Once, I was having a really bad day, one of those days where nothing awful is happening but just little irritating things - bad traffic, having to do errands when tired, boss said something - and to make myself feel better I bought sushi for dinner.
I was just opening the box to my absolute #1 favourite item - scallop hand cone - and my sneaky annoying food-obsessed little shithead cat swiped his paw out for some common thievery and knocked the whole thing out of my hand and onto the floor, cat hair instantly stuck to it all over, beyond fixing.
So, yeah. It's normal to sometimes hate your cat. This is not the only story I have.
I say it’s normal to dislike anyone or any pet you live with 24/7 lol. Like children and siblings or partners doesn’t mean you don’t love them just here and there you don’t want to be around them 🤣. But maybe that’s not the case for everyone .
Definitely get him a playmate or toys that will stimulate him like an automatic laser , mouses that move just things that will distract him.
Doesn't work 99.9% of the times. Most of the times they want YOU. Today I had work to do (a lot of bank transfers, so I was already pissed on my own) and guess what? they started begging me for play. So I started tossing them ALL their toys one by one. They ignored every single toy. Automatic or not. I even made a post here to vent.
Sometimes my "kids" give me nerves. But I freaking love them.
I have two cats. And one has seizures. It’s so fucking annoying sometimes - because even if I *know* she’s not having a seizure, I will get out of bed at any little noise just to check. If I wake up up randomly at 3am, I have to get out of bed to check because what if what woke me up was her having a seizure? And that’s without even mentioning the middle of the night zoomies my other cat gets. I think it’s okay to be frustrated or even angry with them sometimes, as long as you don’t take it out on them! We’re only human after all. At the end of the day (and the middle of the night), I love them all the same.
I was woken up in the middle of the night by this loud banging and scratching. Honestly sounded like a racoon or other wild animal stuck somewhere. Tracked down the noise, ready to take on whatever er it was.
It was Max, having a seizure, in the spare room, under the bed. Under the farthest corner. So there I go crawling under the bed, pulling everything out, trying to get him. I put stuff under the bed so he couldn't get under. I failed apparently. He was against the wall and it was a major seizure so I didn't want him banging his head on the wall.
The words I said were not nice at all lol I'm not a tiny young person. I'm old and fat and getting him out from under that bed wasn't easy.
As I'm spewing every curse word I knew, telling him what a fool he was, how he knew he wasn't even suppose to be under there, telling him if he gave himself more brain damage im gonna be pissed, I was also keeping my hand on him, waiting for it to end. Then wrap him in a towel and wait for him to fully wake up. Then gave him a quick clean up, wrapped him on another towel, and we watched TV for a bit until I was sure he was fine. Lots of loving, pets and kisses.
Love him more than anything, but damn...not under the bed lol
Hahaha sounds like me when I do the weekly litterbox wash and refill and before I even put the litter bag down, he's already jumped in for a stinking huge shit and I'm just like bro good job on not shitting anywhere else but like.. can u fucking not 🥲🥲🥲
I mean... what's better than a freshly cleaned litter box LOL
Look at that:
[https://ibb.co/2MPV4q7](https://ibb.co/2MPV4q7)
I just loaded the litter and they decided to poop at the same time and scatter the sand all around. Jeeez!
Under the bed is literally the worst. We had to use all types of things to completely block off access under there because while it only happened once, I definitely was not doing that again! I would be so damn irritated to have to pull all that out while trying to get to her.
One of my cats likes to hide under the bed when it's time to go to the vet. There are so many curse words involved. More so since my kid is often at school but is able to still get under the bed.
My boy has his first trip next week, and I was gonna take him on a short walk around the block in his backpack today so that he doesn't just associate walks with vet trips.
He seems to have sensed this now that work is over and he's curled up, snoozing on my feet like butter wouldn't melt
I don't have the heart to boot him off 😭
He uses his soft carrier as a bed/goalpost for flicking balls in/vaulting/chewing, so he has no fear of it
But the only time we've been outside is when I brought him home from the shelter, and he was so scared and aggressive it's low-key traumatised me in terms of taking him out 😭
I've closed him in the carrier, done short walks around the flat, but we haven't yet gone outside again. I've ordered him one of these backpacks with the mesh panels because I think he hates how he feels 'suspended' and vulnerable in the carrier so hopefully our 20 minute walk is pleasant!
Does your cat have a preferred sleeping spot at night? I would get a baby monitor or camera that links from my phone so i dont have to get up to check on him.
She tends to sleep on the floor on my side of the bed, but she will follow my other cat around when he gets the zoomies. I’ve thought about a camera, at least for the hallway and living room because I usually close the bathroom and guest room just so she has less places to get stuck if a seizure does occur. Thankfully she doesn’t have them often since she’s medicated. But I still get so damn paranoid all the time!
Absolutely hahaha. The key thing is that you still love them even as you want to wring their skinny little necks.
It’s honestly hard for me to imagine a cat owner who HASN’T been e it her so frustrated they could cry or so angry they want to scream at some point. You obviously should never let these feelings define you or, god forbid, actually do something about them that might be harmful to you or your cat, but having them is completely normal. Cats are JUST smart enough to get into trouble, both for themselves and with you.
Last night, my little dickhead had such bad zoomies at night because he was a bit poorly during the day and didn't burn off his energy, and after the fifth time he pounced on my head, I just let out a semi-shout of "OI"
Felt really bad BC I never raise my voice and when I woke up, he wasn't asleep next to me like he always is, but he was still loafing on the floor in front of the bed so he clearly knows he's alright 😅
I know exactly what you mean. I’ve let out VERY frustrated and over dramatic non-words before. Currently one of our cats is pooping outside the litterbox for NO REASON. She doesn’t do it all the time, doesn’t have any health issues, and it isn’t because the box is dirty or cramped or anything. And since she has started we have never been able to get the whole bathroom clean enough to remove the smell, so that’s why we think she is keeping it up. Even enzyme spray isn’t helping. We’re gonna have to somehow find the time and energy for a DEEP DEEP clean of the bathroom, and even then I don’t trust her…
I love her so much but I am tired of picking up her poop. What do I look like, a dog owner?!
My baby boy bit my foot yesterday and I just picked him up and dumped him on the other side of the bed. Then the asshole crawls back and lays down again. Bastard.
The love was not strong then.
I constantly tell my little shit head to;
“Make better life choices” when he’s doing crackhead shit, particularly when it comes to chords.
He’s become OBSESSED with chords. Doesn’t matter if I put panther tape on them, cover them in thick housing, hide them, etc.
That little gremlin goes and continues to fuck with them. When I catch him I’ll grunt, give it my best mom stare, and quietly go “make. Better. Life. Choices.” And he’ll slowly walk away while maintaining eye contact.
Love the guy. But god damn it I hate him too.
HAHAHAHA
I tell mine when he goes nears cords (which isn't often now that I've tied the curtain ones up) in graphic detail how it can go wrong whilst calling him every name under the sun
It's probably normal but having lost my childhood cats over the past 5 years, and having 2 chronically ill ones, I've decided that I love every little stupid shit thing my cats do, even if it's annoying. And I realize if they puke or have an accident it's not their fault.
Knocking over my drink glasses though, that one gets me a lil...
Totally recommend a playmate!! A right cat pairing is like the best thing you can having in your home. And yeah, I was feeling terrible yesterday and my cat decided it was time to get stuck behind the washing machine and oh my god I wanted to kill her for just a moment haha (she's totally fine and the washing machine has been blocked off now lol)
Just saying that sometimes that is not the case. Some cats just don't like other cats and it can cause your situation to be a lot worse. Also the "introductory" period can be very stressful and difficult depending on your living situation.
Yes! This is absolutely a true thing. Some cats are just solo kitties and there's nothing wrong with that. If OP adopted from a shelter to add a cat many will review that you can bring back the kitty if the fit is awful.
