How do cats choose who to sleep with?



 If you look at your pet now, most likely it will sleep. We even envy cats - it's so sweet to doze in a tiny sock box or a huge one from under the refrigerator. And even if we make the ponytail a perfect royal place, velvet and luxurious, we do not always know how to train the cat to sleep next to it, because it can sleep under the sofa, at the toilet door or on your favorite T-shirt.

Fuzzies often come to their owners in bed at night or in the morning. Why does the cat sleep at the feet? Thus, they recognize the owner as the leader of their pack and leader. And it's also convenient there - no one will crush it sideways, if he turns around in a dream, you can always jump off if you get tired. If a cat crawls on its head at night - he really likes your hair or the smell of his skin, so cats often like to sleep on their owners' pillows.

What types of sleep do cats have?

Our pets have two types of sleep: shallow and deep. The first is close to a light nap. This is a slow sleep, when the cat still hears your footsteps or the rustle of a pack of food and is ready to wake up immediately. It is interesting that in this state, although the cat is ready to jump (muscles are tense), her breathing and pulse are uniform and slow. Temperature, metabolic activity and blood pressure also decrease.

Deep sleep can be recognized by the rapid movement of the eyes under the eyelids. In this way, cats are very similar to humans, and thus, it seems that they also dream dreams as we do. How long does the cat sleep at this stage? To plunge into such a dream, you need from ten minutes to a shallow half hour. The muscles relax, and if your cat has ever fallen off the couch or table while dozing, it was definitely a deep sleep. However, the brain is actively continuing its activity, like a cat is now running after a plush mouse on a string. Pressure, breathing and pulse are also uneven. And cats wake up from deep sleep much slower - 300 times!



How cats choose who to sleep with and what they are guided by:

  • warmth (if it is warmer in your bed than on the sofa, they will come to you)
  • soft and comfortable (answer to the question: why do cats sleep on things)
  • safety (cats come to their owners to feel confident and comfortable)
  • control (with the owner it is easier to assess the situation and react to it - this is why cats love to sleep at their feet)
  • pain (some owners believe that cats have healing energies and heal).

House and street - how do cats sleep without owners and tamed?

This is not to say that street cats sleep a lot. They are constantly on their feet, because they themselves have to look for food for themselves, as well as compete with other cats for territory and take care of future offspring. Pets have less hassle and more time to sleep, because they have you - a loving owner and friend who adores his little fluffy creature and does everything to make his life as comfortable and happy as possible. Their main theme is tasty food , or digesting it in a full tummy.

Where should the kitten sleep? Babies who are just born sleep quite a lot - most of the day, so they should have their own cozy and warm place where no one will disturb them. You can find out more about how to take care of your little animal in the article How to take care of a kitten . When babies are one month old, they do not have deep sleep. With age, cats sleep shorter, they are like elderly people, they also sleep little and wake up early.

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