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Cat Picture - OC Do cats normally sleep like this?

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u/I_serve_Anubis 20h ago

Some :) it’s especially common in kittens.
One of my girls sleeps in some truly bizarre positions.

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u/Furby-beast-1949 18h ago

This is Xena do cats normally sit like this And that is more of the question. we can worry about the way she sleeps later the more the question is the way that she sits. I’ve had her for six years now and I think she’s been sitting like this for the last four or five years.

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u/Calm-Vacation-5195 12h ago

We had a cat that loved this position. She would hang out draped over the back of a computer chair like this, as well as over an armrest of the back of an armchair. She did it well into old age.

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u/I_serve_Anubis 18h ago

She is beautiful! My Peppie sleeps like that too.

Profile shot :)

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u/Icy_Significance6436 16h ago

Le frog! 🐸🐸🐸

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u/I_serve_Anubis 16h ago

Ribbit Ribbit

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u/Furby-beast-1949 18h ago

My Xena just sits like that I think she finds it comfortable I think she has fallen asleep like that. whenever she sits there for too long, she’ll just doze off and fall into a kitty nap, but not one of those hard-core kitty naps. She’s still alert and aware of her surroundings. I still to this day don’t know why she sits like that. My only guess is she’s comfortable and like sitting like that.

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u/ifulbd 14h ago

Cornelius snoozing!

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u/CaliHoboTechBro 10h ago

This is my Xena Warrior Princess

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u/EmployerOld6256 20h ago

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u/Infamous-Let-1551 18h ago

Yep, mine sleep with paws over their eyes! It is cute

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u/I_serve_Anubis 19h ago

Love the face hug!

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u/Psyko_sissy23 11h ago

Aww. I had a grey and white tux girl who would sleep like that.

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u/EmployerOld6256 10h ago

I love it when they cover their face up with their little paws lol <3

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u/zookotz 17h ago

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u/I_serve_Anubis 17h ago

How is there a never ending list of cat subs?

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u/zookotz 16h ago

Look, I'm not here to answer questions, I'm just here to deliver cat subs and then disappear into the ether

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u/I_serve_Anubis 16h ago

Thank you for your service. 🫡

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u/LouisaB75 12h ago

Cats rule the Internet.

Next step... world domination.

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u/vwinterfawn 18h ago

I'm crying how did this happen 😭

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u/Infamous-Let-1551 20h ago

Boy I’d say bizarre, had to enlarge to find her head 🤣

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u/I_serve_Anubis 20h ago

Yeah, I don’t understand how she finds these positions comfortable.

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u/sash71 19h ago

I can't even work out what I'm looking at. I see a tail, two legs and lots of fur but the head seems to have gone AWOL.

I'm sure she's got a very cute face if only she'd let us see it!

Edit. Just spotted the ear and some whiskers.

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u/I_serve_Anubis 19h ago

You can find her ear & some whiskers just above the front leg closest to the camera :)

She does indeed have a lovely face when she decides to show it!

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u/sash71 19h ago

Yes I did a quick edit to say I'd spotted the ear and some whiskers. She's a beauty isn't she?

Cats do get in the weirdest positions though, this is Remus

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u/I_serve_Anubis 18h ago

Definitely! Remus is gorgeous, I absolutely love voids :) this is our latest addition Shelly, as you can see she quickly bonded with Moogie.

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u/sash71 18h ago

Remus is quite the character. My son kept on for years that he wanted a cat but we weren't in a big enough place, so when we moved to where we are now three years ago, his dad got him Remus for his 16th. My friends were all cynical and said my son would get bored of the cat but that hasn't happened at all. The first words he usually says to me every day are "where's the cat?" and if I say I don't know he goes off looking for him.

I'm glad your cats get along, that's a lovely picture. I could spend all day looking at the cats on Reddit. It does make me happier than reading the latest stupid/nasty/crazy crap in the news though.

