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Cat Idiosyncrasies
I've been thinking about this and finally gotten around to starting a thread
about it. Each one of my cats has some idiosyncrasy. I'm sure every cat does, so I'll start and then would like to read about other master's little quirks. Demi - you guys already know hers, she's a 'fraidy-cat, living on the edge of the clowder, running for her life when anyone walks near her. *But* if anyone in the house is eating chicken, she'll jump up right next to them and stare until she's given her "chicken toll". Chicken trumps fear every time. Jessie - she has a little stuffed dog that she carries around meowing loudly, every single day, sometimes several times a day. I think it's the behavior of a mother cat bringing home prey. She also likes flake fish food - it's like kitty potato chips to her, she can't get enough (too bad it's so expensive). Sammy - gawd, where do I begin??! First, most of you know, at 4.5 years old she *still* sucks her toe. She follows me around like a puppy dog (she won't jump on my lap, but she's *always* in the same room as me or waiting on the other side of a closed door). She *hates* having her claws clipped or brushing - my arms and hands are in shreds after any grooming session. Archer - he is our "nerd" cat. No matter what you're doing, he has to be the center of attention. If you're playing with another cat, he'll push them out of the way so he can get the toy. He never "gets" that the other cats don't love him to pieces - he's blissfully unaware that they may be wishing he would go away. His favorite toy is a denuded feather stick (which has no feathers left, just a couple of bright tinsel streamers). No matter where he is in the house, if you swish the stick he'll hear it and come running. He will chase that thing until he is totally out of breath (we have to be careful not to play with him too long with it). When he first came here he was quarantined in a bedroom with his bro-fur. In that bedroom was a stuffed green frog. He thinks that green frog is his meow-my - to this day he snuggles up to froggie to nap (I put froggie on his favorite chair in the living room so he could be with the family and still snuggle with his meow-my). Ozzy - has a foot fetish!!! Seriously!!!!! He very infrequently jumps up next to me for good pettins. But if you say, "Ozzy want da footses?" he'll break his neck running from the far end of the house to be "petted" with a foot. Doesn't matter if you're wearing shoes. Anybody in the house who crosses their legs will soon feel Ozzy petting *himself* against their foot! OK, your turn!!! ; Nose Twitches, CatNipped |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
... OK, your turn!!! ; Nose Twitches, CatNipped I had to think about this. Scarlett still waits until all water bowl sources are cleaned and refilled then she has to swim in it and make it Scarlett flavored. Shamrock has to make every room I'm in Bonnie-free Rhett has to own the humidifier in the winter to the point where I think it needs to be in a cage to be leak-free; other months he harasses Shamrock, probably because Shamrock hates his GF Bonnie Bonnie still has her squeaky mousy toy obsession though she's killed most of them and they don't make noise any more. |
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"CatNipped" wrote:
Demi - you guys already know hers, she's a 'fraidy-cat, living on the edge of the clowder, running for her life when anyone walks near her. *But* if anyone in the house is eating chicken, she'll jump up right next to them and stare until she's given her "chicken toll". Chicken trumps fear every time. I think you should eat chicken every day, since she likes it so much! I don't know if this counts, but I think Buster moves his head excessively when he's investigating something. Whether he's looking at me, or some ordinary household object, he stretches to look at his subject from above, crouches to look at it from below, and tilts his head back and forth to get a look from all angles and perspectives. This habit makes him look very quizzical. And if he's looking at your face this way, it's also pretty comical. |
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Takayuki wrote:
I don't know if this counts, but I think Buster moves his head excessively when he's investigating something. Whether he's looking at me, or some ordinary household object, he stretches to look at his subject from above, crouches to look at it from below, and tilts his head back and forth to get a look from all angles and perspectives. I've seen cats do this - cracks me up. Kind of sounds like predatory behavior, to me - like he's trying to get something "in his sights". -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
