Cats Who Act Out

[NJCher]

I'm up in the middle of the night because my two were "acting out" in the living room. It goes like this.

First they'll be patient about waiting for me to get up and get them a snack. They "hint" by jumping up on the bed and staring me in the face. But if I don't get up, pretty soon it escalates. They do things that they know annoy me.

Like there's a little paint chipping on the wall. Pretty soon I'll hear them scratching away at it. Another one is tearing up the litterbox plastic liner. They know that gets me screeching.

Chomping on the houseplants and audibly smacking is another "subtle" message.

Clawing the furniture (just a little) is always good for some instant attention, too.

Then, just to make it fun, if I get up and get them a snack, they look at it and walk off.

KILL!!


Cher

[kaitykaity]

1. As with mine, they have you

very well trained.

:evilgrin:

Mine sits on the top of my computer tower 3" away from my
left elbow (the tower's on the floor next to me) and stares
soulfully at me. "Feed me."

[demnan]

2. Pad Thai is a master at this, unfortunately

I have one of those tabletop Boise players and all the controls are on the top of the radio which has a nice flat surface. Pad Thai has discovered that he can make music happen by walking across the player, he can also change the time and turn off or on the alarm. He does this in the middle of the night. First he will knock over the box of tissues I keep on top of the Boise player then I reach over and grab him from the top of it before he can change anything. After this he walks over to the dresser and starts knocking things over, my hairbrush, a glass bottle full of pins, etc. I turn over to go back to sleep and he's back on the radio, and turns on a station LOUD!

It's annoying but it's also very funny!

[Eurobabe]

3. oh yeah! I have 2!

The fat older one will sit outside the bedroom door and paw/scratch, and do this low pitched yowl. He's pretty good if I tell him to stop it, he will (I have had to lock them out lately because of health issues and not sleeping well) If the door is open, he will pounce his 24 lbs. on the bed, and then race and jump off. Or he will fight with the little one if he is up there too, ankle-biting, sparing, etc.

We segregate their food dishes, Daemon's is up on the counter top of desk in kitchen downstairs, he pukes if he gets the older cats higher fiber food. Phase 1: The younger devil, if the door is open and he has no food in his dish, will jump WHOOSH practically on my face, and sniff me, and stare. If that doesn't work, phase 2: he moves over to the nightstand and knocks off pill bottles, water bottles, TV remotes, etc. The last, and WORST thing he does, phase 3: is leap to the very top of our wooden headboard, and then skate down, he has scratched our sleigh bed headboard. That really pisses me off! Phase three has been known to generate airborne pillows and flying cats!

[meow2u3]

4. Mine wrecks my house!

When I don't get up to feed Boots--even if it's 4:30 in the morning--he'll knock over everything he can, make a whole lot of racket, and if that fails, he'll use me for a trampoline (meowing incessantly) until I get my ass out of bed and give him some food.

Another thing: he's constantly underfoot. I can't even take a shower without Boots right there watching. What is he? purr-verted? I dyed my hair this morning, and there was Boots, right up in the sink while I was applying the hair coloring! Needless to say, he did pay--he got one small dark brown blotch on his fur!