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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Susanne (urbantigers) on August 03, 2008, 11:30:23 AM
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I've done a few in my time, and am one of those who regularly ends up sleeping in odd positions in order to accommodate the cats. But this hot weather is making that difficiult. I woke up at about 3am last night and Jaffa was snoozing in his usual spot to my right. Mosi was lying on my legs but when he sensed I'd woken up, he came up to the top and curled up next to me on the sheet, with his head resting on the pillow. Cute, but just too hot so I inched away from him (slowly trying not to let him realise I was moving away from him! ;D) Unfortunately, as I moved he just sort of stretched further into the middle of the bed to fill the space I was creating (in that way that only cats have!) so that I ended up with a tiny strip of bed in the middle, and my head on the crack between pillows. I couldn't do anything with my arms other than clamp them by my side. I ended up getting up to cool down and seriously considered sleeping on the sofa. After about 10 mins I had another go and managed to fall asleep. I did wake up with a bit of a crick in my neck though. They were both still snoozing away either side of me. Am I mad to actually consider sleeping on the sofa so that the cats can have the bed? :rofl: Has anyone actually done that?
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And you think I am a soft touch? :rofl:
Binky was allowed to sleep on my head, no matter how hot or uncomfortable I got, and the first night we had him I sat up all night cuddling him in a chair so he could sleep... (he wouldn't settle on the bed and kept calling for his mum and siblings)
So maybe we are both equally mad! ;D
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I have slept on the floor quite a few times with poorly cats, and also a few times with scared cats. Molly eats on my bed, as did Pebbles, and Zi has a few times. I have sat freezing cold mre than once cos of cats on my knee.
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During the winter OH stayed on the sofa all night so as not to disturb Clapton. A blanket had to be arranged just so as Clapton doesn't like being covered up :evillaugh:
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The only problem with moving to the sofa to allow them the bed is that they then transfer to the sofa. Mine do at any rate. Their priority is not the bed, it is you!
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Clapton wasn't on the bed. Dennis was lying on the sofa with Clapton snoring away on him :evillaugh: - It isn't unknown for him to have a cake and glass of milk by the sofa all evening as he can't sit up to have them. Cats rarely settle on me as I rarely sit down for more than a couple of minutes.
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I often lie back on the sofa in the evenings, and as soon as I'm horizontal Lexy's "mums-horizontal-radar" activate and I have an expectant puss standing next to the sofa within seconds. However, she refuses point blank to jump up onto me unless there is a blanket covering my legs. Seriously. Won't even budge. So even in the heat of the summer nights the last week or so, there is me, on the sofa with a blanket on my legs and a very warm, sweaty puss asleep on my legs. I have to have a wet towel nearby to cool her down. :Luv2:
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It amazes me how such a small kitty can take up so much room in a king sized bed! Had to move to the sofa (had sis, her hubby and baby staying) on Friday night - small problem..............Smartie decided that she was joining me! So hot and really loud purs. Was so grumpy on Saturday due to sleep deprivation!!!!
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SO MANY TIMES i HAVE BALANCED ON THE EDGE OF THE BED SO i DIDN'T MOVE AND DISTURB MY FURBABIES, MY LEGS HAVE GONE NUMB AND TINGLEY THROUGH NOT WANTING TO MOVE AND i HAVE SLEPT ON THE SOFA WHEN HAVE HAD A POORLY CAT ON THE BED i DIDN'T WANT TO DISTURB!
Opps sorry caps were on!
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I tend to keep a fleece blanket around me at all times if Lirael wants to cuddle as she prefers to sleep under my legs when they are covered. Which makes for akward sleeping.
