7 Cat Sleeping Positions and What They Mean
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The positions your cats sleep in can give us a glimpse into how they're feeling... did we miss any others?
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It's so relaxing to watch cats sleep! Nice to see Cole in this video. I know you guys really miss him. We do too. 🐈⬛🐈
@coleandmarmalade
Жыл бұрын
He'll live on furever
@LindaGailLamb.0808
Жыл бұрын
As long as he is in our memories.... and as long as he is on the internet to be seen and remembered by new people.... as long as even one person remembers, Cole will never be truly gone.
@destinychild4659
Жыл бұрын
We do miss him, even though we never met him. I love that he is still in videos. 😹😎😻
No matter what, all cat sleeping positions are adorable.
@Amoth_oth_ras_shash
Жыл бұрын
and anyone disturbing one without very good reason is a heretical crime agenst ther indirect commandment from bastet to teach those that helps make warm dens for them how to relax and enjoy the ..essence... of all lifes moments! ;) dam the little silken slayers makes my heart long for the ones that passed onto the other side of the veil from my life.... miss the little buggers even years later..
@shendaraalshedir1933
Жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more!!👍🏻😄 🐾🌈☮️🇨🇦
The sploot, the shrimp, the longboi, c'mon Chris, you got loaf right, get the other names right too! Thanks for sharing more videos of Cole. I hope it doesn't hurt too much.
@coleandmarmalade
Жыл бұрын
Ha ha, longboi! ... I know "contortionist" is another :)
@NBFAN00B
Жыл бұрын
Croissant/Crescent, Monorail and Superman are some of my favorites.
@AuskaDezjArdamaath
Жыл бұрын
Yes! Shrimp mode when they’re curled up with the back feet touching their forehead. 🍤
@EvErLoyaLEagLE
Жыл бұрын
What about dangling from an extension, such as a tree branch or a pole? Like how Leopards and Panthers do so in the wild forests/jungles
@PaulaZF
Жыл бұрын
This reminded me that several years ago I put together a list of the different positions. I just remember loaf was one of them. I don’t know where that list is ‘though…
I love how Bond fits into these videos like he was always destined to be there
@coleandmarmalade
Жыл бұрын
Now we have two new kittens to add to the mix!
@frauleinmona
Жыл бұрын
Which one was Bond? I must have confused him for Marmalade!😹
@frauleinmona
Жыл бұрын
Wait! That couldn't have Bond because they didn't have him yet! LOL
@catreader9733
Жыл бұрын
@@coleandmarmalade I thought I sensed a rescue/foster fail in a recent video. As I wrote years ago to the Katnip Lounge poster, I could not imagine how she cared for them all, but I never doubted that she loved them all. We have stopped at two. It almost broke my heart to take a young adult lynx tabby I found in my garage to a shelter after I determined that she did not have a loving family to return to. But I didn't have time to try socializing her with my sibling pair (family member a few hours away needed frequent visitation). I visited her later and learned that she would not settle in with the other cats, but she liked being around people and dogs at the shelter. She lived in the lobby area and cuddle-nursed with any dog resting there during illness or post-surgical. She got herself adopted in short order.
@Pawsandtales321
Жыл бұрын
@@frauleinmona Bond is shown at 45 seconds on the blue chair.
