Originally Posted by MAW:
“I'll lend you a cat.”
“I'll lend you a cat.”
*invents imaginary hamster friend so she can borrow gorgeous small moving object Leo*
Cat refusing to go to bed.
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Originally Posted by Poblet:
“Hmm. Interesting. I have my cats well trained. I live in a ground floor flat, I don't have the alarm system the OP mentioned but my security is good.
I can make them eat food by merely saying 'want your tea?" and putting it in front of them. Them sitting looking at me, then the food tray, and back, and putting a paw on me makes NO difference, I am in charge.
All the doors are, I suppose, cat sized ajar but that is ONLY because I like the air.
The (Cat decorated) fleece on my bed is purely for my warmth, not their comfort.
The cat flap is to ensure that I do not need to open the door, unless I want to.
I have trained one of my cats to be a 'weather cat', immediately jumping on my knee from being outside, letting me know (By amount of wetness on my clothes and hands) exactly what the weather is like without having to look out of the window.
I reserve a couple of places in the house that they can sleep on, and ONLY those places. (Computer chair, futon, window box, the fleece on my trunk for work stuff, my bed, the wicker chair, the mat in the kitchen, the rug in the bathroom, the window sill, the green visitor's chair, the hallway, the 2 seater in the living room etc)
So, you tell ME who is in charge?
EDIT and those herd of elephant sounding fights and plays at 5.00am are because I enjoy them, and let them do it, including the brother/sister yowling scraps under the bed. If I told them to stop, I know they would.”
“Hmm. Interesting. I have my cats well trained. I live in a ground floor flat, I don't have the alarm system the OP mentioned but my security is good.
I can make them eat food by merely saying 'want your tea?" and putting it in front of them. Them sitting looking at me, then the food tray, and back, and putting a paw on me makes NO difference, I am in charge.
All the doors are, I suppose, cat sized ajar but that is ONLY because I like the air.
The (Cat decorated) fleece on my bed is purely for my warmth, not their comfort.
The cat flap is to ensure that I do not need to open the door, unless I want to.
I have trained one of my cats to be a 'weather cat', immediately jumping on my knee from being outside, letting me know (By amount of wetness on my clothes and hands) exactly what the weather is like without having to look out of the window.
I reserve a couple of places in the house that they can sleep on, and ONLY those places. (Computer chair, futon, window box, the fleece on my trunk for work stuff, my bed, the wicker chair, the mat in the kitchen, the rug in the bathroom, the window sill, the green visitor's chair, the hallway, the 2 seater in the living room etc)
So, you tell ME who is in charge?
EDIT and those herd of elephant sounding fights and plays at 5.00am are because I enjoy them, and let them do it, including the brother/sister yowling scraps under the bed. If I told them to stop, I know they would.
”
I love this post.
Originally Posted by Enfant Terrible:
“*invents imaginary hamster friend so she can borrow gorgeous small moving object Leo*”
“*invents imaginary hamster friend so she can borrow gorgeous small moving object Leo*”
You can borrow him, as long as you feed him and brush his tummy on the duvet. That's what is going on in that picture. He eats 2 large cans of Whiskas a day BTW, plus those maine coon bisuits. He has those available all the time. Oh, and you'll need a shovel
He's not very small, and he's here, howling for food!
Ha ha My two never do what they are told!
Effie knows when we are going to bed and runs behind the TV and clothes washing bin so she cannot be removed from the room. When we get her out and close the door, Ella opens it and I have started waking up with her wedged to my chest fast sleep. Which I don't mind, it's when effie gets back in the room - she wants to wake you up!
Effie knows when we are going to bed and runs behind the TV and clothes washing bin so she cannot be removed from the room. When we get her out and close the door, Ella opens it and I have started waking up with her wedged to my chest fast sleep. Which I don't mind, it's when effie gets back in the room - she wants to wake you up!
We had to start shutting our cat in the kitchen at night as she kept waking me up in the middle of the night and yowling in the early hours to come in the bedroom when she was shut out. It really was a pain in the arse. She has a warm bed, access to her litter tray and fresh food and water at night so she's fine and doesn't actually mind. I don't see any need to try to pander to a cat's routine when it comes to sleeping. They should fit around your sleep pattern, not theirs.
Originally Posted by Poblet:
“Hmm. Interesting. I have my cats well trained. I live in a ground floor flat, I don't have the alarm system the OP mentioned but my security is good.
I can make them eat food by merely saying 'want your tea?" and putting it in front of them. Them sitting looking at me, then the food tray, and back, and putting a paw on me makes NO difference, I am in charge.
