Title: Relax, Your Cat Is Probably Not Sleeping "Too Much" (Here's Why)
Headings: Relax, Your Cat Is Probably Not Sleeping “Too Much” (Here’s Why)
Relax, Your Cat Is Probably Not Sleeping “Too Much” (Here’s Why)
Most cats sleep around 16 hours a day, with kittens and seniors snoozing even longer than that.
It’s All About the Hunt
Myth: Cats Are Nocturnal
Was YOUR Pet Food Recalled?
Cat Naps
The Yard of 100 Cats
Is Your Cat Sleeping Too Much?
1. Has your cat’s daily routine changed?
2. Has the quality of sleep and waking pattern changed?
In this quick video, cat expert Abigail Tucker explains a little more about why cats sleep so much:
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Content: Yet cats are not nocturnal. Nocturnal means an animal sleeps all day and gets active only at night. A more appropriate term for cats is crepuscular, meaning cats are most active at dawn and dusk. During these 2 times of the day — just after dark or just before sunlight — birds’ color vision is less effective and small prey mammals have trouble spotting predators. It’s no coincidence, then, that hunting by wild cats increases dramatically just after dark (around 7–8 p.m.) and in the early morning (2–4 a.m.). A cat’s version of “dawn and dusk” may be quite different — and quite irritating — from your own. Everything goes back to the hunt. Cats get active at sunrise and sunset in order to hunt. A house cat’s version of this? They’ll wake you up at dawn to get another can of food opened, even when there’s already food available.