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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2008Kitty quirks
All cats have quirks - it's one of their charms. In Martha's case, we've strewn magazines on the bedroom floor and the office table for her. She doesn't read them of course. She pounces on the "O"s and the dots over the "I"s in the text. Our cats like to lie on the the cat sheet we spread on the bed to protect the electric blanket. All, that is, but Emily. She prefers to burrow under the top sheet. All you see is a cat-sized lump. A few minutes ago, these two quirks converged. Emily The Lump was purring under the sheet when Martha jumped up onto the bed. She went straight to The Lump and sniffed it. I knew what was coming. She reared back and pounced. And pounced again. Nothing disturbs Emily. The purr never stopped. Martha abandoned her quirky game. What are your cat's quirks? > All cats have quirks - it's one of their charms. Correction: It's what they ARE. ;) In Martha's case, > we've strewn magazines on the bedroom floor and the office table for > her. She doesn't read them of course. She pounces on the "O"s and the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > What are your cat's quirks? I don't even really think of them as quirks, as my comment above indicates, because I have basically given up hoomin logic when dealing with the cats. ;) It is just what they are. ;) Stinky MUST sit on whatever you are reading. Book, magazine or newspaper. I have come to recognize that the act of spreading out something to read is nothing more or less than an invitation to Stinky to sit RIGHT THERE. Silly of me to think it's a magazine, anyway. It's obviously a sign saying STINKY MUST SIT HERE NOW. I've recently reported here that Stinky takes cool mist baths in front of the humidifier. And of course, he plays the piano. >> All cats have quirks - it's one of their charms. > > Correction: It's what they ARE. ;) Would have to agree with Kreisleriana, cats aren't cats *without* quirks. Pickle puts up stoicly with whatever 'love' Cary wants to dish out on him. Being a white cat, Cary seems to think it terribly amusing to turn him into a "tigger" or a "zedbra" with (non-toxic) textas (and no, I don't know the difference, but Cary gets very upset if I get it wrong) and poor old Pickle always has at least one stripe of colour on him somewhere before he eventually gets away from Cary. The weird thing is that Pickle is very much Cary's cat, not mine or Joel's. Suki has generlaly decided I am not a bad supplier of scritches (and food) and wants to be a lap fungus, Unfortunatley this usually means she ends up playing chicken with my bum. I am a big girl, I will admit, and I don't so much as gently sit down but rather sort of *fall* into a chair. My knees are such that for the last 20 or so centimetres, I cannot control the speed of my bottom landing, and nor can I do an emergency backup. Once I am past the point of no return, I *have* to make contact with the chair before I can get back again. But Suki *insists* on jumping onto whatever chair I am about to sit down on, causing me to fall off, swear, curse, strain back, knees and any other muscles involved when my butt makes contact with her and (hopefully) before the point of 'no return'. This morning, she timed it a bit late and I managed to smack her good with my bum. You'd think she'd learn, but she seems a remarkably dense cat. The only smart thing she does is run away from Cary, which is something Pickle doesn't do. Pickle (much like Shmogg) has a distinct preference for drinking the warm water left in the shower well just after I (and only I) had had a shower. If that isn't forthcoming, then vanity's tap in the bathroom is the next best tasting water. To do this, though, he has to stand nearly upright on his front paws to drink from the sink hole, rather than from the tap. He won't drink from the tap directly or the stream of water, nor does he drink from any water just left around the plug hole, it has to be *running* water *and* has to be around the plug hole. Shmogg was the same. So much for the 'ice cold water' cats are supposed to like! Mmm, warm & soapy, just the way I like it! To show just how bonded Cary & Pickle are, Cary also regularly gets into the shower well after I've had a shower, and with bum high inthe air, he *also* licks up the water from the shower well, right along side Pickle. If Suki comes along to the shower well, Pickle will bat her out of the way till he's finsihed and its her turn, but The Yowlet is welcome to drink right along side him. Suki has also taken up fish hunting. She can spend *hours* batting at my fish tank every day. The fish no longer seem to care, and some of the danios seem to actually play tag with her paws. Danios are smart fish and I have the idea that one day I'd liek to breed them.... not now though, no time. Pickle's previous name was Casper. I am starting to wonder whether that was because he was unsociable and was never seen. He'll hang around Cary when Cary's about, but Pickle goes off to hide in Pickle secret places, and we rarely if ever see him - and if we do he's where Cary is. Pickle also doesn't seem to like scritches or any other form of lovin's from us adults, but will camp outside Cary's bedroom all night long to make sure he's safe (no cats in the room whilst Cary is in bed, otehrwise Cary will stay up all night playing with them). Pickle is a very strange cat - sometimes I really do wonder wehther he's channeling both Shmogg & IBKFergus some days, he's like a combination of those two - bonded to Cary as IBKFergus was and as kooky as Shmogg. Suki just wants to be worshipped for the beauty that she is and to adorn peopl's laps. She doesn't seem to have a clue about much, but with her looks, she doesn't need brains. Really, all she needs is an infinite supply of catslave's laps and she'd be in heaven. Oh, and gooshyfood of course, don't forget the gooshyfood. Suki *loves* her gooshyfood. Pickle must eat sometime, but he never begs and I never see him touch his food. Walks away from gooshyfood whilst Suki is busy