I fell asleep last night on my back and couldn't turn the light out because I couldn't reach it, Lirael & Smoke decided to lay on top of me and Penguin next to me while I was reading a book. So I had to sleep in that position... my book ended up on my pillow. And my husband turned the light off when he came to bed ;)
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When Amber was spayed she came home and imediately jumped on the bed. That night I very carefully grabbed a pillow and the spare duvet and got on the settee. I woke in the morning with terrible back and neck ache and both Amber and Mogs snuggled up. I then realised Amber no longer had the collar on and didnt have all her stitches either >:(
love
Tab
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I can't allow them to sleep on our bed as they jump around ALL night (having slept most of the day of course :tired:) and Max lies right on my face. However we did buy a house in Cape Town that we didn't really like much, just because it was perfect for a cat run, whereas other nicer houses weren't.....does that count as 'daft'?!!!! Plus when they travelled to France by air, we spent a few hours with them so paid a day rate in the v expensive Hilton Hotel (which they approved of btw) in JHBurg so that they could have a nice rest before their onward journey :-)
And we haven't got a sofa in our lounge in case the change upsets Swampcat, but instead have a grot futon with our only spare duvet on it and covered with a fleece - so it's low and soft (people can't sit on it, it's strictly for cats & is not too designer let's say). In fact, most decisions are run by the Feline Pawlitburo before approval ;D
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Most things I do in a roundabout way involve Max, all flats/houses I've moved into have been because they have lots of stairs, which are brilliant for his exercise being an indoor cat. I've not had a holiday since I adopted him in 2000, but to be honest I'm not that bothered about that, its all money I can never really afford anyway, so not daft I guess lol!
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When Sooty (RIP) got old, he could no longer use the catflap without having a step placed on the outside...unfortunately the door was outward opening and the step meant that we couldn't open the door...so we bought a new inward opening door :rofl:
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I've been reading some of these posts to OH to prove that it's not just me/us! Daft = love ;D !!
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When Mosi was little I used to lift him up every day so that he could have a play with the light cord in the bathroom ;D
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Like most I think its gotta be the bed and when I had one cat , she used to take over the bed and now I have four I am lucky cos it only one, the smallest one who decides where I am allowed to lie or put my head. I really cant understand how he manages to take up so much room and why he has to have me facing him.
If I turn over he will bounce over my head and change sides and he like to lie on top of my head with a foot pushing and a tail flapping my face. Failing that he will stretch out to his longest position including tail stretched out across the bed so its impossible to get in without sitting on some part of him.
He will look at me as to say be careful you can see me here, so dont lie on me and then turns away and ignores me.
This morning after a restless night due to lack of space, Franta decides he will move in too and he does it so gently, just a little push here and a little push there, then a wiggle and paws on my arm. If I open my eyes I look into a pair of dark blue eyes and he will then rub my face and give an extra little push and wiggle to get himself in the right place. When I woke up he had gone and Ducha had taken his place, start to think that I am just not seeing the right colours!
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I often end up with a tiny sliver of bed as foxy spreads out under the duvet with me. I also have a pint glass on the worktop filled to the brim at all times for Rossi (something I failed to mention to an ex who thought I had just filled it with cold water for him and proceeded to pick it up and drink it - I didn't bother mentioning it was a cat glass until he had finished drinking ;) ... he wasn't impressed!!!! :rofl: ).
You all know that when we Foxy and I are sunbathing I have to take a large towel out for her to lie on ... she doesn't like lying on hard surfaces. :innocent:
Of course I have done the sleeping on the floor with poorly kitties etc.
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First night Lexy was home with me, I slept in the living room on the floor with her since she was still afraid to come out.. not even a few hours in the house and she knew she was queen bee
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I have often spent the night on the couch when Henry isn't very well. On Henry's first night he woke us at 6am and OH got up and sat with him in living room for an hour in case he was lonely. Best is when my sister got married and my parents offered to pay for 2 nights accomadation, I had to go as I was bridesmaid but OH refused to leave cats 2 nights in a row as he didn't trust neighbour to give Henry his medication. He complains they are too spoiled but we bring it all on ourselves.
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I also have a pint glass on the worktop filled to the brim at all times for Rossi (something I failed to mention to an ex who thought I had just filled it with cold water for him and proceeded to pick it up and drink it - I didn't bother mentioning it was a cat glass until he had finished drinking ;) ... he wasn't impressed!!!! :rofl: ).
Not surprised he's an ex....
how dare he drink Rossi's water!! :rofl:
Dinah has her own Hoegaarten glass filled with water. She's taken to "asking" (i.e. telling!) us to put water out for her in a hole in our back yard - her favourite new drinking spot. She also eats on the bed sometimes. I'm so glad it's not just us!!
