Does your cat sleep unmoving this long?

**Laura's Babies** · 07-24-2009, 11:34 AM

Mine have different places that they sleep at certian times of the day and they always get a nibble or two on the way to the other spot.. Maybe your Taranis is just a lazy cat?

**Killearn Kitties** · 07-24-2009, 11:49 AM

I thought mine were inert! I am not aware that any of mine stay still for so long. They seem to enjoy alternating between a nap in the house and a nap in the garden throughout the day. At least they get some exercise going between the two.

**happylabs** · 07-24-2009, 11:59 AM

Mack is the laziest of my 4. He will literally lay down, eat from his bowl and then go to sleep in that spot. However, I have never seen him sleep as long as your cat. Mack will play and run if something interests him. I always say he is a "short bus" cat.

Have you checked with your vet? I do know when I got my first cat after having dogs all of my life that I was amazed at how much cats do sleep.

Buddy likes to get under the covers. I have often jumped into bed to find a big lump in the middle.

**Lizzie** · 07-24-2009, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by happylabs

Have you checked with your vet? I do know when I got my first cat after having dogs all of my life that I was amazed at how much cats do sleep.

Yes, she's seen the vet but when I've mentioned her not pee'ing for three days, and not moving for twelve hours, he just raises his eyebrows and says "Hmmmm". Since she always passes her exams, blood included, with good results, I think he considers it simply a quirk.

**krazyaboutkatz** · 07-24-2009, 12:47 PM

Yes, my RB Starr did this the last few months before I let him go to the bridge.

He just became very lethargic and some times he didn't even want to eat. He was also very over weight because of the pred he had to be on. I really think that the pred is what caused his decline in health.

He would poop and pee every day though.

I'm really surprised that your vet isn't more concerned about your cats eliminating habits. I've never heard of such a thing. I do know all cats won't poop every day but all of mine seem to do this. Have you had her heart checked out?

**GILL** · 07-24-2009, 01:45 PM

I would find a another vet. Not going for 3 days is not normal. I would tell a new vet about the not peeing for 3 days, not pooping for 2 and the not moving. Yes cats sleep allot but they normally sleep and play in bursts. This almost sounds like diabetes. When our Patches got lethargic we had her checked, she had become diabetic. A insulin shot a day and she was fine for 16 years.

**aTailOf2Kitties** · 07-24-2009, 02:23 PM

my dearly departed Monego used to stay in one spot for long periods. We'd leave the house for a few hours just to find him in the same spot when we got home. I don't know if he never moved, or he just got up and stretched, then laid back down in the same position. He was always reluctant to move from wherever he was settled too. If he was curled up in a shoebox we could carry the box all over the house without him trying to jump out. He didn't poo every day either but he did pee regularly. The vet kept telling me for years that "some cats just don't poop a lot", but this is what eventually led to his early demise. Please have the vet check to make sure she is not constipated and slooooowly backing up, due to megacolon or something similar.