My cat loves having his head rubbed where his fur is being rubbed the wrong way. He goes all dreamy. 
What quirky things does your cat do?
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Elphie is completely obsessed with the bag of toilet rolls by the loo 
I take one step towards the bathroom first thing and she's right there under my feet/next to me, weirdo!!!
I take one step towards the bathroom first thing and she's right there under my feet/next to me, weirdo!!!
Originally Posted by HollyC:
“Thank you
She is utterly adorable and a complete loon!
Another thing she does - when she sleeps with me, she insists on sleeping on the outside of the bed (it is up against a wall). In the morning, I have to climb out of bed round her, because she pretends to be asleep. It is uncanny how as soon as I am out of bed, she wakes up and jumps down
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“Thank you
She is utterly adorable and a complete loon!Another thing she does - when she sleeps with me, she insists on sleeping on the outside of the bed (it is up against a wall). In the morning, I have to climb out of bed round her, because she pretends to be asleep. It is uncanny how as soon as I am out of bed, she wakes up and jumps down
”
What a clever pud!
Originally Posted by Emzie21:
“Elphie is completely obsessed with the bag of toilet rolls by the loo”
“Elphie is completely obsessed with the bag of toilet rolls by the loo
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This is what Archie does with toilet roll http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/..._4257049_n.jpg
William is a rescue cat. He was found in a shed by an old lady who fed him and let him live there until she moved away. Then she alerted a cat charity and asked them to take him in when she moved. Nobody wanted him because he was older, had a dodgy front left paw, a bitten ear, arthritis in both hips, walked like a pimp and has about as much charm as Alan Sugar.
When I got him he had never lived in a house, had never had a his own Human owner and was very self contained. He regarded me frostily from under the bed when he first moved in and sneered at any attempt to pet him.
He fell in love with my duvet and my TV, but not me
He swipes you with a paw when he wants attention and rarely miaows. He has no idea how to show affection.
He now greets me in the morning and purrs every now and then. He shows me he cares in his own special way
He'll high five me with either paw as soon as I get close, grab whichever hand he can and bite the nearest finger. Except it's not really a bite. He just sucks your finger, or knuckle or thumb because he only has 3 teeth. Then he sits back and grins and does an odd kind of purrgrumble.
His breath is foul of course, so you have to go and wash your hand, finger, or knuckle afterwards. I swear I can see him tittering on the sofa (where he spends most of the day) afterwards
When I got him he had never lived in a house, had never had a his own Human owner and was very self contained. He regarded me frostily from under the bed when he first moved in and sneered at any attempt to pet him.
He fell in love with my duvet and my TV, but not me
He swipes you with a paw when he wants attention and rarely miaows. He has no idea how to show affection.
He now greets me in the morning and purrs every now and then. He shows me he cares in his own special way
He'll high five me with either paw as soon as I get close, grab whichever hand he can and bite the nearest finger. Except it's not really a bite. He just sucks your finger, or knuckle or thumb because he only has 3 teeth. Then he sits back and grins and does an odd kind of purrgrumble.
His breath is foul of course, so you have to go and wash your hand, finger, or knuckle afterwards. I swear I can see him tittering on the sofa (where he spends most of the day) afterwards
Originally Posted by Shadow70:
“This is what Archie does with toilet roll http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/..._4257049_n.jpg”
“This is what Archie does with toilet roll http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/..._4257049_n.jpg”
That is the perfect name for that cat!
My cat always seems to come for a poo at the same time as me!!! I keep the litter tray in the downstairs wc and when I pop in to do my business she seems to want to come and make it into a 2-player activity!!!! Ah well at least I can blame the smell on the cat to the Mrs!
Originally Posted by sofakat:
“ Nobody wanted him because he was older, had a dodgy front left paw, a bitten ear, arthritis in both hips, walked like a pimp and has about as much charm as Alan Sugar.
He swipes you with a paw when he wants attention and rarely miaows. He has no idea how to show affection.”
“ Nobody wanted him because he was older, had a dodgy front left paw, a bitten ear, arthritis in both hips, walked like a pimp and has about as much charm as Alan Sugar.
He swipes you with a paw when he wants attention and rarely miaows. He has no idea how to show affection.”
I have a 16 year old rescue, blind & arthritic cat called "grumbles" whom i did not get to meet before i took her home. I thought to myself i get her a new name, well Grumbles is such a horrid name. After a week i realised she was aptly named.
My three old Cat Ritchie likes to sleep on my chest sometimes and stretches his paws out in front, if I hold one paws fingers between my finger and thumb and give it a little squeeze he'll grin and give my fingers a squeeze back, this can continue for ages ... quite cute.
