Why do cats sleep on your chest?

OhStopYellingAtMe , 11 months ago

Cats will sleep on your lap/chest because it reminds them of mama.

Cats will lay/sit on your head because it triggers their parental instinct.

I have a cat who sleeps on my lap, or if my wife is lying down the cat curls up on/around her head.

I guess that means my cat thinks I’m my wife’s grandpa?

ChaoticNeutralCzech , 11 months ago

Not mine, sadly… Is there a word for this linguistic phenomenon so that I can complain about it in a nerdy community?

jordanlund , 11 months ago

That was the hardest bit for our big boy to understand after my open heart surgery… no more chest sleeping.

He curls up in my arm pit now.

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favrion OP , 11 months ago

At least he grasped the concept. Did you show him the scars and train him from there?

jordanlund , 11 months ago

God bless him, he’s just not that smart… :) It was a lot of moving him and telling him no. He got it eventually.

Rocket, the B&W, gets insanely jealous though. She’s camped with me right now.

HR_Pufnstuf , 11 months ago

So after you fall asleep, they take your soul as you exhale. ;)

em2 , 11 months ago

I remember that show!!!

orcrist , 11 months ago

It is a convenient place should they feel the need to bite your nose or ears.

independantiste , 11 months ago

I have a phd in cats and this is the only accurate answer

procrastinator , 11 months ago

My cat has a PHD and agrees

thesprongler , 11 months ago

Because they are perfect angels sent to calm their pets (us)

over_clox , 11 months ago

Warms

nickwitha_k , 11 months ago

Domestic cats are social creatures. One of the ways that they show and seek affection is through cuddling. It’s worth also thinking about their sharp senses of smell and hearing - they are engulfing themselves in the scent of those that they enjoy interacting with and/or considered family.

sabreW4K3 , 11 months ago

Warmth and they also enjoy listening/feeling your heart beat.