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Cat Forum / General Topics / January 2009Do you allow your cat to go under the duvet when you are snoozing?
My cat doesn't like being stroked all the time. Only sometimes. When she wants. (If a stranger comes up and strokes her she will sometimes bite/scratch) Often when I'm snoozing, she approaches my chest purring away. If I stroke her head, she edges forward and sticks her head under the duvet. At this point I can not only hear the purring, I can feel the vibrations. The purring combined with the texture of her fur is really nice. If she feels I am not stroking her enough, she caresses my cheek/neck with the back of her head. This act makes my heart melt. (I must be such a sucker). Sometimes she rests on top of my thigh, and curls up into a circle. If I then call her name or gently stroke the back of her head she comes up and tries to get under the duvet. ------- At all other times she is averse to being stroked/touched. I mean you couldn't just walk up to her and pick her up for a cuddle, for example. ------- Her behaviour when she wants food: she meows loudly / walks and rubs her side against the leg of whoever is in the kitchen. When she is then given a bowl of food (from the tin) she sometimes just looks at it and then walks away. wtf? Other times, she'll tuck into it. ------ When there is a fly/wasp in the room: She has to kill it. She will leap up from the floor up against a window/wall/ door and trap the insect with her claws. She then appears to eat it. (Er.. gross) I can't imagine insects are very nutritious or appetizing to cats. I can only imagine she does this because she's bored? ------ Being friends with other cats She hates all other cats and will square up to any feline. In fact, the fur around her face/neck stands up and she becomes more courageous when I am around. She's a dainty little thing and would easily loose in a fight against a large male cat, for example. But when I'm there she'll happily start a conflict (if the other cat comes anywhere near my front door). But she's even hostile to other cute little cats. Why is she so antisocial? She is really beautiful. I love her so much. > My cat doesn't like being stroked all the time. Only sometimes. When > she wants. (If a stranger comes up and strokes her she will sometimes [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > > She is really beautiful. I love her so much. 9 out of 10 owners said their cat preferred Mac OS over other operating system!!! :-) > she comes > up and tries to get under the duvet. Ours Siamese does that, at night. It's an infallible guide to the outside temperature, because if it's cold, he stays put all night. A few years ago we came back from a skiing holiday to discover that the bolier had fritzed while we were away and the house was *freezing*. We huddled in one room for 2 nights (got back on a Saturday, natch, and the boiler people opened for business on Monday), in front of a fire. Went to bed, and there was a large lump at the bottom of the bed, under the duvet. It was aforementioned cat and his brother (now dead). Two pairs of blue eyes plainly said: "We're here and we really, really ain't moving..." Nor did they.  SignatureBMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Yamaha XTZ660 Tenere Honda CB400F CB125RS SH50 If you don't know what you're doing, don't do it. Workshop manual? Buy one instead of wasting my time asking where the free PDFs are Really, TOG. I thought you'd have known better, given your record for sniffing out and attracting 'special' cases.... SignatureSteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Alfa 156 TSpark Sportwagon Veloce Selespeed Alfa 156 TSpark Lusso - Alfa 75 TSpark Lusso - Ducati 750SS > Really, TOG. I thought you'd have known better, given your record for > sniffing out and attracting 'special' cases.... Oh, I know it's a troll. It just struck a chord wiv me and my cat[1], that's all. [1] Who is having the time of his life with the Christmas tree. SignatureBMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Yamaha XTZ660 Tenere Honda CB400F CB125RS SH50 If you don't know what you're doing, don't do it. Workshop manual? Buy one instead of wasting my time asking where the free PDFs are > > Really, TOG. I thought you'd have known better, given your record for > > sniffing out and attracting 'special' cases.... [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > [1] Who is having the time of his life with the Christmas tree. Ours ignore the tree completely. We did discover that the short-hair, Mitzi, loves the Clangers. (There was a clip on HIGNFY the other night and she went to sit bolt upright in front of the telly....) As we speak, they're fighting under the coffee table. SignatureSteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Alfa 156 TSpark Sportwagon Veloce Selespeed Alfa 156 TSpark Lusso - Alfa 75 TSpark Lusso - Ducati 750SS > My cat doesn't like being stroked all the time. Only sometimes. When > she wants. (If a stranger comes up and strokes her she will sometimes [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > > She is really beautiful. I love her so much. cats, like all animals in my belief, have a complex range of emotions and thoughts. i think the food thing (turning away from it after pestering) may be because animals watch us eat a wide variety of food stuffs and they want to do the same... > gazza.cow...