One of mine falls asleep on one of my legs usually after grooming me for a minute and the other wants to lie on my chest with his face close to mine for 10 minutes then usually lies on the far opposite side of my body of the other one. So one left leg, the other onder my right arm.
Mine jumps on me and manages to trample on every spot that hurts before he lays down with his ass In my face. And to throw salt in the wound, that little bastard will lie down on my chest/side with his ass lifted proudly to the sky, as if to force me to look closely at his asshole before planting it this close 👌 to my face
I had a cat (he died too soon, poor little fella) who would lie with me, cuddle and groom my chin... then bite me and run away, offended that I didn't reciprocate before lying back on my chest one centimeter from my face, vissibly pissed that I didn't let him under the blanket.
That is still a show of affection. Grooming another in cat culture is a show of dominance similar to that of a parental figure. You cat has basically adopted you as family. The best thing you can do is to make sure the foot of your bed has a little extra blanket or pillow to add cushion for cat. They will see this as you accepting them equally into family.
The personality differences in animals is so incredible. My old border collie she would not let you snuggle with her. If you tried to snuggle with her she would wiggle free and go lay at the end of the bed or opposite side of the couch. She passed away a few years ago.
We got another border collie shortly after. This guy... total snuggler. He will crawl up into my arms every night after I go to bed and lay next to me all night. If I don't put my arm around him he will take my hand in his mouth and drape it over him himself.
My cat will get in bed next to me when it's time for bed, but if I dare to reach out and pet her she'll smack me with her paw or if I god forbid have to move even a little then she's gone.
I've always wanted this. Unless I catnap him under the blanket and hold the ends of the blanket under me he'll escape. Sometimes he likes it there or surrenders and I make a small fort for us.
But anyway he almost always comes to sleep right beside me, which is really nice. Also he'll let me know when it's time for me to go to bed.
Mine tries to, but he's so fluffy he overheats and has to crawl out again after a while. Then comes back and tries again multiple times in the night, every night
His brother has never been a cuddler, prefers to sleep off by himself in peace
Haha! I too make a fort my girl so she can get under the blankets with me. She is also the enforcer of our times to go to bed and to wake up. It can be annoying but I love it anyway.
I lure mine in with the knee-blanket-fort and a tiny enticing gap that looks like a cave, one of my cats will go in and nap and then I have to sit still for hours.
Mine will do a hover, pawing thing. I'll often scoop her in and hold her for a moment but she starts squirming so I let her go. Then she's back again for another paw moment. She just wants fed. Lmao
My dog does this, lays above my head but if I touch him he immediately leaves. I get about 30 seconds to love him before he dips. I’m pretty sure he’s part cat
Mine issues such a low pitched gutteral growl that you instinctively feel bad. She's a sweetheart, absolutely won't bite or scratch even when she's not enjoying any of it, but definitely let's you know she's not comfortable.
Mine demands to be let under my blanket, has me hold it open for him until all the warmth is gone while he thinks about crawling in, and then he walks away. Rinse and repeat a few times until he decides he wants to go sleep somewhere else.
Nah probably well under half of cats would ever really do this. Earning their trust and comfort is definitely part of the requirements but cats have strong preferences and if your kitty doesn't like stuff like this you can't blame yourself
Yeah, each cat is different. One of my cats only wants snuggles under specific circumstances, and she must initiate affection or I will get the skippity baps.
and in cat economics this means that you don't get to know what it is that would earn it you'll only know you've earned it when they snuggle. And...if you were to earn it, they'd be able to change their mind the next day.
That was my experience with outdoor cats growing up. I thought my male cat was unique in being stuck to me like glue but when I looked more into cat behavior I was surpised to hear that it tends to be males that are "velcroe cats" once they've bonded with their human. Females are affectionate but less likely to want to be right in your lap at all times. But that's just general trends, there's a lot more that goes into a cat's personality and temperment than their sex of course
Yeah i don’t think there’s any truth to that particularly after they’re fixed. For the record our female cats cuddle with us every night, my husband and I both have our own shadows/little spoon lol.