All the doors are, I suppose, cat sized ajar but that is ONLY because I like the air.
The (Cat decorated) fleece on my bed is purely for my warmth, not their comfort.
The cat flap is to ensure that I do not need to open the door, unless I want to.
I have trained one of my cats to be a 'weather cat', immediately jumping on my knee from being outside, letting me know (By amount of wetness on my clothes and hands) exactly what the weather is like without having to look out of the window.
I reserve a couple of places in the house that they can sleep on, and ONLY those places. (Computer chair, futon, window box, the fleece on my trunk for work stuff, my bed, the wicker chair, the mat in the kitchen, the rug in the bathroom, the window sill, the green visitor's chair, the hallway, the 2 seater in the living room etc)
So, you tell ME who is in charge?
EDIT and those herd of elephant sounding fights and plays at 5.00am are because I enjoy them, and let them do it, including the brother/sister yowling scraps under the bed. If I told them to stop, I know they would.”
“Hmm. Interesting. I have my cats well trained. I live in a ground floor flat, I don't have the alarm system the OP mentioned but my security is good.
I can make them eat food by merely saying 'want your tea?" and putting it in front of them. Them sitting looking at me, then the food tray, and back, and putting a paw on me makes NO difference, I am in charge.
All the doors are, I suppose, cat sized ajar but that is ONLY because I like the air.
The (Cat decorated) fleece on my bed is purely for my warmth, not their comfort.
The cat flap is to ensure that I do not need to open the door, unless I want to.
I have trained one of my cats to be a 'weather cat', immediately jumping on my knee from being outside, letting me know (By amount of wetness on my clothes and hands) exactly what the weather is like without having to look out of the window.
I reserve a couple of places in the house that they can sleep on, and ONLY those places. (Computer chair, futon, window box, the fleece on my trunk for work stuff, my bed, the wicker chair, the mat in the kitchen, the rug in the bathroom, the window sill, the green visitor's chair, the hallway, the 2 seater in the living room etc)
So, you tell ME who is in charge?
EDIT and those herd of elephant sounding fights and plays at 5.00am are because I enjoy them, and let them do it, including the brother/sister yowling scraps under the bed. If I told them to stop, I know they would.
”
Ah someone else who has the same relationship as me with their bosses, sorry, cats....
Originally Posted by miss_zelda:
“We had to start shutting our cat in the kitchen at night as she kept waking me up in the middle of the night and yowling in the early hours to come in the bedroom when she was shut out. It really was a pain in the arse. She has a warm bed, access to her litter tray and fresh food and water at night so she's fine and doesn't actually mind. I don't see any need to try to pander to a cat's routine when it comes to sleeping. They should fit around your sleep pattern, not theirs.”
“We had to start shutting our cat in the kitchen at night as she kept waking me up in the middle of the night and yowling in the early hours to come in the bedroom when she was shut out. It really was a pain in the arse. She has a warm bed, access to her litter tray and fresh food and water at night so she's fine and doesn't actually mind. I don't see any need to try to pander to a cat's routine when it comes to sleeping. They should fit around your sleep pattern, not theirs.”
I've always shut our cat in the kitchen at night, no way would I have it anywhere near the bedroom! One of our other cats (a small one) had a habit of getting onto the top of the warderobe and jumping from there straight onto the bed, which would give me a heart attack - not to mention the effect of 17lb of Maine Coon landing on me! The cat doesn't mind at all, as you say, he's got everything he needs to keep himself amused. He also apparently has a clock, because he starts crying for attention as soon as it's time for me to get up!
Originally Posted by Richardcoulter:
“My cat is a housecat and has to come upstairs with me at night when I set the burglar alarm, otherwise she will set it off.
She usually automatically goes upstairs when i'm going through my bedtime routine eg switching things off etc. If not I just say "bed" and/or clap my hands and she goes upstairs. Lately, however, not only doe she not go upstairs when i'm getting ready for bed, but actually refuses to go to bed when I tell her to!
She will defy me when I say "bed" and move away when I go to pick her up. I then scold her and she answers me back with a "f f f" sound. It almost sounds as if she is startining to use the F word to me!
What's going on?
”
“My cat is a housecat and has to come upstairs with me at night when I set the burglar alarm, otherwise she will set it off.
She usually automatically goes upstairs when i'm going through my bedtime routine eg switching things off etc. If not I just say "bed" and/or clap my hands and she goes upstairs. Lately, however, not only doe she not go upstairs when i'm getting ready for bed, but actually refuses to go to bed when I tell her to!
