This is because the housing conditions tend to affect the circadian rhythms responsible for regulating the sleep pattern of cats. With time, cats learn to sync their sleeping pattern with that of their owners. Has your cat ever awaken you in the mid of the night? Or, has it ever started pouncing on your feet as soon as you fell asleep? Has your cat’s schedule pestered you? Well, here is the good news for you.Ĭats can learn to sleep at night, according to PetMD. Most cat owners who are night-owls themselves have no problem with their cats being awake at night, but others want their cats not to disturb their sleep. Has Your Cat Been Keeping You up at Night? This is the reason that crepuscular cats easily get in sync with their favorite human’s routine.
The point is, our at-home times i.e., in the morning, getting ready for work and around dinner time in the evening, are the most active periods for cats. And when you come back from work after 8 to 10 hours in the evening, just before the sunset, your cat is active again. As your kitten wakes up before the sunrise, you are also waking up to get ready for the day–to shower, exercise, feed your fluff ball, eat your breakfast, and run to work. Well, it is our routine that makes us live in harmony with our feline fellas. A question may arise here: How do they live in harmony with diurnal humans at home? Just like wild cats, domestic cats are not nocturnal either they are also crepuscular. How Do Crepuscular Cats Live in Harmony With Diurnal Humans? This is the reason that cats have an ingrained instinct to be active during the low light periods before sunrise and sunsets. Given that cats have superior night vision but cannot see in complete darkness, the time of dawn and dusk is the optimum for cats to go on the hunt. Actually, a cat is a wild animal, and it has to forage and hunt for its food. Cats are CrepuscularĬats are crepuscular creatures, which means that their circadian rhythms direct them to sleep throughout the day and night and be awake at dawn and dusk. You must be wondering if cats are neither nocturnal nor diurnal, then what they are. Diurnal animals such as humans tend to be awake through the day and sleep at night. As discussed above, cats love to sleep.Ĭats are not diurnal either. While you may find your cat snoozing the day away by sleeping beside the window, lying on the floor, or basking in the sunlight, it does not make your cat nocturnal. But they not only sleep during the daytime but also at night unless you have spoiled your fluff ball by letting her sleep the whole day. Their average sleep time is around fifteen hours a day, but some cats may sleep up to twenty hours a day. Many people tend to believe that cats are nocturnal creatures because they find their cats sleeping throughout the day. Their night vision makes it perfect for them to hunt at night. Nocturnal animals such as foxes, hedgehogs, badgers, owls, and aye-aye have an excellent night vision that equips them to see well in the dark. Nocturnal animals stay active throughout the night and sleep during the day. Or at least different questions about cat sleep patterns may pop up in one’s head: Are all cats nocturnal? What about domestic cats? And are kittens nocturnal too? Are cats diurnal? Are cats crepuscular? And, why are cats nocturnal if they really are?īefore answering these questions, let’s first discuss what nocturnal animals are. Anyone would tend to believe that cats are nocturnal animals. And the reason is, cats often wander around in the dark at night, incessantly meowing or hitting on the owner’s foot, seeking their attention. ‘Cats are nocturnal’ is one of the most widely believed myths about cats. We have addressed some of these misconceptions in our blogs.Īre cats nocturnal? This is what we will explore in this blog. There are hundreds of such myths prevalent about cats, none of which is actually true. Outdoor cats live longer than indoor cats.
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