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We, grown-up cats, sleep on average 16 hours a day. It represents two thirds of our life ! Old cats sleep even more.
Phases of deep sleep (20 in 30 minutes) represent 9 at 12 hours of sleep time. They alternate with phases of REM sleep (the time of dreams).
During the deep sleep, we’re completely relaxed ; our eyelids are closed, and our breath slows down.
During the REM sleep, we also sleep, but our eyes, our tail, our paws, and our whiskers can stir.
Our habits of sleep come to us from our wild ancestors, who had to go hunting to feed. These habits are vital for cats which have to manage all alone even today.
We sleep to recover and save our energy between our meals, because the hunting represents an enormous and exhausting energy expenditure. The deep sleep contributes to our good general health. It’s important to respect our sleep.
A sudden modification of our time of usual sleep is the sign of a health problem ; quickly contact the veterinarian.
Very interesting facts about sleep.
We enjoy sleeping and “hunting” for our dinner when Mom gets home from work 🙂
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Purrs Georgia and Julie,
Treasure and JJ
Very interesting and informative.. We did not know that a change in sleep patterns meant health Problems. I love that precious kitty sleeping under a blanket. You are so beautiful.t
Well, we know we love to sleep. Thanks for this informative post about it.
Very interesting. I wish I was a cat so I could sleep more.
We love to stay in bed when it’s raining hard but it’s ok today as it’s quite light so Mum will fetch it in the car! Mum always smiles at us when we are having dreams!!
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
Yes, that was great info and I must be fairly normal then MOL!
Mom Paula wishes she could sleep as peacefully as we do.
The best thing about kitties sleep is how cute they are doing it!
Ah, sleep. We do love our sleeps!
Nobody here has any sleep issues, that’s for sure!
pixie & zorro, thanx for de fun fax bout sleep post !!! we all sew wanted ta say that we
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AND…it can be detrimental to our growth when we’re babies, to interrupt our deep sleep cycle since that’s an important developmental time as we are growing, too!
Absolutely ! Thank your for this additional information specific to kittens ! Purrs
Sleep is important! We love that photo of you, Pixie.
Thanks so much for the great info!
We do like our sleepy time…
Noodle and crew
Because it accentuates their cuteness!!! Seriously, great article – thanks!
Zzzz Zzzzzz. It’s so difficult to not disturb them when they’re sleeping, because they’re so cute.
Yeah, since we generally all sleep around TBT at night, he sometimes wakes up and watches us in the paw-moving sleep part. He says SOME DAY he is gonna get that on his old flip video camera.
Great post and very informative. I must confess I love taking a nap with my cat 🙂
Anudder gweat and very helpful posty. Have a gweat weekend.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
I can tell you why I sleep all day. COS TW WON’T PLAY WITH ME!! I used to not sleep at all except when she was sleeping but now I’m sooooo bored. That’s why I sleep. I’m bored outta my skull.