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Post by gonewalkabout on Aug 2, 2014 13:24:09 GMT
My cats both do a lot of those same things. Bob has in the past sat at the table. Sam will just blatantly sit on the table (or wants to, course we have to remove him).
Bob loves water dripping down the walls in the shower and will play with it.
They both follow me everywhere. If I'm on the porch, they'll sit next to the closed door.
Bob likes to sleep perched up on one of my feet when I'm in bed. He loves sleeping on lumpy things. He also likes to sleep perched up against a pillow on any given chair or sofa, much like he's trying to sit like a person.
Hiding behind curtains is a big thing. He pounces when you walk past.
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Post by Sharon on Aug 2, 2014 13:25:55 GMT
We have a cat that growls and chatters at the birds outside. She doesn't like the birds. LOL
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Post by farmdpea on Aug 2, 2014 13:29:59 GMT
My cat is boring compared to y'all's! I adore the pic, OP! My animals are heathens and would be helping themselves to the dish of their choice.
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Aug 2, 2014 13:35:43 GMT
Cats can be so entertaining. As I sit here typing, both cats are with me because they follow me from room to room. Our cats do many of the quirky things mentioned in this thread. They love it when I change the sheets on the beds and it can make putting on clean sheets fairly challenging.
Our little cat loves my cell phone. When ever it rings, he runs from where ever he is in the house to sit and stare at it.
I'm lucky that both our cats are snugglers and lap cats. Unconditional love...one of the best perks of pet ownership. (Although most of the time I'm not sure who owns whom!)
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Post by Scrapbrat on Aug 2, 2014 13:43:35 GMT
Our cat does many of these things. She does do the sit at the table thing, too. I think it is so funny. I always feel like she's thinking hey where's my plate?
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Post by 1lear on Aug 2, 2014 14:42:21 GMT
These are great stories-I love cats. We have three-Venus only lets us pet her in our bathroom. She jumps up on the side of the tub and will meow until we pet her, but forget it if we try to pet her when she's in our bedroom-she runs and hides under the bed. Orion is currently obsessed with my oldest daughter-he follows her everywhere. Iris has a special blanket she loves that we keep as a couch throw. She'll go lay down with whoever is using the blanket.
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Post by sillyrabbit on Aug 2, 2014 15:11:13 GMT
We have several wooded acres on our property, and my cat will go on walks thru the woods with me. It's me, DH, our two dogs, and the cat.
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Post by kristalina on Aug 2, 2014 15:19:04 GMT
Ours has to stick her front paw in the water before taking a drink, it's like she doesn't see that it's there, she has to feel it. And she also sits at the table with us. This is her - Charlotte - I'm really posting because we have the same kitchen chairs as your yellow one. Did you paint it? Our table and chairs started out white and dh stripped/stained the table top and painted the bottom and chairs turquoise for me.
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Post by Charlotte on Aug 2, 2014 15:57:29 GMT
Ours has to stick her front paw in the water before taking a drink, it's like she doesn't see that it's there, she has to feel it. And she also sits at the table with us. This is her - Charlotte - I'm really posting because we have the same kitchen chairs as your yellow one. Did you paint it? Our table and chairs started out white and dh stripped/stained the table top and painted the bottom and chairs turquoise for me. We picked up the yellow ones at the thrift store for $5. They match the light wood of our kitchen island. Do yours swirl?
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Post by fruitysuet on Aug 2, 2014 17:14:39 GMT
Oh I am loving all these stories and I am missing my old cat so much. We had a brother and sister who both died last summer. The boy was like a little dog with me, always following me, jumping up, having a love, coming for a cuddle in bed. We have three new kitties and not a one of them is a lap cat
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Post by birukitty on Aug 2, 2014 18:19:34 GMT
We have two elderly gentleman cats. James is our shelter kitty who we adopted at 8 weeks. DS was 8 at the time and named him after James Bond. James is 17 now but is still as spry as a kitten and acts it. He's also a druggie-he's addicted to cat nip. Just loves the stuff like crazy! Will sit in front of the cupboard and yowl until we give him some. He's a gray tabby with blue eyes, who loves to sit out on our screened in back porch and watch the world go by. He's a very laid back cat-whatever is his favourite word.
