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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2004It's OK
I don't really mind being woken up by Frank at all hours of the night. After the initial shock of being awake at 4.30, it's quite nice to have him nudging my face and purring in my ear. I know I'd wake up early anyway, even if the cats were not there. That's just how my inner clock works. And I don't really mind being screamed at while I'm performing my morning worship on the porcelain bowl. The cats just want their breakfast. I can take the yowling. But what really gets my goat is when, five minutes after they had their breakfast, Frank lies sprawled out on the pillow (where, until recently, my head was resting comfortably), and if I make the slightest sound, he flattens his ears and opens one eye to glare at me, as if saying, "Keep it down, will you? Some of us are trying to sleep here!" -- Marina, bleary-eyed after yet another early morning wake-up ceremony including purrs and a claw strategically inserted under blankets and drawn along spine > I don't really mind being woken up by Frank at all hours of the night. After > the initial shock of being awake at 4.30, it's quite nice to have him [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > flattens his ears and opens one eye to glare at me, as if saying, "Keep it > down, will you? Some of us are trying to sleep here!" You should think yourself lucky Frank lets you sleep in his bed at all, so don't complain when he wants it back. ;-)  SignatureSnoopy A house is not a home, without a cat. > You should think yourself lucky Frank lets you sleep in his bed at all, so > don't complain when he wants it back. ;-) Of course, you're right, Snoopy. Never mind that I bought and payed for that bed, rightfully it belongs to Frank and Nikki. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > I don't really mind being woken up by Frank at all hours of the night. After > the initial shock of being awake at 4.30, it's quite nice to have him [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > including purrs and a claw strategically inserted under blankets and drawn > along spine 4:30 a.m.!? Me, too, Marina - thanks to Miss Oreo Kitty who walks along all the tender places to "help" me wake up, and, of course, she's purring all the while. Christine > 4:30 a.m.!? Me, too, Marina - thanks to Miss Oreo Kitty who walks along all > the tender places to "help" me wake up, and, of course, she's purring all > the while. Frank also walks or lays down on my hair that is spread over the pillow. Ouch! -- Marina > I don't really mind being woken up by Frank at all hours of the > night. After the initial shock of being awake at 4.30, it's quite [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > opens one eye to glare at me, as if saying, "Keep it down, will > you? Some of us are trying to sleep here!" Sounds like my downstairs neighbor! (Who used to have loud parties with guests who'd have loud conversations out on the sidewalk at 3 or 4 AM, who runs her washing machine at 1:30 AM, whose husband does auto mechanics in the driveway at 2 AM... but who bangs on the walls if I open or close drawers in my kitchen too loudly after 10:30 PM during the week.) Joyce > I don't really mind being woken up by Frank at all hours of the night. After > the initial shock of being awake at 4.30, it's quite nice to have him [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > including purrs and a claw strategically inserted under blankets and drawn > along spine Having read what Frank has to do (<g>), I'm not surprised he needs sleep immediately afterwards. His efforts have left him exahusted :^) Poor boy :^) I hope you're all keeping well. Sheenah When Bruiser wants me up he will jump on me. He has amazing aim and always lands right on my bladder. A sure fire method to get me up an hour early. Maya has tried a lot of methods. The worst thing she ever did was not long after she moved in. I was sleeping and I would hear a bang, then a pause of a few seconds then another bang, pause, over and over again. When I looked up I could not believe what I saw. Back then I had not replaced the miniblinds with the vertical blinds and she had jumped up on the window sill and was sitting there staring at me with one paw in the air and she crashed it into the blinds. She then immediately raised the paw up in the air paused a few seconds and did it again immediately raising the paw. The whole time she was staring right at me. It was as if she had assessed our strengths and weaknesses and knew she could break my will and outlast me. I rolled over and pulled a pillow over my head. There was no way I was going to reward that behavior. I would never know peace again. I think I have mentioned before that Maya sometimes scares me. >> I don't really mind being woken up by Frank at all hours of the > night. After [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > Sheenah > When Bruiser wants me up he will jump on me. He has amazing aim and > always lands right on my bladder. A sure fire method to get me up an [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > would never know peace again. I think I have mentioned before that Maya > sometimes scares me. LOL at the thought of one of my cat's antics to get me up::^) You may remember me mentioning some months ago that I have to put a barricade in front of the cat flap at night to prevent Hermoine and Jason from hooking it open and getting out. Last night, I used a portable electric heater against which I stood my husband's manual wheelchair with its brakes on. As it was getting light, I heard Hermoine moaning, as usual, to be let out. I ignored her. Eventually, she fell silent and went back to bed - or so I thought. When I got up this morning, I found the wheelchair and heater had parted company. The wheelchair was resting at an angle on a rubbish bag full of papers which I'd left in the hallway in readiness for putting out for the recyling men. The heater had also parted company with the cat flap and the cat flap had been pulled towards it and raised just high enough for a cat no bigger than Hermoine to slip through it. This rearrangement could have been done only by a cat with great strength. While I was