Cats have different sleep-wake cycles than other animals and are often busy at night. This is because cats are crepuscular, which means they hunt and are active in the evening or early morning.

But waking up in the middle of the night to the sounds of a meowing cat is, unfortunately, a situation people may be all too familiar with. Some people mistakenly think cats are nocturnal.

DEAR JOAN: We’ve had our Siamese cat for almost a year now. He was a rescue we adopted right before the quarantine started. Every night, as we are getting ready for bed, he does this weird thing ...