Buddy my cat woke me up last night..... to play fetch with him. He dropped a wire tie onto

[applegrove]

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my face and sat beside me until I clued in and threw it for him to fetch. When have your pets woken you up?

(Updated) I got one of the slow release cat food thingies. Cats are very bewildered. They keep looking at me to do something. It is going to be a long night. I hope it works.

[MFM008]

1. I have to lock mine

Out of room. He won't leave me alone..

[applegrove]

4. Mine usually sleep before I do. And then leave me alone because I put dry cat food out for them.

This is the first time he has woken me up to play. Little cutie is 3 and still becomes fascinated with any item novel he can try to play with. He thinks the garbage can is his personal toy box.

[samnsara]

2. my dog wakes me up at 4 am every morning no matter if its Standard or daylight time.....

..I have a clock that shows the time on the ceiling and I swear he can read the time!

[applegrove]

5. He just can't wait to see your face.

[Heartstrings]

3. I've woken up to...

wretching, and puke on the floor...that wasn't as fun as your kitty!

[applegrove]

6. Both my cats get hairballs. I wake up to that type of mess too.

[Heartstrings]

24. Mine was a dog, but the mess is the same.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. One of them stands in the hall outside the bedroom and howls

with a toy in his mouth. Then he comes in and hops onto the bed and demands that I pet him for awhile.

[applegrove]

8. Mine don't howl. But one races me to every stop I make as I wake up. Tries to get there first. Don't

know why.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. If I get up at night to visit the bathroom, I'll be followed by at least one cat

who will jump into the sink and demand a drink of water.

[dixiegrrrrl]

26. One of my guys jumps into my lap when I go to that room

HAS to be held and petted for at least a few minutes, as I am a ,,,captive audience, shall we say???

[angstlessk]

9. Nighttime was playtime for my kittens (had three)

They would jump up on my bed ready to play..I would pick them up and put them back on the floor.

Took about ten times over three or four nights till they got the idea.

Their retribution...when they were older (I was living on second floor WITHOUT air conditioning) they would walk close to the wall where the only fan was running, unplugging it...over and over and over...

I LOVE me some kittehs...two of them died in my arms about 18 years latter.

[applegrove]

11. I can not imagine having 3 kittens at the same time. Yes no sleep would be in order.

[elehhhhna]

12. Rikki fetched and once threw a large sized burger king cup on my sleeping head

Also made sure i woke up to a halo of toys and small found objects. Put a huge cockroach and numerous geckos on my tummy as I slept. TG he dropped the one and only mouse gift on the bedroom floor ...must have been interrupted.


I still miss him.

[applegrove]

14. Yes. You never forget your fur friends.

[JHan]

13. the sweetest story I have about this is about my dog when I went through chemo..

She was constantly at my side, so I put a doggy bed in my bedroom for her to sleep on . If I had a tough night of tossing and turning she would scratch the bed in concern. The scratching would wake me up, but sweet all the same. I didn't mind.

[applegrove]

15. Pets seem to know when something serious is going on. I must say the few times I have

had a cold or something and been flat on my back during the day one of my cats is usually very excited to have the extra nap time with mom and takes especially long to find the exact spot to curl up on my bed. Vibes to you.

[forgotmylogin]

63. I think it's not always concern...

Cats are happy you're running a temperature because it's extra heat for them.

[procon]

16. My dear Jack drags his bedraggled cat-snake up on the bed and drops the

cold, wet, slobbery end on my face. The long strip of faux-fur with googly eyes is attached to a rod and it can be dragged or tossed. Since Jack likes to play catch, too, I throw his cat-snake and he hauls it back, making growling and chirping noises as he walks. He usually brings it to me around 4am and I throw it off, but he brings it back and stands over my head, poking at my face, head butting my nose and chattering away; clearly he expects to be accommodated.

[applegrove]

19. I've never had a cat who liked to play fetch before. I love it when they make chirping noises.

Yes. I bought mine a whole bunch of tiny stuffed animals when he was a kitten. His favourite was Octo the Octopus. What a mess of dust and cat saliva that little thing was after no time. But I refused to throw it out. Cats come first in this house.

[oldcynic]

17. kinky cat

Had a kitty once who survived distemper and was a little peculiar. As an adult he fell in love with wool. Got shut in a drawer full of sweaters and never let out a peep for three days. A friend was napping on the couch one afternoon and woke up with the cat on his chest humping his sweater. Several interesting lives worthy of a biography.