He's also been know to wake me up by jumping up on bed coming near my face and shaking his head so that all loose saliva splatters all over me (yeuch) it certainly wakes me up though.
He's skilled in the art of jumping up to door handles and pulling them down to open doors too, another thing he likes to do is trot along aside me taking playful swipes at my feet as i walk, he loves the laser pen toy and likes to crawl into shopping bags or empty boxes.
He's also been know to wake me up by jumping up on bed coming near my face and shaking his head so that all loose saliva splatters all over me (yeuch) it certainly wakes me up though.
He's skilled in the art of jumping up to door handles and pulling them down to open doors too, another thing he likes to do is trot along aside me taking playful swipes at my feet as i walk, he loves the laser pen toy and likes to crawl into shopping bags or empty boxes.
Originally Posted by Katana1000:
“My three old Cat Ritchie likes to sleep on my chest sometimes and stretches his paws out in front, if I hold one paws fingers between my finger and thumb and give it a little squeeze he'll grin and give my fingers a squeeze back, this can continue for ages ... quite cute.
He's also been know to wake me up by jumping up on bed coming near my face and shaking his head so that all loose saliva splatters all over me (yeuch) it certainly wakes me up though.
and likes to crawl into shopping bags or empty boxes.”
“My three old Cat Ritchie likes to sleep on my chest sometimes and stretches his paws out in front, if I hold one paws fingers between my finger and thumb and give it a little squeeze he'll grin and give my fingers a squeeze back, this can continue for ages ... quite cute.
He's also been know to wake me up by jumping up on bed coming near my face and shaking his head so that all loose saliva splatters all over me (yeuch) it certainly wakes me up though.
and likes to crawl into shopping bags or empty boxes.”
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Aww, I love the finger-squeezing!
My little one will jump into any box as soon as it's empty. She also has a crazy time when she'll race all over the bed, doing a little MMMRRRR-growl (I've had to retired my Irish linen).She understands 'window', for when I'm opening it so she can go out on their little enclosed balcony, and sometimes calls me to sit by her when she's outside. I just sit inside by the window with my book and she's happy!
My clever baby, the one who knocks over her bowl to watch the water run down the floor, will claw a piece of paper over her left-over food; I leave one down for her now, very convenient. She also plays fetch with her toys.
My cat suddenly kept bringing powerballs to me and waited for me to throw them for her to fetch but just as suddenly she started she stopped lol Also she seems to go in ninja mode either in house or garden where she will be walking normally then suddenly runs side to side hiding jumping until she gets to final spot , its like she is on an attack
Apart from plastic bag licking, which has been mentioned previously, my Oscar likes to play with my daughter's bobbles and is quite obsessed with them, batting them all round the house, leaping, twisting, rolling around and basically murdering them.
Both my cats love coming for walks with me, I live next to a large woodland and nothing gives me more pleasure than to take them out for a walk. They are not on leads, but as soon as they see I am heading for the woods they run ahead and gambol around the trees and bushes. Occasionally we are followed by birds who tweet angrily in the trees to warn others. Very occasionally they are chased into trees by passing dogs, but eventually come down and we continue our walk. Sometimes we see horses, sheep or heifers in neighbouring fields. My cats don't like them and keep away. Oscar and Jumper have always liked to walk with me along streets too, but don't like cars. I have to be careful to keep away from busy areas.
My previous cats, Sooty and Tabby also loved going for walks with me. I would be interested to know if anyone else's cats do this?
Both my cats love coming for walks with me, I live next to a large woodland and nothing gives me more pleasure than to take them out for a walk. They are not on leads, but as soon as they see I am heading for the woods they run ahead and gambol around the trees and bushes. Occasionally we are followed by birds who tweet angrily in the trees to warn others. Very occasionally they are chased into trees by passing dogs, but eventually come down and we continue our walk. Sometimes we see horses, sheep or heifers in neighbouring fields. My cats don't like them and keep away. Oscar and Jumper have always liked to walk with me along streets too, but don't like cars. I have to be careful to keep away from busy areas.
My previous cats, Sooty and Tabby also loved going for walks with me. I would be interested to know if anyone else's cats do this?
Originally Posted by sofakat:
“William is a rescue cat. He was found in a shed by an old lady who fed him and let him live there until she moved away. Then she alerted a cat charity and asked them to take him in when she moved. Nobody wanted him because he was older, had a dodgy front left paw, a bitten ear, arthritis in both hips, walked like a pimp and has about as much charm as Alan Sugar.
