Updates and running commentary from our critters

[mts]

Solar powered for evening activity?

[small_h]

You mention both The Sunshine Boys and yelling to be let in, so in my head I just hear “EntERRR!”

[LindaWhit]

@mts

Solar powered for evening activity

Actually, I think that’s it, as both had the zoomies for a LONG time after dinner.

[mts]

Natch. Our old man 15+# black cat, has been seeking out every ray he can find recently. That’s tough because we’ve been overcast and snowy. Even if there is a peek of sunlight, he’ll find it, even if for a minute or two. If he were to go outdoors, he’d find more patches of sunlight in the yard. love petting his warm coat in the sun.

[ottawaoperadiva]

@linguafood

He always likes to … celebrate our return that way. It’s a very odd way of welcoming us back

I had a cat a few years ago that did the same. He was on his best behaviour the whole time I was away, regular bowel movements always in the litter box the whole time I was gone, but the day I’d come home he’d leave a turd on the floor just inside the door to my apartment. It was his own odd way of welcoming me home.

[linguafood (Natascha)]

Oh, he does use the litter box. Sometimes with less success than other times. He’s a big boy, and the litter box is smaller than the one we have at home.

I also love how he usually comes out of the bathroom (basement at home) flying through the pad / house while howling like a banshee.

Cats be weird

[small_h]

[mts]

It is so entertaining how ‘blessed relief’ is acted out in our felines. I think that is why the parents named one of our Siamese, ‘Bang-Pow’. I wonder if this has been observed in the big cats in the wild?

[small_h]

@mts

I wonder if this has been observed in the big cats in the wild?

That’s a great question. Let’s write a grant proposal to study this possible phenomenon.

[Desert-Dan (Dan)]

I was taking car of a friend’s cat a few years ago, that did the exact same thing (right by the front door).

She put a piece of Aluminum Foil on the floor right by the front door and the cat stopped that behavior.

This pet owner would place the aluminum foil down before she left (for her trip) and keep it there for about 3 days after her return. I have no idea why this worked, but it did… perhaps it was the sound of the aluminum foil crunching under the cat’s feet – who knows.

[linguafood (Natascha)]

@Desert-Dan

perhaps it was the sound of the aluminum foil crunching under the cat’s feet – who knows.

It’s a common method for cat owners to detract their cats from bopping around on kitchen counters, too. Must be a combo of the feel and sound.

[HappyOnion (Tom)]

a very old trick to stop cats from scratching upholstered pieces . . .
pin newspaper to the vertical ‘scratch post’ areas.
the crinkly sounds deters.

which, does not always work…

[Amandarama (Amanda)]

Parker specifically doesn’t like metallic clinky or ringing noises. We keep slinky toys around for those moments he needs to be persuaded away from a surface.

[Meekah]

My little guy just stuck his head in a Kraft paper delivery envelope. It didn’t even have kibble in it. He needs to learn.

[linguafood (Natascha)]

Chonk’s been weird about joining me in bed in the mornings… maybe bc he’s too used to hiding under it whenever another random fire alarm goes off in our building.

This morning, however, he finally shnuggled up next to me in his usual spot. Nope, can’t lie to the right of me. Has to be the left side, which required my moving more to the middle

#catsbeweird

PS: Looks like the boy could use another brushing sesh. The. Shedding. Never. Ends.

[Meekah]

My girl always has to snooze on my right side. Always. And my little guy had his Big Boy Surgery yesterday. Sent me home with a collar of shame for him. HA. I could only get it over his head and around his neck by holding his favorite toy at the big open end, and he stuck his head through the hole. Then I tied the ties. He Houdini’ed his way out of it twice and I gave up. A neighbor down the hall left a soft collar outside my door; I’d have to knock him unconscious to put that on. So if he’s gonna lick, I’m stuck. But I did put an end to his manic running around and playing (also verboten) by incarcerating him in a large Sturdi car shelter that I’ve had for years (fits across the back seat). It’s 3 ft long so there’s room for bed, box, and food. He’s pretty much resigned to his fate, gets plenty of treats, sleeps, only fusses at me when he sees me. I can’t spring him for 2 more days. I do reach in and pet him.

This is the shelter.

[paryzer (Eli Paryzer)]

[paryzer (Eli Paryzer)]

[Vecchiouomo (Tim Irvine)]

The reward for a long walk on a cold and rainy morning!

[linguafood (Natascha)]

But where’s yours?