[applegrove]

20. Never heard of a cat doing that. A dog yes. Dogs will do just about anything gross.

[3catwoman3]

53. I discovered, much to my surprise and dismay, that some cats...

...do indeed hump things. One of ours was fond of towels and stuffed animals. He was neutered quite early,, so never had any "real world" experience, so to speak.

[flyingfysh]

18. We have a high wardrobe at the side of our room...

And we had s cat who liked to climb up there at night. One night, in the middle of the night, he decided to jump.off of it -- and landed on my wife. That was a very sudden awakening.

[applegrove]

21. Hope the claws were not out when he landed.

[appleannie1943]

22. Between the dog and 3 cats, most nights

The dog is about 16 years old and can't always hold till morning. The heaviest cat thinks I am her bed and frequently I wake because my whole arm has gone numb from her weight or I feel her pawing my face letting me know her bowl is empty. The youngest cat just walking around all over us and the bed trying to find the most comfortable spot to lay down or sometimes uses my tummy as a springboard to the tall dresser on his way to the curtain rod. The other cat lays on top of my feet so if I roll over she is in the way....

[applegrove]

23. Buddy does not play well. Twilight is no allowed on the bed with me if Buddy wants up. He nips

Twilight in the butt. I scold him but he does not stop. Sounds like your pack plays well together.

[matt819]

25. Every night. (Nt)

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

27. In tha past I've had cats, and none of them ever woke me up.

Some would get very insistent when it was time to go to bed. Others would play midnight hockey in the front hallway of our home, which I always slept through. I only know of it because other members of the household would be up to report it.

[Doreen]

28. OMG!!!!

I thought that my cats were the only ones who did that!! I have had a lot of cats who never would have even thought of bringing something back to you and I have never known anybody elses cat who does that. I have a girl who has always fetched and then about a year ago I got a boy who just by odd chance does the same. I found these twisted wires at the pet store that are colorful and bounce well and that is one of their favorite toys. I have to make sure whatever toys I get they can easily carry so they can bring them to me.

[Motley13]

29. Wire tie?? what's that? ,my cat pokes my nose, or my arm with her paw

I do worry about claws but she has never scratched my nose but i do have little scratches elsewhere on my bod, hands, arms.

I love her, so it's OK

I suggest watching Simons cats for all cat lovers

a starter

Just realized, wire ties, I call them twisties

[applegrove]

33. A tie that would tie a the plastic of a bag of bread shut. He really does get his favourite

toys out of the garbage. -=

[HoosierDebbie]

30. I had one cat that

I had one cat that when she was hungry in the morning, would knock the air flow tube off my CPAP mask. I think she knew I was pretending as she never did it when I was really asleep. It always worked to get me up and feed her. My other two cats were sitting by the food bowls waiting for her to get me up.

[applegrove]

37. Oh man. That is one motivated critter.

[shenmue]

31. My former dog used to jump on me

She's in Heaven now.

[applegrove]

39. Bet he was thrilled with himself for waking you up.

[shenmue]

44. Oh yeah

Keisha used to think jumping was the funnest game ever.

[applegrove]

46. Dogs are so easily pleased. I like them, I just don't like the lifestyle.

[mchill]

32. Mine occasionally brings me Jackson Galaxy Dice Balls to play fetch while in bed

He's a Devon Rex - known for fetching. He likes to sleep in, though. My other Devon Rex will go with the flow, but both DRX's are heat seekers and will plaster themselves to me and I get hot and wake up! My 14 lb female rescue is the real problem. She loves to eat (I do not free feed) and if there is a hint of daylight, she will start making noises, louder and louder, till I get "it."

[applegrove]

40. Why couldn't my cat play with real toys instead of garbage. I did not free

feed until mine woke me up. I'm not going to ever be a morning person.

[northoftheborder]

34. One of the few cats we used to have...(largely dogs around here).....

....was totally nocturnal.....ran around climbing the furniture and the curtains at night. I finally resorted to enclosing her in the laundry room. But when she learned to open the door knob while perched on the nearby counter, I had to put a toddler knob on it to keep her inside! She was named Tigerina to match her personality!

[applegrove]

41. Sounds wild. Mine are pretty domesticated. Buddy especially thinks

he is my baby.

[alarimer]

35. I have a cat named Buddy too.

He wakes me up demanding to be fed. Usually an hour before the alarm is supposed to go off. I feed him and go back to bed.

[applegrove]

42. I named him buddy after Nova Scotia moniker for a regular character.

Character he is.

