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05 January 2010

My cat is in REM sleep but her eyes are open and it's kind of freaking me out.

post by: occhiblu at: 13:03 | 10 comments

Time to get out the camcorder.

posted by rmless2 05 January | 13:10

Mine does that a lot.

posted by JanetLand 05 January | 13:13

That is freaky, indeed.

posted by LoriFLA 05 January | 13:15

Lucy does that too. Bailey just snores.

posted by essexjan 05 January | 13:48

Heh, she was also snoring. Which is how I figured out she was asleep and not having a seizure of some sort.

posted by occhiblu 05 January | 13:50

If I had any doubt, I'd just give them a shake. It's not like they wouldn't be able to catch up on the sleep, leaving them tired at work.

posted by Joe Beese 05 January | 14:12

OH MY GOD, AN REM SONG JUST CAME ON MY INTERNET RADIO PLAYER!!

Your cat and I are so in-sync, it's creeping ME out.

posted by mudpuppie 05 January | 14:56

Aw, poor snoring kitty. I like it when their whiskers start twitching madly.

One of my cats (a former feral) reacts very badly to being disturbed in his sleep, I once tried to gently rouse him out of what looked like a kitty nightmare and he awoke clawing and spitting; took him a minute to recognize me and calm down. Now I avoid waking him at all costs which is sorta difficult because he sleeps on my desk a few inches from my elbow all day (the orange cat in the pic).

posted by jamaro 05 January | 19:59

That's why I sleep that way!

posted by Eideteker 05 January | 20:00

jamaro, yes! The whisker twitching is so cute!

posted by occhiblu 06 January | 01:15

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