Elphie jumping on my dresser in the early hours when it makes a racket and she KNOWS she isn't allowed, EVERY morning! And Ruby's "accidents" 
things your cat does that annoy you?
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Originally Posted by Scrubber:
“Great Thread. This could take hours so i wont name them all.
He stand near areas that he can't get to like the loft or big drawers and meows at top note for ages.
He follows me everywhere i go.
He thinks me running up the stairs is a game and races me up and claws me at the top.
He sits on my laptop when i'm using it and stands infront of the tv when i'm watching it.
He mithers and mithers for food then when i give it him he doesn't eat it.
Whatever i am eating he MUST have some wether he likes it or not.
He gets spooked every now and again and runs around the house like a nutter screaming and jumping up walls.
Wakes me up by clawing my feet at the bottom of the bed, if this doesn't work he gets on the bed and bites my nose.
He thinks his litter is a game and empties every last bit out of it onto the floor.
He tries burying his food with anything close by (underwear, tea towels, shoes, cat litter) and i have no idea why, i'm not gonna eat it.
He climbs on tables, fireplaces etc and bats everything off onto the floor with his paws.
If i ever leave a tv mag on the floor i will find it the next morning in a thousand shreds.
If i get up off the couch for litterally 20 seconds, when i return he has stolen my spot and is already curled up fast asleep (or he's pretending to so i don't move him)”
“Great Thread. This could take hours so i wont name them all.
He stand near areas that he can't get to like the loft or big drawers and meows at top note for ages.
He follows me everywhere i go.
He thinks me running up the stairs is a game and races me up and claws me at the top.
He sits on my laptop when i'm using it and stands infront of the tv when i'm watching it.
He mithers and mithers for food then when i give it him he doesn't eat it.
Whatever i am eating he MUST have some wether he likes it or not.
He gets spooked every now and again and runs around the house like a nutter screaming and jumping up walls.
Wakes me up by clawing my feet at the bottom of the bed, if this doesn't work he gets on the bed and bites my nose.
He thinks his litter is a game and empties every last bit out of it onto the floor.
He tries burying his food with anything close by (underwear, tea towels, shoes, cat litter) and i have no idea why, i'm not gonna eat it.
He climbs on tables, fireplaces etc and bats everything off onto the floor with his paws.
If i ever leave a tv mag on the floor i will find it the next morning in a thousand shreds.
If i get up off the couch for litterally 20 seconds, when i return he has stolen my spot and is already curled up fast asleep (or he's pretending to so i don't move him)”
he sounds like a right character
Originally Posted by widger:
“Our cat likes to mieow to be let out either the front or back door and when you open it, she will stand there for ages in the doorway neiher in nor out letting all the cold air in.
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“Our cat likes to mieow to be let out either the front or back door and when you open it, she will stand there for ages in the doorway neiher in nor out letting all the cold air in.
”
I have a dog does that! She barks to get let out and when I open the door she just stares out and doesn't budge, presumably because it looks cold or wet outside!
Mine would take you ages if i did each one of them. They nick your chair. OH wont move guinness as he hisses but doesnt at me. Kado likes to go out then come in then go out then come in all day. Stalker like his name is a stalker he follows you around all the time even when you go into the loo. He is by my feet constanly as well. He cant jump up on the sides so he crys nothing come out of his mouth too be lifted up. He can jump but he is lazy. If i go too the shops they will follow me. If i go too the post office and kado is out he only goes so far and meows and you can still here him. Finaly one stalker is also a stinker when he farts for a little cat he hum dings a lot
My cat died 30 years ago but I still remember the nightly (always lost) battle of 'I'm going to sleep on your legs whether you like it or not'.
Originally Posted by widger:
“Our cat likes to mieow to be let out either the front or back door and when you open it, she will stand there for ages in the doorway neiher in nor out letting all the cold air in.”
“Our cat likes to mieow to be let out either the front or back door and when you open it, she will stand there for ages in the doorway neiher in nor out letting all the cold air in.”
When it rains or snows our older cat will go to the front door and meow to be let out, when she sees the bad weather she looks at me angrily then walks through the house to the back door and meows to be let out there, assuming it isn't raining in the back garden. When she sees it is raining there I get the 'you've let me down' look again.