[Boomerproud]

36. I have my alarm set for 3am to get to work at 5:00 and my Mandy expects to be fed

no later than 4am. Her inner clock still works on weekends and she paws at me to wake up if I "sleep in". She also insists on sleeping above my head on the pillow so that before she goes to sleep she whacks me in the face with her tail every night. I have a double bed but she shows no interest in laying anywhere else on the bed.

[applegrove]

43. I put one of those fake fur blankets at the foot of my bed. So he usually sleeps

there. Though he does like to cuddle and purr in the middle of the night.

[Metsie Casey]

38. One of them is a heavy cat

If she jumps on me, I'll wake up for a moment. That's it. Could be any time. Deep sleeper I am. We had one that used to smack us in the face in the morning. Funny guy. Lived long into his 20s.

[applegrove]

45. I just hope it doesn't turn into a habit. Takes me long enough to fall asleep.

The clue is I think to not make it fun for him. He was biting me for no reason and I started to skreetch to make it not rewarding and it worked. He only nips when I really frustrate him. He does scratch though. Wish I could stop him from doing that.

[2naSalit]

47. I used to have a

beautiful torty-point siamese, really strong personality but an amazing companion and protector. She would wake me up by bringing a mouse in to chase around the cabin pre-dawn on occasion, always left the remains in front of the kitchen garbage. If I was taking a nap and someone entered the gated yard, she would come inside, get on top of me and growl while looking at the "intruder". The best time was when she came in all wet, at 3am, and lay down next to my face... she was letting me know that one of the buried garden hoses had burst and there was a ten foot fountain in the yard! She would also give me an am weather update if there was precip, by sitting next to me face to wake me up, rain or snow. Best kitty ever.

[applegrove]

48. I'm too passive a person for a siamese cat. They would dominate me.

Beautiful though. And smart.

[2naSalit]

49. I seem to always

end up with strong personality cats, this one came bounding out of a hay shed and demanded that I do something. So I took her home. She insisted on being an only child and her best friends were my friends' dogs... and the gang of squirrels who lived in our trees. They taught her to run, full gallop, along the top of a chain-link fence, to scamper round a tree trunk like lightning and they played "tag" together. I have a pretty strong personality too, must be why we end up with each other.

[applegrove]

50. A perfect match.

[MontanaMama]

51. My kitteh, Louis

Sits in one of our bathroom showers or tubs and howls and mows until I bring the laser toy in so he can chase it in the shower/tub. Then he chills with his pot bag (catnip) after his victory over the laser.

[IcyPeas]

52. 50 replies to this message and yet......

not One picture of a CAT?

what is this?

c'mon people.

This is DU. We demand pictures of cats.

Geez

so disappointing.

[applegrove]

54. On my cell phone so I'll have to put up a photo next time.

[3catwoman3]

55. Petco sells packages of 10...

...colorful plastic springs that look like giant versions of the springs in ball point pens. Great cat toys. 2 of our 4 play fetch with these, and love to bat them around.

[applegrove]

56. I'll look for those.

[3catwoman3]

57. Please let me know what...

...Buddy thinks of them.

My one cat brought one back for me to throw again 30 times one day before she decided she'd had enough.

[applegrove]

58. If they fight back, I'm sure Buddy will like them.

[applegrove]

73. I bought them. And I kid you not Buddy got them out of the large bag and carried the pouch

with the springs in them over to me - I like to think to get me to open them but it looked like he just wanted to play with the whole pouch. I opened them and scattered them all over the floor. Right now he is watching them. Like they might just get up and move on their own or something.

[Warpy]

59. My old teddy bear of a rescued neglected Himalayan

would sit patiently and wait for my breathing to change, indicating I was starting to wake up. He'd help me out with a big velvet paw laid on the end of my nose. When I woke up fully, he'd use that paw to stroke my hair.

He was an irascible old bugger, but he seemed to like me and was the only cat who ever petted me back.

[applegrove]

60. Oh the paw on the nose. I had a cat that would do that only make sure on claw was out

to make sure I woke up. I wonder why they choose the nose. Funny eh? I also had a tough cat I named Monster. He lived up to his name with less and less frequency as we got to know each other. He was great at cuddling though. I miss them all.

[Bayard]

61. I have a Siamese that loves to sleep under the covers

He'll jump on the bed and start lifting them with his paw until you hold them up for him to get under. If he really gets cold, he'll follow me around yowling for me to go to bed.

