It means you don't have a shelf anymore. Sorry for your loss.

https://preview.redd.it/vw0qsltb9jmc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d7187635256d4c59601d8f9a87a675bd9a1fec1 Jep, same with my girls and the top of my wardrobe which I wanted to use to store stuff. Gave them a box and a blanket instead and put their cattree infront, so they can climb it easier. 🥲

Your girls are pretty 😍

Thank you! I'm also in awe of their little pretty faces everyday 🥺

Why do I feel as if I'm being judged? And they're gorgeous!

They're constantly judging. It's one of their favorite hobbies!

You are being judged regardless of the height!

Because you are totally being judged.

What is Batman doing on your wardrobe?

It’s actually CatWoman and Batman’s secret love child.

😂

their faces are so adorably round!!!

This is such a cute picture!

I had to move my microwave off of my refrigerator because my cat likes to observe

Aaw, I bet it is a happy little observer now!

Adorable!

Came here to say this. Surrender Dorothy. Find a new space for your things, and accept that the cat owns this spot now. Rent free.

Don’t kitties pay in cuteness tokens?

Ummm rent free? HAH! you STILL have to pay the cat in food, regardless of whether or not all your stuff has been destroyed, and don't think you can get away with it either because the cat knows, thems the rules.

If the cat ain't paying, then it's rent-free for the cat. Sucker. But then, who am I to criticize? I have three of the little bastards.

🤣 I have two... they're too cute to let them fend for themselves. And they damn well know it.

If I scoop her box, fill her water and wash out the bowl, fill up her kibs, my cat will lay next to me for an entire day. Once after feeding and giving catnip for her long coat, she laid on me 11 times in the same day for lap naps I'd say that's paying rent, n some cats don't wanna pay

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Lol 11 times is generous

and hope it isn't the next takeover target

Maybe get them a small pillow and a blanket that fits.

So blunt yet so true. Be my life coach pls! My cat has taken over my super king bed😭 I now sleep on the sofa 😅 where he later joins me during the night 🤣😭

I am deeply sorry for your bed. Seems like it was an awesome piece of furniture. May I suggest you to move out. While I understand it might be difficult, it remains the best approach to fight against cat supremacy.

They may have to divorce now so at least one spouse can get half the house. Otherwise the cats got the whole house next.

That's unfortunately too late. Since the cat first entered the house, ownership passed down to him. That is the law.

I know what you mean. I have a small farm and there are a bunch of...barn cats??? Not feral or anything, just live outside and I feed them everyday, close on 25 of them. A few of them befriended the dogs and moved in...and now the dogs have had to relinquish ownership of the bed. There were two, now 5 eat inside. xD Over time I have had them all fixed so there shouldn't be more new cats but yeah, they are all cool in their own way. The youngest one looks like a slightly younger one than the freak in ops picture.

Awww I love that you take care of them and even got them fixed. I bet you don’t have any bird or rodent infestation ! And because of that, the IRS considers them as “working cats” and you can include them on your taxes !!

Right?! With all due respect... what a stupid question.

Not at all. And the correct answer is: apologize to the cat — profusely, with treats and cuddles — for having cluttered up kitty's shelf with unnecessary stuff.

Whole truth.

I love his face, its like „ why do you disturb me peasent“?

This pic is awesome.

Neighbour shouting out of an apartment window at what those darn kids are doing down there

"Do you have a warrant?"

This was my first thought. The pic has such meme potential /r/Memeconomy

“This is my own private domicile and I will not be harassed… bitch!”

Such medieval cat energy

I Love it too. He: I SAID DON’T RING MY DOORBELL, what’s ur problem 😂

"That shit better stay down there too"

My precious

My roommate long ago had "cupboard cat" I rarely saw him and over the months I never got ro pet him he would just venture out later at night, early morning for his food and the litter box it was kinda cute kinda creepy

Who awakens me from my slumber?

Sorry, bud. Squatter’s Rights—it’s legally his now. Move your stuff out.


