Cats Can Dream Too: Awwdorable Sleeping Cats Moments From ICanHas Users

Did you know that cats dream too? Like, yes, cats do get random zoomies at three in the morning and wake us up, and yes, every little thing tends to wake them up when they are napping - which might have to do with the ridiculous positions that our cats choose to sleep in. But, in moments when they finally do sleep and they sleep deeply, you might notice, sometimes, that… their paws start moving, that their noses start twitching, their whiskers shake with gentle movement. They're dreaming, that's why.

It's as if cats think that they need to be more adorable than they already are. As if we're not already smitten with how awwdorable cats are when they sleep. They decide to completely steal our hearts by dreaming right in front of us like that. Smh. ICanHas users know the feeling, and it seems that their cats' dreaming habits are even more adorable than most. 

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    Rectangle - Deborah Baskette My little panther waggles his paws and jerks sometimes, but what I love best is his snore. He doesn't do it often, but it sounds like, "Sneeeee....sneeeeee." Too bad my snores don't sound that cute. Like Reply Hide Send Message 5h
    via Deborah Baskette

    One thing that one of our cats does in her sleep is make funny chirping noises. It happens rarely, but when it does, it's normally accompanied by her paws twitching as if she's running or hunting. We are convinced that when that happens, she's dreaming about either birds or bugs, because those are the only creatures at which she makes those noises during the day, and personally, we think that's one of the most adorable things in the world.

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    Font - Crystal Newton My boy cat tucks his front paws under his chin. His whiskers twitch and he kicks his back feet like a lil bunny when he is dreaming. It's adorable. My girl cat snores very loudly. She sleeps on her back with her mouth open like a dog, tongue hanging out and her eyes half open. It's creepy as hell. O2 Like Reply Hide Send Message 8h
    via Crystal Newton

    It's actually one of the funniest things in our opinion when our silly cats wake themselves up in their sleep by accidentally smacking themselves. There's nothing better, there's nothing funnier, and we are trying, every single day, to catch it on video to be able to show everyone else. 

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    Rectangle - Marilyn Baber We have quintuplets & when they are all asleep at the same time, each one flexes/rhythmically curls their left front paws in unison. Always the same motion & the same feet. I think they synch up in their sleep. 2 Like Reply Hide Send Message 9h
    via Marilyn Baber
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    Rectangle - Raven Lévêque her whiskers move about violently lol Like Reply Hide Send Message 6h
    via Raven Lévêque
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    Cat - Tara L. Lloyd Taz twitches his whiskers... it's the cutest thing ever Like Reply Hide Send Message 8h
    via Tara L. Lloyd
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    Rectangle - Lauren Babad Mine twitches like she's chasing something or playing the drums Like Reply Hide Send Message 9h Edited
    via Lauren Babad
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    Facial expression - Greg Cameron My cat was sleeping in the bathroom sink and jumped right out of it into the adjacent tub and hit the wall. He definitely was dreaming. Scared the crap outta me. Lmfao. Like Reply Hide Send Message 4h
    via Greg Cameron
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    Rectangle - Lenore Burkhardt Becker I had one that I swear looked like he was riding a bike Like Reply Hide Send Message 4h
    via Lenore Burkhardt Becker
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    Cat - Erin Williams This is my sweet boy Dubhlainn who twitches and growls in his sleep. We never really understood why, until one day my husband got up at 2am to find him chasing a mouse and growling at it. So basically, he chases mice in his sleep. It makes me smile. Like Reply Hide Send Message 8h
    via Erin Williams
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    Font - Linda McCallister Ruby the Tortie chases with all four feetsies and twitches her whiskers. And yesterday I noticed that she was twitching her hears and feetsies and her tail was completely bushed out! Never saw a bushed out tail in a sleeping/dreaming cat before and I've had lots of cats in my life - she was clearly pissed off!!! I expected her to growl and/or pounce any second! Like Reply Hide Send Message 7h
    via Linda McCallister

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