Sleeping with Chester

Having a warm body sleeping close by in the winter is a pleasant thing. Generally. When Rascal is in bed with me, she rarely moves (I move and disturb her) and when she purrs it is so soft you can barely hear her. She is a good companion for sleeping.

Chester? Well that is another story.

Chester was an orphan born in 2007 who came to our house to be fostered because the vet didn't have the heart to put him and his littermates to sleep. (He came here with 3 other kittens. Two were adopted by local people and Earl has the third one.) All of these kittens had really good motors. When they started with the purring it could be heard two rooms away. Chester still purrs loud enough to awaken me from sleep. He doesn't get to stay in the house very often, but he and Rascal were the only ones in last night. I remembered too late why I don't have him in the house at night more often. Not only does is he purr loudly, he drools when he purrs. If he is sitting on your lap purring, that is annoying, but not such a terrible thing. When he awakens you from a sound sleep with his purring and you find the covers are wet from his slobber-that IS a BAD thing. He is a handsome dude...but he is still sleeping in the big building with other cats tonight.