What's your cat's daily routine like?

I recently adopted an adult cat from a shelter and I'm still figuring out the right schedule for him. Everyone says that cats love routine so I feed and play with him at fixed times. Our schedule goes something like this: I leave a bowl of food in the floor at nights so at about 5 in the morning he has a snack. And then my father wakes up and gets ready to leave for work at 5:30. From then until 6 at which point my father leaves and I wake up, Hypy walks around meowing and trying to trip my father. Then he tries to trip me as I make my bed and do other stuff. I play with him at about 7 until 7:30 and then he sits around grooming himself or follows me as I clean his litter box, clean his water bowls, dust off his fur from his various 'beds'. Then at 8:30 or 9 we have a short play session before I feed him. Then he lies around and watches as all of us do our stuff like showering, having breakfast and stuff like that. A couple of weeks ago he used to spend this time in the balcony watching the squirrels. Now he stays inside and if I have time I groom him and pet him. At 12 we have another play session and he has his lunch. Then he retreats to one of his sleeping spots until 5 or 5:30 in the evening. In the evening we have a play session and he gets his wet food. Afterwards he grooms himself and sits in a half asleep state. He has another snack at 8:30 and then if I haven't groomed him in The morning, I do so. If not I pet him and talk to him. He becomes active again at around 9:30 and watches or follows me as I do stuff like working at my computer or eating. At 11 I spend some more time with him before having another play session and feeding him the last meal of the day. Then he falls asleep at around 12. This is our schedule. Sometimes I wonder if it's good enough and he's getting enough enrichment and doesn't become bored. Do you think my cat is lazy?

I wanna know how your cats spend their time. Everything from how long they sit on the window perches to how long they spend with you.

Hello Hypatia, what you are doing is pretty good. You are spending lots of time with him playing and keeping him occupied and he does gets involved in your daily chores which is good. Since he does have ample play time and follow you around, do have conversations with him. The more you talk to him, the more he'll understand the daily terms you use for him like food, eat, which you associate with food. Stay, wait, come and fetch is associated with play and commands like No and good boy is good as you give him praise for the right things he does.

If he watches birds and stuffs at the window, associate words like birds, bugs to make him go to the window to look at birds.

And it's funny that you said that in the morning he tries to trip you and your father :lol3: I think he just like to criss cross between your legs in the form of being affectionate.

The other thing is, is your kitty neutered? If he is, he'll be sleeping more than usual but you still can engage him to play. Also cut his dry food as it'll likely to make him put on weight if he's inactive.

My boy is neutered and he sleeps quite a bit. He likes to watch birds from the windows and also he likes to dash through his cat tunnel and play shadow games as I cast shadows on his cat tunnel and he'll dash through and attack it. I also play peekaboo and hide and seek with him and play football with him with his favorite ball.
All these playtime are usually early in the morning and in the night. In between he'll be sleeping. I talk to him all the time and he does respond by meowing