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Well we had to give up a £80 john smedley top after robinson managed to snuggle down on it :doh:.
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The only problem with moving to the sofa to allow them the bed is that they then transfer to the sofa. Mine do at any rate. Their priority is not the bed, it is you!
Mine do that - I've figured out they come in to get me up and if there's any chance of my partner getting any sleep I have to go downstairs to the settee and snooze on there. That way everybody's happy - my partner gets some sleep and the cats get to jump on me when they feel like it.
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definately cutting down everything in the garden to cat proof - wouldn't be without it though!
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Well we had to give up a £80 john smedley top after robinson managed to snuggle down on it :doh:.
I know that one as well .... when I found Zephyr and Foxy both asleep on my new black cashmere jumper (remember Foxy and Zephyr NEVER sleep together usually) which one of them had very kindly pulled off the radiator!!!!!! Needless to say I have never been able to get all the hairs off the jumper and it is now my "decorating" top! :rofl:
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Well I don't know if this is the daftest thing - but I cancelled a date on Saturday, because of Sam having all the tests and procedures done at the vets on Wednesday and his diagnosis. Was worried about leaving him that long. Expect I've blown it now, but such is life LOL! :evillaugh:
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if he was a nice man he'd understand Gillian
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if he was a nice man he'd understand Gillian
He is, we go back a long way, but worlds apart when it comes to the cats! ;)
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even better, if he knows you well he'll know how important the cats are to you, I'm sure he reschedule
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even better, if he knows you well he'll know how important the cats are to you, I'm sure he reschedule
Heres the thing - not sure I really want to LOL! :evillaugh:
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that puts a completely different light on it - obviously Sam needs you home every night for the next six months or so!!!
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that puts a completely different light on it - obviously Sam needs you home every night for the next six months or so!!!
LOL! :rofl:
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I've always said you can tell a real cat person by the crick in their neck (and the hairs on their clothes of course) :rofl: When I met OH he wasn't really a cat person - he had nothing against them but just hadn't been initiated. Now he sleeps on a 6 inch strip of bed just like the rest of us if Korky decides thats the way it should be. He also gets up as requested at ridiculously early hours of the day to do cat breakfast. Korky very quickly learned that while I can sleep through anything OH can't!
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Well I guess I'm a confirmed batchelor. I can just picture it now, after a lovely evening of me missing my puds and hurrying home to check on their welfare, my dream date and I arrive back at my place for an intimate candle lit dinner for five. We gaze lovingly at each other over a glass of chilled champagne, our eyes meet, violins start to play softly when Frankie uses his litter tray very noisily, Suzie is sick all over the bed and Alfie jumps up onto the table and knocks the champers all over her designer dress which is now liberally covered in cat hair. How could any girl resist!!?? ;D
Cheers
Leigh
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Yep, cats really do know how to set the mood, Leigh!
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:rofl: @ Leigh :evillaugh:
It is catching as I just went upstairs and saw that OH had laid a jumper that was an xmas gift from me over the chair for Kylie :Crazy:
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Well I guess I'm a confirmed batchelor. I can just picture it now, after a lovely evening of me missing my puds and hurrying home to check on their welfare, my dream date and I arrive back at my place for an intimate candle lit dinner for five. We gaze lovingly at each other over a glass of chilled champagne, our eyes meet, violins start to play softly when Frankie uses his litter tray very noisily, Suzie is sick all over the bed and Alfie jumps up onto the table and knocks the champers all over her designer dress which is now liberally covered in cat hair. How could any girl resist!!?? ;D
Cheers
Leigh
Hmmmm,. you have just described my dating routine when I was in my 20s. Although in my case the eye-gazing would start over the last glass of wine at the restaurant and I would then dash off home to make sure the puds were safe and snug, leaving the lad sitting wondering why he hadn't scored ... and people ask me why I am single !!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Well I guess I'm a confirmed batchelor. I can just picture it now, after a lovely evening of me missing my puds and hurrying home to check on their welfare, my dream date and I arrive back at my place for an intimate candle lit dinner for five. We gaze lovingly at each other over a glass of chilled champagne, our eyes meet, violins start to play softly when Frankie uses his litter tray very noisily, Suzie is sick all over the bed and Alfie jumps up onto the table and knocks the champers all over her designer dress which is now liberally covered in cat hair. How could any girl resist!!?? ;D
Cheers
Leigh
Sounds like quite a good night to me Leigh! ;)
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I of course get the usual odd sleeping positions (two cats and me in a single bed - not good :rofl:) and the not moving in case I disturb a cat on my knee. The house I was supposed to be buying last year was chosen specifically for the benefit of the cats and when I do get to buy of course that will be the priority. I think my best ones were when I had Sophie who, due to her being slightly brain damaged, couldn't jump up on my bedroom windowsill as she couldn't get high enough and had a tendency to fall over. Many's the time she woke me up in the middle of the night or very early morningsqueaking in my ear so that I would heave myself up, pick her up and place her on the windowsill so she could look out of the window :rofl: She used to shout at me to be up on the kitchen bench too and I duly lifted her up on there no matter what I was in the middle of.