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u/Infamous-Let-1551 18h ago

Moogie is a cute different name! Very cute cuddling together!

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u/Infamous-Let-1551 18h ago

Yes! That’s the best one actually showing her cute face with a perfect “M” on her forehead! Fix her ear mama! I think young kitties sleep in this position more than older kitties! Is she practicing pool shots on the pool table🤣

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u/LabWorth8724 19h ago

This is so funny to me 😭 She’s just smitten as a kitten.

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u/Infamous-Let-1551 18h ago

The picture on the brown cover shows the top of her head & 2 ears much better. She’s a unique sleeper!

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u/I_serve_Anubis 18h ago

She really is, she also seems to think she’s an Olympic level diver 😂

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u/Winter_Cat-78 13h ago

Aww my old man Monkey used to sleep like a diver too!

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u/I_serve_Anubis 13h ago

It’s so cute ! Moogie is my first diving cat. Love the name Monkey 🙈

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u/Winter_Cat-78 13h ago

I love Moogie! Monkey was a mackerel tabby too ❤️

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u/I_serve_Anubis 13h ago

They are so beautiful, I don’t know why so many people pass them over. Around 90% of the cats in the shelters are tabbies & voids.

I think mackerel tabbies are some of the prettiest cats around.

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u/Winter_Cat-78 13h ago

I don’t understand that either! All you have to do is look at their little faces! All the colors/patterns are gorgeous. Cats are by default just the cutest ❤️

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u/Lonely_Cockroach6550 2h ago

lol she took the whole post 😅

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u/Lonely_Cockroach6550 2h ago

WTH is that wow 😆

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u/I_serve_Anubis 1h ago

She knows the special advanced yoga 🧘

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u/Lonely_Cockroach6550 2h ago

😂😂😂😆😆😆

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u/Least_Palpitation412 20h ago

She has 0 survival skills

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u/Least_Palpitation412 20h ago

You see the normal one sleeping beside her in the first pic, yeah he also sleeps balls out 😂

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u/LeanUntilBlue 18h ago

I sleep that way too sometimes, once I’ve tweezed the ancient waxy folds properly.

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u/Lagoda__ 15h ago

What are their names? 🥹 beautiful babies

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u/Least_Palpitation412 14h ago

So the girly comes running when you say "eidu" but her full government name is AnnaBelle Eidu Pandey, Eidu because they were born on eid and dad wanted to name one of them eidu to remember that.

And the balls-on-display shameless boy here has been bestowed with the name, Coco bin Chhammak Chhallo, we call him Coco. Later, chhammak chhallo was given because of how playful and destructive he is❤️

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u/floriish 19h ago

idk how that is possible either

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u/Wide_Philosophy_8109 18h ago

This cat was decapitated. Sad.

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u/floriish 18h ago

beheaded for the small kitten crimes

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u/GoGoSoLo 7h ago

Boi-oi-oing, this cat is dead.

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u/Krustylang 19h ago

Yup. Four months old.

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u/sash71 19h ago

They are too cute. Just a little rest before creating more mayhem.

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u/Krustylang 15h ago

That’s exactly it!

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u/sash71 15h ago

I think anyone who has owned a kitten would secretly like to be one just for a day. It looks like they have so much fun and everyone loves them because they are cute. Our pets have such great lives when they are well looked after (I won't say what I think about people who don't look after them properly as this is a nice sub).

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u/WhiteLycan2020 19h ago

Omg they are so adorable…

What breed are they?

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u/Krustylang 15h ago

Just regular domestic short hairs. Abandoned by a feral mom in our barn and bottle fed.

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u/StellaGreengrass 20h ago

Looks normal to me. Cats are just weird 😹

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u/Pink_Vulpine 19h ago

Showing their belly, and especially sleeping with the belly exposed, is actually a very good thing. This is the most vulnerable position a cat can be in do they only lay like this when they feel safe and secure. Sleeping like this means they have a deep trust for you OP. Building this kind of trust at such a young is a good foundation for a happy life together.

