Dear Cat

[Biciclista]

Dear Aggie
I am really really really tired of your constant carrying on all night long. I got DH to agree to NOT let you out in the middle of the night. It has been 3 weeks and you are still carrying on. I wish I knew what your problem was!

Dear Owlice
If you go out somewhere in your yard and cultivate a small area for the cats they will use it happily. But if all you have is grass (or weeds) they won't be able to find a "decent" place to go.

[Possegal]

Dear cat who was apparently a bell-hop in a former life,

I really would like to know two things - WHY and HOW - did you manage to move my 9.2 lb cube-shaped luggage from my bedroom to the hallway. It only weighs a pound less than you. Do you have amazingly strong teeth? Are you hiding opposable thumbs from me? Did you have help?

Puzzled,

Your fascinated owner(roommate?)

[westtexas]

Dear Black and White Kitty,

Why are you pulling all your hair out? You look terrible bald. Also, you throw up lots of hairballs now. I would appreciate it if you would just leave yourself alone and let me brush you instead. Or at least take your anti-OCD medication like a champ instead of drooling all over my floor.

Just trying to help,

Your human slave.

[badger]

Dear Kitty,

why do you come back inside to barf the grass? couldn't you just do it outside so I don't have to move the bed to clean the mess?

- Your slave.

[Bethany1]

Dear Buttons,

I know you have street smarts from living outside the first two months of your life, but going through the trash cans and stealing food from unsuspecting humans is getting annoying. The worst part is you are teaching my older cat to do the same thing as he snatched half my cupcake and started wolfing it down the other day.

Also, why do have a thing for socks? You steal them out of the laundry or the bedrooms and drag them around. Trying to get them back turns into a tug of war.

Getting out the squirt bottle now,

Your Slave

[Catrin]

ROFLMAO...thank you so much for sharing the wonderful quirkiness of cats

I have fond memories of when I first brought Jasmine home from the rescue shelter - he was about 10 months old at the time. He wasn't entirely certain that the stuffed black bear wasn't real and couldn't rest at night if it wasn't on the floor. The thing was 3xs his size and it was a hoot to watch him help the bear to the floor.every.single.night. I finally had mercy on him and found another place to put it

Then there was Tigger who couldn't stand to see me in my stocking feet. Catherine's feet out of shoes and still wearing socks was in dire danger of the sock bandit! He finally broke me of doing this and I started wearing sandals around the house instead He would also dig through my laundry basket in his effort to assure that no dirty sock missed his careful attention!

[jessmarimba]

Bethany, did Buttons ever have kittens? My friend's cat "mothers" litters of socks, since her real kittens were taken from her too early (before she was found and fixed).

[nscrbug]

My male kitty, who spends LOTS of supervised (by DH) time outdoors has never, ever pooped or pee'd outside. He will ALWAYS wait to come indoors to use the litterbox. And there are plenty of spots where he could 'go'...he just doesn't seem to like doing it outdoors. I guess he is well-trained and must think that going potty outdoors is for "uncivilized" cats.

[indysteel]

My cats have all have odd habits:

We keep a stash of plastic grocery store bags downstairs in the basement for litter scooping purposes. Just so that the cats don't suffocate playing with them, we tie them in knots. Well, Izzy is obsessed with them. She drags them up from the basement and leaves a trail of them upstairs. She's been doing this since was was still pretty small, i.e., when the bags where as big as her. The cats love to play in boxes, we we often have one or more sitting around the house. I looked in one of them the other day and there were plastic bags inside.

Izzy also likes being carried around in stuff. When we cart the laundry basket up and down the stairs, she likes to get in it and go for a ride. She also likes to be carried around in our shopping bags. She's not a mellow cat otherwise, so it cracks us up that she not only tolerates it, but seems to enjoy it.

Sophie had a two mouse toys (the one that are about three inches long with a bell at one end). She got them when she was a kitten. Nearly every night around 8 or 9 p.m., she's bring me one of the mice. As she carried it to me--often from another room--she'd make this funny cry the entire way. It was a very mouse-specific cry; she otherwise never made that sound. When we had her cremated, we included one of the mice. The other one sits next to her ashes.

