Representatives of the cat family spend in a dream 12-16 hours a day. By the nature, cats are hunters and during sleep restore forces spent at the activity moments.
Where and as cats prefer to sleep
The cat highly appreciates comfort therefore she seriously treats the choice of the place for a dream. On sunny day she can stretch on a warm windowsill, to be attached under a desk lamp on a desk in the winter evening, and the most distinguished sybarites prefer to luxuriate on soft pillows.
The representatives of the cat family living in conditions of the wild nature, first of all, seek to protect the stomach from damages and wounds. Therefore the lovely domestic cat can become unexpected aggressive if the owner tries to stroke or scratch her fluffy tummy. Many cats sleep on a stomach, having on one side or densely curled up. If the animal sleeps on a back – means, it absolutely trusts the people living with it and feels the total safety.
Phases of a cat's dream
During sleep the brain of a cat continues to work therefore she is always ready to react to possible approach of danger. The cat's dream is subdivided into 2 phases: deep and superficial. Watching the sleeping cat, it is possible to notice how phases of a dream replace each other. When the cat falls into really sound sleep, she can have dreams and react to them. The pussycat begins to mew in the sleep, to move with pads, ears and short moustaches. Scientists even managed to find out what dreams cats. It can be survey of the unfamiliar area, production tracing, a fight with competitors, fear of unknown danger. However, it is unknown whether house favourites in a dream of people see.
People and cats
Many cats like to sleep together with the owners. The trustful cat can be stretched conveniently on a stomach of the person or be curtailed a ball at it in legs. Some superstitious people consider a dream in the company of a cat dangerous and even try to warn its owner that the fluffy favourite can take away in a dream from it all force and energy. However true fans of cats, as a rule, ignore similar preventions. For them the neighbourhood of a soft, warm little body and tender purring are the best lullaby. It is considered that if the cat sleeps on the person, she infinitely trusts him and can even cure his pain and take off fatigue. Before sinking into a sleep, the cat long and with pleasure yawns. But also after awakening, she begins to yawn and stretch too. The fact is that this procedure allows it to wake up and warm up numb pads finally.