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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

1083.0. "talk in their sleep?" by THE780::WILDE (Imagine all the people..) Mon Feb 01 1988 23:26

Uh, I've grown up with cats and dogs, and I've never seen this...maybe I've
been sheltered after all...Hannah talks in her sleep.  Well, not actual
talking, but little "giggle" type of noises, and trills, and bird calls,
and just lots of strange little noises.  The first time I noticed, I
assumed she had found a live critter in the bed, so I turned on my night
light (red bulb to be nice to eyes) and she was definitely sleeping like
a log...

I've never had a cat that talked in her sleep before and just wonder if
others out there have cats who do?

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1083.1Dreeeeeam, Dream,Dream,DreamGYPSC::SHIPLEYIs there life after DECTue Feb 02 1988 02:5612
    We have noticed this behaviour in two or three of our cats. They
    all have access to our garden and appreciate the fairly large
    population of small birds we seem to get and are always calling
    at the window to be let out to play with them. When sleeping, they
    sometimes made the same calling noise which gives me some idea of
    kitty-dreams. Next time check the tail as well. If it occasionally
    thrashes back and forth as our kitties do, it sounds like a good
    healthy hunting dream.
    
    Furry-Friends_are_First
    
    Brian
1083.2one of mine doesERASER::KALLISJust everybody please calm down...Tue Feb 02 1988 10:224
    Merlin talks in his sleep occasionally.  Karamaneh, almost never.
    but being a Siamese, she makes up for it when she's awake.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.
1083.3chasing dream miceEUCLID::PAULHUSChris @ MLO 8-3/T13 dtn 223-6871Tue Feb 02 1988 11:466
    
    Copernicus, my Maine Coon, talks more while asleep than while awake.
    He twitches, thrashes his tail, and sometimes awakes with a start.
    I recently saw something that said only humans and XXX (forgot what
    they said, but it wasn't cats) dream.  Hunh.  Just shows how much
    misinformation is in print now-a-days.   - Chris
1083.4The Fluff Balls DreamAIMHI::SCHELBERGTue Feb 02 1988 12:117
    Yup, my cat Lucius definitely dreamed...I used to watch the legs
    and the tail go......sometimes when he fell asleep on his back he
    looked like he was doing exercises....he often woke himself up because
    of it....It definitely entertained me though!  What a cutie!  :-)
    
    bobbi
    
1083.5How?DISSRV::HTAYLORCertified ChocoholicTue Feb 02 1988 12:475
    RE: .3  I wonder how they know if an animal could dream or not.
     Did they ask them? 8-)
    
    
    Holly
1083.6'becca just snores!TOMLIN::ROMBERGKathy Romberg DTN 276-8189Tue Feb 02 1988 13:100
1083.7FDCV13::SANDSTROMTue Feb 02 1988 13:336
    
    Jake "chatters" his teeth as if he were cold - and he "runs" a mile
    a minute at the same time.
    
    Conni
    
1083.8AIMHI::MCCURDYTue Feb 02 1988 17:134
    Pookie snores and chats a bit when she sleeps.... it is cute...
    isn't it...
    regards
    kate
1083.9Good dreams!!!PARITY::WHALENAnd may the traffic be with youTue Feb 02 1988 17:3726
    
       My Tabby does all those things too. He snores, twitches, howls,
    bites, moves his legs, thumps his tail, makes "bird" sounds like
    he was hunting birds, and sounds like he's eating.
       Must be some really good hunting trips he's on. Sometimes if
    I howl too, he must hear it and it sounds like he's responding to
    it. 
       I have a Coon cat that has always snored, too. Sometimes VERY
    loudly.
                                       Denise
        
    
                  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
         My Tabby 
1083.10And yet anotherREGENT::GETTYSBob Gettys N1BRM 223-6897Wed Feb 03 1988 20:035
                My Cinamon does it all too. It has gotten more noticable
        as she has gotten into "old age", but she has done it all her
        life. You can sometimes hear her grunting in the next room!
                
                /s/     Bob
1083.11we have a snorer, too!THE780::WILDEImagine all the people..Wed Feb 03 1988 23:208
Well, if this gets "better" as she gets older, we're in for some long
nights...Hannah is not yet a year old...as for snoring, the 13 year
old, Tabitha, snores so loud she wakes herself up.  We checked with the
vet and she is perfectly healthy, she just snores REAL loud.

Isn't it funny that scientists would say that cats, who have very
active imaginations when awake, don't dream?  Hard to figure.

1083.13Lot's of people don't know how to spellREGENT::GETTYSBob Gettys N1BRM 223-6897Sun Feb 07 1988 10:457
        Karen,
                I've got bad news for you. Cinamon is the last name of a
        whole family (people, not cats) here in town. Ah, well. I guess
        there isn't much new in the world anymore. In any case, it's a
        good name.
                
                /s/                                   Bob