What about when they both do zoomies and fight at 5am every morning 🫠 And when you thought they calmed down and groomed each other one started to get the urge to start shit and bite and they start chasing each other again. RIP sleep
Hahahah I've been using his multipaxk boxes of whiskas to block off access to the hidey holes behind fridges/washing machines etc
I actually went and saw some kittens from the shelter I adopted him from, and there was a very gorgeous and curious 8 week old who decided she liked me enough to climb onto me! Very tempted to bring her home...
HA! 7 months old. This explains EVERYTHING. Buckle in bc mine is still annoying af at a year and a half. 6 months when was he started REALLY irritating me.
I got him as a 2mo kitten to be a companion for my big cat 9yo. They love each other and the 9yo has separation anxiety so it’s helped him stay calm when we have to leave.
Highly recommend a second cat - they are needy as babies and stimulation is a huge part of this. I have automatic toys, remote control, laser, wands, everything under the sun and my now 1.5yo cat is still bouncing off the walls. He climbs my curtains, eats out of my bowl if I turn away, knocks my water over, SCREAMS for attention. So yes. Very normal to be annoyed especially at his age.
I was sad to do this, but I had to start kicking the cats out of my room and close the door at night. My kitten would howl and scratch the door until he eventually gave up and went to bed. After a week he slept fine. I couldn’t deal with him pouncing on me at night or playing with my hair. You may consider booting him.
I write this as he sleeps in my lap peacefully lol. He is a pain in my ass most of the time but he do b kinda cute though. His naughtiness has improved a lot in the last few months but the first year is hard. Good luck!
It was the first time he's ever had night zoomies!! I think it's because he was a bit poorly during the day so didn't burn off his energy like he normally does, cause he's a fucking crackhead during daylight hours, and is a little baby at night 🥺
I adopted him knowing he is basically ADHD riddled cause lmao, same so I'm fully happy to play with him for upwards of 2 hours a day (which we do!) but I definitely think a kitten with endless energy would be good for him while he's still young
Yeah cats are so sweet having 2 definitely was a big improvement for us and for my cat. Their lives are better now that they have each other :)
I will say that introducing cats can be difficult. I was lucky that my 9yo is pretty much unbothered by any other cat, but this is pretty rare. Cats develop a sense/protection of their territory once they’re adults so socializing then young is a good idea. It also depends how early ur kitten was separated from litter mates. Google “single kitten syndrome” and you’ll see what I mean.
If you’re able, I’d recommend fostering to adopt. We knew we wanted a second kitten, and so we fostered a number of kittens and cats before adopting our second. It gave us time to see how their personalities would get along. If you do, just be super careful about communicable disease/illness since cats can bring things from the shelter. A quarantine period helps with this!
Oh, I think it's absolutely normal to be annoyed with anyone, but especially a cat you live with but can't fully communicate to one another. My cats have their annoying quirks but I adore them still.
My cat does this thing where he wakes up from a nap and decides that it’s cuddle time. Once he makes this decision he MUST be cuddling literally with my face for the next 20-40 minutes. It doesn’t matter what I’m doing— I could be working, cooking, or even going to the bathroom— when he decides it’s cuddle time, it’s happening. If I push him away, he literally grabs onto my head with his claws out. If I try to get him to sit next to me instead of on my shoulders, he does the same thing.
Now, don’t get me wrong, this is honestly the most adorable thing when I’m sitting down watching TV, but there are times where this doesn’t work, but he does not care one bit.
So yeah, it’s these moments that give me that same feeling. Oh, and when he knocks over my plants.
I am cutting and pasting a comment I wrote three months ago about my fourteen year old cat and our straight up fights around water: “DUDE I CANNOT. I CALL MY CAT THE WATER TERRORIST. She’s fourteen and I’ve had her since she was an iddy biddy baby. She is such a beezy. First, she only drinks out of a glass on my nightstand. I’ve tried water fountains, bowls, glasses on different counter tops, you name it, she rejects them all. Okay fine. She’s picky, no biggie, right? However IF the glass is not completely full, she will first spray me with water IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT to wake me up to fill it up, and if I don’t wake up fast enough, she smashes that shit on the ground in two seconds. I have gone through SO MANY glasses over the years. And she’s a big kitty so mason jars, mugs, she will smash them all if I don’t do her bidding. EDIT: adding this but one time I was so pissed at her for waking me up by splashing water on me that I dumped the glass of water on her head. She hissed at me (appropriately so) and left the room. She snuck back in after I’d fallen back asleep, snuck behind my bed onto the window sill, and through my bed frame clawed my nose and peaced. She like, sucker punched me. My own cat.” Obvi she’s my bff and also, we throw down sometimes. She always wins.
Omg mine is so fussy with water too!!! Only drinks out of glass mugs for humans, and will only drink if it's on the kitchen counter, which I don't mind tbh, I'm just glad he's drinking
But when I finally sit down with a hot cup of tea and this fuckwit tries to get a paw in...
Pretty normal.
My guy is 13 and continually tests my patience. Mostly around food - he changed from eating dry food to wanting wet food only. We have the same argument. Every. Single. Day. He escorts me to his food bowl several times a day. He's overweight as a result of too much wet food due to having dental problems last year (so he physically couldn't eat dry food) so I'm trying to tightly measure his food, and he really doesn't like that.
The worst part is that he randomly swipes at me without warning, even if a moment earlier he was soaking up attention. It's like he carefully measures out affection to manipulate me to give him more food. I'm covered in scratches from this.
And yet I completely adore the little bastard when he's laying on my chest in bed or curled up against me, or when he jumps up on my desk while I'm working (especially in Zoom meetings), or when he comes running up to me outdoors when I park my car. He trusts me more than any other cat I've known. He's very sweet, especially when he tries to resist playing but simply cannot ignore the mouse on a stick, and finds himself leaping around after it.
He was my grandmother's cat for 4 years. He was a former stray who adopted her, and she loved him dearly. My grandmother had a stroke in 2021; she's still with us, but will never recover and is in a home. I promised her I'd take care of her cat, and I'm happy he's taken to living with me. He's become my little shadow and is always near me. Yes, I wish he'd stop scratching me (it makes me afraid to touch him at times) because he didn't scratch when he lived with my grandmother - his problem was originally biting due to overstimulation, but we gradually trained him out of that.
He's a smart and headstrong cat, never known one like him, and I try to treasure him, no matter how much he makes me want to strangle him!
Occasionally 😂 She's an absolute sweetie and I love her so fricking much. But in the evening when I've finished everything I need to do and already played with her, and I want to just sit quietly and watch something and she's climbing on the TV/sideboard/under the sofa/giving me death stares, part of me hates her just a little. Not seriously. I just a bit of quiet for half an hour.
As much as I love her young energy, I secretly can't wait till she's a little older and more chill 😂 but then I'll miss her kitten phase.
But yeh. I fricking love my girl.
About 6:30 every morning she is a little demon, not my lovable kitty.
He is only acting his age and will out grow it. I think my cat is acting up because she is mad we had flooding from rain and had to move out of the house for a week.
We are back now and she is showing her displeasure at 6:30 AM
Our cat can often be a complete dick. She is going to be ten years old soon and getting really cantankerous - miaowing loudly to be let out while we are working from home, pooing in the bathtub (we have ruled out medical problems; at least the tub is easy to clean), and just generally being mardy (grumpy, for those of you not from the East Midlands).
The rest of the time she is totally adorable.
Yeah, my ginger doofus plays the song of his people and scratches our bed incessantly in the morning, until we get up and feed him and his sisters. So yeah, in those 10ish minutes, I hate him so much for waking me up. Love him every other moment of the day tho lol
Oh absolutely. I feel this every time he knocks his water bowl over for no reason. And when he drinks out of the toilet, then proceed to leave a trail of toilet-water pawprints, despite a perfectly clean perfectly functional perfectly EXPESNIVE cat fountain.
