Kitty Alarm Clocks?

[Katelf]

My black cat Sid (short for Obsidian) wakes me up at 5:45 am in order for me to feed him and the other kitties. Never deviates from that time, the little scamp.

We play a game on the weekends though, he wakes me, and I cover my head. He then looks for any evidence of a hand or foot sticking out somewhere. No luck? Then he stands on top of me and jumps! I always giggle (or groan depending where he jumps) and so he knows I'm awake. I open the covers and he looks at me. I scoop him and hug him and let him go really quick. He leaps off the bed and looks at me. He knows I'm up!

It makes me laugh every morning. A good way to wake up!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Yes, I have a big orange one named Sunny. He sometimes tries to wake me up as early as 5am and Mon.-Fri. I don't get up until 6:30am. I take a shower first so I can wake up and then I feed them around 7:15am or so.

On weekends he'll try the same thing but I keep ignoring him until 7:15am or so. After I feed them, get them fresh water, and clean all of the litterboxes then I go back to bed.

It also doesn't seem to matter when I last fed Sunny. Last night I was up very late and I fed all them their last feeding at close to 1am. Sunny was still trying to wake me up very early and he started at about 6am. When I fed them around 7:15am they all seemed like they were starving even though they had only eaten about 6 hours before.

[jennielynn1970]

My guys are the same way!!! I can be up till 2 or 3 am, give them a snack, and then at 5:30, Honeybun is standing on my chest bellowing at me because I'm starving him! He's such a demanding boy! With him it's not just a certain time (every morning at 5:30 on the dot (15 mins BEFORE my alarm goes off ), but if I ever lie down to take a nap, or to try to get rid of a headache, when I get up, it's like it's a signal "OH, she's getting out of bed! We have to have food again!" and he'll run around and yell at me until I give him something to eat. And heaven forbid I actually get up and go to the bathroom before feeding them! That's just torture for them!

[emily_the_spoiled]

Charlie has figured out that if he grabs my braid at the base and pulls (really hard), I will wake up in very short order Usually he only does this on weekends when I get to sleep later than my regular 5:45AM alarm...

[moosmom]

Maya Linn is my 4 legged alarm clock. She gets me up at 6 a.m. by taking a running leap off of whatever part of my body happens to be exposed at the time. If that doesn't work, she'll sit on that exposed body part, stare at me and meow till I open my eyes. If I pretend to be asleep, or open one eye and continue to ignore her, she bites me on the nose. THAT gets me up!!!

Cats, can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.

[Randi]

Gosh, you all get up very early! The perfect time to get up for me is about 8-9, but of course I can't do that when I'm working.

Fister jumps up in bed in the mornings, but John and I had him really well trained, so he won't make a huge effort to wake me up, but go and lay down again - quite civilised. Sometimes when he tries a little later, I scoop him up close and put the duvet over (not his head though). It's only recently he puts up with that, and he won't stay more than 5 min.

When I do get up, he's there immidiately taking my spot on the pillow. He'll stay there until I come back from my shower, and we have a good cuddle. There's nothing better than soft fur against your naked skin, is there!