I've seen the belly exposed one plenty of times.I FEEL SPECIAL 🥳
@coleandmarmalade
Жыл бұрын
Especially when they let you pet it too! :)
@Planetmango48
Жыл бұрын
Wow
@queenkitty1226
Жыл бұрын
@@coleandmarmalade Then the purr engine starts
@pjwhite1002
Жыл бұрын
@@coleandmarmalade Waiting for the day Juicy will let me blow bubbles on her belly! She's just started to roll on her back, belly up when waking/stretching and I get a stroke or two in before she rolls back over. She was a stray we brought in 2.5 years ago, and she's still quite skittish, but starting to relax a little more as we go. I suspect she had some trauma at her former house especially from a big man as she always runs from husband even if he has food for her. She's totally my cat as I started feeding her when she'd come into our backyard, and sleeps with me. But she'll run from me, too. I keep telling her she needs to get over her frights, and I hope someday she will. Mickey's got hot spots these days. Started again around July and he just can't help licking, chewing, biting, pulling his fur. Went to the vet, got a steroid shot, but it didn't really do anything to help alleviate this. Does ANYONE know what causes this and what natural remedy we could try - we've tried several things to no avail. This happened last year, too, and once before that but years ago, so we can't figure out what's causing him to do this to himself. Poor guy. He looks a bit like Marmalade, too, being a ginger, and he's about 17.5 years old now. Wonderful video, Chris! So good and sweet to see Angel Cole there, too. He's still with Us and part of the CAMFam! Coming up on a year, and I'm expecting a very difficult month which started yesterday for me. My Angel Shane transitioned to the Rainbow Bridge on the 12th, 2 days after Angel Cole, twins from different moms. I miss my Shaney soooooo much, and miss Angel Cole, too, though there still always with Us. But I know You understand what I mean.
@marymascitelli7913
Жыл бұрын
Me too...Belly up! And both of my kitties love their bellies rubbed. I go there first with the one cat...he asks for it always❤️
I recently returned from a fire evacuation. I was gone 6 days and did not find one of my cats until the 7th day, very hard, as the fire came within 30 paces, and much smoke, (Thank you first responders 🙏🐾💙.) A day or two after we were all back, Tabi, our shyest cat, the one who stayed and survived uninjured, lay across the front doorway outside with his belly up, completely relaxed, sleeping. This is so rare for him, you are exactly right about him ‘feeling totally secure in his territory’. 🐾🌿🕊 Grateful grateful. P.S. Your music is perfect 😎.
My heart is always warmed seeing footage of Beautiful & Sweet Cole. We ALL miss him, so memories of him are very welcome! Looks like Bond is settling in nicely with the rest of the fam! I hope to see more regular video's of all the kitties. I don't know what it is about Marm's face, but he just gets me Every time! Marm in the crock pot, in the video, is just Totally Him!😆 As they say, "if I fits, I sits!"
Love the jazzy vibe for the cool cats. It was great to see Cole again, the epitome of a cool cat. I didn't see the 'sleeping bonnet' for the ones who like to sleep on your head at night; or the other middle of the night position, the 'face hugger'.
@dragondancer1814
Жыл бұрын
Raven is my facehugger, especially in the morning! Eragon’s usually between my knees, and Chessie sleeps with my younger daughter. At least Raven’s not like the facehugger in “Alien!”
@aevalk8369
Жыл бұрын
@@dragondancer1814 Alien came to mind when I wrote that. I really like your cats names, beautiful. Does their personality match? My two, now aging rescue ferals, Aramis and Shakespeare turned out to fit my impression. Aramis is every bit the bold dashing Musketeer always getting into something and Shakespeare grandly walks around as though he's leading a "Ye Olde Pompous Parade" that only those with gilded engraved invitations can attend.
@elisabethrankin7702
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Seeing "face hugger" made me immediately think of "Alien", then to thinking of a soft, floofy kitty doing an "Alien" on a human made me laugh harder than I should have.
@dragondancer1814
Жыл бұрын
@@aevalk8369 Their “purrsonalities” definitely match their names! Raven is my black cat, who almost got named Toothless as a kitten due to his resemblance to the dragon. The name Raven suits him, although it can give him a complex during football season! Chessie is a gray marble tabby who was named after the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad’s mascot, and she’s an absolute sweetheart. Eragon is my tuxedo cat, who got his name due to his copper eyes matching the dragon’s in the movie (this was my older daughter’s inspiration). And like I said, he’s a tuxedo-enough said right there. Videos of them are on my channel, if you want more feline entertainment!
