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  1. #1
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    Good topic.

    Juni will knock over any glass of liquid. She will do it on command, for company.

    All three of my cats MUST drink from a glass in the bathroom basin. Lucy wants NEW water running while you are visiting the bathroom. She will also insist on clean water in the kitchen every time you enter the room. She sits and cries until you do it.

    Chloe screams bloody murder when she comes in from the porch. It is as though she misses everyone and wants to announce her arrival (again!).

    Prue, the dog, collects her toys and carries them to bed with us each night. She doesn't destroy her toys but carries them everywhere. She prefers ones that squeek.

    All three of my cats try to cover up their business using their paws OUTSIDE the litter box. So, all through the night I hear scratch, scratch, scratch.....to no avail. I sometimes yell at them and they usually stop.....

    If I leave a dish towel etc. near their food bowl on top of the freezer (where they eat), they will cover their food with the towel etc. Never fails.

    Lucy MUST sit on me when I talk on the phone. She tries to put her paw over my mouth many times during my conversation. Maybe I talk too much or too loudly.

    The cats love to sit in the dog's beds, too.

    I love this topic. Can't wait to hear whatever weird things others' cats do!

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    Cassie has a new one ... She must be with me if I'm in the bedroom or the bathroom. She puts herself inches from me when I'm getting dressed, brushing my teeth, putting on make-up and she waits for me on the bathroom rug when I'm in the shower. I'm not sure why.

    She would love to join in Flutter's push-everything-off-the-dresser game! Flutter, please come to Cassie's house, because we play that game with the coffee table. Pens, pencils, the remote control, cat toys... basically anything that is light enough for her to push.

    She also requires a "pre-breakfast" every morning between 3 and 4 AM and will meow more and more loudly at me till I wake up and serve it to her!

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    "That's the power of kittens (and puppies too, of course): They can reduce us to quivering masses of Jell-O in about two seconds flat and make us like it. Good thing they don't have opposable thumbs or they'd surely have taken over the world by now." -- Paul Lukas

    "We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays." -- Persius, first century Roman poet

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  3. #3
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    So many of these could be in the Cat Haiku thread which I just bumped up:

    A glass of liquid
    Simply must be tipped over
    Juni's rule: beware!
    I've Been Frosted

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    Mystic's special bed
    Is daddy's Sudoku book--
    No puzzles for him!
    Praying for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine, and around the world.

    I've been Boo'd ... right off the stage!

    Aaahh, I have been defrosted! Thank you, Bonny and Asiel!
    Brrrr, I've been Frosted! Thank you, Asiel and Pomtzu!


    "That's the power of kittens (and puppies too, of course): They can reduce us to quivering masses of Jell-O in about two seconds flat and make us like it. Good thing they don't have opposable thumbs or they'd surely have taken over the world by now." -- Paul Lukas

    "We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays." -- Persius, first century Roman poet

    Cassie's Catster page: http://www.catster.com/cats/448678

  5. #5
    Eddie has some quirks that, if he was not so sweet and innocent, might be concerning...

    He likes his butt spanked. Often, hard...

    He "loves" his blankie. But only if I give it to him...

    He likes to get in the shower and drink the water on the ledge...

    We do not know where these things come from. I swear we never let him read kitty porn!

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    Oh, this is better than my "worship" thread - Bittie's lastest was to rummage through the clean laundry and pick out a washcloth that she then proceeded to knock on the floor, rabbit kick, roll around with, and "wash" her face with it. I put it on the crocheted square at the foot of the bed and she cuddles up with it when she's sleeping there.

    Another Bittie quirk - getting up on the top of the bookcases that are in the den. They were added by the previous owner and don't reach the ceiling. (Check out a picture in my first album.) It's Bit's way of getting my attention. But when I walk out of the room, she immediately jumps down - "Hey, Mom, where ya goin'?"

    Lulu likes to pick on Bibette and will stare her down at breakfast, when I give them some canned food - I've seen Bittie walk away without taking a bite (more like slink away ).

    OH - aren't they just so special?

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    Franklin is my strange kitty ......he thinks grooming Chelsea is his purpose in life. unfortunately this also means chewing off her whiskers. At some point she will get annoyed and swat him away, usually with much hissing and growling. He will also come into the kitchen and yowl at me until I follow him to the kitty room, lift him him up on the bed and pet him roughly......silly boy.
    Chelsea, on the other hand, is pure princess. I often lie in bed to work on my laptop and she will insist on laying
    on top of my right arm. Do you know how hard it is to mouse with a kitty sprawled across your forearm??? Lol
    Diane
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    Quote Originally Posted by edwina's secretary View Post
    eddie has some quirks that, if he was not so sweet and innocent, might be concerning...

    He likes his butt spanked. Often, hard...

    He "loves" his blankie. But only if i give it to him...

    He likes to get in the shower and drink the water on the ledge...

    We do not know where these things come from. I swear we never let him read kitty porn! :d
    woah !!!! Rofl
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    My son's 2 cats in residence here have a few quirks:

    They are petrified of the noise that plastic grocery bags make. They will run like the devil is after them every time they hear one. So of course that lets out buying any toys with the crinkle noise material.

    They must have the water left on a slow drip in the sink in my grandson's bathroom, so that they have fresh water all the time, even tho they have their own water bowls.

    They will steal hair scrunchies or pony tail bands, and their toy mousies, and deposit them in the water bowl in the kitchen only, and also play footsie in the same water bowl.

    One of them loves to spend the day hidden among the towels in the linen closet.



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