What are some of the wierdest things you've done to make your cat happy?

[catcrazylady]

What prompted this question for me was a reaction that I got from co-workers about something we do for Magoo.
You all know how he loves under the door play. Well, everytime hubby or I use the restroom we have these huge white fluffy paws sticking under the door. We always stopped to play with him but sometimes that is difficult when you *ahem* really gotta go! So, hubby found one of those small tension curtain rods that was long enough for us to be able to...ummmmm...sit and still be able to play with Magoo under the door at the same time!! It is now a permenant fixture in the bathroom!
Now, I didn't find this odd or unusual in any way but when a co-worker asked about Magoo and I (not thinking) told about how cute he is when he plays under the bathroom door. Then I mentioned how we had solved the problem and the looks were unbelievable
I got comments like....You are ate up!!!...That is over the top Lisa!...Oh for heaven's sake! You go through all that for a CAT!!!

Anyway, I thought it was funny and it dawned on me that what some of us don't even stop to think about is really weird to others. I thought it might be fun to see what other "weird" things people do to keep the kitties happy.

[Barbara]

Of course we leave all doors in the house open at every time of the day- but that is what all of you will do

But there is one cute story about my ex-husband and my ex-cat Meo. (She went to the RB 26 years ago at the age of 1,5 years and it doesn't help me against my feelings that I tell myself she couldn't be alive under any circumstances now ).

Meo loved to chase bugs and moths but sometimes when they were sitting at the ceiling she couldn't get them. Didier then picked the cat up and carried her chasing bugs. She understood purrfectly and got the bugs while he held her up

[Sara luvs her Tinky]

ANYTHING THEIR LITTLE HEARTS DESIRE!!!!!!

EVERY MORNING... around 2 or 3 Tinky or Jupiter will paw at the window blinds .... and *I* will always get up and open the blinds so they can sit in the window

Tinky does this thing where she will run in front of you and flop down right in front of your feet.... and we always stop and pet her for a minute.. WE NEVER EVER just walk by...

[catmandu]

i find pigeon feathers,and make them,into Cat Toys! It sounds,odd,but the Found Cat LOVE them,especially the long feathers!

[aki]

This is so mean, but sometimes I purposely let moths in so Chuck can play with them. Sometimes this is the only exercise he gets! LOL

I bought a step stool so he can get into bed at night. At 10 years old, he no longer can make the distance.

Let's see what else..............oh yeah, I put a couple ice cubes a day in his water so it isn't so warm to drink. Imagine, Meowmie's baby boy having to drink WARM water. The horror! LOL

[catlover4ever]

I have done pretty much all of the above except the ice cubes....only for the fact that Abner would take the ice out of the dish and try to bury it....leaving me with water all over the floor.

I don't think this is weird but I guess you could say a little over the top, but last Christmas I bought a kitty castle, a kitty chateau and another play condo for my mom's kitties. After all they are home alone all day and I have always wanted to have them have something big to play on.

Tigger loves to drink out of the shower faucet so every day she get the water turned onto a trickle so she can drink.

Mystic loves to have her back rubbed so she has a whole aray of grooming tools special just for her.

Smokey loves turkey and gets turkey at least 5 times a week.

Abner...well Abner is Abner and pretty much gets whatever he
wants.

[Laura's Babies]

Well, I think all of you know there are NO limits to what I will do for Amy... Had a handicapped ramp made for my high twin size bed...then bought a double bed so there would be room for all of them, plus ME to stretch out but the "Over The TOP" one was when I went all the way back to Hancocks (in Baton Rouge) to buy that red kitty faced fabric to make the bed for her kennel because she refused to go in it with any other color... When the lady at Hancocks asked what I wanted it for, my daughter said "Mama! Please don't tell her, she will think you are nuts!"...and yes, I did tell her. And of coarse, Mike has got the same way, making sure she had a handicapped ramp for their new perch.

[catcrazylady]

ROFLOL!!! OMG are our cats spoiled stinking rotten or what!!! This is hilarious!!

[jazzcat]

A few months ago I took a small glass of water to bed and set it on my nightstand so I could get a drink if I started coughing in the night. Well Scout, who sleeps with me, discovered it and thought it was for her. She thought that was so neat that I now keep it there just for her and the other two so they can drink from it and I fill it with fresh water every night. It's such a big hit that all three come tell me if the water is too low so I can fill it back up.

We also keep the guest bath sink filled with water for Ripley and guests who come here quickly learn to fill it back up after using it.

[catland]

We don't spoil our kitties at all. OK - so we do arrange the pillows on the couch just the way Jan likes them. Well, ok, so I do put a towel down on the bed because Joxer likes it that way.

Ok - so the other day Sid wanted me to shake his dry food to make it better. We keep two tower feeders for them so that they don't go without. So I shook the feeder closest to him. He looked at me as if to say - that's the wrong feeder - so I had to shake the other feeder and then he would eat.

[Uniqueviking]

Most of the things mentioned here already, lol.

+ since I live in a small apartment with 5 cats now, I've put up "catwalks" on the walls so the furbabies can literally run all over the walls in different levels and jump from one to another. I also made 2, 8 feet long (from floor to ceiling), scratching poles they can play on (they're in connection with the catwalks on one of the walls).

[RedHedd]

Oh dear .... all of the above and putting litter boxes where THEY want for their convenience, leaving all interior doors open at all times, putting soft covers, kitty beds on surfaces that they want to sleep on so they're more comfy

and this morning I heard on Paul Harvey that they will be coming out with cell phones for our cats! According to the report the little receiver can be clipped on the cat's collar so you can call your kitty whenever you want to tell them how loved they are, you're going to be late, etc.

[Pam]

If a cat is asleep on the bed, of course the bed will not be made until above mentioned cat moves. With the length of a typical kitty nap, beds can go unmade for hours.

[ashleycat]

my kat likes to get spanked.. if i want her off a table or something.. if i tap her but, it just makes her excited.. this is usually happens if she was unspayed, but shes been spayed for 6 years.. she just likes to get spanked.. and she stays till you stop.. so the whole time im spankin her, shes purrin an rubbin her face on me..

o, when we sleep.. I sleep inbetween her and my hubby, lol..

i let her scratch up our suitcases, because it keeps her from scratchin the couches..

sometimes i have to walk to her food bowl when shes looking at me like she wants me to follow

this is drew, one of my bunnies

[shais_mom]

My dad wanted to make me a walk in closet - I told him on the condition that he put a little hole in the wall for Kylie to get in and out to use her box. So he made a little mouse cut out type thing and then made a wooden frame over it. From the person that doesn't like cats - HA! My nephew thought he found out something so cool when he was here this summer "Stace, you have a mousehole!!!" I said "No it's a Kylie hole"

I had my dad make a shelf for the window in Kylie's closet b/c she likes to sit and watch outside but could only sit in the window if the window was opened.
I had at one time 3 bird feeders in the yard to Kylie could watch the birds out the window.