We used to have a cat who was would jump up onto and over our 6ft solid wooden garden gate to get into the back garden, but one day he decided he'd had enough of that and started sitting outside it miaowing pitifully until somebody would open it for him. This went on for ages, and we thought "poor thing, it must be because he's getting old and he can't jump that height any more". So, to the great amusement of our neighbours, we fitted a cat flap to the gate, and he strutted in and out of it like Lord Muck - for about a week - at which point he started jumping over it again with great ease, and a big smug grin on his face no doubt.

They all have us wrapped around their little paws don't they - and we love it!

Yes - buying the same cat food (you've bought for years and years) when it's on 'offer' at the supermarket and then throwing the whole lot away because 'it's not to one's likings at this particular moment in their life'. Arggghhhhhh

There's a whole lot of Felix getting binned at the moment. The human is not amused!!! :sleep:

Mine does all the above bolded ones!!! He's not a Blue Shorthair by any chance??

I would be lying on the sofa of an evening, watching TV. The dog would be at my feet, I would curl my legs around him, Still do actually. Then, the cat would come in. He liked to sit right in front of my head, completely blocking my view of the TV. And he would not move. So, my options were these;

1) Move him. Somehow, this almost never happened. I am unable to explain why, except possibly to fellow cat owners.

2) Scrunch down on the sofa so I could see the TV again, so I would either be in a little ball or my legs and feet would be over the top of the sofa.

3) Sit up, whereupon said cat would help himself to my whole corner.

Then there was the Dr Dolittle thing. My cat resented the dog, a LOT. Never mind that he got almost all my undivided attention, dirty looks were aimed at the dog pretty much constantly. So, when I took the dog out for a walk, the cat would often follow us, all the time dodging between parked cars and meowing all the way. One night he did this and vanished for three days and nights, though I was out every single one of them knocking on doors and calling him. When he strolled nonchalantly back in, the fuss I made was greeted with disdain.

He completely ruined a late night Xmas Eve walk my son and I took with the woof, that in the end resulted in him being buttoned into my coat, which he did not accept without a fight.

He was exactly like the Cravendale cat, miles away when I began pouring the milk, but RIGHT NEXT TO ME when I looked again. I often had to eat cereal one handed, the other hand being on his head to stop him helping himself.

Buzz was an outdoor cat, but also had a litter for when the weather was bad. Without fail he would drop the most awful poo just as I was drifting off to sleep, knowing I would have to get up and deal with it, or the smell would kill people in the immediate vicinity.

When I was gardening, he would insist on helping which would result in me doing no gardening but fussing over him instead.

He died two years ago and I miss him terribly. However, I now think the dog deserves some cat free time, so haven't got another one yet I will though, because everyone knows cats rule

My cat likes to attack anything skin coloured when I'm laying on my bed trying to relax. I think she wants to check it's part of me and not an inanimate object.

She also goes nutty in front of a closed door, then when you open it for her she stands there and looks at me. But God help me if I shut it again!

don't know about any one else but I do get rather annoyed how both my cats will ignore and want nothing to do with uou all day but get all affectionate when they want their tea.

Isn't that called 'cupboard love'!!

I know the problem. You have reminded me that grass cutting season will soon be upon us. I only have a small patch of lawn and last year after mowing, I was trimming the edges with shears and my little fluff decided it would be a good idea to try to play with the shears as I was cutting. I nearly had her thumb off - she leapt out of nowhere and pounced on the blades. I will have to remember to trim the lawn when she is somewhere else.

My cat does this too! She loves Felix, but refuses to eat the chicken flavour. No idea why but she always turns her nose up when chicken is served. I try to buy special offers or buy bulk-pack cat food to save money, but they always come with chicken which is so annoying!

I donated all the chicken ones to one of those cat's charity boxes you find in supermarket - at least that way it doesn't go to waste.

Funny that my cat Tabitha disliked the Felix Beef, such fussy eater at times. I can hear her howling to get back in just hope she done her business in the outside tray but knowing her she will come in and use the inside tray

Bandit got bollocked for doing that once. My mother was on the PC making a calender. The scanner was ready and she had a big pile of photos stacked up so Bandit walks right across the keyboard, causing the computer to crash and my mother losing half of what she was working on and knocked the pile of photos over.

Holly does this! She doesn't seem to understand that a. the weather is the same out of the back door or front door, and b. the weather is not my fault! I don't choose it. I don't decide that today will be cold and rainy. Holly does it the other way round though - the cat flap is in the back door. She still wants to door opened to check that what she sees out of the catflap is not different to what she sees out of the back door. She then has to check the front door to see if it's the same!


YES! How come one flavour is totally irrisistible one week, but beneath contempt the next week. Sometimes, when I feed her, Holly looks at me as if I have just tried to poison her!


This is worst when I work from home. If I'm spending too long on the computer, the first thing she'll try is walking across the keyboard. If that doesn't work, she'll lie down on it. How on earth is that comfortable??

