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Topic: My cat just had a nightmare?
Rasmus916 Joined Wed 06/24/09 Posts: 496	Sat 07/28/12 01:28 AM
So I was minding my own business strumming my guitar learning a new song. My cat was asleep not even two feet away from me on my bed. All of a sudden, she started twitching violently and then woke up even more violently. Without hesitation, she jumped in my chest since the guitar was occupying my lap still twitching and staring at me with her scared look. Now she is purring and won't let go of me. Am I wrong to believe my kitten just had a nightmare? (she may be almost 10 years old, but she still thinks she is 10 days old)

Ladywind7 Joined Sun 04/08/12 Posts: 7833	Sat 07/28/12 02:06 AM
It seems to me the cat hated the new song you were playing. It disturbed her sleep and the only way it could get you to stop was for it to jump on you. Just sayin'.

Rasmus916 Joined Wed 06/24/09 Posts: 496	Sat 07/28/12 02:13 AM
LOL I was beginning to think the same thing, but once I settled her down, I began to work on the same song again. She went back to bed fine and is - excuse the pun - purring like a kitten.

Ladywind7 Joined Sun 04/08/12 Posts: 7833	Sat 07/28/12 02:20 AM
Lol. Animals dream. Have you ever seen a dog's legs run while sleeping, so cute. I think they are running with the pack in meadows full of rabbits ~##>

smileysmile Joined Sat 07/28/12 Posts: 3	Sat 07/28/12 05:09 AM
My cat dreams a lot, he's never woken up violently though. When he's sleeping he tosses and turns and makes cat growning noises. It's pretty adorable.

Totage Joined Sat 10/13/07 Posts: 24210	Sat 07/28/12 06:26 AM
So I was minding my own business strumming my guitar learning a new song. My cat was asleep not even two feet away from me on my bed. All of a sudden, she started twitching violently and then woke up even more violently. Without hesitation, she jumped in my chest since the guitar was occupying my lap still twitching and staring at me with her scared look. Now she is purring and won't let go of me. Am I wrong to believe my kitten just had a nightmare? (she may be almost 10 years old, but she still thinks she is 10 days old) Maybe she just dosen't like how you play the guitar. :p jk It does sound like she may have heard something that starteled her though.

BettyB Joined Tue 01/29/08 Posts: 31912	Sat 07/28/12 07:34 AM
Since she is ten years old I would play it safe and take her to the vet for a check up.Rule out any medical problems such as a seizure or something.

Rasmus916 Joined Wed 06/24/09 Posts: 496	Sat 07/28/12 12:33 PM
Oh I take my kitten to the vet on a regular basis, I have to because she has problems seeing out of one eye. Other than that which she has had her whole life, she is healthy as can be. Also, like I mentioned, she grew up hearing me play, and listening to me teach others how to play. Never really moved or never really bothered her, no matter how good or bad my students sounded. :P

BettyB Joined Tue 01/29/08 Posts: 31912	Sat 07/28/12 12:40 PM
yes I understand, but when something different like that happens it might be something that a regular check up missed or a new developement or nothing at all. Sometimes even the slightest symptoms can mean really big problems. You just never know.

soufiehere Joined Sat 10/24/09 Posts: 45325	Sat 07/28/12 01:15 PM
Yes, mine dream, I watch them twitch, their breathing may change, I usually give a soft rub, sometimes they never even wake before calming down :-) I have 5, raised from birth, nearly 10 years old now. One night, 3am, one of them accidentally jumped on the ON switch of the shop vacuum I had left out. All 5 cats went straight into the air at once, quite a spectacle, as I was also halfway there.

BettyB Joined Tue 01/29/08 Posts: 31912	Sat 07/28/12 01:22 PM
Your cats are so cute Soufie.

soufiehere Joined Sat 10/24/09 Posts: 45325	Sat 07/28/12 01:27 PM
Awww thanks, they are :-) Freddy, the lifer, plots all day how to escape. Eddy, Special Ed, the siamese, unlike anything on earth. Betty, my girl, she grooms me all day long. Pinky, my heart, too chubby, never leaves my side. Plumpy, the alpha male, he cries when I go in the bathroom without him. We are about to mix them with krupa's dog Chatka, a Lab :-)

BettyB Joined Tue 01/29/08 Posts: 31912	Sat 07/28/12 01:37 PM
Has the dog ever been around cats? and vise versa? How old is the dog? My vet once told me that if the pets are 8 or younger they will usually adjust to each other, over 10 not so much. I guess 9 could go either way lol

soufiehere Joined Sat 10/24/09 Posts: 45325	Sat 07/28/12 03:20 PM
We may fit in there :-) My cats go crazy wonderful when they see another animal, they are clueless having always been inside. I took them out, Fred ran right to a big dog and wanted to play..the dog was really confused :-)

Rasmus916 Joined Wed 06/24/09 Posts: 496	Sat 07/28/12 03:36 PM
Oh yes, I plan on getting her looked at next chance I get. Awesome kittens you got there soufie. :)

bastet126 Joined Fri 12/07/07 Posts: 15553	Sat 07/28/12 03:39 PM
awwww!!! spectacular souf!! i just want to know what you did to get them all to strike such a perfect pose!! :)

soufiehere Joined Sat 10/24/09 Posts: 45325	Sat 07/28/12 03:40 PM
Awesome kittens you got there soufie. :) Shhhhhhhh. (I have not told them they are cats yet.)

soufiehere Joined Sat 10/24/09 Posts: 45325	Sat 07/28/12 03:50 PM
awwww!!! spectacular souf!! i just want to know what you did to get them all to strike such a perfect pose!! :) I told them the next one that got out of position would be working at the Korean restaurant!

Rasmus916 Joined Wed 06/24/09 Posts: 496	Sat 07/28/12 04:07 PM
Awesome kittens you got there soufie. :) Shhhhhhhh. (I have not told them they are cats yet.) Oops! Sorry, LOL, I keep trying to tell my kitten that she is a cat, but she knows she is human. Sad, when I eat dinner at my computer desk, I even have to put her food dishes and water dish next to my keyboard and set up a second chair so she can eat dinner with me like the rest of us humans. :P

bastet126 Joined Fri 12/07/07 Posts: 15553	Sat 07/28/12 04:10 PM
awwww!!! spectacular souf!! i just want to know what you did to get them all to strike such a perfect pose!! :) I told them the next one that got out of position would be working at the Korean restaurant! freddy looks like he's thinking "but they do have that really cool hash bar in the back..." rasmus, sounds like your "human" knows how to be spoiled :)