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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 09:15 AM
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My cats literally walked all over me this morning at 5;30 am
back n forth back and forth..And not jumping like they could do. Nor walking above me nor around me. Its amazing how a twelve pound cat feels like a ton of bricks. Ugh. I can't believe I don't have paw shaped bruises all over me....:banghead:
This is a new tactic in the waking mommy up game...
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 09:23 AM
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1. Ayup. My cats are experts at this.
However, one has developed a new technique that is even more effective. She approaches me and uses her whiskers to tickle my nose until I wake up. This technique, which she developed on her own, uses less energy on her part, so is superior to the walking back and forth technique. She is now teaching this new skill to the stupid Maine Coon cat...a slow and tedious process.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 09:26 AM
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2. How about a 22 lb cat that has a purr as loud as a lawn mower?
x(
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 09:31 AM
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4. when did you steal my cat?
though mine's 16 pounds with a motorboat purr. She'll sit inches from my head and start purring away. x(
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 09:40 AM
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9. Mine is 7 lbs, sits ON my head, and sounds like a freight train. I don't know
how such a small cat can make so much noise! (And when she meows, you know all about it from teh other end of the house.)
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 12:53 PM
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18. My 2 ton kitty snores. Loudly
I could enter her into a snoring contest & she'd win.

dg
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 09:27 AM
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3. Perhaps if you had better taste in sports teams they'd respect you more.
:P
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 09:34 AM
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5. Have they tried hooking one razor sharp claw in your nostril yet?
That usually comes after the walking and chin biting. Get ready...
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 09:35 AM
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6. That happens with my scalp....
sometimes..:scared:
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 09:38 AM
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7. I believe the claw thing is a last resort, used only
when milder forms of waking you up to feed them don't work.

I, for one, welcome our feline overlords from outer space.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 09:41 AM
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10. Don't think they are too dumb to know your game, Mr. Brownnoser.
They just don't care as long as you feed them. Yet, anyway. :evilgrin:
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 09:40 AM
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8. Owwiee. And you KNOW it's on purpose, too.
If you lock them out of the room they just bang on the door and meow for hours. They do NOT give up, the stubborn little beasties.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 09:43 AM
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11. Mine was yelling at me at 5:30. It's their witching hour. They want to be at the watering hole
hunting water buffalo having a morning drink.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 09:50 AM
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12. Mine jumps on top of me at 3 a.m.
and the entire weight of the cat is concentrated on the four paws so it's like being hit by 4 hammers.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 09:51 AM
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13. What got me is that my TWO cats were tag teaming me this morning
First one then the other...YEEOUCH....
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 11:25 AM
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14. Do you feed them in the morning?
I used to face that every day before discovering night-feeding.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 11:27 AM
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15. Not anymore.
I think the birds start chirping about that time and it wakes them up and they think *I* should be up as well..
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 12:27 PM
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16. time for new cats
out with the old, in with the new, I always say.
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 12:29 PM
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17. meet the new boss, same as the old boss
*Pete Townsend windmill guitar move*
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 12:30 AM
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20. Problem easily solved
Hire someone to cover the night shift and keep em busy with petting, treats and play.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 10:31 PM
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19. Mine used to wake me up when I slept way past the time I usually get up. But they
don't need me to feed them anymore so they are not so insistant.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 12:36 AM
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21. How about when the time changes in the fall
when the cat is looking to get fed an hour earlier than it's scheduled time, because to it the time didn't change?
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 12:28 PM
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25. I put out half a bag of dry cat food and let them at it over the course of a week. Neither of them
has gained any weight since I started to do that.
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Startup Donating Member (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 12:39 AM
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22. My cats watched a PBS special on Beat Poets.
I haven't had a decent nights sleep since.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 12:41 AM
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23. My late great cat, Miss Kitty The Queen of the Universe, used to
put her nose right up to mine and breath hard until I woke up.

Silly cat!
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KT2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-29-09 01:19 AM
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24. Fasten your seatbelt
If it works - it will be a keeper for the cat.
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