Biru is my 16 year old Traditional Siamese cat. His name is Thai for "blue". He's the most intelligent, loving cat I've ever had and I've had cats since I was 8 years old. He's also the boss around the house and even used to boss our German Shepherd around while she was still with us by stealing her big, huge LLBean dog bed. He'd sit right in the middle, stretch his paws out and just look at her as if he was saying, "Ahh, this is so comfortable". And she'd stand there and let him get away with it! Every time! Then she's walk away with a moan and flop on the hardwood floor. Poor puppy.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by krazykatlady on Aug 2, 2014 20:52:07 GMT
I just thought of another one. Our cat growls when a firetruck goes by. Never an ambulance or a police car, only firetrucks and since we live down the road from a fire station it happens frequently.
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Post by momto4kiddos on Aug 2, 2014 20:58:55 GMT
Cats are quirky creatures for sure, lol! One of ours would hear the front door open and come halfway down the stairs to see who was there...we started calling her catdog swearing she was part dog.
My other one had some urinary issues so I needed to make sure he peed a couple times a day. Who says you can't train a cat. I take him to his litter box and he gets in and pees. I actually can open the basement door now and he knows it's time to go so he heads down and does his business.
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Post by gracieplusthree on Aug 2, 2014 22:08:39 GMT
our house cat Ripley(she's a rescue but is colored like a blue point siamese,the other 2 in the litter were solid smokey gray).. anyway she is the first cat I've ever had that does the chatter thing, if there is a moth or something in here, or a bird outside gets her attention she chatters up a storm..cracks me up..
she scolds me for sneezing. only me. every time I sneeze she chatters and sometimes also meows at me. every.time.
she also scolds the outside dog for jumping up on the storm door,the bottom of it is aluminum I think(ya know plain old screen/storm door) and so it makes noise.. she has also done this at other abrupt unexpected noises, we think she doesn't like her peace interrupted,but I am the only one who gets into trouble for sneezing.
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Post by kristalina on Aug 2, 2014 23:33:28 GMT
no swirling! lol
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Post by Pamelou on Aug 3, 2014 3:48:51 GMT
My one cat has to run to the bench seat of the picture window in livingroom every time we leave the house by car. We always feel so guilty because she really looks sad staring at us as we pull away.
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Post by Pamelou on Aug 3, 2014 3:54:29 GMT
Omgoodness gracieplusthree:
I always assumed my cat was saying God bless you to me. Also, she usually starts the chatter before I sneeze. I wonder how she knows I'm going to sneeze.
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Post by scrapsuzy on Aug 3, 2014 4:17:50 GMT
3 cats, all with their own quirks. The funniest, though, is our girl, Fiona. She chases her tail every. single. day. Not just like she's playing with it. But as if she really doesn't realize that it is attached, and it scares her to death. We've seen it start, and she gets startled by a twitch (she startles easily), then attacks, sometimes viciously. She'll flop all around trying to subdue it, and then eventually must feel like she has it under her control, until the next day.
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Post by stephofalltrades on Aug 3, 2014 4:53:23 GMT
We've had 2 cats since we've lived here and both disappeared after getting outside Smoky, long haired gray cat, always laid on his back with his legs sprawled out. He regularly stole things like spools of thread from my sewing room. I started saving the empties for him. He jumped up on a dresser one time and knocked a bunch of stuff over. It must have scared him because he never tried to get on dressers or counters again. He and Ziggy would come in the bathroom whenever I took a bath. Ziggy laid on the rug and Smoky in the magazine basket. He loved playing in water and once even jumped in the bathtub with me! He also found a gap in the kick plate under the counter next to the dishwasher and would crawl in it until he got to fat to fit. Jax, a little orange and white tabby, was our acrobat. He jumped and climbed on everything. When the dogs went outside he would pace form the front window to the door and back howling until they came back in. He would slink around the couch and pounce Ziggy from overhead at least once per day. He and Penny played and rolled all over the house. Even when he was a tiny kitten he would stand up on his hind legs and bat at her. He would walk around the edge of the tub and sit next to my head while I bathed.
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Post by octoberbeauty on Aug 3, 2014 5:31:51 GMT
My cat that has passed used to sit at the table with us, especially when we'd play games. She'd sit and wait till we gave her something to play with too. A pencil, a die, whatever, she just wanted to be part of the family.
She also sat at the window and chattered at birds. I loved listening to her talk to them.