@aevalk8369
Жыл бұрын
@@dragondancer1814 I didn't know you made content. I just checked it out, they're adorable! I didn't see the film but from pictures Toothless looked a little like cat to me.
It warmed my heart to see Cole, as if he were still there.
I just love your crew…. Can’t wait to see the new additions featured soon!❤
@coleandmarmalade
Жыл бұрын
They're a hoot!
All those sleeping kitties gave me a happy, and there is so much you can tell about a cat's feelings by the position they sleep in. I knew that our latest rescue was finally starting to trust us when she started sleeping on her back and side. 🥰 Because I knew about her life before we adopted her, and that she had no good reason to trust humans ever again, I may have cried a little the first time I looked across the living room and saw tortie-tummy.
Lol I can't get over the look Marmalade always has on his face. It's like a mix between shock, duh, and what's that!
my late cat used to purr when he slept. I sure do miss him. it was good to see Cole in this video. R.I.P. Cole and Gobi (my cat).
Seeing any bit of wonderful Cole makes me so happy. I miss him. And Bond seems to be fitting in quite well, isn't he? I'm so proud of this happy kitty home, and I'm sure angel Cole is too.❤Eager to see more shenanigans of the new little ones!!!
I love watching my cats sleep especially when I'm feeling down or stressed, they always cheer me up and relax me heaps. I also love watching them dream and I wonder what they're dreaming about. Thanks so much for posting this awesome video and I loved seeing Cole again, we miss him heaps! Have a wonderful weekend and stay safe lots of love from your Aussie friends Ann and the Tullamore pride of crazy cats xoxoxoxo 🇦🇺😻😽
Love the jazz playing softly as I watched the kitties and I just wanted to curl up with my sleeping kitty Mac, a beautiful stray I rescued in 2021 ❤️... Nicely tucked into his cat bed on the big chair
I miss Cole... but I found a little black kitten not long ago. I think that his siblings ended up at the shelter because they were in the lost pet area of the site for a while... four of them... all black like him and about the same age. Plus their found location was right across the street from my house. I have named him Biscuits as he is constantly making biscuits ever since he arrived. - Heidi
Its on the back exposed belly snd snoring is what i love
One of my fur kiddos and I, sleep side by side..without a care in the 🌎.... And about the belly up! That's a TRAP.. On another note: love them fur babies of y'all's....they are absolutely PERFECT and GORGEOUS 🥰❣❣🥰
My cat slept with paws over her eyes, but the sun was shining and bouncing off the mirror. I was going out, but drew the curtains, at which point she woke and seemed to say (in cat language), "Thank you, the sun was in my eyes!" I had not done anything to disturb her, apart from dimming the room. Marvellous creatures, cats.
My Blue would lay just like the cat in your thumbnail, beside the radiator, on a little rag rug. I could bury my nose in her soft belly fur, and she would stretch her paws out, curl them, and fall back to sleep. Safe and happy kitty!! Love this vid, thanks so much. :)
Típicas posiciones 🤗 La que más me gusta, cuando duermen encima de tí!!! 🤭🥰🐱 Qué lindo recordar a ANGEL COLE 🥲🥰🐱
I Like The Curled Up Cat In The Box, And Sideways. Love Cole And Marm.
Thanks for the videos with Cole. ♥️
Mine does sleep position: Ragdoll When I watch TV she curls up in my lap and her head is on my arm...and in a deep sleep her head and body go limp...like a ragdoll. BONUS: She also drools on my arm.🤣🤣
Additional ones are when a cat sleeps atop a person or another animal, lap-napping* on a human, of course, and co-napping, where the cat is napping with someone else, but not clearly treating the other party(ies) as a bed. *I count variations on lap-napping in the same category; some common example are all the human perches and nooks a kitten or smaller cat uses and the snuggle-against that some cats prefer. A previous rescue we had never became a lap cat, but her most trusting nap position was adjacent to my spouse or me if one of us was sitting or sleeping on the foot of my bed. Twice when I was bedridden for a day following minor surgery, she chose to rest and nap snuggly against my upper torso. I don't known whether she was more trusting of my temporarily debilitated state or decided I would benefit from her closeness (which I did).