... I've been thinking about this and finally gotten around to starting a thread about it. Each one of my cats has some idiosyncrasy. I'm sure every cat does, so I'll start and then would like to read about other master's little quirks. Demi - you guys already know hers, she's a 'fraidy-cat, living on the edge of the clowder, running for her life when anyone walks near her. *But* if anyone in the house is eating chicken, she'll jump up right next to them and stare until she's given her "chicken toll". Chicken trumps fear every time. Jessie - she has a little stuffed dog that she carries around meowing loudly, every single day, sometimes several times a day. I think it's the behavior of a mother cat bringing home prey. She also likes flake fish food - it's like kitty potato chips to her, she can't get enough (too bad it's so expensive). Sammy - gawd, where do I begin??! First, most of you know, at 4.5 years old she *still* sucks her toe. She follows me around like a puppy dog (she won't jump on my lap, but she's *always* in the same room as me or waiting on the other side of a closed door). She *hates* having her claws clipped or brushing - my arms and hands are in shreds after any grooming session. Archer - he is our "nerd" cat. No matter what you're doing, he has to be the center of attention. If you're playing with another cat, he'll push them out of the way so he can get the toy. He never "gets" that the other cats don't love him to pieces - he's blissfully unaware that they may be wishing he would go away. His favorite toy is a denuded feather stick (which has no feathers left, just a couple of bright tinsel streamers). No matter where he is in the house, if you swish the stick he'll hear it and come running. He will chase that thing until he is totally out of breath (we have to be careful not to play with him too long with it). When he first came here he was quarantined in a bedroom with his bro-fur. In that bedroom was a stuffed green frog. He thinks that green frog is his meow-my - to this day he snuggles up to froggie to nap (I put froggie on his favorite chair in the living room so he could be with the family and still snuggle with his meow-my). Ozzy - has a foot fetish!!! Seriously!!!!! He very infrequently jumps up next to me for good pettins. But if you say, "Ozzy want da footses?" he'll break his neck running from the far end of the house to be "petted" with a foot. Doesn't matter if you're wearing shoes. Anybody in the house who crosses their legs will soon feel Ozzy petting *himself* against their foot! OK, your turn!!! ; Nose Twitches, CatNipped Lindy wants lots and lots of attention. If she thinks I've been ignoring her for too long, she'll yell at me. However, she hates to be picked up, won't sit on my lap when I'm at the computer, and seldom sits on my lap in my recliner. She will occasionally come up and lie next to me in the recliner, but only for a few minutes. When anybody comes over, she thinks they came to see her, and pesters them for attention. She seldom drinks out of the water dish I change every day. Instead, she prefers to get her water out of the toilet. If I walk in while she's getting a drink, or if I'm there when she comes in for a drink, she gets very upset. If I take off a bra and put it on my bed instead of in the hamper, she sniffs and rolls on it as though it were catnip. Sometimes she'll lie on top of it for long periods of time. Joy |
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CatNipped wrote:
I've been thinking about this and finally gotten around to starting a thread about it. Each one of my cats has some idiosyncrasy. I'm sure every cat does, so I'll start and then would like to read about other master's little quirks. Demi - you guys already know hers, she's a 'fraidy-cat, living on the edge of the clowder, running for her life when anyone walks near her. *But* if anyone in the house is eating chicken, she'll jump up right next to them and stare until she's given her "chicken toll". Chicken trumps fear every time. Jessie - she has a little stuffed dog that she carries around meowing loudly, every single day, sometimes several times a day. I think it's the behavior of a mother cat bringing home prey. She also likes flake fish food - it's like kitty potato chips to her, she can't get enough (too bad it's so expensive). Sammy - gawd, where do I begin??! First, most of you know, at 4.5 years old she *still* sucks her toe. She follows me around like a puppy dog (she won't jump on my lap, but she's *always* in the same room as me or waiting on the other side of a closed door). She *hates* having her claws clipped or brushing - my arms and hands are in shreds after any grooming session. Archer - he is our "nerd" cat. No matter what you're doing, he has to be the center of attention. If you're playing with another cat, he'll push them out of the way so he can get the toy. He never "gets" that the other cats don't love him to pieces - he's blissfully unaware that they may be wishing he would go away. His favorite toy is a denuded feather stick (which has no feathers left, just a couple of bright tinsel streamers). No matter where he is in the house, if you swish the stick he'll hear it and come running. He will chase that thing until he is totally out of breath (we have to be careful not to play with him too long with it). When he first came here he was quarantined in a bedroom with his bro-fur. In that bedroom was a stuffed green frog. He thinks that green frog is his meow-my - to this day he snuggles up to froggie to nap (I put froggie on his favorite chair in the living room so he could be with the family and still