When I got him he had never lived in a house, had never had a his own Human owner and was very self contained. He regarded me frostily from under the bed when he first moved in and sneered at any attempt to pet him.
He fell in love with my duvet and my TV, but not me
He swipes you with a paw when he wants attention and rarely miaows. He has no idea how to show affection.
He now greets me in the morning and purrs every now and then. He shows me he cares in his own special way
He'll high five me with either paw as soon as I get close, grab whichever hand he can and bite the nearest finger. Except it's not really a bite. He just sucks your finger, or knuckle or thumb because he only has 3 teeth. Then he sits back and grins and does an odd kind of purrgrumble.
His breath is foul of course, so you have to go and wash your hand, finger, or knuckle afterwards. I swear I can see him tittering on the sofa (where he spends most of the day) afterwards”
“William is a rescue cat. He was found in a shed by an old lady who fed him and let him live there until she moved away. Then she alerted a cat charity and asked them to take him in when she moved. Nobody wanted him because he was older, had a dodgy front left paw, a bitten ear, arthritis in both hips, walked like a pimp and has about as much charm as Alan Sugar.
When I got him he had never lived in a house, had never had a his own Human owner and was very self contained. He regarded me frostily from under the bed when he first moved in and sneered at any attempt to pet him.
He fell in love with my duvet and my TV, but not me
He swipes you with a paw when he wants attention and rarely miaows. He has no idea how to show affection.
He now greets me in the morning and purrs every now and then. He shows me he cares in his own special way
He'll high five me with either paw as soon as I get close, grab whichever hand he can and bite the nearest finger. Except it's not really a bite. He just sucks your finger, or knuckle or thumb because he only has 3 teeth. Then he sits back and grins and does an odd kind of purrgrumble.
His breath is foul of course, so you have to go and wash your hand, finger, or knuckle afterwards. I swear I can see him tittering on the sofa (where he spends most of the day) afterwards
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This is one of the most awesome posts I have read on here - and deserves attention and applause.
Wow - you are a truly wonderful cat owner.
My Chilli loves to sit in what I call Homer position - he sits on his bottom with his back supported by a wall or the stairs, his back legs sprawled out and his belly showing. His front legs are sort of alongside his belly so he looks like he's reclining after a particularly big meal!
Smudge loves to bite my feet when I walk past him. I'm not so fond of this game
Smudge loves to bite my feet when I walk past him. I'm not so fond of this game
Weeble deliberately tips over bottles and cans of drinks then watched intently while the liquid soaks into the carpet.
She has also been known to push ornaments off the shelves so she can watch them drop onto the floor!
She loves silver foil balls and will carry them and put them in her water bowl.
Biggy will sit on the back of the toilet for ages and 'sings' at the wall.
The other two are quite 'normal', whatever that means!
She has also been known to push ornaments off the shelves so she can watch them drop onto the floor!
She loves silver foil balls and will carry them and put them in her water bowl.
Biggy will sit on the back of the toilet for ages and 'sings' at the wall.
The other two are quite 'normal', whatever that means!
I don't have cats any more, can't have them in my current house really because it's in the centre of a town 
My Mum and Dad took in my cat, Molly (black longhair) as they live in the countryside, which is what she's used to and I thought it would be kinder. They have another cat, Louie (ginger tabby), who they got when I still lived at home (15 years ago
) so I consider him mine too.
Years ago, my Mum's friend's granddaughter bought her a stuffed toy of a ginger cat because she thought it looked like Louie. We named it 'Fake Louie'. Louie HATES Fake Louie. You just have to show him it and he wrinkles up his face and looks at it with hatred, and if he can get hold of it, he will beat it up! Really weird because he hasn't done that with any other stuffed toys, apart from cat toys of course.
Molly gets on the side table and under the big lamp on there to dry herself off when she comes in wet. She also beats up any handbags or shoes with laces that are left on the floor. And she does this weird thing with clothes pegs, where she holds them in her front paws, sometimes sort of juggling them from paw to pay, whilst kind of running around on her back legs. She's a funny one!
My Mum and Dad took in my cat, Molly (black longhair) as they live in the countryside, which is what she's used to and I thought it would be kinder. They have another cat, Louie (ginger tabby), who they got when I still lived at home (15 years ago
) so I consider him mine too.Years ago, my Mum's friend's granddaughter bought her a stuffed toy of a ginger cat because she thought it looked like Louie. We named it 'Fake Louie'. Louie HATES Fake Louie. You just have to show him it and he wrinkles up his face and looks at it with hatred, and if he can get hold of it, he will beat it up! Really weird because he hasn't done that with any other stuffed toys, apart from cat toys of course.