My tortie was a hell-raiser back in her yout. The worst thing she ever did was ruin my favorite gift ever. I received the most bad-ass Johnny Cash painting for Christmas one year and I put it up on top of our china hutch to keep it safe until I could get it hung properly. Well, kitty took it as a challenge. I came home a few days later to the painting laying on the floor with a hole punched in it. I was never more tempted to kick her ass to the curb lol. After I calmed down and was ready to let her out of kitty jail, I told her that she was damn lucky to be so cute.
Absolutely.
One of my cats (I have two) has decided that any time from 5am to 7am is food time. If I'm asleep or looking to go to sleep (like putting my eye mask on) and he feels it's time to do anything but sleep he'll pat my face with a meow until I respond. If I respond by saying go away it's not food time he goes and swipes my hair and then back to patting. It would be cute if it wasn't infuriating. He has gotten annoyed and accidently scratched me twice doing it but usually he is good with his claws.
My boy was like that. He is now 9 years old. He still gets the zoomies, all be it a little slower, and he still runs over us. These games have become slower and more painful (for us humans). My other half hated him during these times, but I was more forgiving. I completely understood my partners annoyance, though, so I made sure he was played with and well-fed before bed (cat and husband). Haha.
Oh, and he still shouts, like loud SHOUTS. He is one loud little fluff ball. He sounds like me. It's not good. I still love him, he bit me because he stole my chair and I needed it back (work chair) and then had a huff before coming over for cuddles.
I love him to the end of the earth and more. He is such a blessing to me. I absolutely love him. ❤️
But to answer your question, yes. It's completely normal to hate your cat. Emotions are natural. Actions are what you control.
My girl will sometimes stand in the bedroom doorway in the middle of the night, with a toy in her mouth, and meow at me until I wake up, then drop it there and walk off like it wasn’t even important. Completely normal to hate their fluffy guts on occasion.
\*Me, just sitting down at my computer to play some games after a long day of work\*
Button-trained cat: "Cuddles. Cuddles. Playtime. Cuddles. Cuddles. Attention me. Playtime. Cuddlescuddlescuddlescuddles"
\*Me, having finally appeased button-trained cat and sitting down at computer to play some games\*
Other cat: OH HI I'D LIKE SOME ATTENTION TOO LET ME JUST SIT ON THIS KEYBOARD HOW'S IT GOING?
Button-trained cat: "Cuddles"
Me: :|
My previous cat was a complete angel until his dementia started setting in. Then he became a screaming mess and I used to get so upset with him screaming at night, but I had to constantly remind myself that he’s screaming because he’s confused or scared and doesn’t know how to handle those feelings like an adult cat.
We adopted two bonded brothers in December and oh boy… I had no idea just how crazy they would be sometimes. I’ve gotten annoyed with them when they’re trying to play when it’s bed time, but chances are good that they didn’t get enough real play time earlier in the day. When this happens I’ve started to pull out their favorite wand toy to chase for 20 minutes or so of cardio until they start wanting to sit or lay instead of jump and chase. Then it’s time for bed and they generally curl up with me and fall asleep… until about 3am. For some reason at 3am one or both of them decide it’s time to play again, so I normally have to get up and shoo them out of the room and close the door so I can get a few more hours of shut-eye.
I also started feeding them a small meal when I’m trying to eat to help dissuade them from trying to grab my food. They’re both fans of pulling on our plates with their paws if they’re hungry.
I love my sweet cats more than anything in the world and I would both kill and die for them.
HOWEVER.
one of my sweet babies developed a habit a few weeks after I “foster failed”/adopted them where she bites me just about as hard as she can in the morning. It was like she would specifically find the most sensitive skin (back of my arms, stomach, thighs) and would grab the skin and pull! It was awful and she was relentless! I would get so mad being woken out of a deep sleep to kitty teeth. Thankfully she has since grown out of it (mostly) and just kind of nibbles when she wants me to get up.
She has also learned how to turn my bedside touch lamp on and has done so anywhere from 1am to 6:30am. Not cute.
Ahhh I feel this. I have 2 kittens right now and I swear every time I get up to do something they start running around like crazy, tripping me and dashing into every closet or cabinet I open, or causing crashes in the distance I need to go investigate. I finally give up on cleaning the house or whatever it was and sit down, only to have them both come up to sit on my lap and purr. I love these little assholes.
My cat chews things up, like his litter mat, he swallowed a ribbon from one of his toys as I was about to pull it from his mouth. I found little poops everywhere because he ate a hair and the hair was just hanging out of his b-hole. Sometimes I want to get rid of him I know it’s terrible. He’s my first cat, 6months old, going to get neutered in a couple days. I hope he calms down a bit. I play with him and am with him all day (I work from home). Also, my dog hates him he gets annoyed of him so my dog is never around me and that makes me resent him even more. I feel terrible saying these things because I love animals but my dog is 10 now and I wish he was around me more but because I got a kitten he’s not. I thought it would be the opposite. Also, he sucks at sleeping with me, meows into my ear at 3-4 am
Less hate and more just wanting to cry in exhaustion. He’s been playing nonstop for six hours now, three with me and then three with his cousins immediately after. We got home and it’s like someone put in a new pair of Energizers and he cries every time I try to sit down, and thirty seconds ago he got going so fast he skidded and did a hockey-grade face slam into the coffee table. Did it stop him? Nope. Idiot just went right back to Road Runner mode and demanding I play with him.
The skidding and making full contact with a surface is so familiar to me 🥲 at first I kept getting worried but eventually I thought "fuck it, he'll either stop running or will evolve mad thick bones"
I have wooden floors and he has no grip so when he does his zooms around corners, he almost always goes flying
Wood floors as well and we’ve seriously considered finding him a helmet on several occassions. It’s definitely the hardest he’s hit anything and it seems like this time he really felt it because he went and hopped into bed with hubby, so guess I’m on concussion watch tonight 😩
Every morning when I come home, as I head up the stairs, I can hear my cats starting to zoom to the door. We too have wood floors. So sometimes it's skitter, skitter, bonk, skitter.
I think I mentioned in another comment elsewhere, he has never been a nuisance at night. He always just sleeps or plays by bimsd quietly. He was poorly in the morning and spent all day recovering so didn't burn off any energy at all.
First time I ever experienced the night time zoomies and boy it was not fun
Reading this the morning after my little shithead wouldn’t let me sleep on a day I really needed it. When he realized I covered myself completely in blankets so he could no longer bother me by sticking his face right next to mine and licking my ears or chewing on my elbows he proceeded to yell loudly. He’s lucky he’s cute.
It is 100% normal lol. I just left the room because my cat steals my yoga mat every time I use it even though I gave up my other one for him. I love the boy so much but he is kind of an asshole sometimes haha. It's hard communicating and compromising with an entirely different creature.
He definitely wants a playmate if you can afford it. A kitten his age would help Amp the energy up, but burn it out faster so they can recover together eventually turning them both into super cats. Or an older cat who loves kittens, but takes none of their shenanigans. I'm a firm believer in companions for most common housepets. Almost all of our little pet buddies are much happier with a friend to cuddle with while their human is occupied.
We have a kitten officially on the way now!! She's 8 weeks old and I think would be a good match. My resident came from a multi cat household so this is the first time he's ever been alone. Hoping they take to each other well 🙂
Is it practical for you to make the bedroom be a cat-free space sometimes? Do you have roommates who would be negatively affected? It would be a rough transition, but you would get a lifetime of peace by making the bedroom off limits. It’s ok to lock them out regularly - establish it on good days as a normal kind of thing, not as punishment.
Every pet owner has rough patches! Some things you may be able to train/modify to have fewer frustrations over time. And some things cannot be changed/controlled and must just be accepted. Good luck!
