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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!
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Randomcthulu 5 years ago
I had a cat named Kinoko who was mechanically inclined like that. She literally got stuck in the silverware drawer one day (climbed up from the cupboard below, couldn't turn around and get back out), figured out how to open door knobs (hang on it and swing back and forth), and managed to trap herself in a plastic tote box (thank the gods my roommate came home early and heard her weak cries). I think my landlord thought I was nuts for having child locks on everything when I don't have kids. Kinoko also routinely stole food from my neighbor's 2 dogs, both of whom weighed close to 100lbs each. He thought it was hilarious.
Susann Campbell 5 years ago
You have a visible poltergeist, give him to some one who thinks this is funny.
AnnieLaurie Burke 5 years ago
People don't realize that cats have semi-opposable thumbs, and are quite dexterous. If they ever evolve to have fully-opposable thumbs, the human race is doomed.
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Titas Burinskas 5 years ago
I don't know why he'd be called the worst cat... I mean, he's just hanging around.
okpkpkp 5 years ago
Is that what he is? His markings showed me that he was a wild cat, as in not domesticated. WHY?
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katboxjanitor 5 years ago
That cat is just expressing his Bengal-ness. They are just high-energy felines when they are awake.
Marlene Ricker 5 years ago
Well, you have to admit he's entertaining! I especially like the pic of him climbing the Christmas tree. You know you'd miss him if he was gone and you'd be sooo bored!
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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!).
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Anna 5 years ago
She may have urinary infection/problems with urinary system. Cats pee on soft things when they are in pain. Better go to vet.
I Just Changed My Name 5 years ago
True, but that would be exhibited consistently when having the infection/flare not just in staunch defense of her mom. I had a cat, Mrs. Kitty, and she'd throw up out of spite in the boys' catfood bowl because she was offended by their presence. I liken it to that.
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I'm.in.wonderland 5 years ago
Am i the only one who is obsessed with the cat's name? I mean, come on. AARON PURR? That's freaking adorable!!
Pan Narrans 5 years ago
My mom's cat knows how to wake her: she starts purring above an exposed ear and then drops a bit of saliva in said ear...
ForkNBeans 5 years ago
I love cats - have six rescues myself. What I love most is that we call them the worst names, mine include d**k, dumbass, bastage, etc... and while all those monikers prove true, we still love them with all our hearts. Whoops, gotta go let my little f*ckhead out before he tears up my plant.
Unhuman_Weirdo 5 years ago
Aaron Purr I love you. This is coming from a Hamilton obsessed theatre kid.
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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.
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Gonzalo Terán 5 years ago
He only wants you to make more exercise... He succeed, apparently...
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Kate Schools 5 years ago
Doors to be opened for NO reason?? No no ... they need to opened simply because cats are always on the wrong side
KttyMazMeow 5 years ago
yeah for me if I am in my room and my 2 cats are on the outside they are going to start yowling and scratching. So I'll let them in and not even 1 minute later, they want out again. But as soon as they are outside the room, they want back in again. It's like I can't win with them!
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weatherwitch 5 years ago
Cats need access to grass so they can bring fur balls up or simply to help them vomit. If he's indoors he needs cat grass to stop him eating house plants that may not be suitable or safe for him.
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Susanna Scott 5 years ago
We have a Whippet that does the same - and he doesn't have a sweater on.
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.
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person (i think) 5 years ago
My friends had a cat that would do that. Fluffy, full grown cat with the cutest, most innocent kitten-y mews, and the sharpest claws and teeth.
David Kimmel 5 years ago
My brother had his hostile cat declawed (decades ago) so I started to tease him about not being able to hurt me. Using both arms, he pulled my hand into his mouth and bit the #$%^ out of me.
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Kevin Wilcoxon 5 years ago
Our Sophie does this when she wants to eat while we're watching TV.
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Lorrie Finley 5 years ago
You can always try to see if Insurance accepts that as a reason for early replacement...
Patricia Perrings 5 years ago
My cat did the same thing, and those hoses are expensive! I used an old quilted coverlet to make a cover for the hose. No more holes in the hose.
Viki Banaszak 5 years ago
But, he couldn't possibly, I mean, look at that face.... Perfectly innocent. You have munchausen by proxy and want us to believe this sweet baby would do such a thing. Shame on you. No needles for you.
Monika Soffronow 5 years ago
CPAP = Sleep Apnea Machine: CPAP - Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, pushes air into the airways to keep them open.
Paige Garberding 5 years ago
Kittens are filthy, destructive little beasts; good thing they're enchantingly cute.
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ForkNBeans 5 years ago
My evil little sh*thead, Ferdinand, does the same. She has several cries, but uses the baby cry when she wants my undivided attention. She's also the runt and still 'kitten sized' at 8 years old, yet she bosses all the other big boys around the house. She's a real stinker.