I have family labels for some of the positions. The typical curled position is a kitty curl, lying on the side is "road kill", sleeping with belly visible is "doing the back stroke" or "overcome by nap", being in loaf position is "in takeoff position", "ready for takeoff", or something related to aviation.
My beautiful spoiled princess has been sleeping flat on her little back with her little legs stretched as far as they can pretty much since her first day of me rescuing her. She was born feral and her fur daddy brought her to my covered porch for some food and shelter during a thunderstorm. She was sick and had a small wound on her little hip with maggots in it. With the vets help she was on the mend in no time. She's was only 5-6 weeks old when she came here, she's now roughly 3 yrs. old and my whole world. Her name is Reba (after the Country singer) because her beautiful black fur was sun bleached red, my baby girl even had the cutest little red mow-hawk.
I loved the cute little face and whisker wriggle near the end. Sweet ❤️Cole 🐈⬛. Awhile after I watched this video I realized I had a Cole and Marmalade shirt on 😂.
Paw-over-face can also mean "It's too bright in this room" and they are shielding their eyes from the light.
Loved seeing Cole. Love to you and your growing kitty land.
I love all of the sleep positions 🥰 And sometimes you just have to wonder how can they be comfortable in some of them 😆
Saw all of these with my panther. He passed yesterday morning. I miss him horribly. 🐈⬛😭
lovely to see beautiful Cole. I recently adopted a black male cat and he's adorable.
I would add what I call "the pretzel" where they are twisted up oddly, like the head is facing right but the feet face left, or the head appears to be gone and tucked under the body entirely. My ginger cat loved to sleep in the weirdest twisted-up positions that did not look comfy at all, but they must have been! Glad you were able to capture and share all of these positions!
Had a ginger once, ' Little Bit ', Bit for short, he would ONLY sleep between my knees, so strange. Only if i tossed & turned would he move. Mom's persian/siamese mix on the other hand would sometimes sleep curled up touching the bottom of my feet. Miss them both, great memories. 😁😻😻😻
I love that you put Cole in there ❤️❤️❤️
When I found my newest rescue, Luigi, sleeping belly up on a chair in my kitchen, I was so happy knowing he felt safe here.
No matter in what position they are in cats are cute 🥰. Love from Marysville, California
Lovely Jugg and Zig Zag with Marm. Cole forever in our hearts.❤
Adorable and informative video! They are all so precious and thank you so much for keeping Cole's memory alive! We love you all!! ❤🐾💛🐾💙
aww that was so precious! there is nothing more relaxing than watching a sleeping cat 💗💗💗💗
Beautiful beautiful Cole! Thank you Chris & fam for everything you guys do!!
So nice to see Cole again 😢 it's so so sad when we lose our furry babies! I guess we all miss him very much to😢 he was so lovely 😻
Thank you for the dose of utter cuteness and very helpful information. RIP Cole.
AWE COCO!! Beautiful boy ! My favorite colors are Black & then Gray & Tortoise Shell Tabbies . The cat in my profile picture (Inney)was a daughter to my black cat Mom. Her 3 other babies were gray with hints of creamy, light orange spots. They were Minnie, Miney & Moe. My loves ❤️The momma (Mimi) used to sleep like a combo of Bread Loaf , with face buried into the pillow or blanket & shielding her eyes. My Miney loved to lay on her back, exposing everything!! I would tell her " Miney you're a little Lady !! Close your legs!!"....Lol !! I would also tell her "Roll Over!" & she would roll back & forth on both sides. Each one had such different personalities. Edit: I also love white kitties !!
Some of the positions ours would sleep had mom saying ' I would never be able to move again '. I have to agree.
