About two thirds of life of domestic cats and cats pass in a condition of a sleepiness. It is approximately twice more, than people sleep. If the cat sleeps less than ten hours a day, she can get sick.
Duration of a cat's dream in day depends on temperament, age and the size. On average on a dream at adult cats and cats in day 13-16 hours leave. Cats choose the place for a dream carefully, giving preference to soft warm corners.
Dream at cats very sensitive – the most part of time they do not sleep, and doze. As for the events around, they are very vigilant and at once jump if there is something significant or to make sure that in vicinities everything is normal.
Why cats sleep very muchCats are predators, but a gregarious instinct they are deprived. The nature of representatives of the cat family is connected with a hunting instinct. Production of cats – birds, rodents, some species of bugs – is most active at sunrise and during a sunset therefore and at hunters in these hours the greatest activity is noted. An animal, having noticed production, creeps to it and tries to catch. If the attempt was successful, production is eaten, then cats quietly fall asleep with feeling of the fulfilled duty. Cats in most cases arrive also – if at this time they are not burdened with care of posterity or do not stay in active search of the partner, other cares at them are absent. The majority of modern cats lives in conditions of full comfort and does not need getting to itself livelihood and to find the safe place for a lodging for the night. Other classes except a dream are not available for them. The schedule of life will depend generally on owners – if the most part of day of the house it is empty, the animal will sleep at this time. Sometimes cats fall asleep just with boredom if in the house there are no other animals, and all owners left on the affairs.
Actually cats do not sleep, and doze
Many koshkovoda stay in confidence that cats are more active at night, than in the afternoon. But actually most part of night they sleep. Why and not to have a sleep if the stomach full and enemies nearby is not expected. But sound sleep – only visibility. The sense of smell and hearing at cats are included constantly. It is worth rustling with a package or to begin to open a jar of canned food in kitchen, the cat immediately jumps and runs to learn whether will give what to eat. Therefore, cats do not sleep, and while away the time waiting for something interesting. In comparison with adult cats and cats the little kittens need even more time for a dream. Partly because they just begin to develop and spend the most part of time in the secluded place. Mother cat places them there, instinctively preserving against possible enemies. Maturing, the kitten gradually adapts to the "adult" mode of a dream – 16 hours a day.