Molly gets on the side table and under the big lamp on there to dry herself off when she comes in wet. She also beats up any handbags or shoes with laces that are left on the floor. And she does this weird thing with clothes pegs, where she holds them in her front paws, sometimes sort of juggling them from paw to pay, whilst kind of running around on her back legs. She's a funny one!
when she comes into the bedroom at night when I am going to sleep she jumps on to the bed really quietly but then proceeds to announce that she is here by meowing rather loudly. I suppose it's not quirky just irritating
mine drinks from her own glass on the bedside table by just standing on her back legs and propping herself up with the front paws. The only way she drinks water. She'll eat her food and go all the way to the bedroom to then have a drink. I only found this out when I woke one night and found her drinking from my own glass! I now have to have a flask she can't get at!
She plays dead when I come home and hears the door go. She's been lazying on a chair or her bed but as soon as she hears me, she runs to the middle of the lounge floor and lays on her side really still and pretends she's dead. She only reacts when I tickle her belly and call her a dead body, and then she rolls about and miaows.
Likes to try and lay on top of me in bed with her face right up to mine. After a while she wants to be in the bed, with my arm around her and her head resting on the pillow.
Has a 5 minute scratching fit in her hooded litter tray after going to the loo. She scratches and flips the door for ages and then just walks out of it.
I have no catflap but when she's out and wants to come in she just jumps to the windowsill and hammers as loud as she can on the window. When I look she's just on her hind legs hammering away at the glass and screaming like a banshee as if to say "will you let me in you moron, it's cold out here"
She plays dead when I come home and hears the door go. She's been lazying on a chair or her bed but as soon as she hears me, she runs to the middle of the lounge floor and lays on her side really still and pretends she's dead. She only reacts when I tickle her belly and call her a dead body, and then she rolls about and miaows.
Likes to try and lay on top of me in bed with her face right up to mine. After a while she wants to be in the bed, with my arm around her and her head resting on the pillow.
Has a 5 minute scratching fit in her hooded litter tray after going to the loo. She scratches and flips the door for ages and then just walks out of it.
I have no catflap but when she's out and wants to come in she just jumps to the windowsill and hammers as loud as she can on the window. When I look she's just on her hind legs hammering away at the glass and screaming like a banshee as if to say "will you let me in you moron, it's cold out here"
Our cat never moves away from impending danger. She just watches it. That's why we all have the nervous tic of constantly looking behind us to see if she's there. She will watch the chair leg moving backwards towards her tail, she will watch the door that's closing on her, she'll watch the dog that's running at her and barking, and just stare it out (that nearly gave me heart failure.)
What a lovely thread, its really made me laugh. My cat used to sleep on the video which was kept on top of the TV. So he couldn't escape our attention. I always used to worry about him getting up there with wet fur though! I guess it was nice and warm.
koppa loves his dreamies any flavour but they have to be at his whim and hand fed dotty doesnt like dreamies but if you open a bag of walkers cheese and onion crisps she always has two she doesnt eat them just licks the flavour off then curls up contentedly
Originally Posted by CLA29:
“What a lovely thread, its really made me laugh. My cat used to sleep on the video which was kept on top of the TV. So he couldn't escape our attention. I always used to worry about him getting up there with wet fur though! I guess it was nice and warm.”
“What a lovely thread, its really made me laugh. My cat used to sleep on the video which was kept on top of the TV. So he couldn't escape our attention. I always used to worry about him getting up there with wet fur though! I guess it was nice and warm.”
My cat sits on top of the cable box in my bedroom for the same reason, and I shoo her off if she tries it when she's been outside in the wet, I worry they'd both go up in a puff of smoke
Simba can open my wardrobe doors by lying upside down and pulling at it but cannot go through a door that's ajar
Just sits there like royalty and waits for someone to open it!
Just sits there like royalty and waits for someone to open it!
Originally Posted by queenshaks:
“Simba can open my wardrobe doors by lying upside down and pulling at it but cannot go through a door that's ajar
Just sits there like royalty and waits for someone to open it!”
“Simba can open my wardrobe doors by lying upside down and pulling at it but cannot go through a door that's ajar
Just sits there like royalty and waits for someone to open it!”
Oh doors! My two will sometimes sit patiently at the door waiting to be let out (or so I think). I get up, open the door and they WALK AWAY, or just sit staring out. Infuriating. I guess they are exercising their power to make me do things...
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