snuggle with his meow-my). Ozzy - has a foot fetish!!! Seriously!!!!! He very infrequently jumps up next to me for good pettins. But if you say, "Ozzy want da footses?" he'll break his neck running from the far end of the house to be "petted" with a foot. Doesn't matter if you're wearing shoes. Anybody in the house who crosses their legs will soon feel Ozzy petting *himself* against their foot! OK, your turn!!! ; Nose Twitches, CatNipped Chloe - we call her "The Retard". She will stare up at a wall and just cry, cry, cry - for no reason. There's nothing there! Then she'll walk away from the wall, be a good 8 feet away from you, stare at you and cry, cry, cry. Hey, if you want to be petted, get your butt over here, I'm not going to get up to pet you across the room. She also has an amazing skill to open cabinets, go inside, and not figure out how to get out. Tyrone - aka "Dr. Evil". If something is reachable, it *will* be destroyed. We have to kitty-proof this house. Nothing is sacred. Books get gnawed on, important papers get shredded as do the walls. Yes, the walls! I've got boards with sisal NAILED to the walls and he still prefers the drywall. Like CatNipped's Ozzy, he's also our "footy-tat". We always joke, "I thawt I thaw a footy-tat". :~) Pua - no nickname. She's the ultimate perfect cat except for the fact that she's my constant shadow. I mean CONSTANT. I can't even use the bathroom without her trying to get on my lap. I tend to be sick a lot and it's kind of annoying to have a cat wanting attention when you're busy in the loo, you know? Then, if I have to lay down in bed, thump, there she is again. I'm sick, honey! Please! Sure enough, whisker in my nostril. kili |
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Joy wrote:
If I take off a bra and put it on my bed instead of in the hamper, she sniffs and rolls on it as though it were catnip. Sometimes she'll lie on top of it for long periods of time. Joy Okay, now that's weirdly funny. LOL. kili |
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CatNipped wrote:
I've been thinking about this and finally gotten around to starting a thread about it. Each one of my cats has some idiosyncrasy. I'm sure every cat does, so I'll start and then would like to read about other master's little quirks. (snip seriously cute idiosyncracies) CatNipped Persia does the tap me on the nose with her paw thing. If she can't reach it my chin will do It's so cute! Used to be she'd do it to wake me up. Now there doesn't seem to be any pattern to it, she just likes to reach out and touch me from time to time. In terms of wake-up-mommy rituals, she's become very dedicated to gently nipping me on my chin once I open my eyes. It's her version of a good morning kiss, I suppose. And if I don't stir fast enough two or three of them is guaranteed to get me moving! Back in TN she was fed in the small foyer off my very small kitchen. The phrase, "It's not time yet!" would stop her in her tracks if I was heading in that direction (she gets feed early AM and early PM). Sometimes she'd peer around the corner at me through the entry to the kitchen while I was cooking but she rarely followed me *into* the kitchen. Not so here. She eats in the bedroom and her food is stored in a closet in the master bath. Still, when I go into the kitchen she comes in and talks to me. She doesn't get fed people food, ever, and in fact the kitchen here doesn't always involve food. I pay the bills sitting at the kitchen table. Guess she's just keeping me company She meatloafs on one of the small rugs, either in front of the sink or by the garage door. The sight of the milk carton coming out of the fridge will induce the most pitiful crying you've ever heard. She only gets a tiny dribble about once a week (she's not lactose intolerant but why take chances?). If she had her way she'd be lapping it up every day! And you don't dare open a bag of chips/crisps. She could be sound asleep in a closet at the other end of the house but she knows that crinkly sound anywhere. Jill |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message ... I've been thinking about this and finally gotten around to starting a thread about it. Each one of my cats has some idiosyncrasy. I'm sure every cat does, so I'll start and then would like to read about other master's little quirks. Demi - you guys already know hers, she's a 'fraidy-cat, living on the edge of the clowder, running for her life when anyone walks near her. *But* if anyone in the house is eating chicken, she'll jump up right next to them and stare until she's given her "chicken toll". Chicken trumps fear every time. Jessie - she has a little stuffed dog that she carries around meowing loudly, every single day, sometimes several times a day. I think it's the behavior of a mother cat bringing home prey. She also likes flake fish food - it's like kitty potato chips to her, she can't get enough (too bad it's so expensive). Sammy - gawd, where do I begin??! First, most of you know, at 4.5 years old she *still* sucks her toe. She follows me around like a puppy dog (she won't jump on my lap, but she's *always* in the same room as me or waiting on the other side of a closed door). She *hates* having