It doesn't so much annoy as amuse me, that every time my Amber jumps onto my lap, she starts purring furiously, and then starts to "worry" the treats, which I always keep by my side! She is like a naughty toddler, but so cherubic that I can never bring myself to tell her off.
In recent months my big boy Gus has been getting more and more clingy and wants affection all the time. I get woken up several times a night by my feet, arms or face getting a good licking - and his tongue is like a sheet of the roughest sandpaper imaginable. 
I don't know if it's his age (he's nearly 12) or whether he's decided to compete with his 'sister' Flo cos she tends to get most of the attention, being smaller, cuter and prettier! He is adorable too, but it's flippin hard to shift an 8kg floppy tomcat at 3 in the morning, who is determined to lick and love you whether you want it or not!
I don't know if it's his age (he's nearly 12) or whether he's decided to compete with his 'sister' Flo cos she tends to get most of the attention, being smaller, cuter and prettier! He is adorable too, but it's flippin hard to shift an 8kg floppy tomcat at 3 in the morning, who is determined to lick and love you whether you want it or not!
I love Amber to bits but she does one thing that disgusts me!!
She wipes her bum on one specific duvet cover (it must be the texture??)
We no longer use said duvet set........
She wipes her bum on one specific duvet cover
(it must be the texture??) We no longer use said duvet set........
The thing about my cat's annoyances is that I've grown to accept them (mostly), so they are no longer annoyances! Basically to be a cat owner it to adapt or go mad. 
I'm a reluctant cat owner. I've only ever had dogs, but my friend gave me a little kitten he rescued a few months ago as he was about to leave the country.
She was a in a really bad state when he found her. She's very very clingy as a result. I really didn't know what to expect but things that really annoy me:
1. Jumping on my back if I'm brushing my teeth. Or just generally jumping on me. She's shredded quite a few tops this way.
2. Waking me up at 5am without fail.
3. Her fascination with my laptop and her insistance on scratching it
4. Getting stuck on the roof (or the fence) and just meowing until I get her down.
Cool things about my cat though:
1. She comes home when I call her name.
2. She can ride on my scooter with me.
3. Every evening she waits at the end of the driveway for me and runs along side my scooter to the house.
4. Will mimic the sound when I say hello. Which is weird because my beloved dog from my childhood did this.
She was a in a really bad state when he found her. She's very very clingy as a result. I really didn't know what to expect but things that really annoy me:
1. Jumping on my back if I'm brushing my teeth. Or just generally jumping on me. She's shredded quite a few tops this way.
2. Waking me up at 5am without fail.
3. Her fascination with my laptop and her insistance on scratching it
4. Getting stuck on the roof (or the fence) and just meowing until I get her down.
Cool things about my cat though:
1. She comes home when I call her name.
2. She can ride on my scooter with me.
3. Every evening she waits at the end of the driveway for me and runs along side my scooter to the house.
4. Will mimic the sound when I say hello. Which is weird because my beloved dog from my childhood did this.
when they shout for food while you're putting it into the bowl, and continue to yell at you while you're putting the bowls down for them, only stopping when their little faces hit the food and then the slurping begins !
Unless, of course, they take a sniff, look at you in total distain and saunter off ....
Unless, of course, they take a sniff, look at you in total distain and saunter off ....
Originally Posted by summer_chick:
“when they shout for food while you're putting it into the bowl, and continue to yell at you while you're putting the bowls down for them, only stopping when their little faces hit the food and then the slurping begins !
Unless, of course, they take a sniff, look at you in total distain and saunter off ....”
“when they shout for food while you're putting it into the bowl, and continue to yell at you while you're putting the bowls down for them, only stopping when their little faces hit the food and then the slurping begins !
Unless, of course, they take a sniff, look at you in total distain and saunter off ....”
That's the one that gets me.
When they are sick on the carpet and I have to clean it up - yuck!
