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cc and ccw are not the only cat sleeping positions. I've seen some cats sleeping on their backs, and others sleep in a sphynx-like position.
by partycoder 9y ago
cc and ccw are not the only cat sleeping positions. I've seen some cats sleeping on their backs, and others sleep in a sphynx-like position.
- unknownkadath 9y agoI believe that the technical term for that last one is "loaf."
- colanderman 9y agoRabbit parent, not cat parent here, but I hear "loaf" used to refer specifically to the pose in which the front feet are curled underneath the body, and thus hidden: http://i.imgur.com/Y2bBtBy.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Y2bBtBy.jpg Whereas the Sphinx has its feet extended in front of itself: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Great_Sphinx_of_Giza_-_20080716a.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Great_Sp... (which is indeed another rabbit sleeping pose; presumably cats do as well)
- jjgreen 9y agoI've heard the "loaf" position called the "lozenge" (my fat barely-a-mouser does that a lot).
- dfox 9y agoI dont think that I've ever seen cat really sleeping in one of these positions, they usually change position after they are really deep asleep and are then either curled up or in some totally ridiculous position.
- gwern 9y agoMy understanding was that it only becomes a 'loaf' when the legs get tucked underneath so that they look like a bun with rounded corners. When the paws are parallel out front, then you get the sphinx. See, of course, Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Catloaf/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Catloaf/
- unknownkadath 9y agoYou're right, I stand corrected!
- pps43 9y agoThose observations were excluded.