To assume the cat is actually this much of an arsehole on purpose??

Cats think you've been killed on the hunt when you go missing - she's out looking for you🥹

Cat is a dickhead and punishing your for forcing her into having to deal with untrained peasants who are not aware of her particular penchant for insert favourite area for fussing

If it is any consolation @dogscatsandbabies we have a 14 year old old bag who literally never leaves dd's bedroom in winter unless we happen to go away and abandon her to the secondary servant (my dad who incidentally spends hours here fashioning toys out of whatever he can find til my mum rings to ask wtf he is doing -all on camera cos the idiot forgets i have internal and external ones) and then fucks off outside, never far from the house but flat out refuses to come in/eat and so looks even more waif and stray like than normal.

My former neighbour was blind and therefore had a gardener, they carried on tending to the grass after neighbour died and thought the cat had been the neighbour's (also a very close friend) as cat could often be found sat on neighbour's stairs/bathroom windowsill...youbalways knew when she had jumped through the window when neighbour was on the loo by the scream from the neighbour. Anyway the point was, the Gardener was so convinced he phoned his wife to fetch food and contact onto for next of kin until I went out, realised what was going on and collected said cat.

The cat is incredibly well fed. She only eats Sheba finest cuts in jelly...godforbid Asda substitutes for gravy...she is verybwell loved. But was a stray before we adopted her -handed over control of our house- has a heart condition and generally looks like no one loves her.

She is however a complete arsehole...and dont even get me started on the 2 yesr old hooligan who literally punches you in the face at 3am if her food bowl does not have the optimum depth of biscuits in it

Mine always tells me when unhappy. She is 26 year old grumpy cat. Used to go to a cattery. She loved one cattery as the women gave lots of attention and she had a heater. That one closed down. The next one was basic but lovely. She hide constantly, looked terrified when I collected her and avoided me when she came home but kept shouting from any room

now have a cat sitter. She gets to go out and lots of attention. Looks happy and purrs lots in photos and videos. But when I come home she runs away and avoids me. Makes me beg for attention. And is an arse.

But I once lived with an ex where her arseness was a secretly appreciated. Ex turned into a horrible person and I was planned to leave. Think my grumpy old cat knew I was unhappy. So she started to pee on the carpets. Bet found no issue. I moved out and she has never peed anywhere since. Think she got my revenge!

Whenever we return from being away, our cat is waiting by front door with a disapproving look and mewing furiously - 'Oh, there you are. Feed me then, you bastards.'

We also have an almost identical cat, also with the white spot (we call it a bow tie), except ours is male.

They often have a back up home for these kind of abandonments and periods of neglect 🤣 she’s probably had a great holiday.

I'm sure cats are interdimensional. She's just gone to stay with her holiday family for a while.

She’s gorgeous! I hope she appears soon and isn’t outside on Halloween.

We use a cat sitter who calls once a day. She seldom sees him but he obviously comes in and eats the food. On the odd occasion he's there she sends me a picture labelled according to how cross he is from just disapproving to furious.
I've told him he's very lucky to be left at home instead of cat prison.

A friend of mine used to go away to visit her adult dd leaving her cats with a cat slave

She had two cats,one didnt give a fuck (if she'd been a human,she would have been the party girl-always out but staggers home just as the sun comes up) and her brother (if he'd been human,he would have been the grumpy old man,sat in his chair and smoking his pipe) and he did give a fuck

She left her open suitcase on the table,went to the loo and when she got back,he'd pissed on top of everything

She wasn't happy but I swear he smirked

Cats will cat

Well why didn’t you say she was black?! It’s Halloween week. She’s got more important things to do!

@dogscatsandbabies
You can is just stressed and this is how she shows it. Let her deal with her ‘emotions’ in a way that works for her.
She is not a human - but does have instincts, preferences and feelings (of sorts).

Luckily - they don’t have ability to hold a grudge for long term.

Well cats are arseholes. Ours strolled into the playroom, looked my kid in the eye, yaked on the floor and walked out. He was indignant about it.

One of mine sulks when we get back from holiday, although she does it very ostentatiously so at least we can see she is safe.

As long as you know that animals don't think that way or process things that way and can't be punishing you in reality...

What you're seeing is the result of several days of stress, and there are a variety of responses, from disappearing off as a 'wahoo finally it is safe for me to go parade my territory again' to yelling at you to test that you really are back and in charge again and everything in between.

Cats don't take to change all that well, but this isn't a huge surprise as literally no one habituates and socialises cats they way they do dogs.

Yes my cat is an absolute git about holidays also.
Now banned from various catteries so he gets locked in the house and we pay someone to come in to serve him ( a very lovely cat lady).
He still behaves badly but at least I know he is completely safe and comfortable.
To avoid the stress of a missing cat I advise just locking them in when you go away that way you at least see they are ok before they go and sulk down the garden.
Ours is a docile cuddly creature with us who demands constant cuddles. When we are away he is a badly behaved monster who then yells at us for at least 48 hours on our return. Cats truly can be arseholes!

She's lovely!

Many years ago I had a cat who would show disapproval by shitting on my pillow

Years ago I had a surgery which meant I was on crutches. One of my cats decided that since I was slow getting up and around, it was a perfect time to practice claw sharpening on the furniture, having never done it before (or after). I had a water pistol and squirted her (one of the other cats had been chewing my plants so I had prepared for that). Anyway, furniture scratcher went straight into my bedroom and shit on the pillow. Some cats do that to show their anger.

I put her out immediately. And told her how disappointed I was in her when she came back in. She never did it again.

If a cat has the opportunity to be an arsehole, it will be an arsehole. Mine just managed to go from outside to eating the cheese on my jacket potato in the time it took me to go to the loo. Yes, it was hot!

Agreed.

Many years ago I had a cat who would show disapproval by shitting on my pillow. WTF did you do to that cat @QueenClinomania ?

Cats have short memories - so she will avoid you for a while, then alternate between business as usual and remembering she is punishing you, then it will be back to normal. Takes about 5 days at my house.

Does she even know that you're back? She could be hiding out the back, waiting for the lights to go off so she can sneak back in, completely unaware that it's her favourite person back home to keep half of her (the cat's) pillow warm again.

Maybe just try calling her in a nice voice? She might be so excited that you're back that she starts shouting now instead of tomorrow about the family of mice she's been hiding out with.

Aw she’s a beauty, I have one almost identical, right down to the white spot. She’ll be back, lots of cuddles and dreamies…they like routine, you disrupted hers, that’s all.

@dogscatsandbabies awwwww 😍
She's a beautiful little arsehole 😂
She'll forgive you in a few days.