Is Your Bed Off Limits?

[dragonchilde]

When I lived in my apartment with Minette and Wobbles, they had their own room. We closed them up in it at night, because we didn't trust either of them to stay out of trouble. And Wobbles liked to play with toes. We always let them out first thing, and Wobbles would immediately bound into the bedroom and jump up on the bed for some major purrs, kneads, and head bumpies. That was our 15 minutes of affection every day, and it became quite a routine.

That said, I prefer to have cats in my room. I sleep with Tinkerbell like a big stuffed animal. Mozart would sleep with us, but he likes to get up at four AM and sit my my ear, purring really loudly while he plays with my hair.

So he sleeps in his room.

[krazyaboutkatz]

No, my cats can sleep on my bed any time they wish to. Storm will usually sleep at the foot of the bed and on cold nights Sunny will curl up beside me for warmth. Sky will usually sleep beside me in his kitty condo but will occasionally sleep at the foot of the bed. As long as Storm is in the room, then Cirrus isn't allowed on the bed. He'll usually sleep in the kitty condo or sleep in the living room. I prop my door open with a door stopper so they can come and go throughout the night as they please.

[catmandu]

Sometimes,I think,that the Bed,is off limits,to me! But its a King Sized Bed,so I take one third,and The Found Cats,get the rest! I think,thats its nice,that they let me have,that third!

[emily_the_spoiled]

I might start the night in bed by myself, but by the time morning comes I have 3 (out of 4) cats who have joined me in bed. Emily likes to sleep on the other pillow, Tanner likes to sleep under the covers, and Charlie will sleep almost anywhere but his favorite place is anyplace with flannel (so I have a small flannel blanket at the end of the bed just for him ) Bear still hasn't reached the point where she joins us, but I figure that is just a matter of time...

[catnapper]

I'm getting here to this discussion a bit late, but better late than never!

I was out of town for the past few days and spent the night in a hotel... I tossed and turned and slept miserably. When I spoke to my husband the next morning I complained of my bad night's sleep and he had the NERVE to say, "Oh, I slept GREAT! I had the dog on one side of me and the cats on the other." Grrr.... what a brag he is! Thats why I couldn't sleep! I need my fuzzies there to comfort me!

The only time I can think of where it should honestly be discouraged is if you have bad allergies. Then MAYBE... but I have allergies and rather suffer through the sniffles than miss out of the nightly purring and loving.

[jazzcat]

I let all three of my adults on the bed. Ripley sleeps at our feet of and on during the night and if there is a thunderstorm he is usually on my chest (hard to breathe with a 18 pound cat on your chest). Jazz will sometimes sleep between my legs and Scout sleeps curled up in my arm against my side.

Wonder what it'll will be like when the kittens join us?

[NKBurlington]

Originally posted by RedHedd
My bed is definitely NOT off limits to the cats, in fact I encourage them to sleep with me. A bed feels empty without a cat on it IMHO.

Same here! The more the merrier.

[Uniqueviking]

Nope, it's not. I love having my babies in the bed with me. Like I said in the "furnace" topic: They're soft and warm, live little "teddybears"

Actually, I don't think I'd be able to sleep if I didn't have them right there next to me.

Beans always sleeps on the left side, right next to my face. Jade, the Beddy Bear, sleeps under the duvet with me on the right side and Brynja also under the duvet, but on the left side. Boomer likes to sleep on my legs. Bownie the Bat sleeps on my chest (but usually goes off to sleep on a blankie somewhere during the night)

[NoahsMommy]

Nope, our bed seems to belong to the cats and they nicely share it with us.

I think my hubby would prefer that less cats slept with us, but I know he likes it when we awakes to a few snuggling kitties.

My Micah wont leave the bed until I'm up, no matter what. Noah always sleeps on my feet or on my head/pillow. Hermoine sleeps between us, Basie sleeps next to David's head. The rest come and go, but when I awake, there are always three or more on the bed with me.

Its a WONDERFUL way to begin the day.

[Sirrahsim]

my poor hubby has bad kitty allergies, so Boomer is not allowed in the bedroom at night. I will let him in with me during the day as long as he sleeps on my side of the bed or my pillow When it is change the sheets day he gets his run of the whole bed