Friends who have cats should have this experience when sleeping at night somehow there is a small furry thing on the chest, the pressure of people can not breathe, and so you turn on the light to find, it is their "favorite cat". Some people sleep at night without knowing that the cat is pressed against the chest, and when they wake up, they inexplicably feel chest tightness, and then pick up the phone and start searching "just woke up chest tightness?" After reading thousands of answers online, the heart became apprehensive. The kitty at home saw the master sulking and quickly ran to "comfort" the master, when the moment you see the cat, you will immediately think, could it be this little thing sleeping on my chest at night? When the cat rubs your hand with its little head, you may want to sleep on it, who let themselves like it! But you also know that this is not the way to go on, and being pressed against the cat's chest at night can seriously affect the quality of sleep as well as your health.
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So why would a cat sleep on a person's chest? How can we correct this behavior? The following is an introduction to each of you.
Cats love you: This is a way for cats to express their love, snuggling up to us is its favorite thing to do, and we will often hold it to our chest to pet it, it enjoys this feeling, and at night when you sleep, it will run to your chest and curl up into a ball, quietly waiting for your touch until it falls asleep!
Warmth: Cats like to rest in warm places, and human body temperature is the most comfortable for cats. Even if you are covered with a quilt, it can find you exactly then step on your chest a few times and take a nap with peace of mind.
Sound and feel: Lying on your chest and listening to your heartbeat and breathing will give the cat the feeling of sleeping in the same den as its mother when it was a child. Also, some cats will use their purring to create this feeling for you, a typical "return the favor"!
Safety: We often joke about "cat master" because some cats act as if we are their servants, but deep down, we are their source of safety. Our scent is the most familiar to the cat, and where there is our scent, it will feel safe accordingly. Sleeping on our chest is one way to make it feel safe and comfortable.
Possessiveness: We all know that cats are territorial and their owners are their "precious possessions" in their eyes. By sleeping on your chest, it will leave its scent behind, thus showing any person or pet that wants to "steal you" that you are it's own. If you let it find out that you have hugged other cats or small animals, grumpy will be directly "small fist-pounding your chest", introverted may be sullen, and refuse any of your touches, but, kitty jealous look cute!
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Generally speaking, there is no harm in letting a cat lying on your chest. Putting a cat on your chest can be soothing and wonderful, and watching it lie on your chest feels like your heart is warming up. But it can also be uncomfortable, especially when sleeping at night. Cats sleeping on their chests can affect the quality of sleep, and prolonged pressure can also lead to chest tightness and shortness of breath. So how do you get a cat to stop sleeping on your chest?
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We can prepare a cat house for it, it doesn't need to be too big, put a small sleeping pad with fleece inside and put a piece of unworn clothes next to the sleeping pad, so that the cat house smells like you. If you find the cat sleeping on the chest again, move it gently to the side of the bed and gently talk to soothe it for a while. After many such corrections, the cat will no longer sleep quietly on the chest. Another thing to note is that cats like to sleep in small spaces with holes. Prepare a cat house that is not too big, just big enough for it to sleep in.

I. Reasons why cats like to sleep on people's chests

1. Cats like to listen to their owner's heartbeat
Cats are born with an inexplicable affinity and attraction for their owner's heartbeat. The owner's beating heartbeat is interesting to cats, like flowing water, fluttering insects, and so on. All of these can give great comfort to the cat.
So many times, when the pet owner sleeps, the cat is fond of peeking at the master or lying on the master's chest the cat wants to feel your heartbeat and breathing, afraid that you sleep over.

2, the cat leaves a scent on you
Cats think that the master is it, and will do a lot of marking, such as: rubbing around on the master, peeing on the master's bed, sofa or clothes, etc. Cats want to leave their scent on their owners.
So cats like to sleep on the master's chest, which is also a kind of cat possessiveness, the cat's inner subtext is: you have me, you can not be outside the "dog and cat".

3, cats like a warm place
The owner's chest is warm and very soft, for cats, they prefer to sleep in a warm place, so cats prefer to sleep on the owner's chest in winter, while in summer like to sleep on the floor.
From a certain point of view, the cat is on the owner's chest as the "excellent cat nest".


4, cats like you very much
Cats like to sleep on your chest, and make the act of stepping on the milk, it means that the cat has deep feelings for you, the cat likes the master, so wants to feel your heartbeat, and feel your breath.
Cats like to sleep on their owners' chests because they feel more secure and more relaxed. Some cats are also comfortable enough to purr. And this interaction is also conducive to the development of feelings between the owner and the cat.

5, cats always like to lie on a person's body What does this mean
Cats will lie to a person means that they trust and accept that person wholeheartedly. It may also be that the scent of the cat is accepted and loved by the cat, generally, he is in contact with the cat's relatives before contacting the cat, and this cat has a milder personality. Extended information.
Cats often clean their fur. Kittens in many cases, love to lick their bodies and self-cleaning. Cats will wipe their beards with their front paws after a meal and lick their fur with their tongues after being held. This is the cat's instinct to remove the odor from itself to avoid predators. The cat's tongue has many small rough protrusions, which are the most suitable tool for removing dirt. After the owner strokes the cat, the cat licks the area where it was stroked: the cat is remembering the human smell because it fears not finding its owner if it is separated from them. Many people mistake this for the cat being too dirty for itself. When a cat is happy, its tail will stand up or make a purring sound. When a cat is angry, it will wag its tail vigorously. If you make it angry, chances are it will lunge at you.

6銆丮arking on your body, the territory that belongs to it
Cats have similar marking behavior, and there are many.
For example: rubbing its body against the owner, peeing on the owner's bed, sofa, or clothes, etc.
Behind these behaviors, cats leave their scent on their owners, which can also be called "pheromones".
When the owner has the cat's scent, even from a distance, the cat can feel the presence of the owner, so the cat can get a sense of security.
From another point of view, this is also a kind of possessiveness of the cat, the subtext: you have me, you can not "mess with dogs and cats" outside.