My cats are driving me crazy! They find things to do at night when the house is supposed to be peaceful and they either wake me up or I wake up to a mess!This morning Chip and Toi decided to have an Sports Day at 4:30 and they were racing up and down the stairs, JUMPING on my stomach, leaping over my head and climbing up onto the closet (using the curtain!) This is not an everyday activity but it isn't completely unheard of. I think because they are younger cats they feel the urge to wear off some of their energy. But 4:30 in the morning is not the time to do it!!!
Patora has discovered that she can paw around in a cupboard and drag out packages of crackers. Every night she opens a package and eats a couple crackers. And in the morning I walk downstairs in my bare feet and CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH. That's an eye opener! I'm going to check out some recycle shops and see if I can buy a cupboard that latches shut.
Toi has a fetish for thumb tacks. He cannot leave a thumbtack alone no matter how far up it is on the bulletin board and he'll climb quilts to reach a thumbtack he notices (a good reason to always put a hanging sleeve on the back of the quilt.) So in the middle of the night this week Toi was up on the dresser pulling off the necklaces that I had pinned up so nicely.
"PLUNK. One off. PLUNK. Another off. How many can I take off before Mom wakes up and throws a slipper at me."
This is a picture of my bulletin board AFTER Toi denuded it (he missed a bracelet). And this is the board back holding my necklaces."Silly Mom to think that I'll leave the thumbtacks alone again."
And then a couple of days ago I woke up and almost had a heart attack!
"OH NO! Some cat has caught a bird and eaten it right next to my head!!!! Someone catch me! I'm about to faint!"
It wasn't a bird. The doors and windows are locked. The cats can't get out and I don't think any of them are nimble enough to catch a bird anyway. I dimly recall swatting at a cat in the middle of the night who seemed to take great interest in my head. Ah! The pillow! Some dumb cat has decided to gnaw a hole in my feather pillow and left feathers spread out all around my head! I'm sorry for the pillow but happy that no bird lost its life.
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They consider it their obligation to provide you with constant entertainment! I'm glad that no birds were sacrificed ;) too bad for the pillow though. I detect remorse on that little face, don't you?
LOL!!!
Ohmygosh, I know just what you mean. Our cat -- Lily -- short for Tiger Lily is crazy, too!!
Hope you get more rest tonight! Furry children are a scream sometimes!!!
LOL and hugs
Your cats are such little characters. One of mine claimed a pile of quilt blocks I finished for her bed. They were on my cutting table so I moved them to the top bunk of the bunk beds. Guess what? She found them & proceeded to take a nap on them. Now she's decided she likes that corner of the top bunk so I guess it'll be her spot for a while.
Oh, look at that kitty looking back over her shoulder at you. Such a look of innocence.
hahahahahahaha! i was laughing so hard that my dog started barking at me from the garage ... your cats are just too funny! and right now i am SO glad that i am allergic to cats!
I think these are cute stories, just
(maybe not for you)
They look like cats with a LOT of personality!
I laughed so hard reading this - unfortunately, I can relate!
I think your cats must have Spring Fever!! LOL.
What a funny story - and your cat certainly seems to look guilty in that last photo! It made me laugh right out loud. My cats drive me crazy some days (and nights) too!
Oh they are gorgeous!!! Their antics made me laugh though!! I'll swap them for Jimmy any day!
Oh your cats Tanya! I think it must be because you have so many, and they egg each other on to greater feats. Our cat Rosie is just too lazy and middle aged to do anything at all. She's normally shut into the kitchen at night but when DH is away I leave her free to roam, and then she can be pretty annoying from about 4.30, trying to persuade me to get up and feed her.
I love that last picture with the cat and the feathers! I can just imagine your fright!
It definitely must be a multiple cat thing! I have never had such antics from my solitary cats. The only thing Molly does is ask for breakfast way too early; she walks up my body and stares intently at my face. If I don't wake up she starts kneading with her front paws on some part of me (and when a 12 lb cat is standing on your kidney, you take notice). If that doesn't work she starts jumping from me over onto my sleeping husband - she knows that will get me up, to make sure he's not awakened too early!
The look on that cat's face int eh last photo is priceless!
My boy used to pull out pins from my pin cushion... He hasn't done that in quite a while - maybe because the pincushions are hiding from me...
Oh no! Your kitties sounds a lot like our Virgil.
We had to baby proof all the cabinets and even had to find a trashcan that could be locked (or else he'd climb in it and dig things up).
All of us other 4 cats are angels compared to him.
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