What annoying--I mean endearing--habit does your cat have?

Sookie under the Christmas tree - Our little female cat, Sookie, who loves warm places and needs lots of TLC!
@Suzieqmom (2755)
United States
December 23, 2010 9:14am CST
One of our cats, Sookie, is a very young female tabby who was abandoned as a kitten and lived for a couple of months at the vet's office before we adopted her. She is small and very cute, but a bit skittish, despite the loads of TLC she gets here. And the other cats make her nervous (except when she is pouncing on them). So we try to be very accommodating of her "special needs," but she has one trait that is a real pain--she won't eat her food unless a human (preferably a grown-up) pets her and sits next to her while she is eating. And, since she is a dainty female, she eats two bites and then walks away. And then comes back 10 minutes later, meowing like her little heart is going to break, and wants to be fed again. And a human has to pet her and sit with her again. And this would go on all day if I let it! It is actually very cute, but after the first month or so, it has become annoying too--and time-consuming. But, as all cat owners know, you are there to serve the cat, so I just keep doing it! What annoying trait(s) does your cat share with you?
4 responses
@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
24 Dec 10
she'd get really hungry at my house
@Suzieqmom (2755)
• United States
26 Dec 10
She is so cute. . .and so little. Since two of our other cats are Maine (c)oons, she looks even smaller and more pathetic.. . especially because she has the most pitiful meow ever!
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
26 Dec 10
Oliver - our baby all grown up!
We liked to have NEVER gotten Oliver to actually drink milk or water out of a bowl, he ONLY wanted to drink it out of the bottle! We FINALLY got him with tuna water to drink out of a bowl. He was a cute baby, and he's a pill, but a sweet pill now.
@Suzieqmom (2755)
• United States
27 Dec 10
He is still a cute cat! We have a diabetic cat who will only drink running ater, so we bought a water filter/purifier for him. . .!
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@cicisnana (772)
• United States
24 Dec 10
The only thing Callie does that really annoys me is when I get up in the mornings she will not leave me alone. She is constantly underfoot...I can't tell you how many times I have accidentally stepped on her little feet....I feel so bad about it too..I guess she just wants to play, but I just want to wake up!
• United States
26 Dec 10
Yeah, she'll yell out at me, but it's more like "Watch where you put those big feet." Instead of "Ouch that hurt!" I still feel bad!
@Suzieqmom (2755)
• United States
26 Dec 10
If you were actually hurting her, she would stop. My cats are always underfoot too, but forgive me every time I step on one of their tails!
@Suzieqmom (2755)
• United States
27 Dec 10
Me too--especially when it's my fault, not theirs.
@Lance26 (956)
• Philippines
23 Dec 10
This cat of ours is really pain in the a_s. Most of the time he was out wooing somewhere and comes back at midnight while I was sleeping tightly to scare me by jumping in to my bed out of nowhere.
@Suzieqmom (2755)
• United States
26 Dec 10
Landing on your feet, too, no doubt!
25 Dec 10
I have this cat whose name is mike. He has this crazy habit of would you believe? He sleeps in the bathroom and you cannot use the shower room of the house. Once I tried to take a shower in the very early part of the morning and this cat just did not bulge joining me in my shower.
@Suzieqmom (2755)
• United States
26 Dec 10
Now THAT is funny!