Came home from work on Friday to all 4 of my cats sleeping belly up by the AC glad they're comfortable lol
Oh sweet Cole
Just bought several cat cardboard boxes. Oh, they have all tried them out for size and all are purrfectly suitable!!! Love seeing them as cozy as can be!!!
Hi I have 18 rescue cats but one I have Freddie Mercury he was hand raised by me , he loves to get right up under my chin . I did when he was really tiny and he still does it but now instead of 400grams he is 5 kilos . But he loves his kisses and hugs my fur babies all do . My old girl I rescued 15 yrs ago with kittens she was wild but I got her around now she loves to get on my chest and put her head on my shoulder. Holly loves to get into my bed disappear under blanket. I could go on and on . They do have beds but they would rather be with us . Loved to see your gang , Cole miss you. God bless Karen and family and my 18 rescue fur babies and my 8 in care .Karen's rescue Australia 😸😽🥰🐨🦘🇭🇲
Watching all your kitties sleep is exactly what I needed 💖
So adorable! I didn't know the meaning of each sleep position until meow! 🐈⬛🐈😺
Missing our boy. I love seeing these videos with him. Bittersweet, but better than not at all. ❤️
I love watching the different positions cats sleep in, some appear to defy logic 😺 Lovely to see Cole 😻. I can't tell the difference between Bond and Marmalade when they are asleep (same with jugg and zigzag). 2 new kittens, how exciting! 🐈🐈
I would love to see a part two with the sploot, shrimp, longboi and monorail/ danglebeans 💙💜💚 And yes, thank you for continuing to include Cole in your videos. I know the anniversary of his passing is coming up in a few days. We are here for you 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 #TeamColeFurever
My cats love to sleep during the day and get very active at night when my parents and I are asleep
@coleandmarmalade
Жыл бұрын
Yep! kinda like this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIau1cl8oJmWibg.html :)
@deadaccount6135
Жыл бұрын
@@coleandmarmalade Is it safe to assume that they regularly woke you up in the middle of the night with a ruckus? My calico once used my stomach for a trampoline in a full tilt sprint across the bed at 3am. 😁😻😻😻
@dragondancer1814
Жыл бұрын
@@deadaccount6135 Our last two cats, Angel and Harley, used to do that a lot too. I especially remember once they landed on my husband’s stomach when we were in bed after coming home from a wild party where he’d had about half a bottle of Triple Sec over the course of the evening. Needless to say, that didn’t end well!
I loved this vid. It was very relaxing and informative. Made me realize that my Stella is very comfortable here. She's always belly up❤️🥰🐱
Beautifully filmed as always! And their majesties are at their best!😘
LOVE ALL THESE FURRY SLEEP POSITIONS! LOVED SEEING SWEET COLE …. WHAT A BEAUTY! ❤️🐾🐈⬛🐾🐈🥰
some of the warmest moments been to wake up a saturday with the silken one stretched out in all its glorious 2x body length belly up between your legs not moving a muscle as you stirred just quietly purring... and either deciding it wants to go outside or get breakfast and initiates a glorious stretching and getting up display before bumping head at your cheek to leet you know it knows your awake.... or , as you get up.. yawning wide and then just reaching into the cat dimension to add another 2 inches to ther body length when stretching out further on ther back over the body warmth soaked bed cover you vacated ^^
Thank you for adding Cole to this video, made me feel like he’s still kind of here with us😻😻😻
Aw, sleepy kitties! 🥱 Time to cuddle up and 🥱 join them. 😴💤
Cats sleeping are too much cuteness! 😻😻😻😻😻
1:48 My cat is missing the "if I fits, I sits" gene. She won't go into boxes. She'll sniff around them and look inside and paw at them (loves destroying cardboard), but won't climb in. If I hang one of her toys over the edge, she'll even walk past and yank the toy out of the box.
oh my gosh, cats are the most precious and you've gotta love the peace of a sleeping kitty. great video. Tiff from CT
An oldie, but a goodie! 🐈 😻 🐈⬛
Ngl this is the 1st time watching Cole without tearing up. 🖤
Purrfect Caturday relaxation video ❤️❤️❤️
One of my cats loves laying down human-ish on his back and will roll around.