When they chase each other round the bedroom when we are trying to get to sleep
When our youngest one jumps at the blind in the morning to indicate he wants breakfast so I have to get up
All that aside I would not give them up for anything
When they chase each other round the bedroom when we are trying to get to sleep
When our youngest one jumps at the blind in the morning to indicate he wants breakfast so I have to get up
All that aside I would not give them up for anything
Mine tends to come and sit on your lap and then needs with her claws out and no matter how many times I move her paws she still does it, she did it to a new pair of Jeans last night and then she gets all hissy when you boot her off, she was in a sulk last night because I did just that.
She waits outside the bedroom until the alarm goes off and then comes and sits in the bedroom because she wants feeding and constantly meows until I get up, she then waits outside the bathroom for me and follows me to the bedroom it's quite off putting having her watch me get dressed, she also sits on the stairs because she want to go outside but is too scared or stubborn (not sure which now as when she is outside she is happy) so I must look like a right wally standing outside trying to coax her out.
She waits outside the bedroom until the alarm goes off and then comes and sits in the bedroom because she wants feeding and constantly meows until I get up, she then waits outside the bathroom for me and follows me to the bedroom it's quite off putting having her watch me get dressed, she also sits on the stairs because she want to go outside but is too scared or stubborn (not sure which now as when she is outside she is happy) so I must look like a right wally standing outside trying to coax her out.
Originally Posted by elliecat:
“Mine tends to come and sit on your lap and then needs with her claws out and no matter how many times I move her paws she still does it, she did it to a new pair of Jeans last night and then she gets all hissy when you boot her off, she was in a sulk last night because I did just that.
She waits outside the bedroom until the alarm goes off and then comes and sits in the bedroom because she wants feeding and constantly meows until I get up, she then waits outside the bathroom for me and follows me to the bedroom it's quite off putting having her watch me get dressed, she also sits on the stairs because she want to go outside but is too scared or stubborn (not sure which now as when she is outside she is happy) so I must look like a right wally standing outside trying to coax her out.”
“Mine tends to come and sit on your lap and then needs with her claws out and no matter how many times I move her paws she still does it, she did it to a new pair of Jeans last night and then she gets all hissy when you boot her off, she was in a sulk last night because I did just that.
She waits outside the bedroom until the alarm goes off and then comes and sits in the bedroom because she wants feeding and constantly meows until I get up, she then waits outside the bathroom for me and follows me to the bedroom it's quite off putting having her watch me get dressed, she also sits on the stairs because she want to go outside but is too scared or stubborn (not sure which now as when she is outside she is happy) so I must look like a right wally standing outside trying to coax her out.”
I have one or two old towels dotted around the house so that when mine do exactly the same thing to me, I have a towel to pop them on. It's also a bonus that they both love kneading away at towels - the texture seems to turn them on!
Originally Posted by brillopad:
“My cat died 30 years ago but I still remember the nightly (always lost) battle of 'I'm going to sleep on your legs whether you like it or not'.”
“My cat died 30 years ago but I still remember the nightly (always lost) battle of 'I'm going to sleep on your legs whether you like it or not'.”
Mine does that and when you roll over she gets grumpy but refuses to move.
Originally Posted by Roooty:
“The thing about my cat's annoyances is that I've grown to accept them (mostly), so they are no longer annoyances! Basically to be a cat owner it to adapt or go mad.”
“The thing about my cat's annoyances is that I've grown to accept them (mostly), so they are no longer annoyances! Basically to be a cat owner it to adapt or go mad.
”
Haha, so true.
My cat is actually really well behaved! No clawing of furniture, few dead 'presents', she likes to poop outside, she doesn't jump on worktops and she's friendly. I'm very much a dog person so I wonder whether I've been accidentally treating her like a canine.
Oooh, where to start.
That thing she does where she wants to be let out at the back door but it's raining so she'll hover half in and half out (so you can't shut it on her) for a few minutes whilst you freeze and rain is blowing in until she decides she'd rather stay in. Then she goes to the front door and annoys me until I open that one for her to have a look too. I normally lose patience there unless she only looks for a second or two and boot her out. When I'm in a good mood she's actually gone back to the back door.
When she sits on the back of the sofa and whenever I move my head she attacks my hair.
When she wants to sit on absolutely anything that it looks like I'm interested in or trying to use or read eg. newspapers, computer keyboard, book, jigsaw puzzle, work desk...
