Why does a cat sleep on its owner's stomach: what owners should know
There is an opinion that cats choose places on the human body where some kind of inflammatory process may be taking place or where the owner is experiencing some kind of discomfort.
Let's figure out why pets come to sleep on their owner's stomach. Is it related to illness or are there other reasons?
Skeptics might say that a cat will be just as happy to sleep on its owner's back if access to the stomach or chest is limited.
But it is the owner’s belly and chest that are the cats’ favorite resting places.
It turns out that diseases don’t play a role here, everything is much simpler.
Cats simply enjoy the sound of a person's heart beating in their chest, as well as the movements of the abdomen or chest that are associated with breathing.
The combination of sound and rocking lulls your pet to sleep, and cats prefer to feel safe even in an apartment.
Researchers also believe that animals are no strangers to childhood memories. It is sleeping on a person's chest or stomach that allows cats to remember their childhood, when they, as kittens, slept on their mother cat's stomach.
It is worth remembering that this is also one of the signs of the pet’s boundless trust in the owner.
Therefore, if you need to get up and the cat is in a deep sleep, it would be better to carefully move the pet to another place, otherwise you can scare it.
