Bedside Crib For Cats?

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This is going to sound ridiculous I know, but I adopted two large cats before Christmas and they want to sleep on the bed with us every night but also with each other. In practice this means they either form a solid ball of cat in the middle of my side of the bed or wedge themselves either side of my legs so I can’t turn over. They are both around 5-6 kgs so hard to move.

I was wondering if anyone had used a bedside crib and got cats to sleep next to them in it rather than hogging the bed! My husband thinks they would ignore it as cats do with most beds. I could get a second hand one very cheaply on Facebook Marketplace and wondered if it was worth trying.

Bed hoggers

I've considered this, our cat is 9kg and he takes up so much space in our king size as he loves to sprawl out. My brother had a baby last year and I mentioned when they were done with the next to me crib I'd be interested but my mums keeping it incase anymore babies come along 🙄😂

The thing to do would be to buy one and then do everything you can to deter your cats from using it; you can guarantee they will be in it all the time.

@Toddlerteaplease they are so cute, the one by the pillow looks a bit judgy as if they’re saying just hurry up and get into bed

We have one of those. Cat loves it when the radiator is on. Never uses it when it isnt.

Get one, and a heat pad, then do your damnedest to keep them out of it for a while.

I have a next to me crib (for my baby!) My cat loves it and despite my best efforts to keep him out of it I regularly find him snoozing in there during the day... in fact he's probably spent more time in there than the baby who is not so keen on it! Although knowing how contrary cats are if you buy one specifically for them they will probably ignore it, but could be worth a try!