She will defy me when I say "bed" and move away when I go to pick her up. I then scold her and she answers me back with a "f f f" sound. It almost sounds as if she is startining to use the F word to me!
What's going on?
”
Because I'm only human,
it's sometimes hard to be
the wise, all knowing creature
that my cat expects of me.
And so I pray for special help,
to somehow understand
the subtle implications,
of each proud miaowed command.
Oh, let me not forget that chairs
were put on earth to shred;
and what I like to call a lap
is actually a cat-bed.
I know it's really lots to ask
but please, oh please, take pity;
and though I'm only human,
make me worthy of my kitty!
Originally Posted by susie-4964:
“I've always shut our cat in the kitchen at night, no way would I have it anywhere near the bedroom! One of our other cats (a small one) had a habit of getting onto the top of the warderobe and jumping from there straight onto the bed, which would give me a heart attack - not to mention the effect of 17lb of Maine Coon landing on me! The cat doesn't mind at all, as you say, he's got everything he needs to keep himself amused. He also apparently has a clock, because he starts crying for attention as soon as it's time for me to get up!”
“I've always shut our cat in the kitchen at night, no way would I have it anywhere near the bedroom! One of our other cats (a small one) had a habit of getting onto the top of the warderobe and jumping from there straight onto the bed, which would give me a heart attack - not to mention the effect of 17lb of Maine Coon landing on me! The cat doesn't mind at all, as you say, he's got everything he needs to keep himself amused. He also apparently has a clock, because he starts crying for attention as soon as it's time for me to get up!”
Mine too ! one arrives in purring mad & cuddling me precisely 15 minutes before the alarm first goes off !! Its a great way to start the day, if you're not hoping to snooze !
Originally Posted by Abbasolutely 40:
“Has your cat been at the same seminar mine has attended ?
Maybe he was at the BEDTIME lecture , mine was at the ]
Act the Brat lecture this week.
Lecture 4: More ways of getting attention.
Climb up a tree or a roof. Cling there, mewing. When your human tries to rescue you, climb higher. Eventually a large red engine and several beefy people in uniform will turn up. Wait until they start climbing the ladder, then leap effortlessly down.
Chew telephone wires and electric flex. You won’t have to chew very much before your human picks you up.
Walk over the computer key-board, being careful to press down keys. Use your body to shield the interesting additions to the screen. Stand on one key so that a character repeats itself endlessly.
Boycott the cat-flap. Sit on the window ledge until your human lets you in through the window. This is particularly good fun in a gale.
Eat a house plant. If you don’t like the taste, tear it to shreds. Eat grass in the garden then come in and throw up on the best settee.
Practise projectile vomiting on the new carpet, or better still on the bed. It’s a good gag to wake your human up in the middle of the night.
If all else fails, spray. Boy, does attention-seeking spraying work! A truly stupid human will try to clear up using a scented fluid. This will smell like cat urine and will make the marking point even more interesting. Top it up again.
That’s all for today, next time we will be learning about Mealtime Manners. Now go and practise all I have told you.
Yours”
“Has your cat been at the same seminar mine has attended ?
Maybe he was at the BEDTIME lecture , mine was at the ]
Act the Brat lecture this week.
Lecture 4: More ways of getting attention.
Climb up a tree or a roof. Cling there, mewing. When your human tries to rescue you, climb higher. Eventually a large red engine and several beefy people in uniform will turn up. Wait until they start climbing the ladder, then leap effortlessly down.
Chew telephone wires and electric flex. You won’t have to chew very much before your human picks you up.
Walk over the computer key-board, being careful to press down keys. Use your body to shield the interesting additions to the screen. Stand on one key so that a character repeats itself endlessly.
Boycott the cat-flap. Sit on the window ledge until your human lets you in through the window. This is particularly good fun in a gale.
Eat a house plant. If you don’t like the taste, tear it to shreds. Eat grass in the garden then come in and throw up on the best settee.
Practise projectile vomiting on the new carpet, or better still on the bed. It’s a good gag to wake your human up in the middle of the night.
If all else fails, spray. Boy, does attention-seeking spraying work! A truly stupid human will try to clear up using a scented fluid. This will smell like cat urine and will make the marking point even more interesting. Top it up again.
That’s all for today, next time we will be learning about Mealtime Manners. Now go and practise all I have told you.
Yours”
I'm pretty sure my cats went to that lecture!!!
My cats have full run of the house! We live with them, they don't live with us, but I wouldn't have it any other way!!
