My cat Fred has kitty OCD. Usually he has his "funny five minutes" around 5 p.m. But for the last two nights, he's been having a "funny FIVE HOURS."Fred is very vocal. He loves to talk. It's cute at 3 p.m. It's not so cute at 3 a.m. He squeeks, squawks, brrrupts, and makes every other noise in between. Our other cats say one or two things. Not Fred. Our other cats speak when it's important, like "feed me," or "turn on the bathroom faucet so I can have a drink," or "how about another bag of kitty cookies." Not Fred. He talks about everything -- ALL NIGHT LONG.
He likes to chase the other cats, too. They, however, do NOT like to be chased. He likes to look at the girl cats because he know it unnerves them. (He learned that from Chester.)
So, after being kept awake for three FULL HOURS -- and jarred from a light doze for another two hours -- Fred is finally tired and is thinking about a nap. Meanwhile, I'M CRABBY, and I'm likely to be CRABBY ALL DAY.
Oh, pardon me--must end this post. Fred has just upchucked his entire breakfast ON THE RUG and we have run out of paper towels.
Good thing I love that cat.
Have you got a bad boy (or girl) in your house, too?
Tank is a 24 pound long haired marmalade. Very soft fuzzy and loving (lies on my pillow and pats my face... at 3 am). But he'd like to be an only cat. Picks fights with his two much smaller housemates, and also tosses his kibbles regularly. I have paper towells in almost every room, especially since the house is listed for sale at the moment. Your plight sounds very familiar!
ReplyDeleteHas Fred met Blurt?
ReplyDeleteMy mom's cat is like that. My mom tells me her cat is very quiet, but as soon as I walk in the door, Pirate just talks and talk and talk and follows me around and knows when I'm leaving because she's yelling "don't leave."
ReplyDeleteFred is adorable!
ReplyDeleteMy cat, Gordie, is scared of his own shadow! He acts all tough inside and when he goes outside he runs away from birds. Yes, he is an individual.
Thankfully Gordie has gotten over the phase of waking me up late at night.
Are dog people allowed on here? I've got a 55 lb., 14 year old baby who has panic attacks at night and wakes me up by sitting on my chest and panting frantically into my face.
ReplyDeleteLinda--of COURSE dog people are welcome. I've been begging for a dog for years. Some people around this house think a person can ONLY have cats. (This person USED to be a dog person, too.)
ReplyDeleteHmmmm. Can you get your "cats only" person to leave town for awhile? I once added a canine family member while my husband was overseas (military). He came home and asked, "Who's that?" I said, "She lives here." And that was that. :-)
ReplyDeleteI woke up this morning to find that my 11-month-old kitten Allegra had unrolled and shredded the entire roll of toilet paper overnight. When I went downstairs later in the day, I saw that she got the downstairs bathroom taken care of, too...
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