When we make a space between us for her to sit on the sofa and she decides to try and squeeze into a tiny space that wasn't intended for her. From there she gradually moves us away by pushing her feet with claws out into her legs until she ends up with half the sofa to herself.
When it's absolutely pouring down with rain, horrible dark cold weather, really windy and just awful and I'm standing at the door looking for my 'poor' cat to let her in. Usually ends up with me wet and absolutely freezing and then she'll turn up as soon as the rain finishes dry as a bone.
The worst thing is that I think all cats do all of this...
That thing she does where she wants to be let out at the back door but it's raining so she'll hover half in and half out (so you can't shut it on her) for a few minutes whilst you freeze and rain is blowing in until she decides she'd rather stay in. Then she goes to the front door and annoys me until I open that one for her to have a look too. I normally lose patience there unless she only looks for a second or two and boot her out. When I'm in a good mood she's actually gone back to the back door.
When she sits on the back of the sofa and whenever I move my head she attacks my hair.
When she wants to sit on absolutely anything that it looks like I'm interested in or trying to use or read eg. newspapers, computer keyboard, book, jigsaw puzzle, work desk...
When we make a space between us for her to sit on the sofa and she decides to try and squeeze into a tiny space that wasn't intended for her. From there she gradually moves us away by pushing her feet with claws out into her legs until she ends up with half the sofa to herself.
When it's absolutely pouring down with rain, horrible dark cold weather, really windy and just awful and I'm standing at the door looking for my 'poor' cat to let her in. Usually ends up with me wet and absolutely freezing and then she'll turn up as soon as the rain finishes dry as a bone.
The worst thing is that I think all cats do all of this...
Originally Posted by elliecat:
“Mine tends to come and sit on your lap and then needs with her claws out and no matter how many times I move her paws she still does it, she did it to a new pair of Jeans last night and then she gets all hissy when you boot her off, she was in a sulk last night because I did just that.
She waits outside the bedroom until the alarm goes off and then comes and sits in the bedroom because she wants feeding and constantly meows until I get up, she then waits outside the bathroom for me and follows me to the bedroom it's quite off putting having her watch me get dressed, she also sits on the stairs because she want to go outside but is too scared or stubborn (not sure which now as when she is outside she is happy) so I must look like a right wally standing outside trying to coax her out.”
“Mine tends to come and sit on your lap and then needs with her claws out and no matter how many times I move her paws she still does it, she did it to a new pair of Jeans last night and then she gets all hissy when you boot her off, she was in a sulk last night because I did just that.
She waits outside the bedroom until the alarm goes off and then comes and sits in the bedroom because she wants feeding and constantly meows until I get up, she then waits outside the bathroom for me and follows me to the bedroom it's quite off putting having her watch me get dressed, she also sits on the stairs because she want to go outside but is too scared or stubborn (not sure which now as when she is outside she is happy) so I must look like a right wally standing outside trying to coax her out.”
Aren't you the lucky one - sweep escorts me in there, or if she gets locked out, she goes into the room next door and emerges triumphant throught the connecting cupboard door ! She'll then chat and dance around being petted while I'm trying to concentrate on .. other things ! She does not approve of tooth washing at all - requires one hand that could be petting her....
My very own cling-on !
Originally Posted by summer_chick:
“when they shout for food while you're putting it into the bowl, and continue to yell at you while you're putting the bowls down for them, only stopping when their little faces hit the food and then the slurping begins !
Unless, of course, they take a sniff, look at you in total distain and saunter off .... ”
“when they shout for food while you're putting it into the bowl, and continue to yell at you while you're putting the bowls down for them, only stopping when their little faces hit the food and then the slurping begins !
Unless, of course, they take a sniff, look at you in total distain and saunter off .... ”
oh yeah, we get that too.
Using the litter tray to drop a bloody stinker whenever we've got guests in.
Stomping round the house at 5am, knocking things off the dresser, and then closing the door only to scratch loudly at it trying to open it again - all to wake everybody up so he can have breakfast.
Trying to eat plastic bags. What is that about?
Stomping round the house at 5am, knocking things off the dresser, and then closing the door only to scratch loudly at it trying to open it again - all to wake everybody up so he can have breakfast.
Trying to eat plastic bags. What is that about?
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