cat's comfort or is just me? Your post reminded me of a veterinarian/author I saw on TV (PBS, IIRC) a while back. He talked about behavior like yours. I don't remember the exact statistic, but most people do let their pets sleep with them (excluding fish, I presume) and many are afraid of disturbing their cats or dogs who sleep 16 hours a day and thus end up depriving themselves of sleep. The way I see it, as long as I'm the one bringing home the bacon, my sleep is more important than my cat's, especially when I find it much harder to fall asleep than she does. All she has to do is close her eyes and she's in dreamland. If only I could do that... When she starts feeding me (and I mean steak, not some songbird she killed in the backyard), I'll let myself be deprived of sleep so she won't be disturbed. Most mornings I awake to find my little calico 'balled' at the end of the bed. She absolutely, positively HATES movement of any kind (so she cannot bear being on your lap for more than say, 2 minutes, although she does try now and again, bless her) so she waits till she thinks I'm asleep before making her move. Sometimes if she's tired she'll just put up with my tossing and turning but I don't half feel guilty disturbing her! > Most mornings I awake to find my little calico 'balled' at the end of > the bed. She absolutely, positively HATES movement of any kind (so she [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > up with my tossing and turning but I don't half feel guilty disturbing > her! Well, that's understandable....To a cat, we must be kind of like an elephant...Would you want to cuddle up to an elephant overnight? - If it decides to roll over, you might wake up dead..... > Ok, so my little guy, Trouble, is just starting to sleep at night instead of > running around the apartment like a maniac and I have encountered something [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > me that is). Does anyone else have these sleepness nights all for the sake > of your cat's comfort or is just me? I've only got one cat, a four-year-old male tabby I adopted from a shelter three years ago, but at night he seems like two (or more) cats in the amount of space he consumes. He also does that "long cat" sleeping thing from time to time up against my back (as well as the ball; in fact, various forms of the ball, usually down around my ankles) but what really convinced me we were made for each other was the first time I saw him curled up with his "arm" over his eyes, as if to block out daylight. I'm troubled by light too and need a dark room to sleep; I usually awaken with the light regardless of the hour, and I have awakened on many occasion with my paw -- I mean arm -- over my face to block out the light. Oh heck, did I say "I adopted [him] from a shelter"? I meant to say, with apologies to him, "He adopted me."  SignatureKetzl DoWop Dee Remember: It is To Laugh.
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