Animals are known to sleep long periods per day. Then how come they are always up first? Are your pets sleeping when you arise?

My cat will often wake me up very early. She hates her litter box (yes, we keep it clean) and she insists on going outside.

Yeah, my cat is always awake if there is a possibility of food. 

No. My pet is up with the birds. He is a Parrot. 

I usually hear my kitty cat making noise somewhere in the house after I've awakened. He never sleeps in like I do.

 Your statement in not accurate. Do your birds sleep for long periods during the daytime? I doubt it. Ours are awake during the daytime hours.

So it depends on the animal and to a great extent on their feeding habits. Carnivores do generally sleep for extended periods. Herbivores (and most omnivores) are awake and grazing when the sun is shining and they can see.  Sometimes they even graze at night when conditions are poor and food is scarce. 

Not really. They're usually just lounging about until I wake them up. It's usually the cats, I would poke them with my toe to awaken them and they would swipe at me and continue to sleep..

i dont have pets but i wish i could sleep as long as they do, i cant ever sleep past 7 cause of the construction guys bothering me, not even on saturday, it stinks