inhaling it all. Never seen him go potty either. Perhaps he is just a figment of my imagination. And don't forget the mysterious fights between the two of them that start at 3am. Always 3am. *Every* night. I can almost set my watch to the sound of the herd wilderbeast thundering across the Serengeti in the dead of night. But no howls or meows or hisses or whatever other noises are usualy emitted by two fighting cats (I think Pickle must know that Suki is deaf), just the sound of a whirlwind of cats bumping into each other and the floor & walls (and ceiling, I suspect) at lightening speed. Quirks? Thy name is Cat. Yowie Tiger: announces to the entire world that the bowl is empty the moment he can see the bottom, every cat on earth is going to starve immediately if the is not rectified. -Chester: uses the dish washer door as a spring board to bounce it until he feels he has enough bounce to then go to the counter. -Trudi: wants to be petted and when you touch her the purr starts, if you stop petting she shuts off the purr, jumps down, circles and jumps back up as if you won't remember she was just there. -OEJ: typical calico, there isn't enough space or bandwidth to list them. -Stormmee, punishes anyone she can get her paws on when DH leaves the house, then hides until he returns, when he is home she never lets him out of her sight if she can help it. -TV, plays fetch, and is the most overweight of our cats, Lee > All cats have quirks - it's one of their charms. In Martha's case, > we've strewn magazines on the bedroom floor and the office table for [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > What are your cat's quirks? My Lily likes to overturn waste baskets. She never goes after the kitchen garbage can, thank goodness, but every other wastebasket in the house is HER toy. DH calls her the 'garbage inspector' everytime he comes home and his office and the bedroom wastebaskets are over- turned and all the paper and stuff are all over the floor. She also must drink from the kitchen tap and only the kitchen tap. Bathroom taps are not for drinking, but the bathroom sinks are her favorite spots to nap in. Lily & her mama  SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time. > All cats have quirks - it's one of their charms. In Martha's case, > we've strewn magazines on the bedroom floor and the office table for [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > What are your cat's quirks? BW Willow every now and then sleeps in the sink in the bathroom. It is grey and she is mostly white. Once, I thought she was just a white washcloth and I turned on the water. If you have never seen a sleeping cat go from 0 to 60 in a split second, it is something to behold. > My Lily likes to overturn waste baskets. She never goes after > the kitchen garbage can, thank goodness, but every other wastebasket [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> >> What are your cat's quirks? > BW > Willow every now and then sleeps in the sink in the bathroom. It is grey [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I have 4 cats, and one of them (Tiki) has the strangest requirements for sleeping. She will only sleep on the top of the black leather chair in the family room. She also always faces toward the sliding door window when she sleeps. Of course, there is a reason for this. We have a possum that lives under our patio stoop. Every night, the possum comes out from under the stoop and begins to sniff around for food by the patio door. Tiki sleeps on that leather chair so that she can keep watch on the possum and guard the patio door for us. Sometimes, she will let out a little cat growl at the possum, but most of the time she will just observe the possum from her curled up sleeping position on the leather couch. Another one of our cats, Elfie, has eating quirks. She is the only cat that will eat French Fries, macaroni and cheese, and even niblet corn. If she sees that I am eating these things, she will stand by my chair and wait for me to give her some of this strange assortment of "people" food. If I don't give her any, she will wander over to the cat bowl and eat her cat food. However, after a minute or two, she will go to the carpeted living room and barf out the cat food on the rug. Strangely, she has never thrown up the fries or corn or macaroni she eats, only the cat food! At leadst hoomanz, u getz da point! On Feb 24, 8:05 pm, "Granby" <s...@joink.com> wrote: > BW > Willow every now and then sleeps in the sink in the bathroom. It is grey [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I have 4 cats, and one of them (Tiki) has the strangest requirements for sleeping. She will only sleep on the top of the black leather chair in the family room. She also always faces toward the sliding door window when she sleeps. Of course, there is a reason for this. We have a possum that lives under our patio stoop. Every night, the possum comes out from under the stoop and begins to sniff around for food by the patio door. Tiki sleeps on that leather chair so that she can keep watch on the possum and guard the patio door for us. Sometimes, she will let out a little cat growl at the possum, but most of the time she will just observe the possum from her curled up sleeping position on the leather couch. Another one of our cats, Elfie, has eating quirks. She is the only cat that will eat French Fries, macaroni and cheese, and even niblet corn. If she sees that I am eating these things, she will stand by my chair and wait for me to give her some of this strange assortment of "people" food. If I don't give her any, she will wander over to the cat bowl and eat her cat food. However, after a minute or two, she will go to the carpeted living room and barf out the cat food on the rug. Strangely, she has never thrown up the fries or corn or macaroni she eats, only the cat food! > My Lily likes to overturn waste baskets. She never goes after > the kitchen garbage can, thank goodness, but every other wastebasket > in the house is HER toy. DH calls her the 'garbage inspector' everytime > he comes home and his office and the bedroom wastebaskets are over- > turned and all the paper and stuff are all over the floor. Wastebasket inspection is also another of Emily's quirks. Her credo is "Leave No Wastebasket Upright". And all three of The Girls imitate Kreiseriana's Stinky in sitting in the exact spot in your book/ newspaper/magazine that you're reading. (In Martha's case she doesn't pounce on the "O"s and "I"-dots of your current reading-choice, she only does that to magazines left specifically for her to pounce on.) SignatureTheresa, Stinky and Dante drtmuirATearthlink.net On Feb 24, 8:01 pm, "Irulan" <lru...