{"id":20471,"date":"2025-09-17T01:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cats.com\/?p=20471"},"modified":"2025-09-17T01:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:26:10","slug":"how-to-get-a-cat-to-sleep-at-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cats.com\/how-to-get-a-cat-to-sleep-at-night","title":{"rendered":"11 Tips To Train Your Cat To Sleep All Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Does your cat have an annoying habit of waking you up at night by stepping on your face, pawing at your head, sliding under the covers, meowing, or howling? This can be a real problem. Sleep deprivation caused by pets has both physical and mental effects lasting for weeks or even months.<\/p>\n

In this article, you’ll learn how to get your cat to sleep at night so that you, too, can get a good night’s sleep.<\/p>\n

To understand why our cats do what they do, we have to look back at their ancestry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ancestors of our house cats (the North African wildcat) preferred to live solitary lives, were nocturnal or crepuscular hunters. These behavioural traits are retained by many pet cats today, affecting their sleeping and activity habits.<\/p>\n

Today’s housecat is crepuscular, meaning that they are most active in the hours right before the sun rises and just after it’s dipped under the horizon each evening.<\/p>\n

That means that it’s perfectly normal for your cat to wake you up early in the morning or skitter around the house in the evening\u2014click here<\/a> to learn more about cat zoomies\u2014but you can work with your cat to establish a sleep cycle that works for both of you.<\/p>\n