#cat owner problems

[sweetiepie08]

Hit a cat owner milestone!

I cried and panicked for an hour because I couldn’t find my cat and thought she got out somehow. Only to find her in the most improbable hiding spot.

[greencheekconure27]

POV you're getting dressed but you have a cat

[greencheekconure27]

Audrey please. I'm trying to change the sheets here.

[wolfsbanewicker]

My cat (Nevermore) is such a fucking fat ass and it genuinely worries me sometimes. In the same way that a hypochondriac worries they have the plague when they have a mild cough. Let me explain 😅💀🗿

When I first got him, he was a quiet cat. But after I moved in with my fiance and their cat (Smudge), he found his voice. After a while, he took to meowing very loudly when he wanted food. It was cute at first but got old quickly. Especially when he nags me about it. We eventually got into this routine where whenever he's hungry, he goes over to the cabinet where his food is kept, leaps onto the stool next to the cabinet, and meows as long and loud as he can. More so when I get within range of the cabinet.

Now, a bit of context. All the cats in our house are food motivated/obsessed to a degree. Smduge was actually the first to be visibly food obsessed and I used to tease that he was a cosmic fatass. The reason this worries me about my cat is because he wasn't always like this. Smduge has somewhat of a history being excited for food. With Nevermore, it feels like a switch just kicked on one day. And now this obsession is so strong at times it genuinely gets on my nerves and in the way of things. I literally trip on him sometimes just making my way to the cabinet for something and he runs over thinking he's getting food.

We used to have an issue of Smudge eating Nevermore's food and vice versa. I literally used to have to chase them away from each other's bowls with a spray bottle. To little avail. But now that we have three cats in the house, we had to buckle down about that. Now they have timed separate feeding. They eat on our schedule. So the first feeding for the day is around 12pm and the last feeding for the day is between 10pm and 12am. They all get up to an hour to eat the food we set out before we put it away. We do this several times a day. And we've been doing this for over 6 months now. Nevermore has a habit of taking a few bites and then napping the rest of his feeding time. Despite my best efforts, he does this at least once a day. And he can get very tetchy between feeding periods, regardless of how much he's eaten.

Of the three types of food we keep for the cats, one bag usually stays sitting out (with the top clipped shut) because we don't always have the cabinet space to put it away. This is Dahlia's food. The kitten food. And Nevermore has taken it upon himself to rub against and bite into this bag between feedings. Or as a way to signal to me that he's hungry. This behavior isn't totally unique to him, but he's definitely the loudest and most entitled when it comes to his food. He will literally harass me in the "mornings" when I get up, screaming until I set out his food. Or scream at me after his last feeding for more food. And then he has the audacity to eat too fast or something and yak it all up on the floor or my bed. I truly don't know what makes him throw up. It's not often but it's still concerning. And he's the only one who does so somewhat consistently. Smudge has only thrown up once or twice in his whole life and the only times Dahlia has thrown up was a hairball.

I know the obvious answer here is to take him to the vet. But I can't afford that. Not right now. But I don't know what a vet would tell me about this. If it's not a symptom of some medical condition, then it's psychological. And what do I even do for that?? We live in a basement. We're currently in the process of renovating to try and make more space, but we only have so much to begin with. If it's a boredom thing, I don't know what to do about that. He's not a playful cat. I've tried so many toys with him and he just doesn't give a shit most of the time.

Uuuuuggghhhh. I just wanted to vent/rant about this because truly, his attitude when he's hungry is unbearable. I don't know how I let this happen or how to reverse it. He's soooooo goddamn entitled, I've created a monster. Sometimes he bites me (softly) when I pet him to signal he's hungry. IT'S ENOUGH ALREADY!!!! If he's smart enough to try biting a hole through a bag of kitten food, he's smart enough to understand timed feeding and cutoff times. I just really don't know what I can do about this

Note: Nevermore = orange and white, Smduge = all black, Dahlia = black and white

Another note: despite my ramblings in this post, Nevermore is not fat or overweight. Neither is Smudge. They're both at a perfectly healthy weight. They just have terrible attitudes and eating habits 😤😮‍💨🙄😒

[kagayakuseiza]

Gotta love when I’m trying to look up something in a big book while my cat sits on my desk, pawing at my head to demand that I pet her RIGHT NOW!

[rhuadain]

Having 16 year old cats is an experience.

Whenever they took a nap when they were younger, my first response was always "awe look how cute".

Now they start looking a little too peaceful and I need to check if they are breathing.

[mysteryteacup]

pro tip: in case of mouse or rat

1 drop bucket over animal

2 get bin bag

3 slide open bin bag under bucket so that rodent cannot leave but whole bottom of bucket is covered by bag

4 lift bag handles so bucket and rodent are in bag

5 if possible remove bucket, if not continue to 6

6 empty bin bag (and bucket if skipped 5) outside

7 shake out

8 do not bring back in until you are sure rodent has vacated

9 success

[jiro-sensei]

Want to help me name my new cat?!

I adopted a second cat from the Humane Society on Tuesday. He is 6 yrs old and adjusting nicely! We are introducing him slowly to our other cat, Leo, named after Leo from Ensemble Stars. (We lost our 16 yr old kitty back in Nov and it was heart breaking for all of us)

I have been struggling a lot with picking a name! So I came up with a Google Form to have some help... Bringing this to the Internet is going to be either the best thing, or worst thing I ever do.

Help me name my kitty! T_T

If you don't know the personality of the characters listed... - Oly/Olruggio: a deeply caring, protective, and blunt character who masks a c