She is also rubbish as an alarm clock! She often likes to sleep cuddled up under the duvet with her head on the pillow. (And she snores.) She doesn't bother to get out of bed until after I've got up, which is no help if I've overslept and I'm late for work.

Her cat litter is kept in the bathroom upstairs, and she always announces from the top of the stairs when she is about to use it. I do think this is cute rather than annoying though!

My cat loves running tap water and will not drink from a bowl. If im in the kitchen she perches on the sink and crys, if im on the loo she jumps into the wash-hand basin and crys. Sometime she just does it for attention because when I turn the tap on she has a wee play and jumps back down.

That's not annoying, it's just really cute!

Ok so if thats not annoying this is: I sleep in a double bed, by myself. I sleep at the edge near the light and radio, cat, everynight at queer time, jumps in and perches on the 3 inches between me and the side. There is a whole pile of bed she can share with me. Then there is the whole fur-ball thing, she is a long hared cat.Yuck. The ruination of an armchair we both love. Her contempt for the 3 dog. She teases them mercilessly.

Not annoying but amusing.
I used to keep my beer (Unopened but you know what I mean) in the downstairs toilet (which it ends up in anyway) and I was playing QUAKE2. I needed a lager so I got up to get one from the toilet (it was in the box). When I came out of the toilet Bandit was SAT IN FRONT OF THE MONITOR!!

I have to hoover the mat in my living room everyday because of Fatty Matty's fur, he runs off in a panic when he see's the hoover coming out of the cupboard and hides - when its all clear of white fluff he appears again and rolls around looking cute on it for about an hour - makes me mad as anything but he looks far too cute to shout at him when he's got his big fat white belly out for rubs

He asks for food all day long and if we ignore his cries he'll go next door. And if they ignore his cries (or have no food) he'll go to the next house. He's go in through windows or catflaps to steal their food. If they are out in the garden he'll roll around on the floor giving the Puss in Boots from Shrek eyes until they give him treats.

When we do feed him he eats the tiniest amount then walks off for the dog to finish it. Incidentally this is the only time the dog has the guts to stand up to him. Five minutes later he cries for more.

He also likes to steal things, glasses, keys, hair bands and his new favourite is the stylus. He's a real bruiser of a cat, very handsome but built like a tank.

This thread has made me laugh!

- If we leave a glass of water on the coffee table, Bella will always try and stick her head in it and drink!
- Sleeping on our legs in bed and generally taking over the entire bed
- Doing big poos in the litter tray as soon as we get home from work "look mummy what I've been saving all day for you!"
- Jumping up on the computer desk and obscuring the screen
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- Using my head as a trampoline to jump onto the bedside cabinet and onto the windowsill
- our bathroom door is rubbish and sookie headbutts her way in to have a nose if we're using the toilet. she's been known to get into my husbands trousers when he's there doing his business!
- jumping in the bath when I'm brushing my teeth!
- managing to get under our feet, however careful we tread
- Everytime we open the fridge they leg it into the kitchen expecting us to feed them ham!
- refusing to eat tablets, even if we cleverly disguise them!
- Making a break for freedom when we open the front door and then legging it upstairs to our neighbours landing....our neighbours always comment on the little ginger faces looking through their front door!!
- We try and discourage them getting into our bed but occasionally we wake up and sookie has managed to crawl under hubby's arm and take up all the space so he's left clinging onto the side of the bed for dear life!
- Bella is uber affectionate sometimes and she'll jump on the bed (usually my head) in the morning and start kneading so I'm left with lots of little claw marks over whatever part of my body is outside the covers! She then starts purring SO loudly (she has a breathing prob so its like Darth Vader!) and nuzzling into our faces! Its very cute though, it makes me get up with a smile on my face
- Jumping in the washing machine as soon as I've finished unloading


All of the above are more cute than annoying, I wouldn't swap them for anything

The bit in bold is exactly what I was going to post reading through your thread, but you beat me to it!

My cat goes for my toes when i'm sleeping and he wants out.

I only have one cat now since the "old lady" died a few weeks ago at 20.

My remaining cat disappears upstairs whenever I put the central heating on. Once asleep on a warm radiator it is hard to wake him up. He seems to know when the pump switches on and waits a few minutes for the system to warm up.

When it's not on, I am the source of warmth. Charming

One of my cats has the annoying habit of running between my legs when I'm walking around. I've nearly been tripped up a few times.

My pets don't annoy me. I feel very lucky to have them.

It's not annoying realling I suppose just a quirk...the sun (when we get it) is in my living room in the afternoon......straightaway my maddy jumps up on the table and lays full out with her arm out on the voile......(the voiles are now ruined) which is the *annoying thing*.....she lays there like lady muck all afternoon with the sun beating down in the living room and she just loves it........

When its been hot I've had to get her off the table and she's gone and found a cooler place.......DOH....wouldnt you think she knows she is overheating........PMSL