We had a dog that turned mean, and he started growling at me one day (first time he'd ever done that). She came flying across the room, positioned herself between me and him, and started growling back at him as she went towards him. He backed down even though he was about 10 times her size! (we got rid of that dog)
I miss her so much.
We have three cats now. The weirdest one belongs to my oldest son. She's a tiny, bug eyed cat and she is extremely bossy with him. They're like an old married couple. She rarely leaves his room, and doesn't like for him to. Some nights we'll be sitting at the dinner table, and she'll come to his door and start sassing him to come to his room. The other night he came in my room to look at some shoes on my laptop. It only took a few minutes for her to come to my door and start fussing at him for not being in his room! It's getting to the point that it's freaky, and I wouldn't mind if she "disappeared". lol Our other two cats are awesome family members and love all of us.
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Post by sillyrabbit on Aug 3, 2014 5:56:14 GMT
Our other cat Charlie likes to sit in weirdly awkward positions.
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 3, 2014 17:13:52 GMT
Kit Snicket loves to "eat" watermelon, which really just consists of licking it until It disappears. We can't eat watermelon without giving her her own a tiny slice or she will not let you eat in peace. She also likes to help you drink your water if you have a glass and help you eat your otter pops. She is also the only cat I have ever met who does not "meow", but has plenty to say. She chirps and makes talking noises instead of saying meow. She even has a consistent sound she makes when she snuggles me. She also tries to steal scissors and nail clippers and probably has 20 pairs of the nail clippers hidden around the house, she is also the reason we can't do puzzles as she swipes pieces and hides them. Walter is a total love bug and loves to be held like a baby. When he wants to be picked up he puts his paws on my shoulder, when I am holding him he gently puts a paw on each cheek and will sometimes push his nose onto my cheek as a kiss. Boo is best friends with our rabbit, but is in love with Kit. Kit is not in love with Boo and doesn't want him anywhere near her, so he positions himself so he can stare at her from afar. Jo Buttons growls when anyone comes to the door, but if anyone besides my husband or I come on she takes off like a shot to hide until she is sure they are gone. She will only eat soft food off a flat plate, never a bowl, no matter how big or wide. Has to be perfectly flat. Pippin sits in the most indelicate positions I have ever seen a cat sit, all she needs is a little paper bag with a bottle of liquor in it, she looks like a derelict. When you pet her she raises one paw in the air above her head and "kneads" the air. Both Pippin and Jo Buttons love the iPad and watching seltzer water bubbles in a bottle. Jo buttons tries to eat the moving creatures in the iPad, pippin just wants to squash them.
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Post by gracieplusthree on Aug 4, 2014 2:33:54 GMT
Omgoodness gracieplusthree:I always assumed my cat was saying God bless you to me. Also, she usually starts the chatter before I sneeze. I wonder how she knows I'm going to sneeze. I guess its possible,but she only does it to me and it sounds like she's mad about it, so I always figured she was fussing.. She also does it to the outside dog for jumping on the door,and has done it because of other unexpected noises too lol(dump truck outside letting air off of air brakes for example)
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Post by camanddanismom on Aug 4, 2014 3:20:19 GMT
When we first got married, we had 3 cats. One night we were having friends over for dinner so I set our tiny little kitchen table with my best dishes etc. and was in the kitchen cooking shrimp. I turned to get something and all three cats had taken a seat at the table, waiting for their shrimp I guess! I didn't Scrapbook back then and really wish I had a photo!!!
Cats are funny! These 3 are no longer with us but we now have 2. They are so quirky and amusing! And totally different!
Enjoy your funny kitty!
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Post by Charlotte on Aug 4, 2014 3:28:22 GMT
I love hearing about everyone's quirky cats. Keep the stories coming!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2014 5:31:39 GMT
She she also crowds in front of my phone when I'm on it and when I try to take her picture she puts her paw on the shutter button and takes like 30 burst selfies! The second pic is one of her selfies! Attachments:
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Aug 4, 2014 6:11:33 GMT
I have a sweet, one year old girl, that only trusts me. DH calls her my shadow. We (I) adopted her, knowing she had been abused. Her whiskers were burned off, and she had infected spots, all over her body, where she had been burned. She was 10 weeks old. There is a special place in hell, for people that hurt animals.
