# Weird spots you have found your cat snoozing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449 "2009-04-26T23:57:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Arglefraster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/41 "2009-04-27T21:58:29Z")
One of ours likes to sleep on paper. If you leave a piece of paper anywhere she can get to, she will sleep on it. The other day we had a paper grocery bag with a plastic grocery bag inside it we were using put bottles in for recycling. She knocked the bag on its side, pulled out the few bottles that were in there, clawed the plastic grocery bag out, then settled down in the paper bag for a nap. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/42 "2009-04-27T22:45:57Z")
> [@brewha](#): > > In the dishwaser > > In a towel drawer - that was barely opened enough to fit in > > In a cat bed - not weird on the surface, but the bed is barely big enough for our 16lb cat to fit in by himself, but somehow, both our 16 and 12 lb cat were in it together. > > Pictures to follow when I get home. > > I’m really trying to keep my mancard and suppress the Squeee!, **Renee**. > > Those are adorable kittehs. Here’s how I found him [IN THE DRAWER](http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w320/gravityisnotmyfriend/projector/floor041.jpg) After opening the [DRAWER](http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w320/gravityisnotmyfriend/projector/floor043.jpg) I couldn’t find the two kitties in the same bed, but here is [ART IN A HAMPER](http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w320/gravityisnotmyfriend/projector/HPIM1465.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/43 "2009-04-27T23:15:00Z")
I once rented a house with hideous cheap blue shag carpeting. A week after we’d moved in, it starting shedding in just one spot. After a month or so, there was a perfect circle that went down to the linoleum. Our guess was that a previous tenant had put a potted plant there and had been sloppy about watering it. Or they hadn’t known that indoor plants need something on the bottom to catch the extra water. The rug and the padding had rotted away, leaving, as mentioned, a circle of linoleum in the middle of the rug. Our cat loved to lay there, loafing herself into the circle. When she was laying there, the rug looked whole. The cute thing was how pleased she looked with it. As if we had made it just for her. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/44 "2009-04-28T00:54:56Z")
On top of the old CRT monitor – not so unusual, except that Sally always preferred to [sleep on her back.](http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2658336050000735275ajRUmr) Apparently this was [especially blissful.](http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2050772510000735275TjGXuC) Oh, and Fred likes to sleep in the [open-top laundry hamper.](http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2612597850000735275ycJleU) ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/45 "2009-04-28T01:10:20Z")
Inside suitcases…packing for a trip is a constant battle. Inside a bag of potato chips…the kittens loved chips, and you know how kittens can play until they simply fall over…one of our litter fell asleep as soon as he crawled in the bag…my then-husband was laying on the floor watching TV…when he reached in the bag again for a chip, he was very surprised. ---
**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/46 "2009-04-28T01:47:34Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > On top of the old CRT monitor – not so unusual, except that Sally always preferred to [sleep on her back.](http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2658336050000735275ajRUmr) Apparently this was [especially blissful.](http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2050772510000735275TjGXuC) > > Oh, and Fred likes to sleep in the [open-top laundry hamper.](http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2612597850000735275ycJleU) _Eeee!_ ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/47 "2009-04-28T11:09:40Z")
I forgot to mention my husband. Apparently he is very restful to cats. When he sits in his recliner, usually at least one cat will show up to sleep on him. Frequently he has all three. The youngest cat, which is definitely Bill’s cat, used to curl up under Bill’s chin to take a nap. This kitten would also bug me to hold him while he napped. My husband and I sleep in different rooms, as I am difficult to sleep with. The cats agree with this, and only occasionally sleep with me. Instead, they usually sleep with Bill, one on each side of him and one at the foot of the bed. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/48 "2009-04-28T13:43:35Z")
