Do Your Pets Interfere With Your Reading? - Page 4

SneakySnake · 10-31-2010, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I have to say that (thankfully!) I have never had a loo cat!

I think he knows I am going to sit still for a few minutes and takes advantage.

kindlekitten · 10-31-2010, 02:04 AM

the only ones that have even tried have ended up leaving me clawed and bloody. as much as I miss having my kids around the house, I am glad that the days of trying to go to the bathroom and all of a sudden 2 kids, (that have been ignoring me all day) 2 Newfoundlands, (that had been snoring quite contentedly just previously) and numerous cats, (who had been places unknown immediately prior) all found an immediate need to occupy the bathroom with me and needed my complete and undivided attention. right then. no questions asked. everyone was first

HistoryWes · 10-31-2010, 02:29 AM

My iguana Cissy knows better than to intrude on my ME time.

Iridal · 10-31-2010, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Mr M wants to sit on me the most when I am at the computer and when I am on the loo!

My cat used to follow me into the bathroom and tried to sit on me when he was still a kitten. He had a weird fascination with the toilet, especially with flushing. But one day he jumped on the toilet when I wasn't on it and fell in. And then started running around like crazy all over the place.

Since then, he doesn't go near the bathroom and runs away as fast as he can when he hears a toilet being flushed

SneakySnake · 10-31-2010, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Iridal

My cat used to follow me into the bathroom and tried to sit on me when he was still a kitten. He had a weird fascination with the toilet, especially with flushing. But one day he jumped on the toilet when I wasn't on it and fell in. And then started running around like crazy all over the place.

Since then, he doesn't go near the bathroom and runs away as fast as he can when he hears a toilet being flushed

Mr M was having a crazy cat run around the house one night and jumped in the bath as he had done plenty of times before, but this time it was full of water. Then the floors were all wet and he was crazier than before.

Stitchawl · 10-31-2010, 05:13 AM

Felicity use to be fascinated by moving water. She would always stand up to the the toilet being flushed, watching carefully. (We had hopes of toilet training her. Oh well.) When one of us was running water in the sink in the bathroom she would jump up on the counter and actually play with the falling water, batting at it with her paw. But all that stopped as she got older and put away childish toys in favor of sleeping in one of the planters on the veranda, climbing inside her cardboard box with the small holes in the side so she can try to catch anything passing by without being seen. Adult stuff. And of course, burrowing into a pile of clothing in the closet to either sleep or just shed fur. In some ways, I prefer it when she snuggles while I read.

Stitchawl

Iridal · 10-31-2010, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Then the floors were all wet and he was crazier than before.

And the cat will be even wetter than the floor, which means you have to try and catch him while he's running around so you can get him dry again

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

But all that stopped as she got older and put away childish toys in favor of sleeping in one of the planters on the veranda, climbing inside her cardboard box with the small holes in the side so she can try to catch anything passing by without being seen.

Hey, that's a game I know ! My cat will put one of his toys next to my laundry basket (which has little holes in it), then jump in and try to get the toy by putting his paws through the holes. Hilarious

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

In some ways, I prefer it when she snuggles while I read.

Yep, at least when their sleeping on your lap you know they're not getting into any mischief

kennyc · 10-31-2010, 07:19 AM

kennyc · 10-31-2010, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Iridal

My cat used to follow me into the bathroom and tried to sit on me when he was still a kitten. He had a weird fascination with the toilet, especially with flushing. But one day he jumped on the toilet when I wasn't on it and fell in. And then started running around like crazy all over the place.

Since then, he doesn't go near the bathroom and runs away as fast as he can when he hears a toilet being flushed

Iridal · 10-31-2010, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

That's not a REAL cat is it ?

Imagine a cat like that curling up on your lap ...

kindlekitten · 10-31-2010, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Iridal

That's not a REAL cat is it ?

Imagine a cat like that curling up on your lap ...

haha! no. closely look at all of the legs!

Iridal · 10-31-2010, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

haha! no. closely look at all of the legs!

Boy, do I feel sheeeeepish

kindlekitten · 10-31-2010, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Iridal

Boy, do I feel sheeeeepish

don't worry about it, those pics are intended to confuse us!

Stitchawl · 10-31-2010, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

don't worry about it, those pics are intended to confuse us!

Sure caught me! When I saw that the two rear right legs were in step as were the two front right legs, I thought it was a Tennessee Walking Horse!

Stitchawl

jes1 · 10-31-2010, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Mr M was having a crazy cat run around the house one night and jumped in the bath as he had done plenty of times before, but this time it was full of water. Then the floors were all wet and he was crazier than before.

That same thing happened with my pet rabbit. Unfortunately, I was in the tub at the time and ended up with some scratches in uncomfortable places while he tried to escape. After that, he never jumped into the tub without sticking his nose down to sniff for water first.

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10-31-2010, 02:04 AM	#47
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	the only ones that have even tried have ended up leaving me clawed and bloody. as much as I miss having my kids around the house, I am glad that the days of trying to go to the bathroom and all of a sudden 2 kids, (that have been ignoring me all day) 2 Newfoundlands, (that had been snoring quite contentedly just previously) and numerous cats, (who had been places unknown immediately prior) all found an immediate need to occupy the bathroom with me and needed my complete and undivided attention. right then. no questions asked. everyone was first

10-31-2010, 02:29 AM	#48
HistoryWes Teacher/Novelist Posts: 632 Karma: 2274466 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Nevada Device: Nook STR, iPad	My iguana Cissy knows better than to intrude on my ME time.

10-31-2010, 05:13 AM	#51
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Felicity use to be fascinated by moving water. She would always stand up to the the toilet being flushed, watching carefully. (We had hopes of toilet training her. Oh well.) When one of us was running water in the sink in the bathroom she would jump up on the counter and actually play with the falling water, batting at it with her paw. But all that stopped as she got older and put away childish toys in favor of sleeping in one of the planters on the veranda, climbing inside her cardboard box with the small holes in the side so she can try to catch anything passing by without being seen. Adult stuff. And of course, burrowing into a pile of clothing in the closet to either sleep or just shed fur. In some ways, I prefer it when she snuggles while I read. Stitchawl

10-31-2010, 07:19 AM	#53
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