Posted on 01/12/2014 7:07:57 PM PST by BenLurkin
Cats think you're just a a slightly big, dumb non-hostile cat. Quite specifically, he says that they treat humans as if they were their Mama Cat.
All that rubbing up against you with their tails up is apparently no more than a hopeful check that you really are just another big, fat, slovenly cat who doesn't intend to eat them with their Welsh Rarebit.
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like......this is news???
the one who buys the furniture and cleans up the mess while the royal one sleeps!!!!
as opposed to hairless rats?
When you're old and miss the toilet, I hope your caregivers are better to you.....
Bwahahaha! Awesome post!
That's why I put a noisy metal bell on my cat. I've got have some advanced warning when she's nearby.
People who abandon their animals are cruel and selfish. You could have at least found the cat an owner.
My Maine Coon is very good at non verbal communication. When it is time for me to change the litter, she sits in front of the bathroom door, the box is in there, and stares at me while I am relaxing in my recliner. She stares till I get up get a garbage bag and head to her bathroom.
Her food bowls and water are next to a workbench I use for a table and all around everything, being single has its advantages, she assumes the position and stares. She does not say anything, just stares. That translates into I want my treats, NOW. It works.
I went away for a month and my mother took over the maintenance of my cat. Mom had never had a cat in her house, she promptly fell in love with Abby. Mom gave her fresh water twice a day with not 1, 2, 3, but 4 ice cubes each time. Abby can count, if I short her a cube I get the STARE. Mom also dumped her feeding bowls once a day, washed them and refilled them whenever Abby gave her the STARE. Mom also decided it was a good idea to change her litter each day. My mother ruined my cat.
I also was stupid enuff to start to feed a couple of feral cats 2 winters ago in our neighborhood. That practice soon ballooned into 7. Word spreads in the cat world that there is a crazy cat guy in training. They will train you. When they deem it is time to be fed at first they would bang their shoulder against my front door 4 times. Sounded just like a human was at my door. Course I came running. Now that I am fully trained they only bang once but very hard. It works.
I am a cat guy since I worked long hours a dog, which I always had before, is not practical for me. Miss my dogs but do love the independent streak that all cats have.
Have you considered trap/neuter/release for your ferals? An animal welfare group can probably help you get it do for free, or at least cheaply.
lol. They probably have it right.
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They think you’re the cat who can operate a can opener.
She does not wake me up in the morning to feed her, because she knows that's the first thing I will do anyway. I can't sit on the couch and read a book without her jumping onto my lap, then working herself over my left shoulder (always the left one) until she is draped evenly over it. Try reading with 12 lbs. of Coon over your shoulder! If petting her does not commence then within a few seconds, she takes my fingers in her mouth and gently squeezes to remind me.
When I am trying to watch a DVD while propped up in bed, she does the funniest thing: brings one of her mousie toys in while making this weird sound she only makes when carrying one of her mousie toys into my bedroom. Then she drops it at the foot of the bed, her "movie ticket". She only brings mousie toys in and drops them thus when I'm watching a DVD, NOT while I'm reading or trying to sleep. Is that funny, or what?
My little rescue girl Kefira is endlessly amusing. Tonight, she was rocketing around my home, leaping onto and off of various furniture, uttering little whirring noises as she does when she's excited. Could not stop laughing, which eggs her on all the more.
Cats are one of G-d's BEST creations, for sure!
LOL.
You should write for a comedy series.
I take it then I can safely call you a Pu$$y?
“I’ve heard this before. Cats can definitely tell other cats; they behave towards each other way different from how they behave toward humans.”
I’ve read that cats only meow at humans, not other cats. They do think we’re stupid, though.
For you especially:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YNRtWDJ620
"When Daddy reads aloud, his voice is like purring."
Kittens meow at their mothers. That does not extend to adult cats regarding us as their parents, AFAICS.
Well, Bijou the Coon only drapes herself over one shoulder, not behind my neck. But you get the idea! Thanks for the cute video. We both enjoyed it!
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