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Is Otis (London) unique?

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mlabofski@yahoo.co.uk - 02 Aug 2005 18:44 GMT
I bet he isn't, who's cats have these endearing qualities other than
mine?

1. Whines for me to go in kitchen, I assume he needs either food or
wants to go in the garden, so I follow him into the kitchen, nope
there's still food in the bowl and when I open the door he doesn't go
out (b/f said he does it "because he can").

2.  Leaves a tiny amount of food in his bowl (emergency rations just in
case mum doesn't get back on time) - then (apparently) 5 minutes before
I get home (how does he know I'm on my way) - scarfs down the rest of
it.

3.  Sometimes sits with his bum outside the litter box and craps on the
floor, but still tries to cover up the non-existent dum, grrr.

4.  Ignores me for hours, disappears upstairs to lord knows where, but
the minutes the computer is switched on demands attention at my feet,
then if is ignored, jumps up and sits between keyboard and screen, and
demands kisses.

5. I buy a new lovely cream sofa, because he didn't sit on the old dark
one I thought it'd be ok, ha bloody ha, mmm where shall we sit today
that we haven't moulted on, ooh look there's a nice clean spot.

6.  This is my favourite: when I lived in my old place, which was quite
a dodgy neighbourhood.  I'd gone away for the weekend and a neighbour
from another block was looking after him.  When I got home late Sunday
night (no all night shops in that area) there was no food in his bowl,
none in the fridge and he was in no way going to let me get thru the
night without feeding him.  Boy was I angry, I thought she'd not fed
him since the morning.  So I called up another neighbour who said I
could have a tin of tuna to keep me going til morning, had to walk
across dodgy estate and back in pouring rain.  The next morning I
called said petsitter to give her a bollocking, and yes, you've guessed
it, he'd been fed not an hour before I'd got home, grrr!!  I guess
that's the trouble with being a veggie, you never have anything that
they'd eat in stock.

Anyway, rant over best pretend to do some work.

Marcia Slave Perfecto
Adrian - 02 Aug 2005 18:53 GMT
> I bet he isn't, who's cats have these endearing qualities other than
> mine?
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>
> Marcia Slave Perfecto

Sounds like a perfectly normal owner to me.
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Bill Stock - 02 Aug 2005 19:57 GMT
>I bet he isn't, who's cats have these endearing qualities other than
> mine?

Sounds like a good trainer.

> 1. Whines for me to go in kitchen, I assume he needs either food or
> wants to go in the garden, so I follow him into the kitchen, nope
> there's still food in the bowl and when I open the door he doesn't go
> out (b/f said he does it "because he can").

Cali thinks whining for food is undignified, when a head butt will do.
Smokey whines for food and sometimes because she can. Also caaries her Lemon
around at 4 am mewing for a playmate.

> 2.  Leaves a tiny amount of food in his bowl (emergency rations just in
> case mum doesn't get back on time) - then (apparently) 5 minutes before
> I get home (how does he know I'm on my way) - scarfs down the rest of
> it.

Cali does this, probably due to being a starving rescue kitty.
Smokey has a different take, doesn't like eating out of the bowl if she can
see the bottom. Will ask for a fillup even if it's not empty.

> 3.  Sometimes sits with his bum outside the litter box and craps on the
> floor, but still tries to cover up the non-existent dum, grrr.

Both girls have excellent litter habits. Although Smokey does try to bury
her barf with carpet.

> 4.  Ignores me for hours, disappears upstairs to lord knows where, but
> the minutes the computer is switched on demands attention at my feet,
> then if is ignored, jumps up and sits between keyboard and screen, and
> demands kisses.

Cali is a suck but only on HER terms, does not like being picked up. But
some rare mornings after you haven't seen her for a while she'll stand by
your feet and give you the "what the hell are you waiting for" look, until
she gets picked up.

Smokey stands on her hind legs in the mornig so she can be petted and arches
her back so she is easier to pick up. :)

> 5. I buy a new lovely cream sofa, because he didn't sit on the old dark
> one I thought it'd be ok, ha bloody ha, mmm where shall we sit today
> that we haven't moulted on, ooh look there's a nice clean spot.

We purchased a leather set a couple of years ago and neither cat bothered
with it for months. Then one day they started sleeping in the recliner. It
only suffered a few minor pricks before it got the obligatory blanket.

> 6.  This is my favourite: when I lived in my old place, which was quite
> a dodgy neighbourhood.  I'd gone away for the weekend and a neighbour
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> that's the trouble with being a veggie, you never have anything that
> they'd eat in stock.

Cali's trick is to tell different people she has not been fed. She's a bit
too corpulent, so she been on a diet for quite some time, becuase of her
food stealing (Smokey) and devious ways. In the morning she'll wake up one
person eat her food and then try telling the next person she has not been
fed. We had to start leaving notes under her bowl. :)

> Anyway, rant over best pretend to do some work.
>
> Marcia Slave Perfecto
 
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