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Luisa Vasconcelos 5 years ago
The 3rd and 4th things of the list didn't happened because no photo. The 1st and 2nd, I'm sure cat was framed.
Kimberley Thomas 5 years ago (edited)
Two of my cats chewed my earphones within a few days of my acquiring each of the fluffballs. CoffeeCake below has a jabit of biting wires too, as if she's was a bunny. I was playing Plants vs Zombies on my PC using a game controller I bought from GameStop. In the middle, I couldn't move any further and felt resistant on the cord from the other end. I expected to encounter a mouse but instead found this fur face using the cord as an appetizer. I called GameStop explaining the truth behind my needing a replacement and they actually obliged. coffeecake...e5fd29.jpg 
Viki Banaszak 5 years ago
Give him time. He will get better at destruction. After I got my demon spawn, I started putting all the things I loved away for some day.
Rose Brien Harrington 5 years ago
Mine tore my face open, I had to get an anti tetanus jab. I still kept her but I don't cuddle her up close any more.
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katboxjanitor 5 years ago
This makes me miss one of my kitties. She occasionally woke me up by nipping my nose - that bit BETWEEN the nostrils.
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Vicki Thill 5 years ago
Is it a Siamese kitty? I had a half Siamese kitty that was naughty. He'd sit on my kitchen table and chortle for no good reason, and for hours. I took him to the vet numerous times because it was an awful, awful sound. She told me Siamese cats need a friend. So, I got him a kitten....he taught her to chortle.
Paige Garberding 5 years ago
What'd, he take a running, flying kick-box at it!? Or just a head-butt?
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ForkNBeans 5 years ago
My Ferdinand won't start eating until I pet her..then I have to stay and pet her for 2-3 mins.
Rose Brien Harrington 5 years ago
Ours apparently can't find the food bowl, even though it's been in the same place since she came into the house as a kitten 12 years ago. She yowls her head off till someone escorts her to the dish in the hall. We're wondering whether she has no sense of smell and can't find it. Her eyesight is fine because she can spot a crow sitting on top of the streetlight across the road.
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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago (edited)
If you have kids or animals, there’s no such thing as privacy. Unless they’re fast asleep on the other side of the house—-and not always then.
Ellen Gendron 5 years ago
my Moxie does the same thing, I always leave my bedroom door open just enough so she can open it herself an when i head o the bathroom she comes flying out of nowhere to run through as soon as I open the door`I can not use it alone.
Susan Gardner 5 years ago
I'm sorry, but cats don't need clothes! It's probably too hot, itchy and too tight. Looks like it to me anyway.
Pamela Wright-sim 5 years ago
Looks like my Lynx Point, Lolah. She is totally psychotic. She, too, yowls like a banshee. And awakens me by "batting" my face. I'm terrified of her.
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Melissa Nunya 5 years ago
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.
ForkNBeans 5 years ago
Awww.....thank you for keeping kitty cool. Guess you are now his 'summer home'.
Load More Replies... Kathy Baylis 5 years ago
Not so sure I’d still consider him your neighbor’s cat. Seems more like he’s YOUR cat now.
Lynn Morello 5 years ago
Trust a cat to find the most comfortable spot he can find, So what if it is in your neighbours house.
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Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
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.
Alusair Alustriel 5 years ago
I wake up on weekends and holidays, give food like a good human servant and then go back to sleep :D They allow me to stay in bed to 9:30 :D
Load More Replies... David Kimmel 5 years ago
Ours lived at the shelter for 7 years before we adopted her. I thought her curling up in my lap and kneading me was cute too. Six months later I can't get her out of my lap and my dermatologist looks at my shoulder with great curiosity.
Kayla Engle Lewis 5 years ago
Aww. I had a cat do that and he was the sweetest kitty-but I did have to lock him out of room sometimes. The kneading is because he was separated from his mama too early and sees you as attachment figure.
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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago (edited)
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.
Paige Garberding 5 years ago
At least he doesn't back up in your face and spray you awake. Cat pee in the eyes BURNS.
Night Owl 5 years ago (edited)
Be careful not to breath in cat hair. Happened to me once while I slept, I woke up in the middle of the night having a coughing fit until I coughed it up
Kimberley Thomas 5 years ago
inhaling cat is better than involuntarily inhaling wet cat b******e.
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Anna roberts 5 years ago
My mom had 2 nails in the wall to tie the tree to every year, never thought to ask her why LOL
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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago (edited)
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.