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Having driven over 10 hours all in one go from Pinball's breeders house all the way back up here I then slept on the floor in the study with him on his first night here and got no sleep at all as he wouldn't stop screaming as he was really nervous being away from all of his brothers and sisters.
Other than that I'm not too bad really, the cats aren't allowed in the bedroom (they have their own room) so I don't have any issues with them pushing me out of bed at night (and my OH would just kick them out of bed anyway!) and they aren't allowed on the new sofa so no problems with me not being able to move when I'm sitting down! Thereagain that does mean that I tend to sit on the floor a bit more than most people :evillaugh:
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When we moved 2 years ago our considerations were as follows:
Somewhere Rural
Very few neighbours or none close enough to be annoying
Well away from any sort of road
Some woods for the cats to play in
Large garden for the unbrave cats who don't do woods
Enough space in the house for the house cats to have more than 2 rooms for the day time
Somewhere we could have all our cats with no complaints of how many!
We did get our rual idyll but now have a mortgage which in this current climate is very hard - we sold our souls to Nat West!
We got a Vet who treats our mob like their own - not hard really we visit every month at least once and thats just for normal stuff
The House Cats have all the space and more throught he day with over half the house to themselves
The Outdoor cats have so much space and a lovely conservatory which is always warm even in winter when there is no heating on
Our 3 legged Hooligan Maverick now has the same access rights as the indoor/outdoor mob with access to the 2 entry points :shocked:
The Dogs have a wonderful run formerly known as our double garage :evillaugh:
We gained a lot of dumped cats and our single garage and former childs wendy house are feeding stations complete with heatpads in the winter - on a snowy night I am the nutter out walking the diogs and putting heat pads in the wendy house at 11.30pm so they won't be cold!
All in all we share our bed with about 10 most nights - more in the winter though - we are now at Super Kingsize and most mornigs are hellish to get up without trying to disturb the sleeping cats - back takes more time to be mobile, housework in done on a 2 week cycle the house and working full time is just to much and got to fit in Tennis with Sky but all in all I wouldn't change things apart form the mortgage and a Domestic lady would be wonderful! :Crazy:
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I think you win hands down Liz :bow: :loon: :bow: ... but you know it's worth it and you will definitely go to heaven ;)
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Liz, maybe you should get a mattress customised to almost fit an entire room, then all of you could sleep (or try to sleep ;)) on it at once (super king size sounds a wee bit small for 10 :rofl:). Sheets - ahem, about 5 sewn together and multiple duvets....give a whole new meaning to 'bedroom' :wow:
seriously, it sounds lovely where you are. We've all sold our souls and more to banks but some of us are in london flats and need permission to keep cats :P :P !
