Is there any such thing as a "tortietude"...

[GILL]

YESTortitude is real. We have almost every color andhair length and the TOTIE'S are thier own breed. It seems that the darker the colors the more the attitude. Penny is the talk to the paw girl, Boots is "yo can pet when I want you too, Precious is I will sit on your shoulder when I want to and you WILL PET, Sweety "don't come near me", and Dobi " stop I'm here too be petted - now"
When ET was with us she was the pinical of Tortitude and she was big enough too enforce it.
If I sit to watch TV Demetri, MIts or Egypt will come up for some loving. But when Prcious comes evryone must go or get growled at and/or get wacked.

[smokey the elder]

In the Cat dictionary next to the word "tortietude" one might find a picture of Bosun! She can be a b.... at times...well, most of the time!

[slave2kitty]

OOOOOOOHHHH yes, there sure is... the stories I could tell you about kitty! :/. On the other hand we have found owning her very rewarding and love her to bits.

What I'm currently freaking out a little bit about is our first baby (human baby!) is due in a couple of weeks and I DON'T think kitty is going to take it well at all. She had been acting uber clingy and bipolar since I got pregnant, and aggressively destroys pretty much every new baby item/box she can get her claws onto. She will keep us awake all night if we don't let her sleep in bed with us, but we can't have her in our room once baby is born for safety reasons, and I really don't want to lock her outside in the middle of winter. She is like our baby- as soon as my partner or I get home she needs food, cuddle, toys, then more cuddles, more food, then bed, in that EXACT order or there will be hell to pay, she will ONLY eat food in our room, and ONLY drink water out of a human cup you fill in front of her etc etc. I'm actually really scared she is going to try to hurt or smother our child when it is born or just pull out her ultimate punishment and run away for weeks and get adopted by some suckers several kms away (this happens a few times a year).

Help! Any suggestions for how to avoid the inevitable catpocalypse?

[Vik121]

Just want to add, my tortie Melody has exhibited the classic symptoms of tortietude since I got her at the age of four months! However, times it by TEN an that's my Melody... I call it "Melytude"!