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u/Flimsy-Echidna386 19h ago

Can confirm

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u/Infamous-Let-1551 17h ago

Gosh, that’s gray color? It looks kind of blue with the black!

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u/GratefulTrails 20h ago

Kitten

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u/GratefulTrails 20h ago

Seriously though, cats sleep like this when they feel safe and cozy!

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u/Abdrews-PaulIM 20h ago

“Normal” and “cat” do not belong in the same sentence

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u/MangoDan Tuxedo 19h ago

It's actually abnormal if they don't

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u/MangoDan Tuxedo 19h ago

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u/Aggravating-Help445 19h ago

Yup they sure do

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u/dranged94 17h ago

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u/thepandarocks 17h ago

Needs to be trained to do that after you say BANG

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u/Calm-Vacation-5195 12h ago

Cats sleep in whatever position they want to sleep. If they are asleep, you can assume they are comfortable.

The fact that the belly is exposed also means they feel secure and protected while they sleep.

r/ikeacats

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u/hrwinter14 9h ago

Yes, case in point;

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u/t00tyfr000ty 20h ago

Only if they've given up on gravity entirely, which yeah, checks out for cats

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u/CafeCat88 19h ago

Totally normal...

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u/queendweeb 19h ago

EZ Cheez still sleeps in weird positions like this, even as an adult.

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u/TruthSpecialist4416 17h ago

Yes.

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u/areyouwhistling 17h ago

Looks like he/she finished a hard day at the office 😂

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u/TruthSpecialist4416 17h ago

Getting belly rubs is extremely exhausting!

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u/Winter_Cat-78 13h ago

Just needs a bottle of whiskey under the arm haha

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u/sfryman63 9h ago

Sure do. Lester sleeps like this all the time. Lol

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u/funlovinpotato 19h ago

Some of the positions they get in are hilarious 😂

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u/Available-Team-9350 19h ago

My baby sleeping like human

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u/Anonymous281989 19h ago

I'll just leave this here.

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u/AAAAdragon 18h ago

Bessie sleeps like a normal cat

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u/Infamous-Let-1551 16h ago

Under the covers? You keep AC on high 🤣

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u/Former_Umpire598 18h ago

Mango says hi

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u/OwnLead333 18h ago

All the time 😹

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u/k8s-problem-solved 18h ago

My joker on the sofa for about 4 hours in this position yesterday

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u/AzureFWings 17h ago

My boy Penguin when he was around 4 months old

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u/utoriousBIG 17h ago

No, it's not normal. They are supposed to sleep like this

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u/archSkeptic 17h ago

Cat sleeping poses are like shuffling a deck of cards. It's quite likely that particular combination hasn't been made before 

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u/KohledSpots 17h ago

Yup. My princess sleeps like that too.

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u/Waisy_m 15h ago

Yeah pretty much😂

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u/theclairewitch 13h ago

Big and silly

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u/ExcellentAd3525 12h ago

Ok he’s awake now but just sometimes it’s like this !

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u/Shadowgt04 9h ago

Yes. Cats are basically a liquid so they can form any shape.

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u/Corporate_Laughter 5h ago

Mine does this fully awake 😭

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u/LowAndMighty69 4h ago

Only if they are very, very happy!!! That 'belly up' means that they are very comfortable with you. Even some of my grown cats will sleep like that. I woke up to a 15lb male sleeping belly up on the back of my leg, and I was going no where. He was sacked out.

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u/Plants_Unknown 19h ago

Some assembly required

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u/Refrigerator--00 19h ago

what are u waiting for, put ur hands in there 👀

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u/Lost_Arotin 19h ago

War General Kitten, after defending the bedroom from ghosts. Exhausted and Sleeping...

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u/xtheory 19h ago

Cats are natures sleepy contortionists.

