No matter how much we might love cats in general, the fact is, each individual animal has its own unique quirks. Quirks that make them hard to get along with from time to time. Quirks that could make them contenders for the World’s Worst Cat title.
If you have a cat owner share their cat’s worst quality, you’ll get a flood of responses from other people telling their own catto horror stories. That’s exactly what happened to data reporter Christopher Ingraham on Twitter when he shared his mischievous feline’s Machiavellian (Meowchiavellian?) tactics.
People pitched in with their own tales of cats acting ‘evil.’ Read on, dear Pandas, upvote your fave tweets and share your own stories about your cats in the comments below. And be sure to let us know if you’ve become dog people after this post!
Image credits: _cingraham
Image credits: _cingraham
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Chris’ thread got over 24.1k likes and was retweeted more than 3.2k times, so obviously, people could relate to his cat driving him nuts. Now, we know we just used the word ‘evil’ up above just a moment ago, but each and every weird or annoying behavior your cat exhibits has a scientific explanation for it.
Dr. Lorie Huston explains that cats are “definitely not evil, mean, or vindictive by nature.” [Insert dad joke about cats being evil, mean, and vindictive by choice.] According to the vet, cats are like people in that they have very specific needs. If those needs aren’t met, well… prepare for trouble (and make it double!).
In other words, if your cat is acting like the biggest jerk on Planet Earth, it’s probably trying to let you know that something’s wrong. For instance, if your cat is peeing and pooping left, right, up, down, and on your clothes, it might be a medical issue. Otherwise, your feline might have a problem with its litter box: make sure it’s big enough, clean, and in a quiet corner of your home.
Similarly, if your cat’s ripping, tearing, and clawing the holy bejesus out of your furniture, it’s not possessed or ‘evil’: it’s acting as a cat should. Cats need things to scratch. So get it a scratching post or something else to help it sharpen its claws, stretch its muscles, and mark its territory in peace.
He only wants you to make more exercise... He succeed, apparently...
Doors to be opened for NO reason?? No no ... they need to opened simply because cats are always on the wrong side
Failing to comply with your feline’s each and every wish might result in further character changes which might make you follow in Chris’ footsteps and turn to Twitter for support.
I had a cat that kept coming over. I called the number on his tags and it turned out he lived right next door. His owners were embarrassed because he would stomp in to sit in front of our ac on hot days because they didn't have. They were relieved when I told them we loved it and it wasn't a bother at all.
My Aida knows when it's time for me to get up and feed her. I almost don't need an alarm clock. Trouble is, she won't let me sleep in on weekends or holidays.
Let me guess, he lays next to your face; not all cute and sweet with his face next to yours, but with his butt pointing at you.
I understand this all too well. I have three cats, so if they’re not pinning me down on all sides, then they’re crawling all over me or repeatedly touching my face with their little cold, wet noses. Usually sometime between 1 and 2 am, after a I’ve already been asleep a few hours, which is about 3 or 4 hours before my alarm goes off. So yeah, my sleep-deprived life; forced to wake up just when I’m supposed to be sleeping the deepest.
I have one who likes to do the same thing, except to our rugs. And especially after I’ve given her and the other animals a mani-pedi (I have three cats and a dog).
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Cats will be cats. Especially bored, frustrated, and/or just plain temporarily evil cats ;-P
Our 1.5 year old Flavius, a tomcat, knows how to open the cupboards and drawers in my study and in the kitchen. Even if there are heavy things in there, he can open them. Usually when we're asleep or not at home. Then you come into the kitchen and he's cleared out everything possible from the cupboards. Pots, boxes, cutlery and more. By now we have secured everything with child locks. My cupboards in the study partly face the wall. If he can't get to the cupboards, he tries to open all the doors. Some of our doors are completely scratched because he always jumps at the handles. If he really can't get at anything, he destroys something or throws it down somewhere. The cat is like a big dog with too much energy. But he also knows how to make up for it very well, because he really is a very sweet, cuddly guy. Much of his behavior is probably because he is a hand-raiser. He really has enough toys and we have a total of 5 big scratching posts in the house, plus two other cats.
This just proves cats are out for world domination..... Bonus fact about cats: When they wiggle their butts to pounce, they're actually calibrating their butt transmitters to get transmissions from their home planet
Cats will be cats. Especially bored, frustrated, and/or just plain temporarily evil cats ;-P
Our 1.5 year old Flavius, a tomcat, knows how to open the cupboards and drawers in my study and in the kitchen. Even if there are heavy things in there, he can open them. Usually when we're asleep or not at home. Then you come into the kitchen and he's cleared out everything possible from the cupboards. Pots, boxes, cutlery and more. By now we have secured everything with child locks. My cupboards in the study partly face the wall. If he can't get to the cupboards, he tries to open all the doors. Some of our doors are completely scratched because he always jumps at the handles. If he really can't get at anything, he destroys something or throws it down somewhere. The cat is like a big dog with too much energy. But he also knows how to make up for it very well, because he really is a very sweet, cuddly guy. Much of his behavior is probably because he is a hand-raiser. He really has enough toys and we have a total of 5 big scratching posts in the house, plus two other cats.
This just proves cats are out for world domination..... Bonus fact about cats: When they wiggle their butts to pounce, they're actually calibrating their butt transmitters to get transmissions from their home planet