her claws clipped or brushing - my arms and hands are in shreds after any grooming session. Archer - he is our "nerd" cat. No matter what you're doing, he has to be the center of attention. If you're playing with another cat, he'll push them out of the way so he can get the toy. He never "gets" that the other cats don't love him to pieces - he's blissfully unaware that they may be wishing he would go away. His favorite toy is a denuded feather stick (which has no feathers left, just a couple of bright tinsel streamers). No matter where he is in the house, if you swish the stick he'll hear it and come running. He will chase that thing until he is totally out of breath (we have to be careful not to play with him too long with it). When he first came here he was quarantined in a bedroom with his bro-fur. In that bedroom was a stuffed green frog. He thinks that green frog is his meow-my - to this day he snuggles up to froggie to nap (I put froggie on his favorite chair in the living room so he could be with the family and still snuggle with his meow-my). Ozzy - has a foot fetish!!! Seriously!!!!! He very infrequently jumps up next to me for good pettins. But if you say, "Ozzy want da footses?" he'll break his neck running from the far end of the house to be "petted" with a foot. Doesn't matter if you're wearing shoes. Anybody in the house who crosses their legs will soon feel Ozzy petting *himself* against their foot! OK, your turn!!! ; Nose Twitches, CatNipped Where to start? Especially, but not only, when we open the windows, Stinky still gets his alpha-cat on, and swings through the house yelling at the top of his lungs. He's always been a talkative guy, and pretty regularly will walk up to me or Mom and say "Meow?" Occasionally, when he is doing his perimeter patrol, he will come up to me and do some yelling directly at me. I have no idea what that's all about. He occasionally will report to Mom, and read her the riot act. A funny thing that has started since his CRF diagnosis-- as soon as he's finished taking his fluids, he makes a beeline for Dante and tells him off! And he can do that because one of Dante's idiosyncracies is to sit or meatloaf nearby and watch when I'm giving Stinky his subQ. It's really funny-- it's become sort of family time, Stinky's preferred place to be is near me, if possible, in physical contact with me. He's always been my lap cat-- he likes to lie draped over me when I'm watching TV, and he sleeps with me in bed next to my head. I've also mentioned here his fondness for walking on the piano keyboard. Dante sometimes imitates the Big Dood in the swagger-and-yell thing, but his voice is high and chirpy. I consider Dante's extremely silly face to be one of his idiosyncracies-- I just look at him and laugh. His body is pretty funny, too. I've recorded here his drinking straw/pipe cleaner fetish, before how he loves to play fetch, move things around, and bring me random junk --once I awoke in a bed full of drinking straws-- he also once left a trail of them on the stairway. When I'm in bed, Dante feels called upon to give massive leg massages. He really gets carried away with this, kneading like a maniac up and down my legs. :P -- Theresa, Stinky and Dante drtmuirATearthlink.net Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh |
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jmcquown wrote:
Persia does the tap me on the nose with her paw thing. If she can't reach it my chin will do It's so cute! Used to be she'd do it to wake me up. Now there doesn't seem to be any pattern to it, she just likes to reach out and touch me from time to time. In terms of wake-up-mommy rituals, she's become very dedicated to gently nipping me on my chin once I open my eyes. It's her version of a good morning kiss, I suppose. And if I don't stir fast enough two or three of them is guaranteed to get me moving! Back in TN she was fed in the small foyer off my very small kitchen. The phrase, "It's not time yet!" would stop her in her tracks if I was heading in that direction (she gets feed early AM and early PM). Sometimes she'd peer around the corner at me through the entry to the kitchen while I was cooking but she rarely followed me *into* the kitchen. Not so here. She eats in the bedroom and her food is stored in a closet in the master bath. Still, when I go into the kitchen she comes in and talks to me. She doesn't get fed people food, ever, and in fact the kitchen here doesn't always involve food. I pay the bills sitting at the kitchen table. Guess she's just keeping me company She meatloafs on one of the small rugs, either in front of the sink or by the garage door. The sight of the milk carton coming out of the fridge will induce the most pitiful crying you've ever heard. She only gets a tiny dribble about once a week (she's not lactose intolerant but why take chances?). If she had her way she'd be lapping it up every day! And you don't dare open a bag of chips/crisps. She could be sound asleep in a closet at the other end of the house but she knows that crinkly sound anywhere. Jill Your post gave me quite a smile, my friend. I don't know why, but it did. :~) kili |
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