@googlemail.com wrote: > > My cat doesn't like being stroked all the time. Only sometimes. When [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] > because animals watch us eat a wide variety of food stuffs and they want > to do the same... Is that why they do it? Sometimes I wonder if cat food can turn rancid in the can even though it has never been opened until just now. Is that possible? if its really really cold my cat gets under the duvet too. cats do train us. They carefully watch everything being the most curious creatures on earth probably and then figure out how to get the reaction they want. Its really incredible how a ten pound creature can be so brave and exert so much influence on a great big human being. >> gazza.cow...@googlemail.com wrote: >>> My cat doesn't like being stroked all the time. Only sometimes. When [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] > pound creature can be so brave and exert so much influence on a great > big human being. i think they want to human too though.... > She is really beautiful. I love her so much. Get a bloody life. Human company is much better, although you may find it challenging at first. I hate cats- they smell and sh.t all over my garden. > > She is really beautiful. I love her so much. > > Get a bloody life. Human company is much better, although you may find it > challenging at first. > > I hate cats- they smell and sh.t all over my garden. Ours don't smell and they only sh.t in one particular corner of our garden. SignatureSteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Alfa 156 TSpark Sportwagon Veloce Selespeed Alfa 156 TSpark Lusso - Alfa 75 TSpark Lusso - Ducati 750SS >> > She is really beautiful. I love her so much. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Ours don't smell and they only sh.t in one particular corner of our > garden. And they very likely cover it up with dirt after they are finished.....Human beings don't do that, either.....They just leave it and walk away...... Bill Graham wrote on 26/12/2008 : >>> > She is really beautiful. I love her so much. >>> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > And they very likely cover it up with dirt after they are finished.....Human > beings don't do that, either.....They just leave it and walk away...... I had a sh.t in a police car. SignatureCount Baldoni > On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:23:13 +0000, gazza.cow...@googlemail.com wrote > (in article [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > I hate cats- they smell and sh.t all over my garden. Cats are like babies, only cuter. Also, they are fastidiously clean. >> She is really beautiful. I love her so much. > > Get a bloody life. Human company is much better, although you may find it > challenging at first. > > I hate cats- they smell and sh.t all over my garden. Funny.....I like cats better than people......I have never met a cat that hated people like some people hate cats...... > She is really beautiful. I love her so much. Sounds like a normal cat to me. Enjoyed your stories. Carol Wilson, Cat Artist http://www.cafepress.com/carolwilsoncats http://CarolWilsonCatArt.imagekind.com Just a heads-up that this message was cross-posted. Please check your 'Newsgroups' header before responding. > Just a heads-up that this message was cross-posted. Please check your > 'Newsgroups' header before responding. Dude, some of the most interesting replies are from Mac users. These heart melting balls of fur affect our lives on a daily basis. > > Just a heads-up that this message was cross-posted. Please check your > > 'Newsgroups' header before responding. > > Dude, some of the most interesting replies are from Mac users. These heart > melting balls of fur affect our lives on a daily basis. And so do our cats! Cheers! Mudge Signature"And if California slides into the ocean like the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill." >>> Just a heads-up that this message was cross-posted. Please check your >>> 'Newsgroups' header before responding. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Mudge I see what you did there :-> > >>> Just a heads-up that this message was cross-posted. Please check your > >>> 'Newsgroups' header before responding. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > I see what you did there :-> Hey, no offense to anyone, I hope. I have been a loyal MacUser since I bought the very first one I ever saw in 1984. But it was just too good to let it pass without comment! Cheers! Mudge Signature"And if California slides into the ocean like the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill." gazza.cowell@googlemail.com expressed precisely : > My cat doesn't like being stroked all the time. Only sometimes. When > she wants. (If a stranger comes up and strokes her she will sometimes [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > > She is really beautiful. I love her so much. One of my cats is called Max, a silver tabby. He comes under the quilt and makes a loud purring noise and then starts digging his claws into me and starts sucking my upper body or even the quilt itself. I was hoping he would grow out of this by now. SignatureCount Baldoni > gazza.cowell@googlemail.com expressed precisely : >> My cat doesn't like being stroked all the time. Only sometimes. When [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] >> >> She is really beautiful. I love her so much. I have a cat like this....Got her from my music teacher about a year ago.....She is small, and has long hair, and is all black. (It's really dark red, but you can only tell if she is in the sunshine.) She is good with people, but hates all other cats. Since I have four other cats, this one is hissing and spitting most of the time......Only now, after about a year, she can stand to occupy the same room with any of them.....The only time I saw her within 5 feet of one of the other cats was during a lightning/thunder storm....She and our feral male were both in the hall as far away from any windows that you can get inside our house. |
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