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midgey Wed 13-Mar-24 12:04:34

As it’s fairly warm today my door to the garden is open…..so why is the cat shouting to be let in through the window? I realise it’s a good six feet away for her.

Smileless2012 Wed 13-Mar-24 12:06:15

Because she's a catgrin.

Shelflife Wed 13-Mar-24 12:08:41

Mysterious creatures!

Squiffy Wed 13-Mar-24 12:10:10

It’s what cats do! 😆

Theexwife Wed 13-Mar-24 12:13:59

Just asserting authority over its staff.

Jan16 Wed 13-Mar-24 14:14:18

My cat has a cat flap in the back door. We also have patio doors in the lounge. He will sit outside the patio doors meowing piteously rather than take the easy way of using the catflap. Cats rule!!

LadyGracie Wed 13-Mar-24 15:38:02

We have a cat flap in our little office.
Our cat sits and meows either outside our bedroom window or at the kitchen door.
He will use the cat flap at night or if we're not in.
He's definitely in charge in this house.

MissAdventure Wed 13-Mar-24 15:41:47

My friend's cat trained her to go outside and post him through the cat flap, so he could come in.

Ladyleftfieldlover Wed 13-Mar-24 17:48:33

We have a perfectly good cat flap in the Utility room leading to the back garden, which Milo and Ripley are happy to use. But sometimes, once or twice a week they go through the cat flap and then trot round to the front of the house and scratch at the front door. Mad.

shysal Wed 13-Mar-24 17:55:03

Mine are just the same. They are just keeping us under the thumb I think!

SueDonim Wed 13-Mar-24 19:11:07

My neighbour’s cat will sit on their front windowsill in pouring rain rather than walk five yards to his cat flap. hmm

He wears a collar with a camera, and, oh my, the places he goes to! He’s a Six Dinner Sid and his house staff have make appeals to neighbours not to feed him. He doesn’t look as though he’ll fade away any time soon. grin

Grandma70s Wed 13-Mar-24 19:25:39

My grandcat (son’s cat) has a cat tunnel into the house. The builders of the extension were a bit bemused when they were asked to build one. The cat uses it to come in, but why use it to go out when you can sit by the door and meow till your human slave opens it for you?

I love cats!

flappergirl Wed 13-Mar-24 19:42:12

On the subject of cats, does anyone else "see" their cat when you definitely know they've gone out. I swear I see Marmalade out the corner of my eye, hear him or feel him brushing past me when I know full well he's just gone out the cat flap. This isn't all the time but enough to make me doubt my sanity.

Is it just me? Just for clarity, I only do this with the cat and otherwise I'm in control of my faculties.

Grandmaofone Wed 13-Mar-24 19:44:17

does anyone watch ‘Simon’s Cat’ on youtube? the early ones, “Let me in” being our favourite, 16 years old and still funny

Liz46 Wed 13-Mar-24 19:57:58

Amazon have reduced their use of boxes. I have managed to get a couple from friends and he squeezed his big, fat self into a large shoe box.
He’s another one who has two large cat flaps but he sits and waits for the door to be opened.
He comes to me for kisses and cuddles and my husband for a fight.

MissAdventure Wed 13-Mar-24 20:01:28

Grandmaofone

does anyone watch ‘Simon’s Cat’ on youtube? the early ones, “Let me in” being our favourite, 16 years old and still funny

Yes, I watch it.
It's so clever!
They have a cat down to a tee.

Aveline Wed 13-Mar-24 20:03:05

DDs cat goes to the front door to be let out but if it's raining goes to the back door in case the weather is somehow better the other side of the house.

VioletSky Wed 13-Mar-24 20:04:33

I have been airing the house out s but and saw my cat just dangling fully stretched from the top window... I had to go and fetch her down because she didn't seem to know how to get out of that situation

I don't know how they can be so dignified and daft at the same time

MissAdventure Wed 13-Mar-24 20:06:00

They do sometimes look embarrassed, like when they misjudge a jump, and miss.

VioletSky Wed 13-Mar-24 20:39:15

MissAdventure

They do sometimes look embarrassed, like when they misjudge a jump, and miss.

So so true!

2 of my cats are getting older now and just cannot make the jumps they used to but do not learn... I am going to have to start cat proofing some of the furniture

Also, why do they pick a spot to sleep and refuse to sleep anywhere else for the next 2 weeks even if that is half way up the stairs

VioletSky Wed 13-Mar-24 20:40:31

What I envy most is how they always look comfortable

Cram themselves half in and half out a shoe for some weird reason and still make it look heaven

MissAdventure Wed 13-Mar-24 20:41:40

Yes, and they fight tooth and nail if you try to entice them into the £40 sheepskin cat hammock for over the radiator.

VioletSky Wed 13-Mar-24 20:43:58

Lol! Cat beds are a waste of money lol

You just need to leave whatever you are doing for 30 seconds and there will be a cat asleep in it or on it that looks like they were there for hours

MissAdventure Wed 13-Mar-24 20:45:41

My friends cat used to sleep in her bathroom sink.
No blanket, no cover, just the leaky old sink.

VioletSky Wed 13-Mar-24 20:48:02

They are all completely bonkers I think

The difference between dog people and cat people:

Dog people wish their dogs were people and cat people wish they were cats