still taking in the scene, Hermoine's head appeared through the partially-opened cat flap :^). She crawled through it, climbed over the heater, looked up at me, meowed and grinned :^) Tonight's barricade comprising the same heater, a vacuum cleaner and the *heaviest* of my husband's *electric* wheelchairs may prove to be more of a challenge to her :^)) Sheenah > While I was still taking in the scene, Hermoine's head appeared > through the partially-opened cat flap :^). She crawled through it, > climbed over the heater, looked up at me, meowed and grinned :^) > Tonight's barricade comprising the same heater, a vacuum cleaner and > the *heaviest* of my husband's *electric* wheelchairs may prove to > be more of a challenge to her :^)) Not when Hermoine (shouldn't that be Hermione?) figures out where the ON/OFF button is... > > While I was still taking in the scene, Hermoine's head appeared > > through the partially-opened cat flap :^). She crawled through it, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Not when Hermoine (shouldn't that be Hermione?) figures out where the > ON/OFF button is. (smiling) I don't often correctly spell her name :^). Maybe, that's one reason why I often shorten it to Moo Moo. Sheenah > When Bruiser wants me up he will jump on me. He has amazing aim and > always lands right on my bladder. A sure fire method to get me up an [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > would never know peace again. I think I have mentioned before that Maya > sometimes scares me. Sugar does that! Or used to. She really has mostly outgrown that <stare, bang> "Oh, am I disturbingyoumightaswellgetupnow" habit. Karen > Sugar does that! Or used to. She really has mostly outgrown that <stare, > bang> "Oh, am I disturbingyoumightaswellgetupnow" habit. LOL! When he was young, Frank used to do gravity checks early in the morning, together with the stare. He would look at me while slowly pushing some item from a shelf or table towards the edge. When I heard something being pushed, I had to look up to see if it was something breakable, and then Frank would greet me happily with exactly that might-as-well-get-up-then purr. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > When Bruiser wants me up he will jump on me. He has amazing aim and > always lands right on my bladder. A sure fire method to get me up an [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > would never know peace again. I think I have mentioned before that Maya > sometimes scares me. LOL! She does sound a formidable catlady. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >When Bruiser wants me up he will jump on me. He has amazing aim and >always lands right on my bladder. A sure fire method to get me up an >hour early. Maya has tried a lot of methods. Does anyone have a cat that *doesn't* want them to get up? Betty wants me to stay in bed, so that she can curl up on top of me. Somehow, she doesn't seem to associate me with the food bowl getting filled (it gets filled at irregular intervals, because I fill it when it gets low, and not on a set schedule). > >When Bruiser wants me up he will jump on me. He has amazing aim and > >always lands right on my bladder. A sure fire method to get me up an [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > filled (it gets filled at irregular intervals, because I fill it when > it gets low, and not on a set schedule). Ahhh, you must just be feeding dry food then. Our problem with Vino wanting us up in the morning didn't begin until we started feeding him canned food first thing in the morning. If you do decide to feed Betty canned food, I'd have to recommend that it should be at a time when you've been up for a while, or you may be joining the rest of us sleepless catslave schmucks ;-) -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > If you do decide to feed Betty canned food, I'd have to recommend > that it should be at a time when you've been up for a while, or you > may be joining the rest of us sleepless catslave schmucks ;-) I second this. I don't give my cats their canned food the minute I wake up for just that reason - I don't want them to associate "human getting out of bed" with "yummy food on plate". Besides, they're not going to starve - I keep dry food out for them all the time. Joyce > I second this. I don't give my cats their canned food the minute I wake > up for just that reason - I don't want them to associate "human getting > out of bed" with "yummy food on plate". Besides, they're not going to > starve - I keep dry food out for them all the time. We do the same thing. Tom used to feed them just as he woke up, but they started trying to wake us up earlier and earlier. Now they are not supposed to get food until 7am. They will still try to wake us up sometimes though... :) SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com Victor Martinez <me@nospam.com> had some very interesting things to say about Re: It's OK: >> I second this. I don't give my cats their canned food the minute I wake >> up for just that reason - I don't want them to associate "human getting [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >supposed to get food until 7am. They will still try to wake us up >sometimes though... :) That's why Felix gets his as a "it's time for you to be in for the night" event. I don't need a furry alarm clock. Motorbeak's rooster impression is bad enough. :-) Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > > If you do decide to feed Betty canned food, I'd have to recommend > > that it should be at a time when you've been up for a while, or you [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > out of bed" with "yummy food on plate". Besides, they're not going to > starve - I keep dry food out for them all the time. Very smart idea, Joyce. I wish I could go back and do it over again. That's certainly what I'd do. I keep dry food out all the time too, but when I began feeding wet first thing in the morning and at dinner time, the early am wake-up calls began. Now I can hardly pee before feeding Vino. He's very insistent. He's downright demanding. I must admit, I'm a bit afraid of him when he's like that ;-) -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > I second this. I don't give my cats