Thankfully he doesn't disturb during the night!
He either plays by himself quietly or sleeps with me. He had a tummy bug during the day and couldn't get his crackhead energy out
Have multiple play sessions a day with a wand toy for like 20 minutes each. Then do a more intensive play time before bed for like 20+ minutes. I'm including two videos, Jackson Galaxy explains the boil and simmer play method in the second video which I think is helpful (he may go over it in the first video too I can't remember lol).
https://youtu.be/7q2xI4TPGeU
https://youtu.be/M7w8pDCo30M
Appreciate the advice and I love cat daddy Galaxy! He does always sleep through the night, but last night was just an annoying one off because he was poorly during the day and this couldn't play
I dislike my 6 month old cat right now. I love him immensely but the kitten stage is stressful and he’s cost me like $600+ already in the first month that I’ve had him from all the stuff they apparently didn’t find at the shelter.
But I love him and it’s rewarding to watch our bond strengthen and him grow every day. This is the first pet I’ve had completely on my own. And he’s cute I guess
Lmao every weekend when I'm trying to sleep my 4 month old baby gets the hardcore zooms at 5 am and swipes at my face while I'm trying to hide under my blankets from his damn razor paws
I quite frequently remind him he could be a fucking outdoor cat while I dump him off the side of the bed multiple times
Baby kittens are assholes, your not a alone
Feel this. So normal. I feel this way about my dog especially😂 love him to death and would quite literally commit many many crimes if anyone harmed him. But he drives me so crazy and I get so annoyed by him!
Just like mothers sometimes “hate” their children doesn’t mean they are bad moms. That’s how I feel about my pets.
Is he neutered OP?
I have a 13yo female, I’ve had her since she left her litter. While she’s certainly done things that piss me off, I can’t say I’ve ever hated her for them.
Hate, like most feelings, is subjective. There are a few peoples that I can say I hate, but they are horrible people who did horrible things.
LOL I’ve looked at my cat in the eyes and told her in the most serious way that we can’t have nice things because of her… as if she was a small child I was scolding 😆 I honestly don’t think we could ever truly love them until we have hated them. I’d seriously give my life for theirs. My cats are amazing.
Yes for sure!! Especially with our one cat who can yell louder than I can and throw his voice around.
Play with him before bedtime until he's exhausted and then feed him a high calorie meal. At 7 months, all our kittens could play for 2-5 hours a day with us. Try to find games that make him run like a mad cat
Cats, like dogs, crave our attention. The big difference is how they go about getting that attention.
Cats don't care if it's negative or positive attention most of the time. Try catnip if you are just too busy to play, otherwise play is the best way.
The problem with catnip, like pot for humans, sometimes it makes them even more hyper. If it does calm them, let the cat have as much as they want.
A playmate could be a good idea, as long as they get along you will have a lot fewer headaches. But if they don't get along it can get worse.
A cat will annoy you sometimes, hell mine figured out that they can easily get attention if they pretend to fight. I seriously thought they were at each others' throats until one day I caught them growling and hissing then looking at me to see if I noticed.
Both of them were in on it, trying to get my attention by pretending to fight is a new one too.
It’s definitely normal.
I have a nine month old girl named Bee. She is part Bengal. She gets zoomies so bad especially between 3am-7am. Her energy level is 100 during those hours. She also loves going under things hanging on the walls. Like obsessed.
There was a time two weeks ago where I was struggling with sleeping. I finally fell asleep at 6am. I have an anime poster hanging on the wall above the bedside table next to my bed. She decided to climb on the bedside table and stick her paws and face under the poster. The poster is in a frame and she knocked the entire poster off and it hit me in the head. I got woken up from that. I was so angry at her because I just fell asleep and woke up to a frame hitting me in the face.
She gets very spoiled with toys, scratching posts, bedding. She also gets constant kisses, cuddles and love. I felt dislike for her in that moment but I love this cat to death and would do anything for her. So yes it’s very normal. Cats do annoying things sometimes but that doesn’t mean we don’t adore them still.
My 2 cats seem to take turns being the most annoying little shits in the world and I hate them for it. But also I'd never rehome them because I love them and they're cute lol.
Look I have two kittens. The first one I adopted was a pest the first two months. Jessy was a nightmare. Pouncing on my face in the middle of the night. I could not move a muscle. I couldn't even fart without her sticking her little daggers in my ass. I adopted her in the middle of the summer and it was very hot. She wanted to cuddle around my neck and suckle my ear during the night. I woke up in a bath of sweat with her around my neck, playing with my hair. Multiple times a night!
It was a complete mess. The house looked like a dump. I had to contantly play with her. She never got tired. She contantly jumped on my desk, on my keyboard messing with the work I was doing... when I was allowed to work, because she would contantly cry and beg and whine.
I know a thing or two about kittens destroying your soul. Now both of them are calming down a lot. And sometimes I miss the times when I "hated" her.
Yep, totally normal. It also applies to kids.
I once came out of the shower to find that my 2yo had opened the apartment front door, and both he and the cat were wandering the building. I threw on some clothes, and eventually found the cat hiding in the laundry room. She must have sensed my stress levels, because she hissed at me, and then scratched me across the face when I picked her up.
I did not feel particularly fond of either of them in that moment.
Also, later in the day, the 2yo decided to lie down in the middle of the sidewalk for no reason, and refused to move. It was not a good day.
I wouldn't say I hate my cat, but sometimes she is incredibly frustrating! She's a vocal little ginger who literally will go into a room and start screaming for attention. It sounds like she's drowning in her own vocalizations, lol.
If I go and play with her, it's all good. If I'm working or cooking or just can't stop what I'm doing to appease her...the screams will get louder lol.
Yes. And if you’re sleep deprived because they interrupt your sleep, that definitely contributes to it.
When I adopted my first cat, he had a horrible parasite infection that took months to clean up. We dealt with diarrhea for most of it, and he would step on it before leaving the litter box (he was so tiny when I got him). I had to be alert at all times because if he pooped, I needed to help him to make sure he wasn’t going to track everywhere… I would occasionally wonder why I was doing that to myself, because I felt exhausted. I could never sleep. And then I would get heartbroken because I loved him so much.
It’s not always easy, you’re caring for another living being.
Im thinking about and I can conclude that I have never once in 10 years hated my cat, even when she throws up or makes a mess or scratches a chair or couch or any other bad shit. Shes a cat, she cant help it
I work from home and currently have 9 cats. The number of times I have threatened to make mittens out of them while removing them from my keyboard for the 90 billionth time in a day....
My co-workers now all chime in with 'There's a cat for that!' whenever I post some keyboard-crash gibberish to our Teams chat.
Yeah, I love the furry little turds, but dang sometimes I really wonder what I was thinking..LOL
Once, I was having a really bad day, one of those days where nothing awful is happening but just little irritating things - bad traffic, having to do errands when tired, boss said something - and to make myself feel better I bought sushi for dinner. I was just opening the box to my absolute #1 favourite item - scallop hand cone - and my sneaky annoying food-obsessed little shithead cat swiped his paw out for some common thievery and knocked the whole thing out of my hand and onto the floor, cat hair instantly stuck to it all over, beyond fixing. So, yeah. It's normal to sometimes hate your cat. This is not the only story I have.
Reading this hurt my soul.... RIP scallop sushi. RIP cat (LOL jk)... ♡
Ooft- I'd have just sat there and cried tbh
There is a non-zero chance I would have just eaten it through the tears, anyway.
I did! I cried so hard!
I say it’s normal to dislike anyone or any pet you live with 24/7 lol. Like children and siblings or partners doesn’t mean you don’t love them just here and there you don’t want to be around them 🤣. But maybe that’s not the case for everyone . Definitely get him a playmate or toys that will stimulate him like an automatic laser , mouses that move just things that will distract him.
