The Adventures of Napper Kitty

These include perches, window views, hiding places, scratching posts , your lap, and your kind attention. Again—half of you delight in sleeping with a little fur ball or three nestling against you, purring and cute as sugarplums. Even if they do take up most of the bed. Those of you in the other half are drinking lots of caffeine.

The Adventures of Napper Kitty

This is primarily for group two. Some cats would rather sleep in cat beds than in human beds with humans in them. This is worth a try anyway. Annie Bruce, in Cat Be Good: There is a nearly overwhelming selection of cat beds from which to choose. There are large beds, small beds, square beds, round beds, heated beds, poly-fill beds, orthopedic beds, catnip-treated beds, faux lambs-wool beds, covered beds, and—take note—completely machine-washable beds.

This bed is a great 3-in-1 option. If your kitty takes a liking to her cat bed, you'll need to clean it frequently or she'll become disinterested. Cats, fastidious as they are, will prefer a human bed like yours with freshly washed sheets over a filthy cat bed.

Many kitty condos and cat trees serve well as beds, in addition to fulfilling a multiplicity of other functions. If you buy a cat tree, select one with shelves that are big enough for your kitty to sprawl out on. Or get a tree that has one or more perches with low-sided walls. Cats like the snugness of the enclosed feeling but appreciate that they can look out over the wall onto their kingdom. Gazing at the outdoor wildlife and then dozing off into a deep snooze on a favorite cat tree by the window—while you take a nap to catch up on the sleep you missed during the week—is a great way for your kitty to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Consider two or more cat beds makeshift or bought. Cats, more than humans, often like to sleep in a variety of places, even in one night. In addition, your kitty's preferred sleeping spot may change with the seasons—perhaps in a cozy loft upstairs in the cold of winter and on a cool surface downstairs during the dog days of summer.

Often, what keeps the humans awake is not that the kitty's on the bed, but that he's chosen an awkward spot. Many a spouse has complained that they were confined to a tiny little sliver of the bed all night, because their kitty and the "better half" took up most of the prime real estate. There's no formula for this, but you may be able to work out a deal where your cat can have a section of the communal bed but is located down by your feet. You may be able to gently lift him there and give him some good-night scratches on the forehead to help him settle in.

Many families have worked out a mutually agreeable system of who goes where, so if you like the concept of a kitty sharing the bed with you but you can't sleep when he's stretched out everywhere you want to be, you may want to try this policy. Some cats like to sleep on anything new new to them, that is. Big sheets of tissue paper like the ones you get when you buy a shirt , a piece of luggage flattened out, a seat cushion, a coat that's been in the closet for six months, even two cardboard scratching pad replacement boards fastened together.

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There's almost no limit to what cats will sleep on. Your kitty may decide to appropriate a given object as a bed for one night, or for the next several years, so be prepared to give up items for the cause if you ever leave them out as a guest bed for kitty. If your bedroom must be a no-cat zone because you can't sleep through late-night kitty antics or because of allergies, closing your door may not be enough.

If your cat wants in, he'll scratch at the door or carpet around it and meow, and he'll be persistent.

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A baby gate down the hall from your bedroom door will work better. Actually, you'll need two baby gates, one on top of the other, since most cats can jump over one. Make sure you have everything your cat may need and want throughout the night in the part of the house to which he's restricted.

In the morning, remove the gates so your kitty can give you a big greeting and you can give him one back. You may want to have a couple of throw toys handy, too; your cat might be ready to play.

Make sure you have enough "prime resources" around the house to minimize territory disputes. These include perches, window views, hiding places, scratching posts , your lap, and your kind attention. Again—half of you delight in sleeping with a little fur ball or three nestling against you, purring and cute as sugarplums. Even if they do take up most of the bed. Those of you in the other half are drinking lots of caffeine. This is primarily for group two. Some cats would rather sleep in cat beds than in human beds with humans in them. This is worth a try anyway. Annie Bruce, in Cat Be Good: There is a nearly overwhelming selection of cat beds from which to choose.

There are large beds, small beds, square beds, round beds, heated beds, poly-fill beds, orthopedic beds, catnip-treated beds, faux lambs-wool beds, covered beds, and—take note—completely machine-washable beds. This bed is a great 3-in-1 option. If your kitty takes a liking to her cat bed, you'll need to clean it frequently or she'll become disinterested. Cats, fastidious as they are, will prefer a human bed like yours with freshly washed sheets over a filthy cat bed. Many kitty condos and cat trees serve well as beds, in addition to fulfilling a multiplicity of other functions.

If you buy a cat tree, select one with shelves that are big enough for your kitty to sprawl out on. Or get a tree that has one or more perches with low-sided walls.

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Cats like the snugness of the enclosed feeling but appreciate that they can look out over the wall onto their kingdom. Gazing at the outdoor wildlife and then dozing off into a deep snooze on a favorite cat tree by the window—while you take a nap to catch up on the sleep you missed during the week—is a great way for your kitty to spend a Sunday afternoon. Consider two or more cat beds makeshift or bought. Cats, more than humans, often like to sleep in a variety of places, even in one night.

In addition, your kitty's preferred sleeping spot may change with the seasons—perhaps in a cozy loft upstairs in the cold of winter and on a cool surface downstairs during the dog days of summer. Often, what keeps the humans awake is not that the kitty's on the bed, but that he's chosen an awkward spot.

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Many a spouse has complained that they were confined to a tiny little sliver of the bed all night, because their kitty and the "better half" took up most of the prime real estate. There's no formula for this, but you may be able to work out a deal where your cat can have a section of the communal bed but is located down by your feet.

You may be able to gently lift him there and give him some good-night scratches on the forehead to help him settle in. Many families have worked out a mutually agreeable system of who goes where, so if you like the concept of a kitty sharing the bed with you but you can't sleep when he's stretched out everywhere you want to be, you may want to try this policy.

Some cats like to sleep on anything new new to them, that is. Big sheets of tissue paper like the ones you get when you buy a shirt , a piece of luggage flattened out, a seat cushion, a coat that's been in the closet for six months, even two cardboard scratching pad replacement boards fastened together.

There's almost no limit to what cats will sleep on. Your kitty may decide to appropriate a given object as a bed for one night, or for the next several years, so be prepared to give up items for the cause if you ever leave them out as a guest bed for kitty. If your bedroom must be a no-cat zone because you can't sleep through late-night kitty antics or because of allergies, closing your door may not be enough.

The Adventures of Napper Kitty

If your cat wants in, he'll scratch at the door or carpet around it and meow, and he'll be persistent. A baby gate down the hall from your bedroom door will work better. Actually, you'll need two baby gates, one on top of the other, since most cats can jump over one. Make sure you have everything your cat may need and want throughout the night in the part of the house to which he's restricted.

In the morning, remove the gates so your kitty can give you a big greeting and you can give him one back.