their canned food the minute I wake > up for just that reason - I don't want them to associate "human getting > out of bed" with "yummy food on plate". Besides, they're not going to > starve - I keep dry food out for them all the time. I don't feed the cats first thing in the morning, either, yet still Frank insists on waking me up early. I don't kep dry food out for them, but I do give them a small snack of dry food in the evening, just before I go to bed (dry food = treat at our house). SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > >When Bruiser wants me up he will jump on me. He has amazing aim and > >always lands right on my bladder. A sure fire method to get me up an [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > filled (it gets filled at irregular intervals, because I fill it when > it gets low, and not on a set schedule). It's the same with my cats, they enjoy the peace and quiet I give them if I sleep until 10-11-12 AM on a Sunday morning.Food is not a question, there is always enough dry food for them in the bowl at all times. No, they just like to stay between my legs (that's Teti) or sleep in the sock's drawer (that's Teti's mother, Tiv?viel)... We are having good times here, no stress, no nagging, no nothing! The only thing that worries me now is that Teti, 14 months old, has become so much of a MAN that his eyes sometimes scare me. He looks at me as if he is saying: "Ok, you won't let me out, well, get me a girlfriend here, then!" And, of course I will do that, I just have to get him certified for breeding first... SignatureHans > Does anyone have a cat that *doesn't* want them to get up? Mike doesn't, now that he is an old f*rt kitty; he's usually happy to curl up and snooze with me. But when he was a younger cat, whenever he decided it was time for me to get up, whether 8 a.m. or 3 a.m., he would jump up on the bed and bite me *hard* and jump down and run away before I could react by swatting him. If necessary, he'd do it again. People who have cats who wake them up by making noise don't know how good they've got it. ;-) ------ Krista "Takayuki" <Takayuki9z@yahoo.com> wrote in message > Does anyone have a cat that *doesn't* want them to get up? Betty > wants me to stay in bed, so that she can curl up on top of me. > Somehow, she doesn't seem to associate me with the food bowl getting > filled (it gets filled at irregular intervals, because I fill it when > it gets low, and not on a set schedule). My four don't try to wake us up anymore, as we found that feeding them after work stopped the habit of waking the slaves at 4:00 AM for food. Now The Moose wakes DH at 5 to go out though.... Stacey :) > Having read what Frank has to do (<g>), I'm not surprised he needs > sleep immediately afterwards. His efforts have left him exahusted :^) > Poor boy :^) > > I hope you're all keeping well. We are trundling along. Glad to see you posting again, I hope you and yours are well. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > > Having read what Frank has to do (<g>), I'm not surprised he needs > > sleep immediately afterwards. His efforts have left him exahusted [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > We are trundling along. Glad to see you posting again, I hope you and yours > are well. Thank you :^) I'm happy to say that we've all been keeping well. Best regards Sheenah >I don't really mind being woken up by Frank at all hours of the night. After >the initial shock of being awake at 4.30, it's quite nice to have him [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >flattens his ears and opens one eye to glare at me, as if saying, "Keep it >down, will you? Some of us are trying to sleep here!" Always I am amazed at how lucky I am with Kenzie. She sleeps next to me, now on her electrically heated little bed, and the most she ever does is gently lay her head on my hand, to get a scritch or two. Usually, I don't even really wake up when she does this. And now that the weather has gotten bitterly cold in the frozen midwest of America, she's spending more time in my lap when I watch TV. What a little sweetheart she is. Every day with her is a truly a treasure. ~~~~~~ Life without cats would be only marginally worth living. TC and the unmercifully, relentlessly sweet calico kitty, Kenzie. How you behave towards cats here below determines your status in Heaven. - Robert Heinlein > Always I am amazed at how lucky I am with Kenzie. She sleeps next to me, now on > her electrically heated little bed, and the most she ever does is gently lay her > head on my hand, to get a scritch or two. Usually, I don't even really wake up > when she does this. You are really lucky. My sister is actually jealous of me (or so she says), because her cats don't wake her, even if she has overslept. She used to have a cat (Frank's Dad, so maybe it runs in the family) who would wake her up at 4-5 in the morning by tramping around her bed and walking back and forth across her face so that his (considerable) udder smacked her in the face. The times that our Mum looked after him, he would do the same to her. That cat really knew how to utilise his udder! SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > You are really lucky. My sister is actually jealous of me (or so she says), > because her cats don't wake her, even if she has overslept. She used to have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The times that our Mum looked after him, he would do the same to her. That > cat really knew how to utilise his udder! Boy am I glad that Guido, the Mafia Hitcat didn't have an udder. It was bad enough that he'd get Rob up for PT by sticking his whiskers up Rob's nose. If he had an udder to swing in his face as an alternate.... Pam S. >I don't really mind being woken up by Frank at all hours of the night. >After >the initial shock of being awake at 4.30, it's quite nice to have him >nudging my face and purring in my ear. I know I'd wake up early anyway, >even >if the cats were not there. That's just how my inner clock works. I'm lucky Spicey rarely attacks my toes before 5:30am Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= I've learned to not sweat the petty things, and not pet the sweaty things. |
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