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I think you win hands down Liz :bow: :loon: :bow: ... but you know it's worth it and you will definitely go to heaven ;)
Sounds like she's already in heaven to me ;D
This is becoming a regular thing for me now - Mosi trying to snuggle up to me. He even gets in before I've fallen asleep sometimes. He used to wait until I was asleep, or even until I woke up in the morning, before coming for his morning cuddle but now he cant wait. Despite that, I woke up yesterday morning to find no cats on the bed and actually felt quite upset that they'd deserted me! :rofl:
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I love this thread and Marks picture made me :rofl: :rofl:
Liz you sound like you have a great place and one that I could clearly move into :shify: :shify: but no way could I afford the morgage
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I have to say I'm very lucky as Robin gave me a budget and said find a house, well he then gave me more money to spend :shocked: and this is the only house we looked at, came on Saturday, I hadn't even got half way down the track or through the electric gates when he said ok so I suppose this is it - the house could have been a tip but the location would have sold it, just lucky it is our dream home with all the extra spoace and more rooms than we will ever need
But above all peace of mind for our cats and dogs to play free and know that no one will hurt them
Our cats and the neighbours plus the dogs mean that noone speeds on the track - not good for the suspension - we have a few pot holes in really good spaces, and above all at night when I walk the dogs last hing with my trusty torch I see my outside mob starting to go to their respective beds by following the eyes, Sky is on his lead and they think poor Jazz the JRT is just another cat out for a nightly wander
Also no street lights and the sound of the stream babbling in the background mixed with the owls its wonderful! :)
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Liz your place sounds wonderful ... I'm now torn between being adopted by you and Linda (Bengalbabe) ... maybe I could do time share and spend 6 months with both of you ;)
PLEASE adopt me :scared:
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Stop this torture................I am wishing wishing this could happen to me ;D
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Liz do you have a spare (Robin or house would do) :rofl: :rofl:
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Sam Linda isn't that far from me I have dscovered so may have to visit the bengalies and think of a kidnap mission with large handbag!
We do have 3 bedrooms with bathrooms that we don't use and 2 are reserved for friends that visit and bring their cats and dogs!
Yes that is one thing I am very lucky having is Robin and his love of the feline!!!!
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How many Clan Cats are there now Liz? I think I need to kidnap Sky No! to come and play with Pinball Stop! :evillaugh:
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He can come for a visit Lottie but his best pal the feral Panther would pine - they are currently in Sky's crate and Panther is hugging the boy and washing his face! :shocked:
Me thinks it would be a fun sight as SKy adores cats and really thinks all should be his friend we have a couple of exceptions but they don't like humans much either!!!!!!!!! :innocent: :shify:
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your place does sound amazing, i'd love to see it! maybe we should do a purrs field trip!
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Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa did you say a "Feral Panther"?!!!!!
I know that Frankie's big, black and feline but not THAT big :)
Cheers
Leigh
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No not a real life big cat Leigh just a beautiful feral black boy - his sister is a flighty feral called Raven! :Crazy:
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Max is nicknamed my pocket panther :evillaugh:
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Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew that's a relief, Frankie eats about the same as a panther cub and weighs about the same too :)
Cheers
Leigh
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I've done a few in my time, and am one of those who regularly ends up sleeping in odd positions in order to accommodate the cats. But this hot weather is making that difficiult. I woke up at about 3am last night and Jaffa was snoozing in his usual spot to my right. Mosi was lying on my legs but when he sensed I'd woken up, he came up to the top and curled up next to me on the sheet, with his head resting on the pillow. Cute, but just too hot so I inched away from him (slowly trying not to let him realise I was moving away from him! ;D) Unfortunately, as I moved he just sort of stretched further into the middle of the bed to fill the space I was creating (in that way that only cats have!) so that I ended up with a tiny strip of bed in the middle, and my head on the crack between pillows. I couldn't do anything with my arms other than clamp them by my side. I ended up getting up to cool down and seriously considered sleeping on the sofa. After about 10 mins I had another go and managed to fall asleep. I did wake up with a bit of a crick in my neck though. They were both still snoozing away either side of me. Am I mad to actually consider sleeping on the sofa so that the cats can have the bed? :rofl: Has anyone actually done that?
Yes! I've done that! Well, thought about it, anyway. Trouble is, if I forget to turn my duvet back up when I get home from work, all three of mine then go to sleep on the duvet where it's turned down, leaving half the bed bare. So there I am, with just my feet under the duvet at the bottom of the bed, wearing my fleecy robe to try to keep warm! :rofl: I often find myself trying to sleep at an awkward angle, too, trying to find a route between my three furries who are all spread out snoozing away!
