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Cat Forum / General Topics / March 2006Sleepy Lazy Cats
I can't speak for others, but Isis sleeps probably 20 hours a day. She sleeps on the radiators, under a 250 watt lamp in my office, in her heated kitty nest, and on my bed. She sleeps after eating, after walking down stairs, and after a sun bath. What is up with cats? It's not like they hold a job and come home feeling beat. Do their cousins, tigers and lions, sleep like this? Geez. Mike in Illinois Yes Mike they sleep about 12 to 18 hours a day the big cats depends on the environment, food supply, and the type of cat Welcome to the wonderful world of being a cat slave Matthew >I can't speak for others, but Isis sleeps probably 20 hours a day. She >sleeps on the radiators, under a 250 watt lamp in my office, in her heated [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Mike in Illinois Mine like to sleep about 18 hrs a day in the winter and in the summer they come indoors to sleep from about 3 am to 10 am. Guess they want to get in all the hunting they can before winter hits again. Stone Some pic's http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stoneman72/my_photos > Yes Mike they sleep about 12 to 18 hours a day > the big cats depends on the environment, food supply, and the type of cat [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >> Mike in Illinois I was thinking about this as I watched Isis take a nice long 6 hour nap. Suppose somebody brought me food every day, scratched my ears whenever I said so, and kept thinking up new ways for me to have a warm sleep. Suppose someone really went out of their way to spoil me all the time. Would I degrade into a life of pampered luxury? Mike in Illinois > Mine like to sleep about 18 hrs a day in the winter and in the summer they > come indoors to sleep from about 3 am to 10 am. Guess they want to get in [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >>> >>> Mike in Illinois "Mike" <nospam@dot.com> wrote in message > Suppose somebody brought me food every day, scratched my ears whenever I > said so, and kept thinking up new ways for me to have a warm sleep. Suppose > someone really went out of their way to spoil me all the time. Would I > degrade into a life of pampered luxury? Welcome to the life of Paris Hilton and the Olsen twins or a dozen other child stars or children of stars. "Mike" <nospam@dot.com> wrote in message > I can't speak for others, but Isis sleeps probably 20 hours a day. She > sleeps on the radiators, under a 250 watt lamp in my office, in her heated > kitty nest, and on my bed. She sleeps after eating, after walking down > stairs, and after a sun bath. Consider yourself lucky for the most part. My one year old Deetoo hasn't reached that point yet. She sleeps 15 minutes and zips around my apartment like a loose bowling ball for the next 45 minutes. I don't let her into my bedroom to sleep with me at night because for most of it, she runs around the room pulling the sheets off my bed or getting into all the paperwork on my desk. I wake up in the morning having slept very little and find that the entire room is a disaster zone. So, out of the room she goes every evening, but that doesn't solve everything. Every morning she mews non-stop or jumps at the door to my room waking me up at least an hour earlier than I'd like to wake up. I guess that's preferable to her being somewhere else in the apartment waking me up with the crash of something big being tipped or knocked over. I suppose the time might come when she sleeps all the time like your cat and I'll miss her constant playing, but I haven't yet reached that mindframe. I got Isis when she was about 3 or 4. I remember hearing a noise one day. I turned around and she ripped into the living, scampered up seven feet of draperies, did a 180 turn at the top, and zoomed back down and out. I don't know how she did the 180 or the downhill run. It defies the law of physics. It all happened so fast. I'd say she's about 7 or 8 now. She's much more mellow and sedate. Playtime lasts 20 minutes at most. I believe her natural aristocratic dignity is beginning to assert itself. She demands much. She does tolerate affection at specific times of the day. Deetoo will, I'm sure, assume a more regal bearing in years to come. Your role will change from court jester to lackey and servant, as has mine, I would guess. Mike in Illinois > "Mike" <nospam@dot.com> wrote in message >> I can't speak for others, but Isis sleeps probably 20 hours a day. She [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > and > I'll miss her constant playing, but I haven't yet reached that mindframe. "Mike" <nospam@dot.com> wrote in message > turned around and she ripped into the living, scampered up seven feet of > draperies, did a 180 turn at the top, and zoomed back down and out. I don't > know how she did the 180 or the downhill run. It defies the law of physics. > It all happened so fast. That reminds me of Deetoo and when she gets into the bathroom. She considers it her