Isabel Care 5 years ago
Try a cold wet nose on the back of your knee for a sudden wake up call at 2 am
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Phyllicia Goh 5 years ago
Can totally relate to this. Had mine for about 3 months now. First time cat owner. Suffered from a serious lack of sleep during her first month with me. At first I find it sweet that she loves to snuggle up and sleep next to me. Then she decided to make the spot above my head to be her preferred spot to sleep at night. Had to specially get her another pillow so I can have my own without waking up with a stiff neck every morning. But it also means I'm sleeping a head below instead of head-to-head to my hubs.. Sleep's very precious to me & it's really hard for me to go back to sleep after I wake up. Thanks to her, I wake up at 7 in the morning, even on weekends & my day off.. IMG_-wp73n...64c9f5.jpg 
Shavaun Ladd 5 years ago
ive 2 cats both 10 this yr ,have always disliked each other ive had broken sleep for nearly 10 yrs now but wouldnt change a thing
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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago
Her face says, “And you’ll continue to do it for another dozen years”!
Sue Prewitt 5 years ago
my sister's cat would do this so now his box is a Rubbermaid tote. With sides a foot high, he has to jump all in
Susan Gardner 5 years ago
Mine likes to do that. I put a puppy pad down on the floor and up the wall a little bit. Problem solved
David Drew 5 years ago
My Angel does that at times also.usually if she can't find a clean spot in the box. So i took a small cardboard box and cut it open where its flat on the floor and against the wall.
Lynn Morello 5 years ago
And THAT Look that says it all, "Why are you telling the whole world?" She is going to get her revenge soon enough.
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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago (edited)
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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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago (edited)
No, she’ll just start waking them up at 3am instead of 4am. There’s just no way to win this one.
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Batwench 5 years ago
If she was staying at your house and not her own it would explain it. She was marking her territory.
Susan Gardner 5 years ago
Also, it sounds like she really missed her mom and knew you weren't a 'cat person' lol
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Susan Gardner 5 years ago
It would have been much better if YOU had stayed at the kitty's house :(
Vicki Thill 5 years ago
Poor stressed out kitty; they have feelings. I had a kitty that would bury anything of mine it could find in its litter box if I was gone too long.
Robin Ellison 5 years ago
These are acts of a very angry cat. Prolly missed her owner too much.
Kathy Baylis 5 years ago
Did you diligently scoop out her cat box? If you didn’t, then she was trying to tell you it needed to be cleaned out. If you did, then it’s personal. She was just s******g on you because she doesn’t like you. Sorry.
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Danielle Renee 5 years ago
wait...you shut the cat in the car at night? i destroy you s**t too!
Kathy Baylis 5 years ago
All you have to do is wait until he gets older and mellows out. And can’t jump up onto counters anymore.
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Randomcthulu 5 years ago
My friend had a cat that loved to steal and horde anything shiny, especially jewelry. She would wait until the jewelry box was opened, then pounced and got chased thru the house to retrieve whatever she'd grabbed this time.
Kimberley Thomas 5 years ago
My mom had a jewelry box that I got accused of stealing pieces from for a year. Finally, one day out of nowhere Muffin happily comes trotting into the living room while we were eating. In her mouth was a necklace that she plopped underneath the table we were eating at against the wall. There behold was all the jewelry that I was accused of having stolen. We followed her back into my mother's room and saw that she used her nose to lift up the opening of the jewelry box and decided what to take depending on what was closer. As a result, Mom would then leave heavy objects atop the jewelry box to prevent Muffin from easy access. Meanwhile, I never got an apology for a cat framing me for being a thief.
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Jessica Temple 5 years ago
My late cat Bruiser used to do this to me, he was also a great little spoon to cuddle with. He wouldn't ever let me use a pencil with out trying and often succeeding to take it right out of my hand. What a would do to have him launch himself onto my head again.
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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago (edited)
This looks 100% exactly like the stray cat that we now have. Exactly. When she puts her head back it looks like a dove with its wings spread in its chest and the dove head is the white strip under mouth.
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Myrtille rat 5 years ago
i have the same looking kitty cat and she also chew on my hair for wake me up pretty often, a beutiful princess but i swear there is nothing but the interstellar void between her ears
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Freya the Wanderer 5 years ago
A quick squirt from a spray bottle won't hurt the cat, and it will send him/her a message.
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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago
Clip the needles on a regular basis. I have three cats and a dog. Everyone gets a regularly scheduled mani-pedi every couple weeks.
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WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
So not like an idiot staying at the same door and hoping for a different outcome.
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Dorothy Parker 5 years ago
She was sacrificing herself so you weren't accused of poisoning your step-daughter, aka Snow White.
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
Yeah that sandwich should have been thrown away anyways for sure.
María Hermida 5 years ago
Well, you shouldn't leave a ham sandwich sitting on a counter all night, especially in summer. Why prepare a sandwich the night before when it only takes 2 minutes?