Originally Posted by MAW:
“You lot have just got naughty cats, my Leo always goes to bed when he's told”
“You lot have just got naughty cats, my Leo always goes to bed when he's told”
Awwwwww
Originally Posted by susie-4964:
“I've always shut our cat in the kitchen at night, no way would I have it anywhere near the bedroom! One of our other cats (a small one) had a habit of getting onto the top of the warderobe and jumping from there straight onto the bed, which would give me a heart attack - not to mention the effect of 17lb of Maine Coon landing on me! The cat doesn't mind at all, as you say, he's got everything he needs to keep himself amused. He also apparently has a clock, because he starts crying for attention as soon as it's time for me to get up!”
“I've always shut our cat in the kitchen at night, no way would I have it anywhere near the bedroom! One of our other cats (a small one) had a habit of getting onto the top of the warderobe and jumping from there straight onto the bed, which would give me a heart attack - not to mention the effect of 17lb of Maine Coon landing on me! The cat doesn't mind at all, as you say, he's got everything he needs to keep himself amused. He also apparently has a clock, because he starts crying for attention as soon as it's time for me to get up!”
Researchers say that cats do actually have body clocks!
Originally Posted by Richardcoulter:
“Researchers say that cats do actually have body clocks!”
“Researchers say that cats do actually have body clocks!”
I think they must do. My two "outdoor" cats live mostly in the conservatory and aren't allowed in the house during the day (they're lazy enough as it is, the exercise is good for them!), but at 7 p.m. precisely, round about when OH can be expected back from work, they'll be sitting on the doorstep waiting to come in with him! Indoor cat can even calculate for weekends, he doesn't start yowling until 9 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. He's also extremely good at identifying car sounds - as soon as he hears my car in the street, he's up at the window waiting for me to come in. Quite remarkable animals indeed!
Originally Posted by Richardcoulter:
“Researchers say that cats do actually have body clocks!”
“Researchers say that cats do actually have body clocks!”
Jack expresses his opinion on humans who irritatingly get ready for work.
Originally Posted by Richardcoulter:
“I love it when cats cover their eyes with their paw, so cute.”
“I love it when cats cover their eyes with their paw, so cute.”
Coons don't use their paws, because their tails are so long and bushy, and do a better job.
Originally Posted by susie-4964:
“I've always shut our cat in the kitchen at night, no way would I have it anywhere near the bedroom! One of our other cats (a small one) had a habit of getting onto the top of the warderobe and jumping from there straight onto the bed, which would give me a heart attack - not to mention the effect of 17lb of Maine Coon landing on me! The cat doesn't mind at all, as you say, he's got everything he needs to keep himself amused. He also apparently has a clock, because he starts crying for attention as soon as it's time for me to get up!”
“I've always shut our cat in the kitchen at night, no way would I have it anywhere near the bedroom! One of our other cats (a small one) had a habit of getting onto the top of the warderobe and jumping from there straight onto the bed, which would give me a heart attack - not to mention the effect of 17lb of Maine Coon landing on me! The cat doesn't mind at all, as you say, he's got everything he needs to keep himself amused. He also apparently has a clock, because he starts crying for attention as soon as it's time for me to get up!”
Sounds familiar! Our cat kept jumping around and making scraping noises whenever we had her in the bedroom in the early hours and then would scare the crap out of me when I woke up and saw a dark creature wandering into the room!
She also used the bed as a toilet a couple of times before I actually moved in here and I really don't want that happening again. I don't think human sleeping quarters should be animal terrority, I've always been really protective about where I sleep and I like to keep it as clean and fresh as possible.
Our girl is pretty good, when we go upstairs she comes up and mostly goes straight into her kitty bed and goes to sleep, sometimes she gets us up early but most of the time will lie in there until its time to get up
Originally Posted by MAW:
“Coons don't use their paws, because their tails are so long and bushy, and do a better job.”
“Coons don't use their paws, because their tails are so long and bushy, and do a better job.”
Awww, what are their claws like?
Originally Posted by Richardcoulter:
“Awww, what are their claws like?”
“Awww, what are their claws like?”
In proportion with the rest, ie big. Coons have very large paws, like snowshoes for cats, so can house a large claw. Never used in anger apart from on the local wildlife, and their scratching pole, thankfully. Though having said about the tail, Leo is on the duvet after his mornng brush, doing that thing with his paws.
Originally Posted by Richardcoulter:
“Simon's cat!!! Love it.”
“Simon's cat!!! Love it.”
He's fanatstic, have you seen his new one
http://www.youtube.com/user/simonscat#p/u/0/Tuf61OjvoPQ
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