What does your cat get away with?

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We bought a lovely cream leather computer chair. It was quickly claimed by our (now deceased) tabby, who clawed it to bits and could get quite stroppy if he thought he might get turfed off! Naturally we just pulled up a dining chair instead....

All of the above! He’s having the time of his life at the moment getting down the woolly sheep from the Nativity Scene and batting it round the floor! He’s so handsome though!

There's a saying that's something like...dogs have owners, cats have human servants! Our two cats are totally different characters but each 'gets away with murder' (including that of the local wildlife) - our pretty fluffy girl has appalling table manners and often drops food on the floor to eat it, sits on everything she's not allowed to and hops into any box, bag, open drawer or cupboard to nap or just to be nosy first chance she gets - a proper lap cat who especially loves my better half. Our lad is an unsociable bugger that hates to be picked up or stroked, spends his nights with the fox family, uses the place like a B&B and will sleep on 'my' bit of the bed knowing I'll move over so as not to disturb him! My better half sneers at the things I do to keep the cats happy but I caught him a few summers back, on a hot day, male cat sprawled on the sofa and he'd rigged a fan up for him.

This is Charlie:

I don't have a cat but the attached card came from California and was my first and, for several weeks, my only Christmas card. Charlie forgot his glasses (that's his story, anyway) and mistook Season's Greetings for Season's Eatings!

I couldn’t make the bed this morning as Madam ( age15) decided to curl up in the duvet. When I was younger I even judged boyfriends by their reaction to my darlings!

Who did you boot out at night, Grandmama, the cat or your DH?

Years ago a neighbour's cat took to spending his daytime hours with us. He had his own chair with a comfy cushion by the radiator and DH who was a bit of a Scrooge with the central heating used to put the central heating on specially for the cat. We booted him out at bedtime.

Bringing baby rabbits in at night - dead, I may add - and eating them under our dressing table!!

Oh you name it!! They rule the house & the dog when she was alive. The household revolves around their comfort. If Mulligan wants a fuss at 3am he gets it. Do we mind? Actually - no. That's why we have animals.
I have never had a day of my life without a cat in the house. Sometimes 6 plus dogs. You are either an animal person or not & we just are.

Locking the butter-off toast that's not ring fence?

Having 'turned out' the sitting room earlier in the day returned to find son lounging on sofa. Told him he was making place look untidy and he replied if it had been the cat I would not have minded!

Agreed, always keep in at night. Mine are good company, always there. Also have a dog who loves cats but hates other dogs! They are all looking forward to Christmas. Merry Xmas to all, cats, dogs and human carers.

Been there, got the tee shirt. In our last house the cat ruined brand new carpets because she picked at them when she wanted the door opened. In this house we have wooden floors. so that habit had to stop. She ruined so many sofas by picking at them that we started replacing them every 2 years with second hand ones. Sadly she died last Easter, age 20. I miss her, but will never get another cat.

We have 2 cats - brothers. They are like chalk and cheese but like brothers they spat and then cuddle up to each other. The quieter of the 2 gets away with snoozing in the bottom of my wardrobe and trying to stay with me at night - but DH won't have it so I wait until he travels for meetings!!! T'other puss seems to get away with eating his brother's food but as his brother is not losing weight I think he's finding sustenance elsewhere as he sometimes comes back smelling of very nice perfume - very uncatlike!!!

I realise now our last two cats were very well behaved. Never went upstairs, never climbed on mantelpieces or window ledges, never sat on the dining table. Our rescue cat Mollie does all of the above. However, we can forgive her because she is a very loving cat and even our DGS who was very scared of all animals insists on giving her a hug when he sees her. The only thing she won’t do is be outside by herself. If we are outside, fine. Yesterday she accompanied us delivering the cards down the road, but if we let her out on her own she immediately jumps up on the windowsill meowing to be let in.

Pulls chunks out of my lovely cream rug - grrr - but I love him!

paddyann
I'd keep cat in at night if I were you! I'd never let mine out at night, I wouldn't sleep.

Mine gets away with all of the above and more. On my birthday, my friend gave me an enameled sign which I've placed in the front porch so visitors understand the pecking order here. It reads: It's the cat's house. We just pay the mortgage.
It's true!

Sitting on OH's usual dining chair so that OH has to sit elsewhere to eat his breakfast; monopolising cushions, beds, visitors. Changing eating habits when you have, with relief, bought a stack of the food he seems now to like, picking the new armchair and ignoring the old ones, I could go on for ever. We are locked in feline servitude.

My daughters cat -
Sitting under and open window, meowing to be 'posted' through it.
Settling down in the dogs bed.
Only drinking from the bathroom tap.
Sitting in front a door which was ajar, waiting for someone to open it (numerous times a day)

My lovely Boys got away with murder for 15 years. DS said one was the love of my life. If Merlin said jump i asked how high! Toffee was my best friend always there when i needed him. Sadly died within a few months of each other.
Adopted two Girls firmly saying that would not happen again! Who was I kidding? They are as bad if not worse & I love it!

Lists too long for my two! Everything they do is way out of order for cats

I regularly have to sleep diagonally across the bed because Mia is sleeping right where my feet go. I`ve also sat at the "wrong" (for me) end of the sofa, so as not to disturb her. Tonight I had to be a contortionist with the TV and DVD remotes because she was siting on the settee arm right in front of the TV and DVD, blocking the signal.

My poor cat had to be very well behaved when I was with the ex. He wasn't allowed on the furniture or even on my knee if I was seated on the sofa. However when ex had gone to bed me and the cat colluded in a bit of rule breaking. As soon as we were sure he was settled the cat would jump onto the sofa and snuggle up with me but he would keep one ear open and at the slightest inkling that ex was on the move he would jump down and lay in his basket as if he'd been there all the time.