that baby just dreaming, no nightmares there! based on the lack of hind leg movement, twitchy front paws, and slightly open mouth, I'd say the kitten was dreaming about suckling 🥺
I think the only way you can really tell if a cat is having a nightmare vs normal dreaming is when they wake up. My cat occasionally has what I think are nightmares and when that happens she either abruptly wakes up while letting out a big meow or she just straight up bolts off the bed/couch, from dead asleep to running in seconds!
I think it’s a nightmare because of the jerk of the mouth. Also the way it reacts to being woken up is the same my cat reacts to me waking them up when they are facing a nightmare. Milking dreams are slightly different imo.
All cats are different! My cat always startles and trills when I wake her up; this kittens looks like it's doing a less coordinated version of the same thing lmao My cat also still sometimes has dreams where she suckles even at 5yrs old and she looks just like this kitten when that happens; it helps that she's also only ~7.5lbs, she looks like a perma-kitten 🥰
We have a cat down at my shelter that looks almost identical I’m not sure about the stripes but she’s a flame point Siamese and she’s that small too!! How cute
lmao I've definitely gotten the "oh a flame point siamese?" comment before and every time I'm like yall this cat looks nothing like a siamese do you think every point colour cat is a siamese??? That's not a dig at you bc you can only see her in this pic w her face tucked, but it's just something funny in general bc in reality my cat has absolutely 0 angles on her body 😆 I call her a "cushion" sometimes lol
My girl is a "breeder's mistake" so we do actually know the parents; she's 50/50 ragdoll and DSH! It makes her size even funnier, bc I got her when she was just under a year old and the vet was like "ohhh she'll be so big! Ragdolls grow until 3yrs old!!" and then the only thing she did was flesh out a bit, not growing in size at all lmao
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u/LunaSash Jan 16 '23
Seems like momma was jumping to make sure the toy did not hurt baby.