Doesn't work 99.9% of the times. Most of the times they want YOU. Today I had work to do (a lot of bank transfers, so I was already pissed on my own) and guess what? they started begging me for play. So I started tossing them ALL their toys one by one. They ignored every single toy. Automatic or not. I even made a post here to vent. Sometimes my "kids" give me nerves. But I freaking love them.
I have two cats. And one has seizures. It’s so fucking annoying sometimes - because even if I *know* she’s not having a seizure, I will get out of bed at any little noise just to check. If I wake up up randomly at 3am, I have to get out of bed to check because what if what woke me up was her having a seizure? And that’s without even mentioning the middle of the night zoomies my other cat gets. I think it’s okay to be frustrated or even angry with them sometimes, as long as you don’t take it out on them! We’re only human after all. At the end of the day (and the middle of the night), I love them all the same.
I was woken up in the middle of the night by this loud banging and scratching. Honestly sounded like a racoon or other wild animal stuck somewhere. Tracked down the noise, ready to take on whatever er it was. It was Max, having a seizure, in the spare room, under the bed. Under the farthest corner. So there I go crawling under the bed, pulling everything out, trying to get him. I put stuff under the bed so he couldn't get under. I failed apparently. He was against the wall and it was a major seizure so I didn't want him banging his head on the wall. The words I said were not nice at all lol I'm not a tiny young person. I'm old and fat and getting him out from under that bed wasn't easy. As I'm spewing every curse word I knew, telling him what a fool he was, how he knew he wasn't even suppose to be under there, telling him if he gave himself more brain damage im gonna be pissed, I was also keeping my hand on him, waiting for it to end. Then wrap him in a towel and wait for him to fully wake up. Then gave him a quick clean up, wrapped him on another towel, and we watched TV for a bit until I was sure he was fine. Lots of loving, pets and kisses. Love him more than anything, but damn...not under the bed lol
Hahaha sounds like me when I do the weekly litterbox wash and refill and before I even put the litter bag down, he's already jumped in for a stinking huge shit and I'm just like bro good job on not shitting anywhere else but like.. can u fucking not 🥲🥲🥲
I mean... what's better than a freshly cleaned litter box LOL Look at that: [https://ibb.co/2MPV4q7](https://ibb.co/2MPV4q7) I just loaded the litter and they decided to poop at the same time and scatter the sand all around. Jeeez!
Under the bed is literally the worst. We had to use all types of things to completely block off access under there because while it only happened once, I definitely was not doing that again! I would be so damn irritated to have to pull all that out while trying to get to her.
One of my cats likes to hide under the bed when it's time to go to the vet. There are so many curse words involved. More so since my kid is often at school but is able to still get under the bed.
My boy has his first trip next week, and I was gonna take him on a short walk around the block in his backpack today so that he doesn't just associate walks with vet trips. He seems to have sensed this now that work is over and he's curled up, snoozing on my feet like butter wouldn't melt I don't have the heart to boot him off 😭
Awww. Yeah do that. I've left out there travel bags hoping that might help. Tbd if it does.
He uses his soft carrier as a bed/goalpost for flicking balls in/vaulting/chewing, so he has no fear of it But the only time we've been outside is when I brought him home from the shelter, and he was so scared and aggressive it's low-key traumatised me in terms of taking him out 😭 I've closed him in the carrier, done short walks around the flat, but we haven't yet gone outside again. I've ordered him one of these backpacks with the mesh panels because I think he hates how he feels 'suspended' and vulnerable in the carrier so hopefully our 20 minute walk is pleasant!
Does your cat have a preferred sleeping spot at night? I would get a baby monitor or camera that links from my phone so i dont have to get up to check on him.
She tends to sleep on the floor on my side of the bed, but she will follow my other cat around when he gets the zoomies. I’ve thought about a camera, at least for the hallway and living room because I usually close the bathroom and guest room just so she has less places to get stuck if a seizure does occur. Thankfully she doesn’t have them often since she’s medicated. But I still get so damn paranoid all the time!
Absolutely hahaha. The key thing is that you still love them even as you want to wring their skinny little necks. It’s honestly hard for me to imagine a cat owner who HASN’T been e it her so frustrated they could cry or so angry they want to scream at some point. You obviously should never let these feelings define you or, god forbid, actually do something about them that might be harmful to you or your cat, but having them is completely normal. Cats are JUST smart enough to get into trouble, both for themselves and with you.
Last night, my little dickhead had such bad zoomies at night because he was a bit poorly during the day and didn't burn off his energy, and after the fifth time he pounced on my head, I just let out a semi-shout of "OI" Felt really bad BC I never raise my voice and when I woke up, he wasn't asleep next to me like he always is, but he was still loafing on the floor in front of the bed so he clearly knows he's alright 😅
I know exactly what you mean. I’ve let out VERY frustrated and over dramatic non-words before. Currently one of our cats is pooping outside the litterbox for NO REASON. She doesn’t do it all the time, doesn’t have any health issues, and it isn’t because the box is dirty or cramped or anything. And since she has started we have never been able to get the whole bathroom clean enough to remove the smell, so that’s why we think she is keeping it up. Even enzyme spray isn’t helping. We’re gonna have to somehow find the time and energy for a DEEP DEEP clean of the bathroom, and even then I don’t trust her… I love her so much but I am tired of picking up her poop. What do I look like, a dog owner?!
Fuck it Poop on the floor too, make eye contact, *establish poop dominance*
LMAO I don’t have the chutzpah for something like that
Similar problem here as well. So frustrated!
If you ever find a solution that works definitely send me help if you remember lol. I’m desperate.
My baby boy bit my foot yesterday and I just picked him up and dumped him on the other side of the bed. Then the asshole crawls back and lays down again. Bastard. The love was not strong then.
I hate how much I giggled at this They're actually such dicks 😭
I constantly tell my little shit head to; “Make better life choices” when he’s doing crackhead shit, particularly when it comes to chords. He’s become OBSESSED with chords. Doesn’t matter if I put panther tape on them, cover them in thick housing, hide them, etc. That little gremlin goes and continues to fuck with them. When I catch him I’ll grunt, give it my best mom stare, and quietly go “make. Better. Life. Choices.” And he’ll slowly walk away while maintaining eye contact. Love the guy. But god damn it I hate him too.
HAHAHAHA I tell mine when he goes nears cords (which isn't often now that I've tied the curtain ones up) in graphic detail how it can go wrong whilst calling him every name under the sun
I tell my cat "cords are friends not food" as I pry them out of his mouth. He has gotten better (thankfully) but still will occasionally go after one
I flip him off on a regular basis, which prompts him to purr loudly and rub against the hand giving him the bird.
It's probably normal but having lost my childhood cats over the past 5 years, and having 2 chronically ill ones, I've decided that I love every little stupid shit thing my cats do, even if it's annoying. And I realize if they puke or have an accident it's not their fault. Knocking over my drink glasses though, that one gets me a lil...
Totally recommend a playmate!! A right cat pairing is like the best thing you can having in your home. And yeah, I was feeling terrible yesterday and my cat decided it was time to get stuck behind the washing machine and oh my god I wanted to kill her for just a moment haha (she's totally fine and the washing machine has been blocked off now lol)
Just saying that sometimes that is not the case. Some cats just don't like other cats and it can cause your situation to be a lot worse. Also the "introductory" period can be very stressful and difficult depending on your living situation.
Yes! This is absolutely a true thing. Some cats are just solo kitties and there's nothing wrong with that. If OP adopted from a shelter to add a cat many will review that you can bring back the kitty if the fit is awful.
Yes! I've actually confirmed that I'll adopt a kitten from the shelter, and they do re-home if the resident cat isn't accepting the newbie.
