I know we've talked about kitties dreaming....but do you guys think they can have nightmares. Here's what happened:
Last night Lucky was sleeping in her soft carrier (she sleeps in there all the time) and I was watching some TV on the couch just around the corner. About an hour after she settled in she suddenly started this terrible crying (you know the sound of the cry when they are scared...i.e. at the vet getting a shot etc). BUt the crying went on and on and on...until I finally called out very softly to her and she jumped out of the carrier and came running to me. Her pupils were huge. She jumped onto my lap, climbed over all the books and stuff to hide her face in my chest and under my chin. Within a few minutes she was fine and acting normal again, but she wouldn't leave my side and didn't go back in the carrier.
This was the first time I'd ever seen anything like that....so what do you guys think...did she have a nightmare or is it something else? Have any of your kitties ever shown signs that they were scared by something while sleeping?
Last night Lucky was sleeping in her soft carrier (she sleeps in there all the time) and I was watching some TV on the couch just around the corner. About an hour after she settled in she suddenly started this terrible crying (you know the sound of the cry when they are scared...i.e. at the vet getting a shot etc). BUt the crying went on and on and on...until I finally called out very softly to her and she jumped out of the carrier and came running to me. Her pupils were huge. She jumped onto my lap, climbed over all the books and stuff to hide her face in my chest and under my chin. Within a few minutes she was fine and acting normal again, but she wouldn't leave my side and didn't go back in the carrier.
This was the first time I'd ever seen anything like that....so what do you guys think...did she have a nightmare or is it something else? Have any of your kitties ever shown signs that they were scared by something while sleeping?