It sleeps night and day in order to fulfill it's sleep requirements. On average cats sleep 13-14 hours a day and sometimes as much as 17 hours. Another favourite family pet also tends to sleep quite long, the dog. Dogs can sleep about 10 hours a day. Since cats and dogs sleep so much, their owners get plenty of opportunities to observe their sleep behaviours and patterns.
Many people are curious to know if their pet is dreaming.
Of course the best way to tell is to do a laboratory test, but signs of dreaming can also be easily determined at home with observation. A sequence of events will take place once a cat or dog is asleep. Normally they will first go into a deep sleep. At this time slow regular breathing is apparent. There are only occasional body movements and the pet remains fairly still and quiet.