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Does her cat not consistently sleep in her bed? Both now and with the multiple generations of cats I grew up with, they would come sleep between my legs almost every night. For some of them, they would already be there when I get to bed, and come get me if I'm up too late. Maybe they were running the experiment on me...

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My previous cats all did that and I loved it. Weirdly, our newest cat prefers to sleep on my chest right up by my face. She has trained me to like it and before she started doing it I normally could not even sleep on my back. The only annoyance is that she occasionally will wake me up by lightly clawing my lip. Then just stare at me like, “why’d you wake up?”

White people are so weird with their animals.

Weirdly, it’s a hallmark of Western civilization to domesticate tons of animals. Compared to say indigenous North America. Maybe white folks have an animal obsession in their DNA.

Our cat decides whose bed he sleeps in, usually next to my legs. He moves without fuss when I move. Mornings he likes to be on top of me.

As a kitten he would be under the covers next to me.

For a while I used to have 4 kittens sleep on the bed with me. Man, was I super careful. I didn't have to be as cautious when it was just their mother next to me

We have four cats and one of them very much wants to be in the bed with me on a nightly basis. The other ones also do, to some extent, but the one that I let in will destroy things in an attempt to enter if the door is closed.

Once in, she's polite and sleeps at the end of the bed or on my legs if she's feeling a bit more affectionate that night. I don't mind having her in the bed.

Two of the remaining three are No Fun to have around when I'm trying to sleep. One will wake up very early and start knocking things off of my night stand in an attempt to get me to feed her. The other one will go into POWER GROOMING mode as soon as he gets into the bed. It's loud, his breath isn't the best, and he won't stop. He grooms himself, thoroughly, for what seems like an eternity. To save myself the headache, I just kick these two out and they will find somewhere else to sleep.

The last one doesn't come upstairs often, but he's not annoying to have around when he does.

It's easy to say that "a cat is a cat" but they really do have their own habits and personalities.

One of my cats does the same. How does this affect your sleep? I have to turn left/back/right every so often in my sleep, and it disturbs the cat, and then me.

Were your cats raised in a househould with a dog? I have only had one cat (bengal) that sleeps in my bed and it was. I've read it really helps cats be more outgoing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG0S5NzWrLo

Also, it being cold in the house seems to have a big impact too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vKWk6tc2zY might be a better video

My cat likes to fall asleep at the foot of my bed every night... until we fall asleep. Then he gets up and move somewhere he likes better, usually his cat tower.

Yeah, same here.

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