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Post by duopenotti on Aug 4, 2014 10:25:07 GMT
Mine waited at the door when I got home from work. She followed me around. She played fetch. She also prentended to be a rocket and race through the entire house (the best part was her slipping in the corners). She talked back. If I said 'no' she would meow back. She loved it when SO was home (he was out of work), she would sit on his laptop if she needed his attention and general was a big help with his job hunting. When I would put DSD1 to bed, she would always be there on the bed and around 10 at night she would come downstairs. If we were in bed she would jump in the windows, jump to a nightstand, walk all over our pillows in order to settle at my feet. Mind you, I lay close to the door so she could have jumped straight on the bed. During cold winter nights, she would lie between me and my SO. When she became ill, she was the one to tell me it was her time. She felt so awful and the only thing she wanted to do was to lay on me or my SO and look at us with her big eyes.
God, I miss her.
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Post by krbeah on Aug 4, 2014 11:09:22 GMT
I have two cats. Nugget is 15 years old and the Rosie (my avatar pic) is 2 years old. We do not let them in our bedroom at night because no one would get any sleep. They both tend to sleep a lot during the day and roam at night. Nugget, without fail, will sit at the bedroom door and meow at 4am every morning like it's his duty to give us a wake-up call. Rosie loves to steal my makeup brushes, hair clips. She can sniff out ear buds from a mile away and destroy them within minutes. They love to spoon each other... it's the cutest thing. Rosie chatters at the birds, bugs and bees! Nugget back talks A LOT! If Nugget is getting all the attention, Rosie will sit on the TV bench blocking the view of the TV until we talk to her. Rosie LOVES fresh laundry straight out of the dryer. She will bury herself under the clothes, soaking up the warmth, as long as we will let her. She will fight you for the last warm towel.
** not sure how to make that picture smaller.... sorry*
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Post by Weaselwise on Aug 4, 2014 12:07:35 GMT
I'm also catless at the moment (I live on a main road and am awaiting some major building works so don't want a cat that could be accidentally let out...) When ex-DH and I moved into our flat we inherited 2 cats from the previous owners as they were going abroad and couldn't rehome them. Stormy was all over us like a rash from Day 1, whereas it took Bert several weeks before he would even come in the flat when we were there. Then he'd only come into the kitchen and dive back outside thru the catflap if we walked in. Slowly he got to trusting us more, until one night we'd gone to bed, Stormy sprawled across the bottom of the bed as usual, and Bert suddenly jumped up and settled down too - ex-DH and I didn't dare move for fear of scaring him off... after then he was fine. They would both follow you into the bathroom and had a fascination with the loo - if you were in the bath and had your bath towels folded up and stacked on the loo seat they would both jump up and curl up on them (and they weren't small cats either lol...) and if you'd gone in to actually use the loo Stormy would often jump up onto your lap whilst you, er..... (er TMI but you get the idea...!) Fast forward 15 years, Stormy and Bert are long gone. So too are Chloe and Nolly, and Sophie... Finally I had Tommy - a rescue cat with a very sad tale... he liked sleeping outdoors under parked cars... one day he didn't react quick enough and the car drove off over the top of his back legs and smashed one of them badly... poor little sod dragged himself around for a couple of weeks, barely eating, and his owners did NOTHING - said they couldn't afford to take him to the vets etc... (funny how they both went on posh foreign holidays and got new iPhones during that time...) when they did eventually get shamed into taking him, Tommy spent 5 weeks in the vets, racked up over £2,000 in operations and drugs, and the vets threatened to report them to the RSPCA... Of course when he came home the other cats picked on him so the owners wanted shot of him... so I ended up with him. Took him just a few days to settle in because he realised very quickly that he was the centre of attention (no other cats and I lived alone as ex had long gone...) and within a couple of weeks or so Tommy ruled... he'd follow me around, always wanted to sit or lay next to me on the sofa, would sleep at night in the crook of my arm and get very disgruntled if I neeed to move... in the mornings whilst getting ready for work he'd sit and watch me, then as I went downstairs to my front door he would stay at the top watching until I'd gone out the door, then race thru into the lounge and jump onto the back of the chair so he could see me from the window... no idea of course what he did whilst I was at work but when I got home he'd be on the chair again looking out of the window for me, would start yelling at me thru the glass, and then by the time I'd got in thru my front door he'd be halfway down the stairs miawing excitedly at me, telling me all about his day lol...
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