And by her, I mean the cat. Our cat, Master Chief. Our beautiful cat that we so kindly adopted in January.
Master Chief (Chief, Chiefy, Chiefers, MC, Kitty, Kit Kat, etc.)
Mew
She is a very pretty cat. But don’t let her good looks fool you. She has like bi-polar disorder or something. She loves being petted (pet?) and then suddenly she will snap. She will claw and bite at you even though she was just enjoying her tummy rub 2 seconds ago. I don’t get it. Maybe she’s ticklish or something? Maybe she’s evil. I’m going with the latter.
We adopted her from the Houston SPCA. She’s about 2 or 3 years old and according to her cage tag she was given to the shelter because the previous owners couldn’t afford her. I will agree that pets can be a bit expensive, but seriously…a cat? Once they have their initial shots and get the spay/neuter surgery they are pretty cheap animals to keep. You have to buy food and litter but that’s about it. Now that we’ve really gotten to know the cat, I now realize that the previous owners were lieing. They could afford her. They just didn’t want her. Because she’s evil!
This became very prevalent the other night. I wanted to drop kick her into next week. As you know, I started my new job on Monday. I went to bed a little early hoping for a wonderful full night of sleep in the hopes of being ‘bright eyed and bushy tailed’ for my first day on the new job.
Didn’t happen.
The cat sat outside our bedroom door any meowed. All night long.
Before we adopted Hurley, the cat used to sleep on the bed at night. Calmly and quietly. After we got Hurley we had to lock her out of bedroom and keep him in the bedroom to avoid having them chase each other during our sleepy time. So I can sorta feel her pain. We kicked her out of the bedroom and moved the dog in.
Last night she howled and meowed and made all sorts of noise all night long. She has done this before but the cause was usually an empty food bowl. After getting rudely awoken from my slumber two or three times, I finally dragged my butt out of bed to see if an empty food bowl was the cause of the problem. Nope. Food bowl=full. I went back to bed. And she was back at it. Meow. Meow. Meow. Meoooooooooowwww.
I think I woke up to her meowing about 10 times!!!! It was brutal and I wanted to kill her. But I felt bad as I’m really a lover of all animals.
I’m not really sure what the cause of her meowing was but I have a feeling it was the fact that she was yearning for some affection as we had just returned from a weekend trip. She was home alone from Thursday morning to Sunday afternoon. She needed some serious lovin.’ Poor thing.
I’m going to pet her 30 times before I go to bed from now on. Or else she may just end up back at the shelter. Kidding… 
T found this video of a pestering cat that I want to share. I swear the cat doesn’t sit still for more than a minute or two the entire night. It made me laugh!
This guy probably kicked the cat out of the bedroom but it wouldn’t stop meowing so he had to let it back in. Felines are smarter then the average pet.
P.S. I had a WONDERFUL first day on the new job. I didn’t do much, but the normal first day stuff. Setting up my laptop, getting a phone, meeting some peeps, etc. But it was cool and I’m excited to get started in my new position!
Happy Tuesday!
J
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I recently read that cats that start biting and clawing during a tummy rub have not suddenly turned angry. It is, according to the article anyway, a sign that they are happy. Personally, I had always interpreted it as a sign that the cat had become overstimulated and wanted the tummy rub to end. After reading the article, I decided to try easing up a bit and rubbing more towards the chest and chin. (My cats dont bite hard, and I can usually avoid the claws.) Anyway, my cats usually calm down if I take this approach. I don’t know if it will help, but you might give it a try.
Julie,
Your cat just wanted you to pet her “meow” not later!!!! Was I as good as Chris? Oh well….there is your suttle “meow” phrase for the week!
Does M Chief have a warm fuzzy bed tucked someplace hidden? I put one under a low table in another room and my little feline dude loves it. I also have the dogs (2 of them) sleep in “dens” at night beside my bed, so the cat can snooze on the bed part of the night. Treats in the “dens” help make them attractive.
FCM: She sure does. Not too long ago I did a post about how I spent three hours creating a cute little bed for her. I think she only sleeps during the day….