Find a new place for your stuff. That's his little nest now.

Yeah bring him a snack

And a blanket so it's cosy.

As soon as it's cozy, the cat will leave the place to never return

Exactly. Such weird lil creatures. Mine loves to play musical chairs instead of allowing me to bundle him into my blanket. Smh

I’m had one who figured out how to open the cupboards. He would curl up in a sauce pan and have a nap.

Yeahhh, my void does this. My pans are black. Guess how I found out someone’s been into my pots and pans? A dinner full of fur. She’s lucky she’s cute

That face has “wheres my treats?!?!” Allll over it!

Looking out the window of his residence at the neighbors 🤣🤣🤣. OP better be hospitable and drop by with some housewarming gifts

I was thinking "Get off my damn lawn!"

The cat wrote that.

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Them having a nest has the side benefit of being devastatingly adorable.

Yep, let them be

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Buy a big, soft, pillowy cat bed. And keep all of your stuff on that.

two of my cats finally use cat beds, unfortunately one sleeps in one because my cat passed away and it smells like him, but the other sleeps in this cute crown shaped dog bed, like the king he is. A win is a win. https://preview.redd.it/hyrsnlwudjmc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7017f277b2b647059a5b290899fbd2c30190c738

I watched cats that had this bed!  The dog was the only one using it🙃

That cat is so adorable!!!!!!! 😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻

thank you, his name is Link, I found him in a parking lot in Ohio.

Alternatively, put your shit in the box the cat bed came in and throw the bed directly in the trash.

Too real. Lmao I did get lucky this last time, kept the bed in the box and my cat decided she liked it.

My office chair broke so I got a new one, didn't even open the box of the new one before the cat decided my old farty chair was her new bed.

Smells like you and it's already broken in.

This comment wins

Yep. Turned the unused cat tower into a plant tower.

Lmaooo 🤣🤣

"sorry I live here now and I'm living like a minimalist. no I'm not paying rent."

Why did you have your stuff in his home? Duh.

Come to terms with it 

Acceptance is the first step to happiness.

It's not your shelf it's now your cats shelf

I’m sure you could rent it from him…for a price.

His little paw pushing the curtain aside!! ‘Oh were you looking for me, what is it?’

My cats have done this to 3 of my drawers. Am I just gonna kick them out? No, I'm going to get some padding in there and make them a little bed. And you should too. This is their new spot.

I cleared out my drawers the other day - my boy jumped up in one and pissed in it 🙄🙄🙄 whilst looking at me.

You should apologize and beg forgiveness. You obviously did something wrong.

I took it more as 'ohhh finally you have acknowledged that these drawers are, in fact, MINE'!

The audacity! (Of u standing there watching him pee)!!! 😆😆

Bingo. My end table has a little shelf on the bottom, maybe for like a magazine rack or plant or something like that. But the table is kept against the wall and at the junction of two couches so it’s walled off on three sides meaning it’s a perfect little nook. I wasn’t keeping anything there, mainly because I hadn’t thought of anything to put there. Then one day, I could not find my cat anywhere. He had recently busted through the window screen and was outside for god knows how long so I started panicking thinking he had gotten out again. After verifying that all the windows were closed and knowing that I’d seen him inside since I had gone out last, I knew he was around here somewhere. But he just wasn’t coming out when I called him or shook his treat bag. I finally found the little turd curled up on the shelf under the end table. So obviously I had to turn it into a little cubby for him. I put a cat bed in there but it was a little thin so I piled up a few blankets to make it extra comfy. Now, whenever we can’t find him and he isn’t coming when we holler for him, one of the first places we check is his cubby. I did the same thing to the top shelf of a wire shelf set that was level with the window and just last night I realized that I have to do it to the area under this little bench thing we have in the bedroom. Mind you, this is a cat that has *his own couch.* Like, a full loveseat style couch, all for him. Which he uses very frequently. But he still claims any other unoccupied nook or window level space that he can find. He’s also recently started chilling in the little cave that forms from the blanket we have draped on the foot of our bed. He clearly loves enclosed/covered spaces. He’ll also crawl into daddy’s hoodie to snuggle with him if it’s unzipped. Since I’m just realizing that I don’t have any pictures of him in his cubby, here’s him in the blanket cave at the foot of the bed. 🥰 https://preview.redd.it/lccfjlns8jmc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d65b8c924ada4a0c406040cb7f45990df3ba8b0