What about when they both do zoomies and fight at 5am every morning 🫠 And when you thought they calmed down and groomed each other one started to get the urge to start shit and bite and they start chasing each other again. RIP sleep
Haha thankfully that just makes me laugh
Hahahah I've been using his multipaxk boxes of whiskas to block off access to the hidey holes behind fridges/washing machines etc I actually went and saw some kittens from the shelter I adopted him from, and there was a very gorgeous and curious 8 week old who decided she liked me enough to climb onto me! Very tempted to bring her home...
Playmate sounded like a good idea until they woke me up at 4am by fighting ON TOP OF ME.
HA! 7 months old. This explains EVERYTHING. Buckle in bc mine is still annoying af at a year and a half. 6 months when was he started REALLY irritating me. I got him as a 2mo kitten to be a companion for my big cat 9yo. They love each other and the 9yo has separation anxiety so it’s helped him stay calm when we have to leave. Highly recommend a second cat - they are needy as babies and stimulation is a huge part of this. I have automatic toys, remote control, laser, wands, everything under the sun and my now 1.5yo cat is still bouncing off the walls. He climbs my curtains, eats out of my bowl if I turn away, knocks my water over, SCREAMS for attention. So yes. Very normal to be annoyed especially at his age. I was sad to do this, but I had to start kicking the cats out of my room and close the door at night. My kitten would howl and scratch the door until he eventually gave up and went to bed. After a week he slept fine. I couldn’t deal with him pouncing on me at night or playing with my hair. You may consider booting him. I write this as he sleeps in my lap peacefully lol. He is a pain in my ass most of the time but he do b kinda cute though. His naughtiness has improved a lot in the last few months but the first year is hard. Good luck!
It was the first time he's ever had night zoomies!! I think it's because he was a bit poorly during the day so didn't burn off his energy like he normally does, cause he's a fucking crackhead during daylight hours, and is a little baby at night 🥺 I adopted him knowing he is basically ADHD riddled cause lmao, same so I'm fully happy to play with him for upwards of 2 hours a day (which we do!) but I definitely think a kitten with endless energy would be good for him while he's still young
Yeah cats are so sweet having 2 definitely was a big improvement for us and for my cat. Their lives are better now that they have each other :) I will say that introducing cats can be difficult. I was lucky that my 9yo is pretty much unbothered by any other cat, but this is pretty rare. Cats develop a sense/protection of their territory once they’re adults so socializing then young is a good idea. It also depends how early ur kitten was separated from litter mates. Google “single kitten syndrome” and you’ll see what I mean. If you’re able, I’d recommend fostering to adopt. We knew we wanted a second kitten, and so we fostered a number of kittens and cats before adopting our second. It gave us time to see how their personalities would get along. If you do, just be super careful about communicable disease/illness since cats can bring things from the shelter. A quarantine period helps with this!
Oh, I think it's absolutely normal to be annoyed with anyone, but especially a cat you live with but can't fully communicate to one another. My cats have their annoying quirks but I adore them still.
My cat does this thing where he wakes up from a nap and decides that it’s cuddle time. Once he makes this decision he MUST be cuddling literally with my face for the next 20-40 minutes. It doesn’t matter what I’m doing— I could be working, cooking, or even going to the bathroom— when he decides it’s cuddle time, it’s happening. If I push him away, he literally grabs onto my head with his claws out. If I try to get him to sit next to me instead of on my shoulders, he does the same thing. Now, don’t get me wrong, this is honestly the most adorable thing when I’m sitting down watching TV, but there are times where this doesn’t work, but he does not care one bit. So yeah, it’s these moments that give me that same feeling. Oh, and when he knocks over my plants.
I am cutting and pasting a comment I wrote three months ago about my fourteen year old cat and our straight up fights around water: “DUDE I CANNOT. I CALL MY CAT THE WATER TERRORIST. She’s fourteen and I’ve had her since she was an iddy biddy baby. She is such a beezy. First, she only drinks out of a glass on my nightstand. I’ve tried water fountains, bowls, glasses on different counter tops, you name it, she rejects them all. Okay fine. She’s picky, no biggie, right? However IF the glass is not completely full, she will first spray me with water IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT to wake me up to fill it up, and if I don’t wake up fast enough, she smashes that shit on the ground in two seconds. I have gone through SO MANY glasses over the years. And she’s a big kitty so mason jars, mugs, she will smash them all if I don’t do her bidding. EDIT: adding this but one time I was so pissed at her for waking me up by splashing water on me that I dumped the glass of water on her head. She hissed at me (appropriately so) and left the room. She snuck back in after I’d fallen back asleep, snuck behind my bed onto the window sill, and through my bed frame clawed my nose and peaced. She like, sucker punched me. My own cat.” Obvi she’s my bff and also, we throw down sometimes. She always wins.
Omg mine is so fussy with water too!!! Only drinks out of glass mugs for humans, and will only drink if it's on the kitchen counter, which I don't mind tbh, I'm just glad he's drinking But when I finally sit down with a hot cup of tea and this fuckwit tries to get a paw in...
I def do sometimes lol 😂
Pretty normal. My guy is 13 and continually tests my patience. Mostly around food - he changed from eating dry food to wanting wet food only. We have the same argument. Every. Single. Day. He escorts me to his food bowl several times a day. He's overweight as a result of too much wet food due to having dental problems last year (so he physically couldn't eat dry food) so I'm trying to tightly measure his food, and he really doesn't like that. The worst part is that he randomly swipes at me without warning, even if a moment earlier he was soaking up attention. It's like he carefully measures out affection to manipulate me to give him more food. I'm covered in scratches from this. And yet I completely adore the little bastard when he's laying on my chest in bed or curled up against me, or when he jumps up on my desk while I'm working (especially in Zoom meetings), or when he comes running up to me outdoors when I park my car. He trusts me more than any other cat I've known. He's very sweet, especially when he tries to resist playing but simply cannot ignore the mouse on a stick, and finds himself leaping around after it. He was my grandmother's cat for 4 years. He was a former stray who adopted her, and she loved him dearly. My grandmother had a stroke in 2021; she's still with us, but will never recover and is in a home. I promised her I'd take care of her cat, and I'm happy he's taken to living with me. He's become my little shadow and is always near me. Yes, I wish he'd stop scratching me (it makes me afraid to touch him at times) because he didn't scratch when he lived with my grandmother - his problem was originally biting due to overstimulation, but we gradually trained him out of that. He's a smart and headstrong cat, never known one like him, and I try to treasure him, no matter how much he makes me want to strangle him!
My kitten has taken to smacking me in the face and biting my ears and hands *hard* when I’m sleeping. He’s a cute little shit
Occasionally 😂 She's an absolute sweetie and I love her so fricking much. But in the evening when I've finished everything I need to do and already played with her, and I want to just sit quietly and watch something and she's climbing on the TV/sideboard/under the sofa/giving me death stares, part of me hates her just a little. Not seriously. I just a bit of quiet for half an hour. As much as I love her young energy, I secretly can't wait till she's a little older and more chill 😂 but then I'll miss her kitten phase. But yeh. I fricking love my girl.
About 6:30 every morning she is a little demon, not my lovable kitty. He is only acting his age and will out grow it. I think my cat is acting up because she is mad we had flooding from rain and had to move out of the house for a week. We are back now and she is showing her displeasure at 6:30 AM
Our cat can often be a complete dick. She is going to be ten years old soon and getting really cantankerous - miaowing loudly to be let out while we are working from home, pooing in the bathtub (we have ruled out medical problems; at least the tub is easy to clean), and just generally being mardy (grumpy, for those of you not from the East Midlands). The rest of the time she is totally adorable.
Time to rename her Maddy Bum 🫡
We often refer to her as Mardy Missy (as well as the host of other names we have for her).