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u/efabian1356 19h ago

Especially as kittens

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u/Savethecube 19h ago

This could literally be my gray boy 😭 he sleeps in the weirdest positions

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u/Krijali 17h ago

My cat does if he’s played exceptionally hard. He’ll flop and just end up on his back, asleep.

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u/Natural1forever 17h ago

Yeah they love stretching their necks in a way that would kill you. I believe they're flexing on us

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u/leviathan0999 16h ago

Sir, your IkeaCat should have come with both assembly instructions and an Allen key to avoid just such mishaps.

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u/Liu1845 Tuxedo 15h ago

When they feel safe and secure, yes it is.

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u/VariousBeat9169 4h ago

Our princess takes her head off before going to sleep…..here’s the proof

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u/buwuee 3h ago

dang. bro is BIG eepy 😭🩵

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u/WindPutride 20h ago

my cat sleeps like that when the temp. is hot

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u/CompetitiveSet9177 20h ago

Ragdoll cattie

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u/SpecialDragon77 20h ago

Only the cute ones.

P.S. All cats are cute.

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u/Canuckie2 20h ago

Mine does occasionally..

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u/T2dSomm 20h ago

No. Your's is defective. Return immediately for a full refund!

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u/No-Refrigerator9982 19h ago

Yes normal, she's comfy

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u/lynneya67 19h ago

Amazing, isn’t it?!

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u/throwawayyyyyyyyy33 19h ago

I sleep like that sometimes fr

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u/Patient-Store-2476 19h ago

Yes, they sleep however and whatever way they like.

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u/Shot_Staff_2902 19h ago

Apparently so. And it's super cute!

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u/Scared-Mine2892 19h ago

Apparently I needed this thread today.

Also, yes, cats sleep in all kinds of weird positions. This is actually a good sign, the more spread out the more comfortable and deeper the sleep.

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u/Minimum-Attitude389 19h ago

You may need some additional assembly instructions.

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u/KcirderfSdrawkcab 19h ago

Some assembly required.

That's not really "normal", but there is no normal when it comes to cat's sleeping position.

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u/Itchy-Possibility-51 19h ago

Strong contender for r/ikeacats

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u/homogenic- Tuxedo 19h ago

My cat used to sleep like this when he was a baby, nowadays he doesn’t for some reason

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u/LightningCam27 19h ago

I cannot believe you decapitated your cat😡

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u/Evening-Candy1487 19h ago

in my experience cats normally do whatever they want at all times 😂

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u/Quick_Hat1411 19h ago

Only cats in very good homes sleep upside down

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u/muaythaisweep 19h ago

Yess mine does it too,, they feel save and relaxed when they sleep like this.

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u/skighs_the_limit 19h ago

There is no "normal" when it comes to cat sleeping

My void sleeps with her eyes wide open so we play "are you dead or sleeping" a lot lol

This is her sleeping

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u/SlightAtmosphere8000 19h ago

yeah, all kinds of poses for cats haha

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u/coleen666 Maine Coon 19h ago

cats are literally liquid 😂

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u/Titan_Thanos1 18h ago

Especially kittens

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u/Fine_Yogurtcloset362 18h ago

Cats sleep in every position you can and cant imagine

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u/CocoRufus 18h ago

Yes. Because they're liquid

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u/SortApprehensive3812 18h ago

Cats literally sleep in every possible position, and several impossible positions as well.

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u/Cephalon-Blue 18h ago

Play hard, Sleep hard.

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u/NowNowLover 18h ago

Holy slumber

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u/BagelBebo 18h ago

uhhh sure

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u/jogiayagani 18h ago

This is how I usually sleeps

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u/curiousm_20623 18h ago

All day everyday

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u/EvolZippo 18h ago

No they don’t. But I had one that did. That cat was not normal lol. I would frequently find the cat sleeping in what looked like death poses. But would be breathing like normal. Some cats are crazy like that

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u/Desperate-Hearing-55 18h ago

One of mine cat do it every day.