[applegrove]

64. I was always trying to get my one cat under the covers. She never

wanted to. I was thinking it would be extra cozy there. But she is not a lap cat so what was i thinking. She will follow me around and try and get me to pet her. But her tolerance for cozy is about one second. My newest cat loves to go under the covers. I don't know how he breathes. But he certainly likes to hide under my duvet.

[forgotmylogin]

62. I have to micro-feed my cat small amounts several times a day

due to his tendency to gorge and throw up.

He's gotten real good at telling time. Even when my clock radio doesn't go off, he knows when 6am is. This was proven when the time changed and he waited till 7am for one day, then got wise that the radio was going off early.

He knows special Vulcan pressure points on me that hurt if he presses them lightly.

Or stands on them violating the laws of mass and physics by exerting 25 pounds of downward pressure within a square inch by standing on me with all four paws close together when he only weighs 11 pounds.

Or vaults over me repeatedly like we're counting sheep.

And is good at surprising me with a touch-and-go launch across the bedroom from my stomach right over my bladder.

If I take a nap in the afternoon, he can still recognize 6pm on the clock because he starts this all over again.

My favorite retaliation - if I make any movement like I'm getting up, he flees to the kitchen to stand by his dish. One day after a particularly well-placed touch and go, I got up, he happily bounds out of my room, and I just closed the door and went back to bed.

This cartoon is not even kidding. I love Simon's Cat.

[applegrove]

65. I may have to micro feed mine. Love Simon's cat. It is so funny in terms

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of what must be going on in their minds. My Buddy will put all four paws together when he is on top of me and darn like you say it is alot of weight. I hate to shoo him off me but I don't think I should suffer when he does that.

[forgotmylogin]

66. If your cat throws up a lot...

Definitely take them to the vet. Mine had chronic IBD and WBC was >50% which is usually a sign of something worse, but after fixing his stomach problem he's fine. The cheaper dry food he'd been eating all his life had become intolerable, and he was dehydrated, so I switched to wet food.

Plus he has a psychological gorging problem, and apparently a smaller than normal stomach.

First meal is the most likely time for him to throw up, as his stomach is full of acid in anticipation of breakfast. I give him a teaspoonful of wet food and let him digest that for an hour and he usually handles it.

Then I feed him about 1/3 of a 5oz can three times in the AM and another can 3 times in the PM. He gets an occasional handful of expensive grain-free dry Blue Wilderness food that he likes as an occasional snack.

After steroids from the vet to help his IBD and controlled feedings, he's gone from vomiting 1-2 times per day to once every couple of weeks; usually when I goof up and feed him more than he can handle at once.

[applegrove]

67. I think I'll try just feeding them twice a day with wet food only. They already

get that once a day. No problems after that. It is only after the expensive dry food that they occasionally get sick. If that does not work I'll take them to the vet.

[oldcynic]

71. a plastic easter egg solves cat gorging

Got Mr. X (name withheld to protect the guilty) at age 9 and 22 pounds. He is now down to an appropriate 14 lbs thanks to a large plastic egg. Poke a hole in one half, fill with dry food, and Mr. X has to chase it all around the kitchen, knocking out pellets one or two at a time. Exercise and portion control.

[Rhiannon12866]

68. My Cairn Terrier used to do that all the time!

He'd latch onto a toy and expect it to be thrown - constantly! If I tried to go to sleep, he'd drop it on my face, LOL. The encouraging thing was that he lived a very long life, was looking at his 19th birthday...

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

69. MY CAT has occasionally brought live mice into bed in the middle of the night and then proceeded to

have fun jumping on me and chasing it around. It kind of ruins the whole night for me as I have to leap out of bed, find a bthrobe or some sort of clothing apparel, find the mouse, capture it with a towel, take it down stairs and outside (hence the need for clothing), and then change the sheets ... just because. I try not to get too mad at the cat because from his POV, he is just wanting to share the fun.

[fleur-de-lisa]

70. My girl Lalapalooza, who died last year

brought a live roach into my bed . . . twice!

I had just moved to New Orleans and was living in a renovated, historic, apartment building. The interior was really nice and very up to date, but the shell structure was several hundred years old.

Luckily, I was awake when she brought the roach onto the bed (very bad insomnia). I could feel her batting at something, like she was trying to catch it. I jumped up and turned on the light. I only managed to scare the roach, not catch it.

About an hour later, Lala did the same thing. I finally kicked her out of the bedroom. There is nothing I hate more than roaches!

[sakabatou]

72. My current cat has woken me up by pounding on my door