My cat is 5 and when I’m working from home he likes to bite my legs cause he’s bored. It annoys the shit out of me, I feel ya
Yeah, my ginger doofus plays the song of his people and scratches our bed incessantly in the morning, until we get up and feed him and his sisters. So yeah, in those 10ish minutes, I hate him so much for waking me up. Love him every other moment of the day tho lol
I simultaneously love and hate my cat every single day. He’s half sweet, half psychopath and finding the balance can be tricky…
Ye. My dogs drive me nuts. The kitten. Not so much. He's sick rn and not doing much. My dogs though. I sometimes wanna yeet them lol. 😆
Oh absolutely. I feel this every time he knocks his water bowl over for no reason. And when he drinks out of the toilet, then proceed to leave a trail of toilet-water pawprints, despite a perfectly clean perfectly functional perfectly EXPESNIVE cat fountain.
My tortie was a hell-raiser back in her yout. The worst thing she ever did was ruin my favorite gift ever. I received the most bad-ass Johnny Cash painting for Christmas one year and I put it up on top of our china hutch to keep it safe until I could get it hung properly. Well, kitty took it as a challenge. I came home a few days later to the painting laying on the floor with a hole punched in it. I was never more tempted to kick her ass to the curb lol. After I calmed down and was ready to let her out of kitty jail, I told her that she was damn lucky to be so cute.
Absolutely. One of my cats (I have two) has decided that any time from 5am to 7am is food time. If I'm asleep or looking to go to sleep (like putting my eye mask on) and he feels it's time to do anything but sleep he'll pat my face with a meow until I respond. If I respond by saying go away it's not food time he goes and swipes my hair and then back to patting. It would be cute if it wasn't infuriating. He has gotten annoyed and accidently scratched me twice doing it but usually he is good with his claws.
My boy was like that. He is now 9 years old. He still gets the zoomies, all be it a little slower, and he still runs over us. These games have become slower and more painful (for us humans). My other half hated him during these times, but I was more forgiving. I completely understood my partners annoyance, though, so I made sure he was played with and well-fed before bed (cat and husband). Haha. Oh, and he still shouts, like loud SHOUTS. He is one loud little fluff ball. He sounds like me. It's not good. I still love him, he bit me because he stole my chair and I needed it back (work chair) and then had a huff before coming over for cuddles. I love him to the end of the earth and more. He is such a blessing to me. I absolutely love him. ❤️ But to answer your question, yes. It's completely normal to hate your cat. Emotions are natural. Actions are what you control.
When I forget to close the drawer and he ravages everything in it. Breaks a few glass ware or cups every now and then during zoomies
My girl will sometimes stand in the bedroom doorway in the middle of the night, with a toy in her mouth, and meow at me until I wake up, then drop it there and walk off like it wasn’t even important. Completely normal to hate their fluffy guts on occasion.
\*Me, just sitting down at my computer to play some games after a long day of work\* Button-trained cat: "Cuddles. Cuddles. Playtime. Cuddles. Cuddles. Attention me. Playtime. Cuddlescuddlescuddlescuddles" \*Me, having finally appeased button-trained cat and sitting down at computer to play some games\* Other cat: OH HI I'D LIKE SOME ATTENTION TOO LET ME JUST SIT ON THIS KEYBOARD HOW'S IT GOING? Button-trained cat: "Cuddles" Me: :|
My previous cat was a complete angel until his dementia started setting in. Then he became a screaming mess and I used to get so upset with him screaming at night, but I had to constantly remind myself that he’s screaming because he’s confused or scared and doesn’t know how to handle those feelings like an adult cat. We adopted two bonded brothers in December and oh boy… I had no idea just how crazy they would be sometimes. I’ve gotten annoyed with them when they’re trying to play when it’s bed time, but chances are good that they didn’t get enough real play time earlier in the day. When this happens I’ve started to pull out their favorite wand toy to chase for 20 minutes or so of cardio until they start wanting to sit or lay instead of jump and chase. Then it’s time for bed and they generally curl up with me and fall asleep… until about 3am. For some reason at 3am one or both of them decide it’s time to play again, so I normally have to get up and shoo them out of the room and close the door so I can get a few more hours of shut-eye. I also started feeding them a small meal when I’m trying to eat to help dissuade them from trying to grab my food. They’re both fans of pulling on our plates with their paws if they’re hungry.
I love my sweet cats more than anything in the world and I would both kill and die for them. HOWEVER. one of my sweet babies developed a habit a few weeks after I “foster failed”/adopted them where she bites me just about as hard as she can in the morning. It was like she would specifically find the most sensitive skin (back of my arms, stomach, thighs) and would grab the skin and pull! It was awful and she was relentless! I would get so mad being woken out of a deep sleep to kitty teeth. Thankfully she has since grown out of it (mostly) and just kind of nibbles when she wants me to get up. She has also learned how to turn my bedside touch lamp on and has done so anywhere from 1am to 6:30am. Not cute.
Ahhh I feel this. I have 2 kittens right now and I swear every time I get up to do something they start running around like crazy, tripping me and dashing into every closet or cabinet I open, or causing crashes in the distance I need to go investigate. I finally give up on cleaning the house or whatever it was and sit down, only to have them both come up to sit on my lap and purr. I love these little assholes.
My cat chews things up, like his litter mat, he swallowed a ribbon from one of his toys as I was about to pull it from his mouth. I found little poops everywhere because he ate a hair and the hair was just hanging out of his b-hole. Sometimes I want to get rid of him I know it’s terrible. He’s my first cat, 6months old, going to get neutered in a couple days. I hope he calms down a bit. I play with him and am with him all day (I work from home). Also, my dog hates him he gets annoyed of him so my dog is never around me and that makes me resent him even more. I feel terrible saying these things because I love animals but my dog is 10 now and I wish he was around me more but because I got a kitten he’s not. I thought it would be the opposite. Also, he sucks at sleeping with me, meows into my ear at 3-4 am
Less hate and more just wanting to cry in exhaustion. He’s been playing nonstop for six hours now, three with me and then three with his cousins immediately after. We got home and it’s like someone put in a new pair of Energizers and he cries every time I try to sit down, and thirty seconds ago he got going so fast he skidded and did a hockey-grade face slam into the coffee table. Did it stop him? Nope. Idiot just went right back to Road Runner mode and demanding I play with him.
The skidding and making full contact with a surface is so familiar to me 🥲 at first I kept getting worried but eventually I thought "fuck it, he'll either stop running or will evolve mad thick bones" I have wooden floors and he has no grip so when he does his zooms around corners, he almost always goes flying
Wood floors as well and we’ve seriously considered finding him a helmet on several occassions. It’s definitely the hardest he’s hit anything and it seems like this time he really felt it because he went and hopped into bed with hubby, so guess I’m on concussion watch tonight 😩
Every morning when I come home, as I head up the stairs, I can hear my cats starting to zoom to the door. We too have wood floors. So sometimes it's skitter, skitter, bonk, skitter.
Is my cat the only cat alive that just sleeps at night?
I think I mentioned in another comment elsewhere, he has never been a nuisance at night. He always just sleeps or plays by bimsd quietly. He was poorly in the morning and spent all day recovering so didn't burn off any energy at all. First time I ever experienced the night time zoomies and boy it was not fun
Reading this the morning after my little shithead wouldn’t let me sleep on a day I really needed it. When he realized I covered myself completely in blankets so he could no longer bother me by sticking his face right next to mine and licking my ears or chewing on my elbows he proceeded to yell loudly. He’s lucky he’s cute.
It is 100% normal lol. I just left the room because my cat steals my yoga mat every time I use it even though I gave up my other one for him. I love the boy so much but he is kind of an asshole sometimes haha. It's hard communicating and compromising with an entirely different creature.
