A Michael Broad Blog
Domestic cats are polyphasic sleepers. Humans normally engage in monophasic sleep – sleeping once at night for about 8 hours. Sometimes humans sleep in 2 periods over the course of 24 hours: once at night and once at siesta. This is biphasic sleep. The word “biphasic” means in two phases. Polyphasic means in many …
If you have a kitten at home you will know that kittens sleep A LOT. Kittens are pro nappers, claiming any spot in the house and hour of the day for a nap. For the first time cat owner, you may be surprised or even concerned for your kitty, but rest assured, it is …
Indoor/outdoor domestic cats are likely to sleep more in winter. I explain why…. Of course, I am referring to domestic cats. There will be a difference between domestic cats and wild cats because the reason why domestic cats sleep more in winter is because they don’t want to go outside. They are confined to …
The first point to make is that some humans fall asleep as fast as cats and dogs. It is difficult to generalise. You could tackle the question from the other end and ask why do humans have difficulty getting off to sleep? There’s a long list of reasons and these reasons don’t apply to …
Humans are very strongly habituated to sleeping in one continuous session during the night. The domestic cat tends to sleep at any time whenever they are tired. The former is very rigid and the latter is very flexible. Admittedly, I am writing almost exclusively for retired people who have the option to sleep whenever …
Cats sleep about twice as much as humans because this is the typical sleeping pattern of a highly efficient predator. The domestic cat has time on his hands and uses the time to sleep and dream. Cats can fall into a nice sleep at the drop of a hat. This sleeping pattern is inherited …
This is just an instinctive thought about the domestication of the cat in 2017. The amount of time that your cat sleeps depends upon how bored or unchalleneged he/she is. People criticise domestic cats for sleeping too much but domestic cats only sleep for extended periods because they have nothing to do. To kill …
Does your cat wake up this rapidly? I think the answer has to be Yes, definitely. The description for the video is: “…the word ‘food’ was uttered. This video shows Milk’s adorable reaction, followed by a yawn when he realises that food might not be on offer immediately.” I don’t think it takes the …
