Every Night A Rescue Cat Sleeps In Her Little Doll Bed

Sophie the cat was rescued from a hoarding scenario when she was approximately three years old, when she and a slew of other animals were placed in cages on top of one other. The Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL) took her in and quickly adopted her into a new household.

Sophie is a nice and loving cat that only wants to spend as much time as she can with her parents. When her parents went to bed the first few nights after she was adopted, she would climb to the top of their dresser and sleep there the whole night. It’s as if she wanted to be high enough to keep an eye on her parents and know when it was time to get up again.

“I tried to get her to sleep on our bed, but she insisted on sleeping on the dresser,” Sophie’s mother, Christiana Viscusi, told The Dodo. “After a few nights, I moved out the dresser and replaced it with her bed.”

Sophie’s bed is a miniature version of a human bed, and she even has her own rotating sets of sheets and comforters. Every night, her mom gets her all cozy and tucked into bed, and that’s where she stays the entire night.

“She sleeps there the entire night all tucked in,” Viscusi said. “She gets up only once around 3 a.m. for a snack, then heads back up to her bed until my alarm goes off in the morning.”

Sophie’s mom made her an Instagram account so the rest of the world can enjoy her adorable sleeping habits, too. People often question if Sophie’s mom is making her pose in the bed to take pictures …

… but Sophie really does sleep in her bed every single night, because she just wants to be close to her parents. When they get all tucked into bed and sleep through the night, that’s exactly what she wants to be doing, too.

Sophie, on the other hand, enjoys being outside as much as she enjoys being indoors.

“If I merely say, ‘Sophie, do you want to go outside?’ she will run and sit down to get her harness on and go outside,” Viscusi added. “She could sit outside for hours, keeping an eye on the yard.” She’s waiting for me at the door when I get home from work, circling me to go outdoors. When I get home, we have a pattern where we go outside for at least an hour since I know she’s been waiting all day.”

When Viscusi first started taking Sophie outside a year after she was adopted, she noticed one of the neighbor’s cats starting to follow them. Everywhere they went, Scottie would be watching, and as the weeks wore on, he started following closer and closer until finally, every time Sophie went outside, Scottie was right by her side.

At first, Sophie’s mom didn’t think much of it — until she found out that Scottie was pulled from a hoarding situation and adopted around the same time that Sophie was.

“It’s very possible they were at the same place and each put in different shelters, but I really don’t know,” Viscusi said. “Just makes us wonder. Especially because Scottie’s owners said he hasn’t gotten along with any other cats and are shocked at how much he loves being around Sophie.”

“Every time we’re outside and he’s there, he comes over to hang out,” Viscusi added. “It’s many times a week during the summer.” He comes over and cries at us if he sees us on our balcony from his yard, then sits at our backdoor waiting for us to bring her out. It’s absolutely adorable.”

Sophie may have come from rough beginnings, but her past has not affected her sweet personality or love of life in the least. She seems to be so grateful that she now has a bed to sleep in, a friend to play with and a family to love her for the rest of her days.