Accidentally Kicked My Cat Off the Bed
By NailTech
@NailTech (6874)
United States
March 26, 2012 7:56am CST
Have you ever done this while a pet was sleeping with you? I was moving my legs around while I slept as sometimes i do this while sleeping I'm told. I felt her running off the bed, but was just too tired to run back after her and bring her back. I know she wouldn't have stayed again (yet anyways). She always likes sleeping on the bottom of the bed where my feet/legs are though so it gets to be difficult not doing that (on rare occasion). I didn't hurt her thank goodness, but I felt so bad as she gets really comfortable where she's sleeping at times and even "fights" me to pick her up, etc. sometimes. It can be humorous to watch me try to pick her up when she is biting me, scratching, kicking, etc. I should get it on youtube so people can have a laff at it. Ha!
2 responses
@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
26 Mar 12
Oh, you mean "Kitty Football"? That's what I call it. I have scored several field goals with both Willy and Khuay. I have had problems with leg spasms since I had the total knee replacement in 2009. Of course I have four cats sleep in the bed and they allow me, with reluctant tolerance, some space for me to sleep. The first time it happened Khuay was curled up by my right leg, sleeping very soundly when the pain of the spasm woke me. Suddenly my leg jerked and Khuay went sailing through the air, in astonishment, across the room (two points!). He landed safely, but looked very confused about how he ended up by the closet doors.
He came back to bed and this time he curled up beside my right arm where it was safe.
A few nights later the spasm hit again. This time it hurt even worse and I knew it was going to be a big one. I tried to move but Willy was in the way, for the moment. My leg jerked and I shot 20 pounds of Willy across the room towards the dresser. Willy wasn't quite as graceful in air as Khuay was. He was frantically swimming in mid air, with his tail frizzed like a bottle brush. He managed to land on his feet, but he was dumbfounded at the fact that he was rudely woken from such a wonderful sleep, and much worse he was airborne to boot. (Pardon the pun) I scored four points with that shot, since the weight adds into the score.
I got medication to control the spasms, but it didn't really help much. A couple of weeks later Dinglebeary was sleeping on my foot when I was again woken from a deep sleep with the familiar pain that signals a spasm and a jerk. I tried frantically to move Dinglebeary without success. He was determined to stay in his comfortable spot. The spasm hit, along with the familiar jerk and Dinglebeary was airborne. This jerk sent the 5 pound Dinglebeary straight up in the air and out the bedroom door. I worried about him because he is such a lightweight for a male cat and his bone structure is very fine. I jumped out of bed and went after him. He was extremely upset at me at that point and when I reached down to pick him up and apologize I was very promptly and firmly bit! That, in Dinglebeary's mind, will teach me to kick him out of bed!!! After biting me he stormed off, leaving me to giggle at his ire.
Of course the cats aren't just kicked out of bed. Khuay will sleep so soundly that when he rolls over he falls out of bed. One night he was sleeping so soundly that he rolled over the side of the bed, falling on Abby (the pit/lab mix dog) and he continued sleeping! I carefully picked him up and put him back on the bed, still sound asleep, so he could continue his dreams in comfort. It took about five minutes before he woke up, and his look was hysterical as he couldn't figure out how he got moved from the spot he had been in. (I put him on the side of the bed where Abby doesn't sleep, up close to my head.)
It seems that the cat's antics don't stop at bedtime, at least not in my house!
I have had problems with leg spasms since I had the total knee replacement in 2009. Of course I have four cats sleep in the bed and they allow me, with reluctant tolerance, some space for me to sleep. The first time it happened Khuay was curled up by my right leg, sleeping very soundly when the pain of the spasm woke me. Suddenly my leg jerked and Khuay went sailing through the air, in astonishment, across the room (two points!). He landed safely, but looked very confused about how he ended up by the closet doors. He came back to bed and this time he curled up beside my right arm where it was safe.
A few nights later the spasm hit again. This time it hurt even worse and I knew it was going to be a big one. I tried to move but Willy was in the way, for the moment. My leg jerked and I shot 20 pounds of Willy across the room towards the dresser. Willy wasn't quite as graceful in air as Khuay was. He was frantically swimming in mid air, with his tail frizzed like a bottle brush. He managed to land on his feet, but he was dumbfounded at the fact that he was rudely woken from such a wonderful sleep, and much worse he was airborne to boot. (Pardon the pun) I scored four points with that shot, since the weight adds into the score.
I got medication to control the spasms, but it didn't really help much. A couple of weeks later Dinglebeary was sleeping on my foot when I was again woken from a deep sleep with the familiar pain that signals a spasm and a jerk. I tried frantically to move Dinglebeary without success. He was determined to stay in his comfortable spot. The spasm hit, along with the familiar jerk and Dinglebeary was airborne. This jerk sent the 5 pound Dinglebeary straight up in the air and out the bedroom door. I worried about him because he is such a lightweight for a male cat and his bone structure is very fine. I jumped out of bed and went after him. He was extremely upset at me at that point and when I reached down to pick him up and apologize I was very promptly and firmly bit! That, in Dinglebeary's mind, will teach me to kick him out of bed!!! After biting me he stormed off, leaving me to giggle at his ire.