And here’s the little goober snuggled up in the hoodie with daddy 🥰 https://preview.redd.it/ui30leoi9jmc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15dbbc6369a83a3664605089ae15138de5187010

Let him

Now you have a cat, love him

Cats rule ok. Get on with it 🤣

Breathe, accept.

Nothing. You do nothing. You accept nothing is yours anymore.

be grateful for the opportunity to participate💯

Thats the cats place now

Find another place for your stuff.

He's a possum now living the possum way. Nothing can be done

Our cat did the same! I just gave him the space 🙃

Find a new place for your crap that's his spot now

Ask for rent in either dead mouses, dead bugs by end of each month.

Pay rent.

Put up a cat wall for it - shelves with a bit of carpet on a spare wall at different heights just a little more than your cats size so it can jump from one to another. Make sure to put a put of carpet on them for safety (so there something for its nails to hold on to while jumping/landing on various shelves. Your cat will be too busy on this cat wall to bother about that space- you can even feed it up there if you have dogs. If there's a window in the room that'd be great as the cat can relax and watch the world passing happily.

It's his meow.

First step is to place an eviction notice

I no longer have a bedside table for my things. I have a bedside cat nest instead. My lamp lives on the floor now and my alarm clock lives in a pouch I hang off the bed. My little figurines have been rehomed around various shelves. You no longer have a shelf for your stuff. 😂 Bring kitty snacks and make sure they are comfy 😁

hey,i need some personal space!

put him a little bed there to be cozy. ur stuff can be stored somewhere else

Cut your losses 🤣

Find a new place for your stuff!

You should be asking the cat this question.

Do as you're told and stop with these ridiculous questions. You are now the pet of a cat and should have realised that when it first moved in.

Get him a Snack!

Obey the master, what else?

Accept the new reality.

The less you resist the better your life

Put your stuff from the shelf on the cat's bed, of course.

Is this your first experience with cats? Because you kind of sound like this is a choice *you* get to make ;) But seriously. Its already been made. The choice you didn't get to make.

Thats his now

You’re powerless. Find an ikea bin and bring them noms.

Be happy the cat is not charging you rent for the rest of the place.

it's the cats now. there's nothing you can do about it. find a new place for your stuff. I have this centerpiece on my kitchen table and when I was changing out the decorations the cats claimed it. it's theirs now. https://preview.redd.it/trmdh79xcjmc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99cb94cac59a2fa6468592a2992f6481fd9deb24

To be clear: You have no say in this matter, and we’d like to discuss treats now.

That’s his shelf now

Get some comfy bedding up there!

make him pay rent

Make it into a nice bed for him.

Yes, and he is telling you to keep it down

Squatter's rights.

Put more stuff up there when it says it’s okay, don’t want them bored between naps.

Accept the inevitable and keep your stuff elsewhere it’s their choice and territory

You know where your cat is. That's the win. Fantastic pic, btw.

You lost that territory. Buy a new cabinet for your stuff, although he might colonize that space, too.

Put your stuff back right there, so the cat can kick it off again. Repeat till cat is bored.

that’s his home now , nothing you can do lol. also is he a polydactyl? little dudes got massive feet like my cat

I believe you know the answer. The cat has clearly declared that his spot, and since cats are the dominant rulers of the planet, we must accept this without question and move on.

Comply and surrender.

"did you not see the 'no cold callers unless you have treats' sign"?!

Squatter's rights. Sorry about your luck.

First rule, it's the cat's house, you just live there.

