Gavin -
I had to laugh when I read your question! I have a bed FULL of cats. Both Crescent and Victoria sleep with me. As well as Sasquatch, Hatter, Casper and sometimes Tiger, too !!!
They have their own little "positioning" thing they do. LOL
Sasquatch - who is 14 years old and weighs in at almost 17 pounds, has slept on my pillow, between my headboard and my head since he was a tiny kitten. That spot is HIS - -and he allows NO ONE to forget it.
Tiger who is 8 years old and weighs about 12 pounds, sometimes sleeps on the cat tree, near my bedroom window -- but other times, sleeps to my left just below my chest level on the bed, so that he can get the left hand pet, without cramping me. When he wants there -- no one argues.
Hatter LOVES to sleep ON my feet -- which is sometimes annoying since he weighs almost 14 pounds... but at least he isn't fighting for the OTHER spots. Occasionally, when Tiger is asleep on the tree -- Hatter will come up to Tiger's "spot" and get a belly scratch.
Casper
always sleeps to my right. When the "girls" joined the family -- they were not too interested in joining the crowd... but as they have gotten more "bonded" with me (and Casper who is my most gentle cat) -- they like to curl up with him on the right side (there is more room, there - LOL) And as of late, they are the FIRST ones on the bed, when I start turning out lights, and quite often, when I get in bed, while everyone else is getting "in position" they sit and "watch" for Casper to get comfortable -- then Victoria gets between Casper and me (often WEDGED) -- and Crescent lays down on the other side of Casper -- just in reach for a nite-nite ear rub. (smile) He is a cuddle cat -- and the moment they surround him, he begins to purr contentedly.
I am very bonded with my cats. They all know they are SPECIAL and LOVED. Even though I work full time -- they each demand their own time with me at night and on weekends. There are rarely fights -- because they all KNOW they will get their "mommy time"
My son, who has just returned home from military service walked into my room one night, to ask me a question just as I was settling in, but was not asleep yet -- and when he saw the cats - he laughed so loud he made them SCATTER
I know a lot of people couldn't STAND to be surrounded by so many cats -- and certainly couldn't SLEEP that way -- but it is very comforting and comfortable, to me -- and evidently the cats agree.
Just look at any photo of a basket full of kittens -- and that's ME with my babies
I suppose it is a GOOD thing for all of them that I do not toss and turn in my sleep. I often wake up in the morning, to find all of them pretty much in the same place they were, when I fall to sleep.
High activity play time in the evenings - and a full tummy from bedtime snack assure me there isn't a lot of rambling and CAT activity when we all get ready for bed.
LaVon
"fancidots"