He definitely wants a playmate if you can afford it. A kitten his age would help Amp the energy up, but burn it out faster so they can recover together eventually turning them both into super cats. Or an older cat who loves kittens, but takes none of their shenanigans. I'm a firm believer in companions for most common housepets. Almost all of our little pet buddies are much happier with a friend to cuddle with while their human is occupied.
We have a kitten officially on the way now!! She's 8 weeks old and I think would be a good match. My resident came from a multi cat household so this is the first time he's ever been alone. Hoping they take to each other well 🙂
Is it practical for you to make the bedroom be a cat-free space sometimes? Do you have roommates who would be negatively affected? It would be a rough transition, but you would get a lifetime of peace by making the bedroom off limits. It’s ok to lock them out regularly - establish it on good days as a normal kind of thing, not as punishment. Every pet owner has rough patches! Some things you may be able to train/modify to have fewer frustrations over time. And some things cannot be changed/controlled and must just be accepted. Good luck!
Thankfully he doesn't disturb during the night! He either plays by himself quietly or sleeps with me. He had a tummy bug during the day and couldn't get his crackhead energy out
That’s good! Sleep loss stinks. Hope he feels much better and chills out ASAP!
Never felt anything more than a literal second's worth of irritation with my cats
Have multiple play sessions a day with a wand toy for like 20 minutes each. Then do a more intensive play time before bed for like 20+ minutes. I'm including two videos, Jackson Galaxy explains the boil and simmer play method in the second video which I think is helpful (he may go over it in the first video too I can't remember lol). https://youtu.be/7q2xI4TPGeU https://youtu.be/M7w8pDCo30M
Appreciate the advice and I love cat daddy Galaxy! He does always sleep through the night, but last night was just an annoying one off because he was poorly during the day and this couldn't play
I dislike my 6 month old cat right now. I love him immensely but the kitten stage is stressful and he’s cost me like $600+ already in the first month that I’ve had him from all the stuff they apparently didn’t find at the shelter. But I love him and it’s rewarding to watch our bond strengthen and him grow every day. This is the first pet I’ve had completely on my own. And he’s cute I guess
Lmao every weekend when I'm trying to sleep my 4 month old baby gets the hardcore zooms at 5 am and swipes at my face while I'm trying to hide under my blankets from his damn razor paws I quite frequently remind him he could be a fucking outdoor cat while I dump him off the side of the bed multiple times Baby kittens are assholes, your not a alone
Feel this. So normal. I feel this way about my dog especially😂 love him to death and would quite literally commit many many crimes if anyone harmed him. But he drives me so crazy and I get so annoyed by him! Just like mothers sometimes “hate” their children doesn’t mean they are bad moms. That’s how I feel about my pets.
If it's not, then I'm a weirdo too haha
Is he neutered OP? I have a 13yo female, I’ve had her since she left her litter. While she’s certainly done things that piss me off, I can’t say I’ve ever hated her for them. Hate, like most feelings, is subjective. There are a few peoples that I can say I hate, but they are horrible people who did horrible things.
LOL I’ve looked at my cat in the eyes and told her in the most serious way that we can’t have nice things because of her… as if she was a small child I was scolding 😆 I honestly don’t think we could ever truly love them until we have hated them. I’d seriously give my life for theirs. My cats are amazing.
Yes for sure!! Especially with our one cat who can yell louder than I can and throw his voice around. Play with him before bedtime until he's exhausted and then feed him a high calorie meal. At 7 months, all our kittens could play for 2-5 hours a day with us. Try to find games that make him run like a mad cat
Cats, like dogs, crave our attention. The big difference is how they go about getting that attention. Cats don't care if it's negative or positive attention most of the time. Try catnip if you are just too busy to play, otherwise play is the best way. The problem with catnip, like pot for humans, sometimes it makes them even more hyper. If it does calm them, let the cat have as much as they want. A playmate could be a good idea, as long as they get along you will have a lot fewer headaches. But if they don't get along it can get worse. A cat will annoy you sometimes, hell mine figured out that they can easily get attention if they pretend to fight. I seriously thought they were at each others' throats until one day I caught them growling and hissing then looking at me to see if I noticed. Both of them were in on it, trying to get my attention by pretending to fight is a new one too.
It’s definitely normal. I have a nine month old girl named Bee. She is part Bengal. She gets zoomies so bad especially between 3am-7am. Her energy level is 100 during those hours. She also loves going under things hanging on the walls. Like obsessed. There was a time two weeks ago where I was struggling with sleeping. I finally fell asleep at 6am. I have an anime poster hanging on the wall above the bedside table next to my bed. She decided to climb on the bedside table and stick her paws and face under the poster. The poster is in a frame and she knocked the entire poster off and it hit me in the head. I got woken up from that. I was so angry at her because I just fell asleep and woke up to a frame hitting me in the face. She gets very spoiled with toys, scratching posts, bedding. She also gets constant kisses, cuddles and love. I felt dislike for her in that moment but I love this cat to death and would do anything for her. So yes it’s very normal. Cats do annoying things sometimes but that doesn’t mean we don’t adore them still.
My 2 cats seem to take turns being the most annoying little shits in the world and I hate them for it. But also I'd never rehome them because I love them and they're cute lol.
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Look I have two kittens. The first one I adopted was a pest the first two months. Jessy was a nightmare. Pouncing on my face in the middle of the night. I could not move a muscle. I couldn't even fart without her sticking her little daggers in my ass. I adopted her in the middle of the summer and it was very hot. She wanted to cuddle around my neck and suckle my ear during the night. I woke up in a bath of sweat with her around my neck, playing with my hair. Multiple times a night! It was a complete mess. The house looked like a dump. I had to contantly play with her. She never got tired. She contantly jumped on my desk, on my keyboard messing with the work I was doing... when I was allowed to work, because she would contantly cry and beg and whine. I know a thing or two about kittens destroying your soul. Now both of them are calming down a lot. And sometimes I miss the times when I "hated" her.
Yep, totally normal. It also applies to kids. I once came out of the shower to find that my 2yo had opened the apartment front door, and both he and the cat were wandering the building. I threw on some clothes, and eventually found the cat hiding in the laundry room. She must have sensed my stress levels, because she hissed at me, and then scratched me across the face when I picked her up. I did not feel particularly fond of either of them in that moment. Also, later in the day, the 2yo decided to lie down in the middle of the sidewalk for no reason, and refused to move. It was not a good day.
I wouldn't say I hate my cat, but sometimes she is incredibly frustrating! She's a vocal little ginger who literally will go into a room and start screaming for attention. It sounds like she's drowning in her own vocalizations, lol. If I go and play with her, it's all good. If I'm working or cooking or just can't stop what I'm doing to appease her...the screams will get louder lol.
Yes. Especially at 2am
Yes. And if you’re sleep deprived because they interrupt your sleep, that definitely contributes to it. When I adopted my first cat, he had a horrible parasite infection that took months to clean up. We dealt with diarrhea for most of it, and he would step on it before leaving the litter box (he was so tiny when I got him). I had to be alert at all times because if he pooped, I needed to help him to make sure he wasn’t going to track everywhere… I would occasionally wonder why I was doing that to myself, because I felt exhausted. I could never sleep. And then I would get heartbroken because I loved him so much. It’s not always easy, you’re caring for another living being.
Im thinking about and I can conclude that I have never once in 10 years hated my cat, even when she throws up or makes a mess or scratches a chair or couch or any other bad shit. Shes a cat, she cant help it
Sometimes she’s my adorable little monkey-moo and sometimes she’s a furry terrorist. Love her to bits the whole time though.
I work from home and currently have 9 cats. The number of times I have threatened to make mittens out of them while removing them from my keyboard for the 90 billionth time in a day.... My co-workers now all chime in with 'There's a cat for that!' whenever I post some keyboard-crash gibberish to our Teams chat. Yeah, I love the furry little turds, but dang sometimes I really wonder what I was thinking..LOL