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Originally Posted by DMcCunney

We thought it was. Kvetch dramatically did not. She was older neutered female, quite set in her ways, and did not appreciate the kitten.

Do they ever? When we acquired Storm, she already lived in the same house with Zep. They were housemates. He was too young to leave, so--stupidly--as she was a quasi-rescue, adult, I took her, two weeks BEFORE he was able to come to our casa. How'd she act, when he showed up? Holy Mackeral Annie, it was as though aliens had arrived. I was nonplussed, to say the least; I had thought that his recognizable scent would ameliorate the ubiquitous cat-territory issues. WRONG.

Dizzy was quite baffled when we fell over laughing when Dazzle did the same thing to him.

Cats are uniquely attuned to being laughed at--and they do NOT like it.

Count your blessings. There are an assortment of photos posted to Reddit's AWW forum, reserved for cute animal pictures, of cats who decide thtn when their human is sitting on the potty, their place to be is curled up inside the human's pulled down pants, looking up with a quizzical "Whatcha doin' person? Huh? Taking a big poo?" expression.

Well...suffice to say that that phenomenon is not unknown to me. Zep's tried to climb on my lap, during poo. He's tried to stick his head down into the toilet, behind my coccyx. (That's an interesting feeling!). Storm, fortunately, just wants to see--Zep's more of an "immersed experience" kind of guy. ;-)

They love you, and want to be where you are, regardless of where that happens to be. I had a cat once that would hop into the tub and swim around when a human was taking a bath.


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Dennis

Our male MC has to have his several-times-daily "showers." If you're in the kitchen, at the sink, he'll serenade you LOUDLY until you sprinkle him with water. A LOT. The shower? He has to come in and hang out, once you're (mostly) done. He'll lie in the tub, when you run water. (You have to pay attention, and make sure that you haven't used anything like bath oils, etc.). He LOVES water. It's an MC thing, common in the breed.

I had a friend who suggested that I address a behavioral issue with him (he wants me to GET THE FRACK UP in the early mornings...) by spritzing him with water. Talk about fall about laughing, that would be the sure way to reinforce the behavior with Himself. In fact, I have yet to find an effective discipline medium that he recognizes; he simply seems oblivious to the idea that he could actually be in trouble, or have done something wrong. I've never dealt with an animal like this one; it's just...bizarre.

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