Of course the cats aren't just kicked out of bed. Khuay will sleep so soundly that when he rolls over he falls out of bed. One night he was sleeping so soundly that he rolled over the side of the bed, falling on Abby (the pit/lab mix dog) and he continued sleeping! I carefully picked him up and put him back on the bed, still sound asleep, so he could continue his dreams in comfort. It took about five minutes before he woke up, and his look was hysterical as he couldn't figure out how he got moved from the spot he had been in. (I put him on the side of the bed where Abby doesn't sleep, up close to my head.)
It seems that the cat's antics don't stop at bedtime, at least not in my house! @NailTech (6874)
• United States
27 Mar 12
LOL, not not quite that but it does sound funny kind of. And last night she was back at my feet again, or rather early this morning and I managed not to kick her, thank goodness. She was comfy on the blanket and her snoring got me up again. Her snoring always has a different odd sound to it almost every time she's sleeping by me and I wake up wondering what on earth that crazy sound is, then remembering it is probably my cat!
I'm glad your cats allow you to sleep with them, and give you some sort of space. My cat hates for me to move her once she is settled unless she feels like getting up. She gives me this look and starts meowing, scratching, and kicking, and all i wanna do is slightly mover her over so I can squeeze in the middle.
Awe, poor Khuay sailing across the room to the closet door, it is funny but not so funny either. They just come right back to the same spot too as if nothing ever happened, haha. That is so sweet. Mine stayed away for the rest of that night, but returned on it during the day when she had it to her own self and then later on too while I was asleep.
OMG LOL at Dinglebeary (the name kills me too, rofl, sad to say), he is a trooper. The biting you after your sent him flying (accidentally of course) and then the time he falls off the bed while still sleeping, etc. That was a laugh, thanks for sharing! I hope no animals were hurt in these scenerios, and you got the meds for your spasms. I know it's a guess but maybe you need something like more of a vitamin or mineral to help get rid of those spasms. I get them too and my whole foot has twisted up, not allowing me to move it, in agony at times from them for a short time, in the mornings, mostly. I am thinking it is a lack of enough water, electrolytes, or maybe even a vitamin of some sort.
I'm glad your cats allow you to sleep with them, and give you some sort of space. My cat hates for me to move her once she is settled unless she feels like getting up. She gives me this look and starts meowing, scratching, and kicking, and all i wanna do is slightly mover her over so I can squeeze in the middle.
Awe, poor Khuay sailing across the room to the closet door, it is funny but not so funny either. They just come right back to the same spot too as if nothing ever happened, haha. That is so sweet. Mine stayed away for the rest of that night, but returned on it during the day when she had it to her own self and then later on too while I was asleep.
OMG LOL at Dinglebeary (the name kills me too, rofl, sad to say), he is a trooper. The biting you after your sent him flying (accidentally of course) and then the time he falls off the bed while still sleeping, etc. That was a laugh, thanks for sharing! I hope no animals were hurt in these scenerios, and you got the meds for your spasms. I know it's a guess but maybe you need something like more of a vitamin or mineral to help get rid of those spasms. I get them too and my whole foot has twisted up, not allowing me to move it, in agony at times from them for a short time, in the mornings, mostly. I am thinking it is a lack of enough water, electrolytes, or maybe even a vitamin of some sort.@NailTech (6874)
• United States
2 Apr 12
Ha, she is more rough with me than I am with her by far. Mine was accidental but she is on purpose rough. She doesn't like to be picked up or moved at times when she is comfy and will bite, kick and scratch me if I try to move her. I have to move her off my bed sometimes cause otherwise I won't be able to sleep in it, she lays in the middle and I usually have to move her to the side or at the bottom so can get in there. LOL.At any rate, she hates to sit next to me, she prefers to lay on the bottom of the bed when I'm in it. Thats so cute stowyk that the dog will share the bed with the cats and vice versa!
@joannamarie089 (76)
• United States
27 Mar 12
I don't have a cat, but I do have a big dog. He's really a big baby. When its time to go to bed he comes to my head, whines in my face, and lifts my blanket with his nose. He knows I'll lift the blanket more so he can climb under with me and curl up at my feet. Good thing I'm short or there would not be enough room at the foot of the bed for him and my feet. I've never kicked him off the bed (that would require a lot of strength), but I have kicked him pretty hard in my sleep. I feel terrible when I do it. Sometimes its directly in his face. He pops his head out from under the blankets and gives me a look like "Mom! Really?" At least he's forgiving. And sometimes he kicks me in his sleep, so I suppose we're even, lol.
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
27 Mar 12
Awe, I love that your dog knows when it's "bedtime" that is so true they get used to a certain time and want to turn in with you for the night just like a person might. He is very much showing you what he wants in the way he can, they are such smart creatures! I know how you feel (bad) when it happens, cause i do too--the cat probably wasn't even kicked that hard, she just hates basic movement on the bed anyways but was probably just so comfortable she didn't really wanna stay away, til my foot moved towards her that is. I didn't feel like I kicked really hard at all, but she is quite sensitive to movement, she won't even sit next to anyone on the chairs or couch, she has to have them to herself. So the bed is the only place she will "share" sometimes. LOL, he kicks you in his sleep too, that is funny. He probably doesn't even know he does it either. I would like to see that look he gives you, too funny. 
