{"id":5476,"date":"2022-03-02T04:16:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T12:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5476"},"modified":"2022-03-02T04:16:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T12:16:27","slug":"paws-up-for-wednesday-whats-your-cats-sleeping-preferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5476","title":{"rendered":"Paws Up for Wednesday \u2013 What\u2019s Your Cat\u2019s Sleeping Preferences?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kittenpurrsy-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kittenpurrsy-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kittenpurrsy-500x375.png 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kittenpurrsy.png 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>What\u2019s sweeter than watching a kitten or even a grown cat sleeping? Don\u2019t you just want to kiss that sweet face and pet those cute paws of a soundly sleeping cat? Actually, does a cat sleep soundly? I have to wonder. Even when Olivia is stretched out in a rather vulnerably position sleeping or <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Smokeysprawling-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Smokeysprawling-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Smokeysprawling-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Smokeysprawling-375x500.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>when Sophie is curled into a ball soundly asleep, they can be in a wide awake state in a nanosecond. I mean there\u2019s no rubbing of the eyes, yawning, blinking to figure out where they are, or <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lilycatface-e1584701802959-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lilycatface-e1584701802959-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lilycatface-e1584701802959-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lilycatface-e1584701802959.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>stumbling off the bed or couch. The cat is wide awake and alert in a split second of being awakened. She might even leap from the bed and dive under it in one stealth movement. Do you know what that would do to a full grown adult\u2019s body if we reacted upon waking like a cat does? There would at least be bruises.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard for me to believe that Olivia actually sleeps 16 hours a day. I\u2019ve heard and read that \u201cfact\u201d for years <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oliviasnuggle-e1603797952294-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oliviasnuggle-e1603797952294-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oliviasnuggle-e1603797952294-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oliviasnuggle-e1603797952294-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Oliviasnuggle-e1603797952294.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>and it holds true today, according to the experts. But Olivia sure seems to have a lot of daytime awake time and she spends a lot of that time trying to get me out of my office to play with her.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Lily7Weeks-034-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Lily7Weeks-034-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Lily7Weeks-034-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Lily7Weeks-034-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Do you have questions about your cat\u2019s sleep habits? Here\u2019s an article you might find useful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleep.org\/sleep-questions\/cats-sleep-habits\/\">https:\/\/www.sleep.org\/sleep-questions\/cats-sleep-habits\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What about your cat\u2019s sleeping position? Does she sleep in the same position most of the time? Does she change it out throughout the day or depending on the weather, her mood, or her health? This is another interesting piece on cat\u2019s sleeping positions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestpaws.com\/blog\/cat-sleeping-positions\/\">https:\/\/www.honestpaws.com\/blog\/cat-sleeping-positions\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And just for fun\u2014here are images of sleeping cats. Say Awwwww.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/images\/search?q=photos+cats+sleeping&amp;qpvt=photos+cats+sleeping&amp;form=IGRE&amp;first=1&amp;tsc=ImageBasicHover\">https:\/\/www.bing.com\/images\/search?q=photos+cats+sleeping&amp;qpvt=photos+cats+sleeping&amp;form=IGRE&amp;first=1&amp;tsc=ImageBasicHover<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s sweeter than watching a kitten or even a grown cat sleeping? Don\u2019t you just want to kiss that sweet face and pet those cute paws of a soundly sleeping cat? Actually, does a cat sleep soundly? I have to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5476\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,5,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5477,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5476\/revisions\/5477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}