Henry doesn't bring me anything on a regular basis, but he is completely and utterly obsessed with newspaper. He licks it, he lays in it, he bats it out of your hand as you try to read it, he licks it some more. He waits at the front door while you retrieve it in the morning and then follows you around until he can get to it. It's apparently all that he thinks about. He also does something we call Freakout Cat. Henry is a pretty lazy animal, even as cats go. But about once or twice a day, he goes absolutely crazy. It often starts with him running toward a door jam and jumping up about five feet. He plays with all his toys in a flurry. He makes a bunch of wacky noises and cries. He hides under a blanket and then claws at it like he's trapped. He'll do some combination of this for about five minutes. Then he stares at you and blinks his eyes for a few seconds before promptly falling asleep. It's the funniest thing.

I love cats, but they are so strange (and infinitely entertaining).

[Thorn]

Dear Black and White Kitty,

Why are you pulling all your hair out? You look terrible bald. Also, you throw up lots of hairballs now. I would appreciate it if you would just leave yourself alone and let me brush you instead. Or at least take your anti-OCD medication like a champ instead of drooling all over my floor.

Just trying to help,

Your human slave.

Psst...gluten intolerance? Had a cat that pulled out her hair. Turned out she was gluten intolerant and the hair pulling was a pain reaction. Put her on a gluten-free diet and she's got fur, she's active and I think some days the princess costs more to feed than me.

Now, if someone could explain....

Dear Boy Cat,

They are wool socks. Just socks. You can leave then in the dirty clothes pile. No need to bring them upstairs one at a time. And, really, no need to announce to the world you found another.

The Can Opener

[jessmarimba]

VELCRO!!! too cute!

Dear Skunk,
I'm out of slippers. You're going to have to find someplace else to puke. Just please let it be where I can find it, because mummified cat vomit is disturbing. Oh, and I'm with everyone else on the request to poop IN the litterbox, rather than beside it.

Sincerely,
the mean lady who won't let you outside anymore

[Bethany1]

Dear Buttons,

I have video evidence of you getting into the box of cookies now so can't claim innocence or blame my other cat. Very ingenious of you to push the box off the table so the cookies fall out onto the floor for your edible enjoyment.

If I wasn't laughing so hard while taping, you'd be in really big trouble right now.

Enjoy your sugar cookie. If you puke all night, don't come to me for sympathy.


The Mom

[CyborgQueen]

All of these have me laughing!!

Let's see....

Every time I open my drawer with my brush and hairbands, my Penny comes running in the bathroom (and she could be sleeping on the other side of the house), to try to grab some of the hairbands. I've lost so many of them that they're all over the house.

Reno tend to swat at me and my DF when we walk past him without petting. He gets a in a hissy fit if he gets no attention.

Mocha is the pee'er. She'll pee on our clothes/towels if we leave them on the floor. We've tried medications, and it does help. I may have to put her back on them again (anti-anxiety meds).

Penny and Telly (yes, named after Penn and Teller...after all, I do live in Vegas) - LOVE to lick plastic bags, and goes nuts over them. The other three, not so much.

We get boxes all the time, so we always change our cardboard boxes from time to time to keep the cats entertained...cheaper than getting a cat tree.


Anyone have multicat household? I HIGHLY recommend this gigantic litter box that can hold 25-40 lbs of litter. I do have two smaller ones spread out, but all the cats use this box and very easy to clean.


Those who are sick of "poop" outside the box...it COULD be that the fur that the cats are swallowing get stuck on their butts, so as they exit the litterbox, they "shake" 'em off. Happened quite a few times with my cats.

[westtexas]

Psst...gluten intolerance? Had a cat that pulled out her hair. Turned out she was gluten intolerant and the hair pulling was a pain reaction. Put her on a gluten-free diet and she's got fur, she's active and I think some days the princess costs more to feed than me.

Well, maybe, but Theo's been on a grain-free diet since I got him 3 years ago. He only has done it when other cats have lived with us, but this time it's worse than usual. I think the move, coupled with weird apartment noises (we used to live in a very quiet, secluded neighborhood), a new kitty in our lives, and all the travelling I have been doing lately has him really stressed out. He's my sweet, sensitive boy. Amitryptilline seems to do the trick though!

[marni]

dear tuxie and miss ike

Just once could I please brush my teeth and wash my face at night without having to move a kitty butt out of each sink, repeatedly?

Miss Ike,

today I found 50, yes I did count them, of your milk rings under the Welsh Cupboard in the bedroom. I thought you were looking a bit deprived. I am going to time how many days it takes you to fish them individually out of the drawer and hide them.

Tuxie,

Yes baby, I know that my hot sweaty exercise clothes and biking cloths are dirty and need washing. I do not need you leaping into the laundry basket,fishing out the items individually and strewing them along the hallway to the kitchen and laundry room while I am asleep. Honest.

thank you both sweeties,

your caregiver.