[Edit] Oh, and this HAS to be the daftest thing .... I ... er ... had a male friend round with a bit of passion going on, you know .... but I didn't let him come to bed with me, and for no other reason except my cats would need to find somewhere else to sleep!! :rofl: I think I shall have to despair of finding a bloke unless he's happy to be put out at night! :rofl:
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Previously I posted about the suitcase that lives on the sofa in the kitchen. It has gone a step further. Clapton slept on it so Kylie refused to go back on it. She now has our brand new picnic rug on there :evillaugh:
Notice Willow in some of the photos - for some reason she either didn't see Kylie or didn't care - unusual to have both of them in the same frame.
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you should know better than to buy a picnic rug and think it's "yours" Mark :rofl:. Now it's got a new design - the covered in cat hair look :wow:
you have a lovely looking kitchen and floor too!
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Thanks :)
We should have realised it wouldn't be long before a cat claimed it :evillaugh:
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Mark you know you bought it for the cats really!!!!!
I now buy cat things before human things and try and coordinate to match to thank god ours come in all colours, in our last house some bright spark really thought that our diningroom - all nice neutrals was decorated for our beloved Blonde ginger boy Haggis!!!!! :shocked:
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i bought my house 6 1/2yrs ago especially for its location,a quiet cul-de-sac at the back and 2 miles of woodland as my front garden,then spent the next 6 months rescuing cats who were daft enough to think they could climb fir trees,never went for the oak trees which have lots of branches,one neighbour who thinks ive totally lost it ;D even gave me an extending ladder so i wouldnt have to keep asking to borrow it , :evillaugh:
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I thought of this thread just now. I wanted to give Alice some Orijen but realised it was on the window ledge in the garden (I was feeding a hungry neighbour cat) - I had one trainer on but Alice was rubbing her face against the other one. It was only when I was hopping in the garden, I realised how ridiculously pampered they are :evillaugh:
My left leg is the weak one too :evillaugh:
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Jameson sleeps in between my legs at bottom of the bed. I have realised that, no matter how deep asleep I am, I can still sense when OH is about to put his leg over mine, so I automatically kick them away to shield Jameson from being kicked/squashed. I actually do it in my sleep - I can't believe that!!
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We tend to sleep around the cats when they are on the bed and last night young Archie all of nearly 9 weeks finally mastered the stairs and slept with us as well as beijing, Sweetie, Puma, Peanut, Max, Amber, Brodie and finally Oscar - my back was killing me this morning but I felt Archie and beijing come on the bed and moved to accomodate them and keep them away from Sweetie who does like her space non invaded!
Went back to bed after Robin went to work and found one of our really nasty ferals Ace asleep against my back - the look on his face was priceless and then stroked a grey cat on the chair who proceeeded to lash out yup it was our newboy Blue not Shadow our other grey boy - must put glasses on when leaving bedroom!!!! :shocked:
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Well i am confirmed single - me and the cats (5) all go to bed together -Winston has a cat bunkbed which has easy access to windowledge for morning sun - Smartie has my pillow with my head on it and sometimes puts his paw in my hand when i stroke him and then i fall asleep and am stiff the next day for sleeping funny - Bungly has the other Pillow , Sophie the middle of bed and FiFi hasnt decided to come in there with me yet , but will sleep under the pillow till i go up to bed.
Scratching posts of all sizes all over the house + beds and igloo - I just have a settee - good job i dont get many visitors !
Also not had holiday for 8 years as couldn''t trust anyone else to look after them , Smartie needs his tablets every day and also walks round howling if he can''t see me !
i have done the stying up all night and getting up every hour too if they are poorly - vet has all my money , but he is excellentwith them and don''t know what i will do if he retires as he must be nearly 70 now !
The cats are the love of my life - its a good job as i have no-one else and its not looking likely i would meet anyone else now - getting too long in the tooth as well !!! :rofl:
They would also be at the very bottom priority too , so can''t see anyone putting up with that just for me !! ;D Luckily i am happy on my own - its just a bit hard when things get you down and no-one to turn to .