I have 7 cats. Each one wakes me up in a different way. Unfortunately, they all agree on the TIME. I have to be up by 7 AM, according to them.
Chestnut gets up on the pillow, behind my head, and slowly, gently, moves his paw through my hair, which is just below shoulder length. Claws come out, yet he never has touched my scalp, in 8 years. This is actually a NICE way to be woken.
Vita walks up to my face and presses her nose to my nose. She slowly applies more and more pressure, until my eyes pop open. It used to startle me to see her big round eyes in front of mine!
Sparkle doesn't bother being dainty or delicate. She just clears everything off of a piece of furniture. Picture frames, books, the clock radio if she is clearing the night table, everything goes crashing down.
Ebony goes to the bedroom door, I guess because she knows I have to go out that way to get the food. Then she gives this awful metallic twang sound which I really hate. NOT a good way to wake up.
Cuddles will sit on me. She starts down at my feet and keeps shifting her weight and moving her way up. Back of the knees often gets me. If she misses that tender spot, she keeps moving until she is seated on a kidney. Ouch! I don't recall her ever needing to move further up to waken me.
Ruffles is the rattler. She rattles and hammers away at the closet doors in my bedroom.
Crystal has never had to wake me up; she always has one of the other 6 do this for her (smart kitty!)
Amber (Mr. Amber Cat)(now over the Rainbow Bridge) used to be quite good at waking me. I rarely sleep on my back; I am on my side or on my stomach. So, my head is on the pillow with one ear down into the pillow, and one ear up to the ceiling. Amber just positioned himself behind my head, then leaned forward so he was right over my ear, and HOWLED. I never got used to this, in the 8 years he lived with me. I often hit his head as I jumped up.
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