Why do cats use litter boxes?<\/a><\/p>\n7 reasons why your cat sleeps a lot<\/h2>\n
In general, these are some of the factors that can increase the time your pet spends sleeping:<\/p>\n
1. Conservation of energy<\/h3>\n
Cats have the physiology of a predator, which means that they are programmed to chase and hunt. If they sleep so much it is because genetically they need to conserve energy between meals to run, jump, climb and stalk.<\/p>\n
2. Age<\/h3>\n
Older kittens and cats need to sleep even longer than the average adult cat.<\/p>\n
3. Hours of the day<\/h3>\n
Being twilight creatures, cats will be more active at night and lazier during the day.<\/p>\n
4. Activity level<\/h3>\n
It is normal for a cat to prefer to sleep if it can not entertain itself or cannot play. Many times they fall asleep out of boredom. Likewise, consider that the more active the feline is, the more sleep it will need to recover.<\/p>\n
5. Weather conditions<\/h3>\n
Cats tend to sleep more when temperatures are low or in the case of a rainy day.<\/p>\n
6. Obesity and lack of vitamins<\/h3>\n
Nutritional deficiencies and obesity, caused by an unbalanced diet or lack of exercise, are other common reasons why a cat sleeps a lot.<\/p>\n
7. Diabetes<\/h3>\n
Some people are unaware that diabetes is a fairly common condition in cats. When there are unbalanced blood sugar levels, the pet may show symptoms of lethargy, excessive sleepiness, and loss of appetite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is no secret to anyone that, in the world of cats, sleep is a priority. However, the fact that a pet sleeps too much is still strange for its owner, especially if it is a first-time owner. Why do cats sleep a lot? Are you worried that your cat spends a lot of time…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,49,48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1430"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1701,"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions\/1701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}