I didn't learn this until recently, but the loaf position is more of a "meditation" position than sleep. On their side or back means they feel happy and safe.
Adorable cats
Loaf means a wish to warm their paws :) and to look cool while doing it. :)
Cole, magnifico Cole...che bello vederti dormire nelle stesse pose del mio micione nero. Stessa età, identico fisicamente e purtroppo anche tanto sfortunato come Cole😔
Years ago, my 4 boys were being loaves mushed together on the sofa when an earthquake started. They all opened their eyes for a bit then closed them and went back to snoozing. Somehow they knew it wasn't a big quake to be concerned about.
Does anyone else buy shoes just so your cat can have a nice new box with tissue paper? 😸 My cat destroys boxes so they have to be reinforced with tape to remain box-shaped. It was so sweet to see Cole in his blueberry box. 💙
Some great images here❤️ One of my sister's cats does what I call the "the hamster" - stretched out long body, but all paws close to the chest & curled over, whilst looking in the humans direction, before falling asleep.
I remember many years ago when aged about ten or eleven finding a loaf-cat (NOT ours!) dozing very comfortably on the clothes in my chest of drawers! A beautiful brown Burmese whose humans were away in the US - and I suspect that the stand-in humans weren't quite up to scratch! A friend of the family would even have liked to adopt Burmese, but his fierce Scots wife wasn't having it!
I once found my kitten asleep twisted with he back paw pulling on her top lip. Scared the life out of me😂
Hi Folks, Really enjoyed this look into cats inner sleep modes -- REALLY CUTE ! Marm is just so precious ! Thanks a bunch ! Take Care. God Bless Everyone and All The Fur Babies, Susan
I've always referred to the loaf position as the "hen laying" position as if on eggs.🐾🥰💙
Loaf is great because it is almost always accompanied by what I like to call the "bat ears" that swivel backwards like radar dishes on alert! The Loaf allows maximum hopping/pouncing potential from springy hind bunny feat to attack any opponent!
Such a sweet beautiful bunch of kitties. Hope all are well.
aw hi coco! 🖤 oh man, this makes me want a nap! great choice of music, chris. 👏😎
That was educational AND enjoyable. That Marm is quite a character!
Pawrsome! All this sleepy cat goodness.
All gorgeous kitties!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
My cats usually look like roadkill when they're sleeping. Also, my first two cats never slept on their backs with their bellies exposed but the three I'm living with now all do it all the time. Gotta love these little weirdos.
This is one of my favorite videos you have made. Informative and fun to watch. Also, a great soundtrack! PURRFIC
I believe you missed many, like the famous „fell asleep while licking my behind“ with one hind leg stretched upwards behind the head! But I believe you covered the most important ones!😻😺👍🏻 Love the pictures, btw!
Thank you for this beautiful video. I loved seeing Cole, too. 🖤
My cat Mani used to cuddle under covers with me in the winter 🥶 we lived off grid in mountains of Hawaii
I found the answer to the question at 2:54 when I woke up this morning, 8. Snuggling their best friend. My cat Theodore had his front paws wrapped around my wrist and didn’t want to let go, and all snuggled close for warmth and comfort
Loved the video. Thanks
You furgot sleep yoga, where they fall asleep doing various yoga positions. Like stretched out and seemingly bent in half backwards or liquid positions mol 😹 Love the clips or cinnamon roll Marm with this toe refecters out. Too cute 😻 Fly High Angel Cole. 👼
Classy, informative video.
What an absolute delight! This video gets not two but 10 paws up!! Loved it for the cuddly content. Gotta go kiss my kitties now. ❤
The Loaf one is the cutest. :)
Oh cole cole i miss you so much
Sweet Cole 💖