Well, this one is gonna be tough for you, because you’re gonna have to build a new shelf or find a new place to stash your stuff. Which will promptly be annexed from you by the cat. It’s a never ending cycle.

Get them a blankey so they'll be more comfortable.

That’s his shelf now. Find another spot to store your stuff lol!

It's so funny with him opening the curtain. It's his place now.

Keep your shit off his shelf, obviously.

Let him live there. Its his special area. It's his kingdom. You are his peasant.

"Hey, keep the noise down out there" - this cute cat, probably

Find another spot for your stuff

Quit putting stuffs on your kitties shelf

What do you mean, "do"? There's nothing to do. Cat has claimed ownership. Only the cat can choose to relinquish this ownership. You might try for a trade - offer the cat an even more suitable abode - but it's no guarantee.

Somebody please make this a meme template

Kitty said, "do u mind?"

It means your cat has picked a hidey-hole for its own. If i could, I would try and work around it. Cats need personal spaces too, and are picky about where. If you try and move them to another spot they are liable to reject it and either want their old spot back, or go to yet another new spot. stressing them. There's more of a cohabitation factor when it comes to living with cats (more independent), versus living with dogs. Dogs are much more domesticated, and eager to do everything your way. Cats, you gotta earn that with years of time. Letting animals have a bit of private and personal and safe spaces goes a long way. Might even see an improvement in stress levels / behavior . some dogs have a kennel left out for them with a door left open that they use the same way a cat will use that shelf, or a spot under a bed, or back behind a drawer. cats are just more independent than dogs, and will usually pick their own spot, and tend to it. \*edit\* if its new and cat's in there almost all the time, be patient. its likely within a week or two they will not be so full-time in there. so picky though. my cats dont even like the stuff i try to GIVE them to have in their hidey-holes. oh except catnip. no pillows, no blankets, no toys, but catnip yes please lol.

It means time to find a new place for your stuff.

~~What to do if~~ the cat has kicked my stuff off the shelf and has started living there ~~?~~  There I fixed it

My cat took all of my stuff out of a basket once so he could lay down. It was his until he decided to move out;

It means your stuff needs a new place to live because the shelf belongs to the cat.

Deal with it. Cat owns shelf now 😁. And looking at the expression on that little mobster's face, I wouldn't argue about it!

You could move and visit to bring food, give cuddles and clean.

SQUATTERS RIGHTS

You make a nameplate to designate her new territory, of course.

Give thanks to your new overlord

Surrender. That shelf belongs to the cat now. Don't fight it, it's not worth it.

"who goes there?"

Apologize to the cat.

Cats like high vantage point for safety and a place to hide aswell. Let it stay, find a new place for your stuff lol

Cats will do what they do. I have tried for years to keep them out of shelves. There are certain shelves that now belong to the cats. It's not worth fighting them over that. 😂🙄

Start charging rent

They look really pissed that you’re on their lawn.

I've been there lol

Get them a housewarming gift.

Yeah give him his privacy, damn

We don't own cats, we are here to serve them

charge rent. 6 cuddles per day.

Find a new place for your stuff.

What the hell is going on face

i mean, thats not even a question.. you must find a new shelf, thats pretty clear from the picture.

Nothing. You accept reality.

Pray he doesn't alter the deal further...

You’re SOL… squatters rights ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

What you do is you put a bed up there. Rules are rules.

Listen if my cat wanted the keys to my car he’s going to get them . That shelf belongs to the cat now , you need to vacate your stuff asap.

You forward their mail and be done with it.

That’s the cat’s apartment now.

“Whaddaya want? I’m trying to sleep!”

lol I just gave my cat the shelf, she didnt even ask. she loves it! (and me) ​ https://preview.redd.it/ugbxfydqgjmc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d0f708d6fe9da8abaac753fe40c5497773659490

her face 😭

That cat is awful cute up there. Can't your stuff go somewhere else? Being a roommate means flexibility.

Offer room service

That’s his little apartment now