A Consistent Bedtime Is Important
What are you doing, human? It’s bedtime! Mow mow! You’re supposed to be in this bed and laying down so I can use your face as a pillow, drape myself across you, or burrow comfortably against your side to soak up body heat.
What am I supposed to do without a human sleeping substrate? How can any cat be expected to sleep like this? I know you claim there are so called “stray cats” who don’t have humans, but that is preposterous and I don’t believe it.
Let’s go! I read an article saying it’s very important to have a regular sleep schedule. Well, actually, I just saw the headline, but I got the gist of it, which is that you have to go to bed right meow!
You Don’t Tell Me When To Sleep, Human!
Sleep? Now? That’s ridiculous.
No, I have shadows to chase, toys to kick around and I really wanted to get into redecorating things around here, because they’re looking a little too orderly for my tastes.
Go ahead, go to bed. In a few minutes I’ll cry outside the bedroom door until you get out of bed and open it, then I’ll decide I don’t want to go in after all. I’ll do that two, maybe three more times just because I can.
Oh, you thought I was settling in? Nah. I have a bowl of water to splash all over the place, then I’ll cry until you get up again and refill it, and when you get back into bed for the fifth or sixth time, I’ll cry incessantly again because my dry food bowl is empty, meaning there’s plenty of food but it’s all pushed up to the sides.
Do not forget our pre-slumber ritual! You have to scratch my chin while I purr and you tell me what a good boy I am. Then you have to scratch the top of my head while I purr and you tell me what a good boy I am.
After that, maybe I’ll sleep. We’ll see.
Pain In The Bud 
No. I will be awaken for more wet food. Have to refill his bowl about 3 am so he stops nudging me.
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Wet food overnight? Hope he eats it right away!
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Yes. That would be his second small can.
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Bella is very quiet at night – she will however “cry” ie howl at about 5am and then proceed to jump on us and paw us , gradually turning to a claw if there is no response ( breakfast time is 7am) . Shes definitely got used to set feed times over the years but will definitely try and push the envelope as much as she can!
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They always push the envelope. The King is busting my balls as I type this despite having dinner and THREE snacks in the past 4 hours. I’m a complete pushover and I gotta put my foot down…lol.
Who would think these tiny, furry 10 pound animals would have so much control over us?
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Wow. You are really well-trained. I am taking medication for neuralgia that puts me to sleep. There’s a possibility that one of the cats could wake me up, but I think they’ve decided that it’s not worth the effort
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Do they have access to your bedroom while you sleep? If they have access and they let you sleep, you have considerate cats!
I don’t sleep well with the bedroom door open, and Bud throws a fit if there’s a closed door between us for 30 seconds, let alone overnight, so I have to get him in here before I can really sleep.
To be fair to him, he usually doesn’t bother me after he gets settled.
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Well, rules are rules, I guess? I wouldn’t mess with Buddy. Seems like he’s got you under his toe beans 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
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