> [@Arglefraster](#): > > One of ours likes to sleep on paper. If you leave a piece of paper anywhere she can get to, she will sleep on it. > > The other day we had a paper grocery bag with a plastic grocery bag inside it we were using put bottles in for recycling. She knocked the bag on its side, pulled out the few bottles that were in there, clawed the plastic grocery bag out, then settled down in the paper bag for a nap. I’ve noticed that my kitties like to sleep on anything that’s on top of something else, or that’s a bit different from its surroundings. Paper on the floor (or anywhere else) is one example, but if there’s anything on my bed (my neoprene laptop case, my jacket) there’s a good chance that any drowsy kitties will be drawn towards it. Oh, and one of them has a definite fondness for denim. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/49 "2009-04-28T14:42:33Z")
On the ping-pong table. While a game is in progress. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/50 "2009-04-28T15:00:31Z")
The house I grew up in did not have air conditioning, so our cats loved to nap in the nice cold porcelain bath tub. My current kitty loves to snuggle in our son’s bassinette, especially when he’s in there. It’s super-cute, but I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a picture. Other than that, she sleeps in normal kitty places. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/51 "2009-04-28T15:13:19Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > Once, and only once, I actually found her asleep in the cat bed we bought. I’m sorry, but that just strains too much at the strings of credulity. I don’t believe you. If you’d said “asleep in the _box the cat bed came in_” I would have believed you, but no, no cat has ever actually set foot in a cat bed. Cat-in-cat-bed is like the Lochness Monster. Some people believe they’ve glimpsed such a thing, but they are mistaken. To the OP: I have found Squiggy sleeping in a roasting pan. It was a perfect fit. He’s lucky I’m a vegetarian. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/52 "2009-04-28T15:25:29Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > I’m sorry, but that just strains too much at the strings of credulity. I don’t believe you. If you’d said “asleep in the _box the cat bed came in_” I would have believed you, but no, no cat has ever actually set foot in a cat bed. > > Cat-in-cat-bed is like the Lochness Monster. Some people believe they’ve glimpsed such a thing, but they are mistaken. [Behold, Nessie](http://pedantical.net/images/gallery/pics/meep_beauty.jpg)…er…Meep. 🙂 (And no, we didn’t put her there.) ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/53 "2009-04-28T15:47:18Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > I’ve noticed that my kitties like to sleep on anything that’s on top of something else, or that’s a bit different from its surroundings. Paper on the floor (or anywhere else) is one example, but if there’s anything on my bed (my neoprene laptop case, my jacket) there’s a good chance that any drowsy kitties will be drawn towards it. > > Oh, and one of them has a definite fondness for denim. Speaking of paper on the floor, if a sheet of paper falls on the floor, one or another cat will immediately try to either lie on it (because one sheet of paper is so very much more cushiony than the floor) or hide behind it to ambush someone (again, because one sheet of paper provides so much cover). My daughter’s cat will attach himself to anyone wearing denim. He gets disgusted when my daughter takes off her jeans and puts on her nightie. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/54 "2009-04-28T16:04:14Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > [Behold, Nessie](http://pedantical.net/images/gallery/pics/meep_beauty.jpg)…er…Meep. 🙂 (And no, we didn’t put her there.) Bah! Pure Photoshop fabrication! I can see the pixels, it’s all a hoax. A HOAX, I say! But :: squeeeeaaaaal:: big kitty ears! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/55 "2009-04-28T16:24:53Z")
Nessie is adorable! (is she a mutt or what? I love gray kitties!) Oh…and…_SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE_ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/56 "2009-04-28T16:36:38Z")
> [@LeeshaJoy](#): > > On the ping-pong table. While a game is in progress. [You might like this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtQ-1WBbK5c) [or this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6p6Rr894F4) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449/57 "2009-04-28T18:06:15Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Nessie is adorable! > > (is she a mutt or what? I love gray kitties!) She was a purebred Russian Blue. Sadly, we only got 5 years with her before we lost her to lymphoma, but she was a sweetheart for all 5. > [@](#): > > Oh..and…_SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE_ 🙂 Just in the interest of full disclosure, that was one of _very_ few times we ever actually caught her in the basket. Usually she slept on the bed, in the towel closet (just like our current Russian, Gracie (aka Boo), in my laundry, or pretty much whatever non-cat-bed-type spot she fancied at the time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-spots-you-have-found-your-cat-snoozing/494449.md?page=2)