@comcast.net> wrote: > My Lily likes to overturn waste baskets. She never goes after > the kitchen garbage can, thank goodness, but every other wastebasket > in the house is HER toy. DH calls her the 'garbage inspector' everytime > he comes home and his office and the bedroom wastebaskets are over- > turned and all the paper and stuff are all over the floor. Wastebasket inspection is also another of Emily's quirks. Her credo is "Leave No Wastebasket Upright". And all three of The Girls imitate Kreiseriana's Stinky in sitting in the exact spot in your book/ newspaper/magazine that you're reading. (In Martha's case she doesn't pounce on the "O"s and "I"-dots of your current reading-choice, she only does that to magazines left specifically for her to pounce on.) Another Stinky quirk-- his paws do not touch the ground, if possible. Remember that kids' game, something like "OMG The Floor is Lava if We Touch it We Die"? He seems to have spent his entire life playing that game. He can navigate the entire first floor of the house without walking on the floor. He goes from the piano to chair tops to coffee table to the couch. He goes from the kitchen counter from the computer desk to the window sill. Walk on the floor? That's for people. And Dante. :P > What are your cat's quirks? When I get home after being away all day (usually for work), the Princess Rita meets me at the door and scolds me loudly and at length, using the most appalling language! Then she tells me all about her day in excrutiating detail. This all goes on while I take off and hang up my coat, check my phone messages, go to the bathroom, and change clothes. Then we settle down for some serious make-up petting. She is a cat who desperately wants to be a lap fungus, but alas, I don't have a lap! (I'm a rather substantial person) Jane - owned and operated by the Princess Rita I was considerably more fluffy when Violette came to live with us and she was Ferrell so when she first tried to climb into my nonexistent lap I was shocked, she then determined I should lay on my side so she could sit there to be petted, Lee > > What are your cat's quirks? > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Jane > - owned and operated by the Princess Rita > She is a cat who desperately wants to be a lap fungus, but alas, I > don't have a lap! (I'm a rather substantial person) That's what the side of the thigh is for. When relaxing, I will sit/ semi-recline on my couch (with my legs curled up behind me on the couch) and lean against the arm rest. This leaves an entire length of outer thigh available for feline enjoyment and napping. In fact, I have at times had Smudge perched on the side of my waist/chest, and Roxy meatloafing on my thigh at the same time. Wish someone could take a picture of that, but they don't do this when I have friends over. Then, of course, there's "the shelf". :) This applies to women only. But my cats aren't always in the mood to be that close to the human's face. Joyce - also lapless SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. > > She is a cat who desperately wants to be a lap fungus, but alas, I > > don't have a lap! (I'm a rather substantial person) [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > But my cats aren't always in the mood to be that close to the human's > face. Many guys will assure you that a decent beer belly creates a perfectly usable shelf. Cats aren't particular. Charlie used to think it was just a boob thing since Jake would always head for me when he was in the mood to go really crazy kneading. Then Jake learned that belly fat works just fine if I'm not available. Jo > Many guys will assure you that a decent beer belly creates a perfectly > usable shelf. Cats aren't particular. Neither Harri nor Amelia seem to mind mine. They still snuggle every chance they get. > What are your cat's quirks? i agree with theresa that 'cat, thy name is quirk,' but there is one thing that miranda does that is so funny. well, several things, but this is something i haven't experienced with any other cat. whenever mir feels like some luvins are in order, she comes and gets me - if i don't respond to her demands quickly enough, she'll stand up against my knee and dig her claws in - and lead me to the shower stall. there she will forcefully flop down and roll around. but it's no fun if i'm not watching. so if i refuse to follow her, she gets very flustered and gives me an earful. after she has rolled around in the shower stall, she can either 1. go and eat and i am to follow her to the feeding station and give her her plate, 2. be picked up, and after we have repeated the ritual for a couple of times, she might even settle for a nap on my arm, 3. go to my easy chair for some rough-housing. another thing she's started quite recently is to sit atop the tv while i'm watching it and watching it too. sometimes her little nose hangs so far down on the screen, i have to tell her to move. the other day a handsome bloke's face was on the screen and she reached down and tapped his cheek. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > another thing she's started quite recently is to sit atop the tv while > i'm watching it and watching it too. sometimes her little nose hangs so > far down on the screen, i have to tell her to move. the other day a > handsome bloke's face was on the screen and she reached down and tapped > his cheek. You have a cat who shares your taste in men! :) Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. |
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