own personal playpen such as climbing up the shower curtains. After realizing one day when I was in the shower that they were leaking like a sieve, I was forced to replace them. After that, I got into the habit of trimming her nails, but that still didn't save the shower curtains. Instead of little holes all over the place in them, they looked like stockings with runs in them. I now leave the shower curtains when they're not in use wrapped around the curtain rod too high up for her to reach. > Deetoo will, I'm sure, assume a more regal bearing in years to come. Your > role will change from court jester to lackey and servant, as has mine, I > would guess. That will be fine with me just as long as she doesn't get any bigger. If I wanted a cat as big as a dog, I'd have gone out and bought a dog. At least dogs can be trained to mostly do what you want. If Deetoo is not within reach, she ignores me completely and continues on with whatever trouble she's getting into. What kind of cat is Deetoo? Isis is a long-haired female tabby. If I say "No" it gets her attention right away. My sister has a Cornish Rex. It ignores everything short of a bunker buster. Mike in Illinois > "Mike" <nospam@dot.com> wrote in message >> turned around and she ripped into the living, scampered up seven feet of [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > reach, she ignores me completely and continues on with whatever trouble > she's getting into. "Mike" <nospam@dot.com> wrote in message > What kind of cat is Deetoo? > Isis is a long-haired female tabby. If I say "No" it gets her attention > right away. > My sister has a Cornish Rex. It ignores everything short of a bunker buster. She's a white with grey/black colouring domestic. I assume that "domestic" means a wide variety of bloodlines. I saw her picture on Toronto Animal Services website and she looked so much like a cat I had twenty years ago, that I made arrangements to adopt her right away. With all the exasperation she's caused me in the last five months, I have to admit, I've laughed more during those months than I have in the last ten years. When it gets too crazy maybe you can try catnip. I know it sounds crazy but when Isis is all zippity-zoo and making noise and being jumpy I dose her good with catnip. She has a big sniff, does a big sneeze, and then eats it all up. Then she rolls around in it for a good long while and then takes a nice nap. <-: The first time I gave it to her I made the foolish mistake of putting my hand near her. Now, though, it's safe. <-: > "Mike" <nospam@dot.com> wrote in message >> What kind of cat is Deetoo? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > more > during those months than I have in the last ten years. "Mike" <nospam@dot.com> wrote in message > When it gets too crazy maybe you can try catnip. I know it sounds crazy but > when Isis is all zippity-zoo and making noise and being jumpy I dose her > good with catnip. Bought some catnip for her just before Christmas. She ignored it completely. Fastest $4 I've ever spent. <G> Ok. $4.00 is good but you really have to throw money at this problem if only to justify your own existence in Deetoo's eyes. I had a problem with Isis bed hogging me. Your problem is Deetoo rips up your sheets and knocks stuff down. What I did was to get a kitty nest, which is this furry deal Isis can curl up in. Then I bought a heating pad and put that in there. On top of the pad I put a towel. This is where she sleeps at night. It is far preferable to anything I could supply. My bed hog problem is gone. I'm thinking maybe Deetoo would like the same thing?? And that she would prefer to bake in the kitty oven rather than rip up your house?? Mike in Illinois > "Mike" <nospam@dot.com> wrote in message >> When it gets too crazy maybe you can try catnip. I know it sounds crazy [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > completely. > Fastest $4 I've ever spent. <G> "Mike" <nospam@dot.com> wrote in message > is this furry deal Isis can curl up in. Then I bought a heating pad and put > that in there. On top of the pad I put a towel. This is where she sleeps at > night. It is far preferable to anything I could supply. My bed hog problem > is gone. I'm thinking maybe Deetoo would like the same thing?? And that she > would prefer to bake in the kitty oven rather than rip up your house?? Got the heating pad a few months back. I leave it on constantly at the lowest setting. She sleeps on it occasionally, half on it half off. Don't have a kitty basket, but I did arrange a leather padded location covered with a towel and she won't use it at all. When I come out of my room in the morning, she's usually in the bathroom laid out on the bath seat directly across from my bedroom door where she can watch for me. Lately, she seems to have slowed down a bit, so I may try to let her into my room again at night. I have to admit, the few times she's curled up against my chest and gone to sleep while purring are about as calming as it gets.
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