9 Scientific Reasons Why Your Cat Sleeps With You

Does your cat sleep with you? 🐈💤

At age 72 and after 3 kids and a 40-year marriage I found myself divorced. I moved 2000 miles away and bought a 36' camper to live in but I was a bit lonely. I adopted 2 3-month old feral kittens which I named Nadine and Shariff. They hid in the closet at first and wouldn't come near me. After a few weeks they started jumping up on my lap. Now, a month later they sleep with me at night. I must bust out laughing 10 times a day at their antics. They are bringing me so much joy and I don't feel at all lonely anymore.

Had a dude-cat named Dickens. He was in every way the lazy tom, and always slept with me. Always walked around like he was listening to jazz music only he could hear. Best cat ever.

Shelby has to sleep right next to my head on the same pillow every night. At bed time, I use a fairly long pillow, and lay my head down on the one side of it. Then Shelby climbs up onto the other side, and starts purring like a little motorcycle for like 20 minutes. There’s no better way to fall asleep than to the sound and feel of a cats pur as you drift away into sleep.

My cat is currently on my lap, I love it. He hid the first month after I adopted him. The fact that he trusts me and likes to sleep near me makes me happy 😊

My cats have a whole sleep routine around me. When I go to sleep they have a set of steps they go through every night. Face rubs, cuddles, and belly rubs and then they curl up next to me and we all sleep together. I love them so

I rescued my cat after she was abandoned in a shopping center parking lot in the evening. She held onto my arm with her head pressed into my bicep every night for many years. She still sleeps beside me but usually reaches out with a paw to make contact to make sure I am there. I saw a show on big cats in Africa and lions do pretty much the same thing.

There's nothing more endearing than a cat's love...Cats ARE NOT like dogs....When a cat loves you it's because they trust you, and with cats, it's because YOU'VE EARNED their trust. That says A LOT about YOU, the cat owner/parent. 💗

Rescued a hungry stray a few days ago & her trust & love for me is so rewarding to experience. Snoozing next to right now 😊

I have 2 tabby brothers. They're one year in a half. When babies, the two slept with me all night. Now only one sleeps with us. But in the morning both of them are asleep with me and when I just go take a nap. They're both asleep with me, and when I'm watching TV, the one who sleeps with me is sleeping next to me.Later, the other one comes to lay by me. My babies are so spoiled with me. The young one is the one who's sleeps with me. But they're always around me where I'm at. They are just following me. They know when treat time and dinner time is, let me know what time it is. I LOVE❤ my babies so much, my spoiled BRATS.❤❤❤❤🐈🐈

Yes-yes-yes. Can't buy their love - it's a priceless gift. Their purring is so loving.

My black cat Raven doesn't sleep with me EVERY night, but more often than not, especially in the winter. I find her furry presence comforting.

My cat chose me when she was 7 weeks old. I went to a person's house and she just saw me, meowed and tried to climb me. I picked her up and that was that. 9 years latter she is the apple of my eye...and yes, she sleeps with me almost every night.

My sister adopted a cat for herself but somehow the cat became very attached to me. She would follow me everywhere, lay on me every chance she got, meow loudly if I closed my door without letting her in. Eventually I became like the sole caretaker of her and my sister basically gave her to me and now shes my cat and sleeps on top of me every night and is within like 5 feet of me at all times lol when I move away shes coming with me. I’m not sure why she took to me so strongly because I wasn’t the one who saved her from the shelter or even took care of her for the first few months after she was adopted but she became so attached to me that my sister just let me have her. Six years later shes still my bestie and I would die for her :)

My cat's absolute favorite thing is when I take a nap. Sleep cuddles outside of the normal time frame? Yes!

When I was growing up my Mom's cat had a calico Manx kitten and she named her Betsy it was 1976 in honor of Betsy Ross, Betsy bonded with me from day one, I fed her and played with her, she slept with me all the time in fact if I stayed up past my normal bed time she would go to my room and then come out and look at me as if to tell me "Its bed time" then she would go back to bed and then come and get me again. My Mom laughed about it "Your cat says its bedtime"

I got my cat, Rufus, from a shelter. He waits patiently for me to settle in (I have to put in my cpap mask, chapstick, and occasionally my earbuds) Then he either lies on top of me, or next to me, and purrs til we fall asleep 😺💤🙂💤

I have 9 cats.... the bed is a revolving door. My own personal blanket

My baby has slept on top of me since she was weeks old and until this day 5yrs later. I love her so much. She's the best cat. She fetches,talks ,comes when called , listens and is very affectionate. She also follows me everywhere I go and she does the same with my teenage son . I've had 2 ragdolls that were the absolute best cats to have . But I love all animals & my fluffy tabby is such a little angel. ❤ God bless you all and your furry friends.

I live in a cold climate. My cats ignore me in the summer, but sometimes fight about sleeping next to me in the winter.