Oh my goodness yes...!  What a good solution for Cleo - after all, having your butt warm is an ESSENTIAL part of napping.  

I recently completely dismantled my personal altar after one of our boys, Mr Gin(ger) knocked off and broke a ceramic goddess icon that I schlepped back from Glastonbury decades ago and meant the world to me. I looked at all the broken bits and an indignant Mr Gin, who had been woken by the noise of the crash, and finally-calmly decided I've probably outgrown the need for "things" to symbolize my spirituality.  So I dismantled the altar and Mr Gin is pretty happy with his much-larger sleeping-napping spot. 😆

It sounds like Merlin was an amazing companion. 🐱