I love my cat(s) BUT....

[Cataholic]

Happylabs thread in behaviour (does your cat whir) made me think...we all love our cats, but, maybe not all parts of them, right? So, let's hear it!

I love my big, black, bully boy- Montana...BUT, I cannot STAND his "open up the shade" act as soon as daylight hits. Both bedroom shades. Clank, clank, clank, looks over at me, clank, clank, clank, with his paws...the metal thing on the bottom hitting the sides of the window. By this time I am up and moving towards it, and he waits patiently. ARGH. But, I love him.

[happylabs]

You know I am trying to think if there is anything that really bugs me. I pretty much just laugh off the stuff that they do.

One minor thing Buddy has been doing lately is trying to steal my milk if I have milk at night. I really like to drink milk if I have a cookie or a brownie or something like that. This morning I had a mug of Nestle's Quick while I checked my email before work. I wasn't paying attention to him and he almost stuck his paw in my mug but I caught him at the last minute. I have already caught him with his paw all the way in my glass of plain milk and it is too late. He will dip his paw in and then lick it off and then do it again about 10 more times. I know milk is not good for him but that little amount doesn't seem to bother him.

Since Mama is now a lap cat she seems to want to come up when I have my laptop in my lap and just plop right on top of it.

But, all in all, those things are not really all that bad.

[mruffruff]

Mac likes to walk back and forth across my chest or lap when I'm trying to watch TV. I'm trying to pet him at the same time, so I'm not sure what he wants. I have to push him to one side and tell him to sit still. He also likes to walk in the back door through the doggy door and ask (immediately) to be let out the front door!

[Taz_Zoee]

I can't really think of anything with Paizly. Except that she has to walk right in front of me while I'm on the computer. So I can't see the screen at all. Or she steps on the keyboard and messes up what I'm typing or changes screens on me. Other than that, she is an angel!

[smokey the elder]

Pink Nose is SUCH a mooch! He'll try to get at my food, especially lamb or chicken, his faves.

[Cataholic]

I am glad I limited my complaints to just ONE cat! You all have saints!

[aTailOf2Kitties]

Havoc will pace back and forth across my lap or the desk like he wants some attention, but if you pick him up and love on him he squirms away and starts pacing again.

Toby....where to start? When he wants some food in the middle of the night, he is a real pest and will do anything imaginable to get me out of bed: turn the touch lamp off and on, play with the blinds, or whatever the most obnoxious thing is that he can think of. I now have to unscrew the lamp bulb and raise the blinds at night. To counteract this, he's now clawing on the side of the bed in the middle of the night. He skeedaddles out the door as soon as I stir because he knows I'm gonna either (1)spank him, or (2)get up and feed him.... either way he doesn't hang around.

[catmandu]

When I bring home KFC Michael, Scrappy Two , Miquelito , Pouncierge and Panther are My Best Friends!!!
Anf MEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOWWWW MMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOW
MMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW WWWWW!!!
I have a feeling that it was a choice between a shipload of Chicken and I, the Chicken would win.
And when Michael wants Breakfast , he turns on the Boom Box MMMMRRRRROOOOWWS!!
But hes My Dear Old Cat and I LOVE HIM!!

[Pinot's Mom]

As everyone here is well aware, I am VERY fond of my Pinot and think she's perfect (she tells me so!). There is one little habit...

Do you all have the spring type of doorstops behind your doors? The ones that are coiled brass with a plastic tip where the door hits? They move back and forth if pushed from the side. If we aren't out of bed on time on weekends she goes after the ends of the doorstops, pulls them back and lets them go, so they make a REALLY LOUD "BOING!"! It will make you jump when unexpected! She is SUCH a clever girl!

[columbine]

Smudge is on medicine for his allergies that makes him feel hungry ALL THE TIME, so he begs constantly! I'll be eating olives or pepperoncini, and he'll beg, so I'll show him an olive, and he'll sniff it and walk away, then come back and beg again. My attempts to convince him that he doesn't like everything I like have completely backfired - giving him a tiny crumb of cheese has only taught him that he absolutely adores cheese! But what can you do? It doesn't upset his stomach or make him break out, so he can have a dot of cheese if he wants.

Love, Columbine

[catnapper]

Ooooo this one is easy for most of my guys!

Allen: poopy butt ALL the time. I clean it, and he's like Peanut's Pigpen who gathers dust around him seconds later.

Pouncer: Constant sickness. Will this cat ever be healthy?

Harry: The simple fact that he doesn't like me.

Abby: Will not let me groom her or trim her nails.... and her nails are always sharpened needles.

Flutter: Love me, pet me, love me.... run away. Love me, pet me, love me.... run away. Knocking EVERYTHING off the dresser when I'm ignoring her love me pleas.

Mikey: Knocking over drink glasses. Eating straws.

Trixie: Wrestling Callie. She wins most times but its a ton of noise and always when I need peacce and quiet to relax. and she BITES. Hard. and she steals food off your plate.

Mystic: He looks all sweet and innocent, but he's always dead center of something. The Christmas tree has seen its last holiday thanks to him.

[katladyd]

Mac, making biscuits on my neck at 6 in the morning.
Ming, scratching the furniture despite there being numerous scratching post located throughout the house.
My boys, I love 'em to death, but sometimes......

[Freedom]

OMGosh, what a great thread! I loved reading all the earlier post, he hee.

Sparkle: has 2 annoying habits. She loves to sit up on my left shoulder, head up there and boy draped across my chest. She does this every evening while I am watching - scratch that, while I am TRYING to watch TV!

If she gets hungry overnight and the other cats have emptied the food bowls, she clears of my night table: lamp, clock radio, books, my glasses, everything goes flying onto the floor.

Chestnut: he loves to drink from the running tap on my bathroom sink; but he declines to learn how to turn it off when he is done.

Tommy: any time anyone opens the newspaper, he comes flying from various parts of the house, and proceeds to sprawl on top of it. He suddenly wants petting. This is the ONLY time he wants petting!

[cassiesmom]

OMGosh, what a great thread! I loved reading all the earlier post, he hee.

Sparkle: has 2 annoying habits. She loves to sit up on my left shoulder, head up there and boy draped across my chest. She does this every evening while I am watching - scratch that, while I am TRYING to watch TV!

If she gets hungry overnight and the other cats have emptied the food bowls, she clears of my night table: lamp, clock radio, books, my glasses, everything goes flying onto the floor.

Chestnut: he loves to drink from the running tap on my bathroom sink; but he declines to learn how to turn it off when he is done.

Tommy: any time anyone opens the newspaper, he comes flying from various parts of the house, and proceeds to sprawl on top of it. He suddenly wants petting. This is the ONLY time he wants petting!

Chestnut, I would be happy to shut the water off when you are done drinking. And Tommy, I've got the Sunday newspaper here because I haven't read it yet - may I pet you while I read?

You all know what I'm going to say about Cassie - my kitty confetti production specialist! Wake up, Mom, I'm hungry - rip, rip, rip! I used to be able to leave a paperback book or a magazine on the night table - not anymore. Mom, why are you on the phone? Rip, rip, rip! No paper is safe from Cassie when she is in her "rippin' " mode.

[RICHARD]

What a bunch of pansies!

Ed sits near my head-at 0500 hours- and goes "MRRRT" because he wants a fresh bowl o' treats.

I laugh at him, tell him to shut up, then climb out of bed and get him some, because I know he'll be relentless until he gets what he wants!