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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2006Kitten Questions
You'd think, having 12 cats, that I have *all* the answers. Wrong. Why is it, that whenever I'm scooping the litterboxes, the cats follow me around? Kittens especially. On several occasions Bam-Bam or Barney has stuck his nose, or entire self, into a litterbox as I scoop it. Once Bam-Bam very neatly and conveniently hopped into the litterbox just as I took the lid off, squatted and left a kitten-sized clump of fresh pee for me to scoop. Usually they play in the lid: one or two will get under the lid and stick their paws out under where the latches are (that hold it onto the base), which then promptly get pounced by the other kitten(s). Then the kitten on the outside will reach into the lid through those same holes, and then the fun begins (again). Why do kittens want to sleep on my chest? All three of them at the same time? Now I've *never* been very ample in the chest area, and even when they were little there was only room for one, so why do they all three insist on fitting on my chest now that they are 2-3 times the size they were before? the past week we've been letting the kittens have free range throughout the house full time (after finding out that they *can* avoid the d-pet when needed), and last evening Betty kept trying to nap on my chest while I was watching TV and working on a cross stitch project. Bam-Bam was napping elsewhere and Barney was next to my lap. I would stop my cross stitch, love on Betty, then put her on my lap or next to Barney, then renew working on the stitching. Within 3 minutes, Betty would be creeping back onto my chest, either skootching between the stitching and me, or actually going the roundabout way via the back of the sofa, then my shoulder, then my chest. Stop stitching, love on fuzzy-purry kitty, put her back on my lap, renew stitching. Repeat. Repeat again. And again..... after about the tenth repeat, finally give up on stitching and just enjoy lovey-dovey purrball on my chest. <sigh> I'm going to miss them tomorrow while they are at TED having their S/N ops :(  SignatureThe ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > You'd think, having 12 cats, that I have *all* the answers. > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > I'm going to miss them tomorrow while they are at TED having their S/N ops > :( They probably love to hear your heartbeat -- reminds them of their mother. MLB "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in news:44canpF1g5d6U1 @individual.net: > Why do kittens want to sleep on my chest? Because you reward them for doing so. Chak SignatureToo much of philosophy comes across as "Science as it would be practiced by Lawyers or Politicians". --Terry Jones, posted to alt.support.autism > "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in news:44canpF1g5d6U1 > @individual.net: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Chak And because there is only ONE Ping :D >> "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in news:44canpF1g5d6U1 >> @individual.net: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> > And because there is only ONE Ping :D Ping doesn't want to sleep on my chest - he wants to wrestle with my head! Silly buggar comes in, wraps his arms around my head and bunny kicks (no claws), and starts chewing my hair! It's Betty, Barney and Bam-Bam that sleep on my chest! > >> "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in news:44canpF1g5d6U1 > >> @individual.net: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > It's Betty, Barney and Bam-Bam that sleep on my chest! Yes, but don't they like to sleep on Unka Ping? >>>> "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in >>>> news:44canpF1g5d6U1 @individual.net: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Yes, but don't they like to sleep on Unka Ping? When he wants to sleep, they want to wrestle, when they want to sleep, he wants to wrestle... so they sleep on Mommy while Ping wrestles with Mommy's head :D > "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in news:44canpF1g5d6U1 > @individual.net: > >> Why do kittens want to sleep on my chest? > > Because you reward them for doing so. HAH They're liable to get inhaled when I start one of my snore-sessions :D "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in news:44clb1F1gs8rU1 @individual.net: >> "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in news:44canpF1g5d6U1 >> @individual.net: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > They're liable to get inhaled when I start one of my snore-sessions :D That may be even more incentive. Why bother cleaning themselves when mommy will vacuum them as soon as she goes to sleep? Chak SignatureToo much of philosophy comes across as "Science as it would be practiced by Lawyers or Politicians". --Terry Jones, posted to alt.support.autism > "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in news:44clb1F1gs8rU1 > @individual.net: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > That may be even more incentive. Why bother cleaning themselves when > mommy will vacuum them as soon as she goes to sleep? I was wondering how come *I* was the one hacking up hairballs every morning ;) > Why is it, that whenever I'm scooping the litterboxes, the cats follow me > around? > Why do kittens want to sleep on my chest? All three of them at the same > time? I know the answer and it is terrifying. Because the bitties did, and still do, the exact same thing to Dylan. They sleep on his chest and follow him around as they have for the past 2.5 years. You are their mother. Even with their real mom around, they seem to think of you as a parent and fellow cat. They want to sleep on you because kittens sleep on their mom. They want to follow you so they can learn to imitate your behaviours (plus there is a pleasure of pooping in a clean box, and also if that's when the fun is to be had, that's when they'll come :) Congratulations on your cathood. --Fil You haven't read the laws of cat physics yet LAW OF CAT INERTIA - A cat at rest will tend to remain at rest, unless acted upon by some outside force, such as the opening of cat food, or a nearby scurrying mouse. LAW OF CAT MOTION - A cat will move in a straight line, unless there is a really good reason to change direction. LAW OF CAT THERMODYNAMICS - Heat flows from a warmer to a cooler body, except in the case of a cat, all heat flows to the cat. FIRST LAW OF CAT ENERGY CONSERVATION - Cats know that energy can neither be created nor destroyed and will, therefore, use as little energy as possible. LAW OF BAG/BOX OCCUPANCY - All bags and boxes in a given room must contain a cat within the earliest possible nanosecond. LAW OF FURNITURE REPLACEMENT - A cat's desire to scratch furniture is directly proportional to the cost of the furniture. LAW OF PILL REJECTION - Any pill given to a cat has potential energy to reach escape velocity. LAW OF CAT COMPOSITION - A cat is composed of Matter + Anti-matter + It Doesn't Matter. LAW OF SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM - Given enough time, a cat will land in just about any space. LAW OF CAT OBEDIENCE - As yet undiscovered. LAW OF VIBRATIONS - A cat's purr resonates at the precise frequency required to subdue and pacify it's host. LAW OF AGILITY - Cats always land on their feet. Even if it unquestioningly appears that this is not what happened, the cat knows that it did. LAW OF COEXISTENCE - All other life forms exist to be annoyed by, eaten by, or to serve the cat. Including you. LAW OF RELAXATION - A cat in it's most relaxed state is five times more limp than anything else. LAW OF FELINE-HUMAN GRAVITY: A sleeping cat's personal gravity field can increase by up to five times when lying on a human.. And in answer to your questions.........because they can. :-) Shirley http://community.webshots.com/user/shirleycatuk SignatureShirley http://community.webshots.com/user/shirleycatuk > You'd think, having 12 cats, that I have *all* the answers. > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > I'm going to miss them tomorrow while they are at TED having their > S/N ops :(
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