Why Does Your Cat Keep Checking In on You?

My cat thinks I'm hiding snacks from him. And he's right.

Once when I was sick and had Panadol, I was sleeping deeply, my cat pushed my hand with her nose, scratched my arm and finally smelled my nose to check on my breath… after that she was sleeping beside me for many days… like a guardian

The sweet ginger tabby from across the street stops by and "knocks" on my door to let me know he's thinking of me. I'm NOT kidding! He's one incredible feline pal! I just pray and hope that adorable and sweet cat remains safe crossing my street. 😻❤

There was a stretch where i had really bad night terrors and would wake up screaming almost every night. My Tortie Lily started climbing into bed with me and when night terrors would start, she started clawing me awake before they got too bad. Good kitty.

Cats own humans and like to check on their pets once in a while.

One of my cats would follow me (without me knowing) for ~1 km, when I went to visit friends. He would then march in through their front door, come straight to me, and sit at my feet, staring at me. He didn't "check in" on me....He stalked me. His sister would turn up within 5 minutes.

I always figured they are afraid I might do something interesting without them. 😂

Cat: "time to check my foodsouce"

When I get sick, my cat Dax stays in the bed with me by my pillow. When I was asleep in the bathtub once, my cat Crookshanks meowed in my ear really loud. I think he was trying to keep me from drowning. There's no way I was going to drown, but he didn't know that. I have some really nurturing cats.

Cats, like dogs, feel more secure knowing their humans are all right. I had a cat that went deaf. Not being able to hear the bustle of her humans made her very distressed. Had they abandoned her? She started yowling loudly in the middle of the night. One look at one of us and she was back to normal.

I’ve definitely thought my cat was checking on me. Particularly if I changed rooms. She had to see what I was up to in the new room.

6:49 “coming into MY room?” I don’t have a room. I have a teeny slice of my cats bed. That she shares with me

I got one of my horrible cluster migraines when I was house sitting for my family, I was also watching our new family member and he was just a few months in. But I remember falling asleep in the sofa and covering my head trying to get relieve when I felt our new family member lay its whole body on my chest and purr. I couldn’t help but shed a tear not from pain but from how much I loved him for even noticing let alone trying to help me. Jojo is always going to have a place In my heart from that day on. A great kitty!

my cat scratches at my bedroom door to come in let him in does a circle and walks back out lol

I notice my cat hangs out in strategic locations in the house that allow her to have an eye or ear on everyone in the house.

When my girlfriend tripped and fell and broke her ankle our cat literally jumped out of the top of the cat tree running to her, she just knew something bad had happened and she has done this several other times for other reasons. She is extremely protectful and often just comes aroubd to make sure you are ok.

My cat and I have enough of a bond that we can legitimately communicate. If I want him to leave a room, it’s a quick gesture and a “c’mon buddy, gotta go.” and he trots out of the room with a trill. I have also learned to understand HIS meows and gestures. He’s not Velcro, but he’s always hanging out either upstairs under my sheets or otherwise somewhere in the same room as me.

My cat likes to always check on me while I'm in the bathroom 😅she thinks it's a group activity 😂😂😂

Making sure the servants are still in the house and not goofing off on the job. Because somebody has to make dinner, keep the litter box clean, provide heat or a/c as required, leave out baskets of clean laundry to nap on and shed all over.

My cat, Domino, knew something was up and that there was stress and commotion in the house when I was getting ready to leave for uni. She’d check in on me when I was packing and gave me a send off. She also knew when my dog was dying. She’d head butt and snuggle up with my poor old lady when she clearly had only a few more days in her. Cats can be incredibly intuitive, much like dogs.