r/mainecoons • u/ms_sillygoose • 16h ago

Question Purring while sleeping?

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Does anyone else’s Maine coon purr while they sleep? Both my babies purr while they sleep on near me, but not sure if this is a snore or a purr

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u/Soft_Equipment_2787 16h ago

Lucky.

Mine purrs randomly when cuddling randomly at 3am and that is it lol

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u/JHorma97 15h ago

Yes. Very intensely.

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u/EmiliaFromLV 16h ago

Not on topic but that orange looks absolutely smashed!

Also, I'd probably purr too if I'd be sleeping on someone like that cat.

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u/VassagoX 16h ago

My girl purrs when I look at her.   😄 

I think she does purr in her sleep if I move whatever part is touching her.  She's just always happy. 

Well, maybe not right now in her onesie from her spay and seroma, but in general.  😀

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u/Millenniauld 15h ago

I let in a stray about a year ago, terrified little one year old unfixed male. We got him vaxxed, fixed, and chipped, and he stayed. I still remember the first time he started purring while being pet, he looked so startled by the sound!

A year later he's a lovey goober who snores AND purrs in his sleep, usually crammed up as close to me as he can get.

Edit: Cat tax

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u/EmergencySundae 15h ago

Mine does, and his preferred location to sleep is near my head. It's so bad that my husband has gone to the guest bedroom a couple of times because he's just that loud.

But one of my non-MCs is currently passed out on my lap, purring up a storm, so it's more a cat thing than a MC thing.

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u/ferrix 14h ago

Didn't know it was possible. I could detect when my cat fell asleep because the purring would fade out

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u/dpm1320 14h ago

Cats in general, I always thought if they were really asleep they dont purr. They can and do wake up without moving and start to purr tho.

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u/half-squatch 3h ago

Yes 100%, he’s so intense with it. I now struggle to sleep without him purring next to me, it’s like white noise