A quiet day at the Lion's Den

I don't "raise" cats, I rescue them. These are all rescue cats, some more rescued than others.... The big fluffy black and white one was only a week old when we got him, had to do the whole bottle thing, thought it would kill me, then, 2 years later we did it with 4 more!

There's one on my hip and one on my upper torso, I'm a side sleeper because of a problem with nerves in my leg. I think if the roomie had quietly gotten up before I woke up the other 2 might've stayed, but who knows. Timus was sleeping on a basket beside the bed (her c-pap and alarm clock are under the basket) and someone else, don't remember who, was close to the edge of the bed. They followed her.

These guys have learned that waking me up is a BAD idea, it gets all of them kicked outta bed! I tell you what, if it hadn't been for the cats, I would've had to pull up some covers!

Yours like to drink out of the sink too? So do mine, especially the two little ones. I hate it in the winter when they move and the spot they were keeping nice and warm gets cold! Annie

Some of mine love to go get a drink outta the sink, so they get up with me, the rest take advantage of me being outta bed to grab MY space! They are nice and warm tho - except in the summer, when they are HOT!

Thanks for the BR! I knew right away this was an older discussion since I now have FIVE cats...lol! Annie

They crawl into bed with me, they get on top and stay, in fact,when I tried to get up, one of the black ones had to be chased off my back when I got up! These are pretty happy cats on the whole.

My cats try to not wake me up, well, if Scamp thinks I'm awake, he'll try to get me up. But most of them are going to let me sleep.

She's chubby and is on a diet at this time. It doesn't seem to be helping much however.

Oh, yeah, the BEST! Only my hand was cold, and that was actually under my HEAD!

You mean you didn't have a cat wrapped around your head too to keep your hand warm? Teeheehee! My Prance does that all the time. I never get my pillow to myself anymore.

Hey, they pick their places, I have nothing to do with were they settled! You have to know that these "children" have their favorite places, Scamp and Nef on top of me, the Wonder Twins near my face, Oliver near my hip, Blossom down by my foot.

Its HALF of the cats... 24 divided by 2 = 12...

[b]Oh! So you're down to 24, eh? I remember when I thought five was excessive! Maggiepie[/b]

Actually that shot was about 2 p.m., I didn't sleep last night so I slept from around 11 to 2

Yep, they pay, but I think that your jonesing for a Taj visit. Pong would settle better and be better company. We'll see how I'm doing this week.

[b]Hm! Good! I could use a few extra pennies! Pong, Taj--anything fuzzy & cuddly!!! I miss them all so much! Sigh.... Hope you do feel up to it this week, or soon, anyway. Maggiepie[/b]

No hubby telling me what to do! Actually, if he lived in my house, he couldn't tell me either.

I know that people just don't understand what it is to LIVE with all these cats! and I do often have a LOT of cats sleeping with me. Normally I'm in a regular twin not the roomie's super single water bed.

We share the cats, and some are ours because they make it known who they love. The OTHER roomie does the litter in repayment for not paying as much rent. We have 2 dozen cats, but considering we found homes for 16 other cats last year, it could be worse!

Thanks AmbiePam! Yeah, big hearts, soft heads!

Rygel, Tony and Ping are the only 3 that will tollerate under the covers, and if Ryg is there, beware! He means to PLAY! Mind you, I didn't need any covers, I had CATS! Last winter Tony would get under the covers with the roomie, but never with me - he was a cold kitten last year since he had spend a very cold night outside because some moron put the "cat" out for the night - at 8 weeks, you've gotta keep these babies in! Its like putting your 5 yr old out for the night! So, Tony and Scamp both came to us because of MORONS putting the "cat" out for the night. Scamp's night ended in a few hours, and while the weather was cold and rainy, it was November. Tony didn't get rescued until morning and it was the end of December! He really was a chilled kitten all last winter - we'll see how he is this one.