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Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Cats will be cats. Especially bored, frustrated, and/or just plain temporarily evil cats ;-P
Karmadillo 5 years ago (edited)
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
Carol Lewis 5 years ago
For years my husband got up at 4:30 am to get ready for work. First thing he did was feed the cat. Now we are retired and want to sleep in. Pretty Boy refuses to acknowledge the retirement schedule, its been over a year. We have tried to reprogram him, nope. Knocks stuff off of the side tables, yowling loud enough to wake the whole neighborhood. Huge tom cat jumping on us...
Faye C. Booker 5 years ago
When mine did that, I unfortunately (and very sweetly) misunderstood her needs. So I gave her a big hug (not her favorite thing) and carried her to the bathroom with her litterbox and locked her in there until I got up. It took her less than 2 weeks to understand that I was just too dumb.
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Kenny Kulbiski 5 years ago
Mine likes to get in bed with me in the middle of the night but first he's got to announce himself with that patented Siamese scream. If the weather outside the front door isn't suitable he's gotta check the back door just in case. Lived with me for 12 years and has to be shown his food dish. Our furniture? He's named Jack the Ripper for a reason. Love him.
Myrtille rat 5 years ago
I shared 14 years with a tortoiseshell named Lilith well that name was well deserved, she would bite my ankles every times i was about to get out the house and every single day she pooped behind the door ( she had everything she needed to do her business) as the door needed to be pushed in to open it was always a pleasure to come back home. But the worst was her behaviour ^^ a hyena was nothing compared to her my guest had to hide shoes and bags or she would "mark" them and they werent allowed to free roam in my house i had to go with them to the bathroom door etc..or she would attack them going for the head preferably meowing like a devil . She was a total monster to anyone but me, i was the only one able to touch her she 's been sleeping on my back every night purring like a truck motor; oh boy i miss my demon
LittleMissLotus 5 years ago
My aunt's cat has a fun habit of hiding in drawers and then scratching the hell out of you when you open them :/
GeneralZod 5 years ago
When my cat wants to be fed at night, she stomps on the dogs until they wake up and chase her and bark like lunatics. This continues until she is fed fresh food. Food left out more than a hour will be spilled onto the floor for the dogs to eat. My house is a chaotic zoo
Danielle Renee 5 years ago
a lot of this behavior could be fixed by toys and mental/physical stimulation. cats get bored and then play with whatever's around.
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Cats will be cats. Especially bored, frustrated, and/or just plain temporarily evil cats ;-P
Karmadillo 5 years ago (edited)
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
Carol Lewis 5 years ago
For years my husband got up at 4:30 am to get ready for work. First thing he did was feed the cat. Now we are retired and want to sleep in. Pretty Boy refuses to acknowledge the retirement schedule, its been over a year. We have tried to reprogram him, nope. Knocks stuff off of the side tables, yowling loud enough to wake the whole neighborhood. Huge tom cat jumping on us...
Faye C. Booker 5 years ago
When mine did that, I unfortunately (and very sweetly) misunderstood her needs. So I gave her a big hug (not her favorite thing) and carried her to the bathroom with her litterbox and locked her in there until I got up. It took her less than 2 weeks to understand that I was just too dumb.
Load More Replies... Kenny Kulbiski 5 years ago
Mine likes to get in bed with me in the middle of the night but first he's got to announce himself with that patented Siamese scream. If the weather outside the front door isn't suitable he's gotta check the back door just in case. Lived with me for 12 years and has to be shown his food dish. Our furniture? He's named Jack the Ripper for a reason. Love him.
Myrtille rat 5 years ago
I shared 14 years with a tortoiseshell named Lilith well that name was well deserved, she would bite my ankles every times i was about to get out the house and every single day she pooped behind the door ( she had everything she needed to do her business) as the door needed to be pushed in to open it was always a pleasure to come back home. But the worst was her behaviour ^^ a hyena was nothing compared to her my guest had to hide shoes and bags or she would "mark" them and they werent allowed to free roam in my house i had to go with them to the bathroom door etc..or she would attack them going for the head preferably meowing like a devil . She was a total monster to anyone but me, i was the only one able to touch her she 's been sleeping on my back every night purring like a truck motor; oh boy i miss my demon
LittleMissLotus 5 years ago
My aunt's cat has a fun habit of hiding in drawers and then scratching the hell out of you when you open them :/
GeneralZod 5 years ago
When my cat wants to be fed at night, she stomps on the dogs until they wake up and chase her and bark like lunatics. This continues until she is fed fresh food. Food left out more than a hour will be spilled onto the floor for the dogs to eat. My house is a chaotic zoo
Danielle Renee 5 years ago
a lot of this behavior could be fixed by toys and mental/physical stimulation. cats get bored and then play with whatever's around.
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