After I wrote about the kittens’ nighttime sleeping routine, I began cataloguing where they sleep during the day, the locations of kitten day dreams.
Even though they have the run of the house, there are around a half-dozen places where they are most likely to be found during daytime naps. This simplifies kitten inventory. Yes, I will go around the house at least once a day making sure that I can locate both kittens. Even if all of the windows are closed and no one has gone outside. Do I think they have gotten out? No, not really. They are very good about waiting at the door but not trying to get out. But one of them has accidentally gotten stuck in my closet at least once and the thought of having to clean up what could happen if a kitten is trapped in there for too long gives me nightmares.
They still really like the front room which was the kitten nursery when they first came home. That room gets a lot of sun and is always warmer during the day; I like hanging out in there too. There are a bunch of nice little kitten-sized nap spots that they will rotate through over the course of a day. One of Anabel’s favorites is a basket full of blankets.
I keep their travel crate open on the floor next to my desk. When they very first came home, they would go back in there to sleep, it was their safe place. The vet encouraged me to leave it out and open for them; if there is an emergency of some sort, it will be easily accessible, and they will be used to it. Anabel doesn’t really use it anymore, but after I have been sitting at my desk for a bit, Sally will head in there and sack out for the day.
Sally also has a wicker chair that is HIS chair. Anabel likes to sleep on Mr. Man’s desk chair. Once, he was gone for three days and she barely moved.
There is also a sort-of perch that Mr. Man created for them that consists of a crate, covered with a towel, on top of an end table. This is a favorite place for both of them, it is usually just a matter of who claims it first.
I like that I rarely find them hiding out under furniture. Occasionally Anabel will go hide out under the futon. Unlike Emma, whose default was under the bed, that is the last resort place to look for Anabel.
When I used to work at the dining table, they would keep my company by taking their naps in there. They both had their designated chairs and after they took a lap across the table to inspect my materials, they would retire to their designated chairs.
I have yet to catch either of them napping in the living room.