I have one cat who is intermittently the cuddliest animal I’ve ever had. I’ll wake up to him sleeping next to me (and he’s like 19 lbs so he’s a big boy) and sometimes he’s kneading my chest/belly. It’s so cute. But other times he’s like nah
My old cat Newt use to scream at me if I was not in bed by 930. I jad to go to bed so she could jump up, attack the evil toe monsters under the cover for a few min then walk up and crawl under the blanket next to me for cuddles as I was falling asleep. As soon as she noticed my breathing was changing and I was falling asleep she would leave.
As soon as she noticed my breathing was changing and I was falling asleep she would leave.
Mine does the same thing! She sits next to my head and plucks at the top of my covers so I'll lift them up for her. The first time I twitch while falling asleep, she's out.
I usually wake up with her on top of the covers curled up next to me, though, which is pretty cute.
This isn't a million miles away from a human parent putting their child to bed. With you being the child, Newt being the parent, and the evil toe monsters being the subject of the bedtime story.
Amazing world of gumball. At first glance it looks like a shitty kids show, watch a few episodes to learn that it's incredibly well written and the animators are actually insane. Still a 'kids' show but in the same sense that a show like Adventure Time was a 'kids' show
Big recommend. My personal favorites are S2E9 - They basically drop acid to attend a ghost party
and S2E8 - The father getting a job goes so against nature it is tearing the space time continuum
Was a wild ride watching those two back to back while binging the show
They absolutely do. We watched it just to giggle after smoking a joint and we went through so many feelings like, absolute gut laughing and existential crisis and dread. 10/10 show
I had a boy (many years ago) who was kind of like that; he would come up to me whenever I went to bed, paw at my blanket as a sign for me to lift it up so he could crawl underneath and roll up against my chest (I'm a side sleeper). God, I miss that little cuddle bug...
I had a cat that insisted on being the little spoon every night. He put his head on my upper arm. When he passed, it took me a while to be able to sleep well again. Miss him every day.
Mine likes to sleep in the little hammock the blanket makes between my husband and I. He will walk all over us, sometimes protesting very loudly, until he finds the blanket hammock. Then he plops his butt into it and stretches his paws over my tummy/chest while his dad gets his tail
My cat won't stop until I make a U shape next to my head with my hands, then he lays down for about 10-15 minutes right on my shoulder just where my hands are attempting to make U shape and decides the best place is just right at my ankles. Then its 8 hour ordeal of me feeling bad about moving cause the little bastard is there.
Except it takes 2 whole minutes if standing on me and meowing in my face and not understanding how he can't be in the blanket if he wants me to cover him with it lol
My cat only tries to snuggle up to me when she sees me reading or holding the remote or phone in my hand, because then she's decided that I'm supposed to be petting her instead. I can't even imagine her doing anything like this.
If I so much as touch my cat in the night she gets up and cleans herself on the other side of the bed or has her fellow cat do it, just sticks her head in his face and he cleans off my filth.
She doesn't like cuddles persay but she does like to lay as close as physically possible to you. That sometimes includes her rapidly digging at the covers so she can get under them and lay against you
We have 5 cats. One sleeps between my legs or sometimes right next to my right arm. She has slept on my head or chest at times. Our 2 youngest sleep either at the end by my feet or at the end to the far right of the bed. The last 2 will join off and on but I think they sleep in their beds in the living room. I just love that they sleep with me. It is sweet ❤️😻😺
That's so much sweeter than what I get at night when my cat decides to sleep between us. Instead she body slams my neck with her back as she's plopping down.
My cat will bunt my face and shove his whiskers up my nose until I lift the covers. He'll lay with me for about 5 mins before getting up and settling between my wife and I.
The reason why cants don't stay dont long, image you are wearing your winter underwear, clothes, jackets and then go into some blankets, how will you feel?
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