I don't want to be alarmist or anything, but I am sort of worried about my cat Jack, as of late.It seems to me that he is sleeping even more than usual.
Here is a rare photo of him with his eyes open.
Seriously now, I know that cats are notorious for sleeping away 90% of their lifetime, but Jack is overdoing it.
The only time the guy is at all awake is maybe if he is walking over to his food-dish or perhaps throwing up in my shoes.
There seems to be never a time when he is not in some sort of coma.
So I looked some stuff up on the internet, general cat-lore.
Apparently, house cats sleep anywhere from 16 to 20 hours a day. The explanation is that they are so tired "from hunting mice and other vermin."
But wait a minute.
What does Jack need to hunt?
I mean, I know he does a lot of late-night reading and stuff, but other than this, WHAT IS HE SO TIRED ABOUT?
How can he sleep so much?
On any given day I am hereby estimating that my cat is sleeping about 23 hours or so.
Is that normal?
How much does your cat sleep?
Am I a bad dad?
Should I be seeking some medical attention?
Should I be seeking some for my cat also?
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If my cat doesn't get 23 hours' sleep a day he's an absolute grouch. Let sleeping cats lie, I say.
ReplyDeleteMy cat sleeps most of the time. He only bothers to wake up for the necessaries--food, litter box, and an occasional brushing. He's 16 and diabetic so I figure he's earned it.
ReplyDeleteAhhh, thank you Girls.
ReplyDeleteI was just about to report myself to The Inhumane Society!
So Jack is sort of normal then?
Not dying from something?
I wonder... does he dream?
Like seriously, all of his dreams must be at least two or three videocassettes long. You know? Like Ben Hur. [Or just about any other Charlton Heston thing.] Or... Titanic.
Or a Ken Burns documentary on Jazz or Baseball.
Maybe this is when he wakes up? When the tape pops out and has to be replaced with the next one?
[Come to think of it, he HAS been asking me to buy greater amounts of popcorn lately!]
The little rotter.
Dreaming all day while I am working my butt off trying to keep house and home together!
I am sure my cat has Itchy and Scratchy kinds of dreams involving doing dastardly things to the dog. Good thing he sleeps to much to act on them.
ReplyDeleteI have heard rumors that two or more cats tend to be more active but since I've only ever had one cat at a time I cannot verify that.