Im in a standoff with my cat.

[Illbefinejustbloodyfine]

Her bowl is FULL of the only foid she will eat. She's eaten it for the 11 years shes been alive. Except, since saturday mirning, she has decided that it is not acceptable.

She will make an exception for dreamies, so i have sprinkled a few on top. Sniffs. Walks away. Gets under my feet. Tried a different flavour of dreamies. Sniffs. Walks away. Meows. Trips me up.

What she wants, is for me to empty the bowl and refill with FRESH UNSNIFFED BISCUITS.

(Shes not il, teeth are fine)

Who will give in first?

Much as I really don't want to encourage you to give in to this kitty blackmail, is there a possibility that a slug has slimed over the biscuits? My cat's food place is near the back door and this sometimes happens in wet weather

Re the cat who yells in the bathroom or at the bottom of the of the stairs, ours has worked out that if he sits on the wall in the sideway and yells that makes a big noise. He hears us get up to use the toilet and sits on the wall outside the toilet window and yells or even goes tot the front door. He has a perfectly good cat flap but wants the door opened for him so he can get upstairs. One day he made so much noise a man on his way to work crossed the road to see what was the matter. This is usually only on a summers morning. At the moment he is shouting at me for another breakfast having cleared his plate. At about 6.5 kilos it isn’t happening.

She’s saving her self for the Christmas food, and will have that turkey- away before you know where you are. Don’t worry - you won’t be the first cat owner who’s had to rescue and wash a muddy turkey!

• can substitute ham, stuffing, crackers and trifle… Cat, face first in the trifle was a particularly good year…

😂😂😂 you will be the one to give in, obvs. Cats will one day rule the world.

Ours do take aways too but although mice and birds are good hors d'ouvres, the mains are more substantial - think pigeon or even rat. Yep! that's right. Dragged right through the cat flap, disembowelled, eaten, then promptly puked up on my nice (expensive) cream carpet. Now we have locked the cat flap and entry is by invitation only with a door man on duty at all times to facilitate entry!

We spent £3,000 on our 8year old cat early this year because of a urinary blockage. Turns out, with research, cats get mist of their water from wet food(unlike dogs) which is why you

I haven't ever had a cat. But I know for certain the cat will win this one!!

I've raised a monster. It amuses her that mummy's hand can also double up as a food bowl and sometimes she'll only eat dry food this way. She loves being hand fed, one treat in the palm of the hand at a time... in between, coy little glances. Why did it ever think this was a good idea? Really bad pet parenting on my part.

As I said earlier she is very interactive and likes to do things together, so I have to be on guard all the time that she's not building me into a daily routine. What is it with cats at their routines? Every morning, we go through exactly the same start:

Between 5-6am she will snuggle, and bury her head into my neck until she has her nose inside my ear. Then the purring starts, increasing in volume, until I'm dreaming that I'm next to a jet engine. If I pretend to ignore her, she gently head butts me until I am awake. She's an excellent time keeper, often just a few minutes short of the alarm going off.

The moment she hears the words, 'Shall we get up?' with upward intonation at the end, she springboards off the bed at high speed, then proceeds to meow at me like a drill sergeant as she watches me stumble out of bed. She then likes to lead me into the kitchen so I can fix her breakfast.

After she's eaten (by this time I am making my coffee) she goes to the top of the starts and starts meowing for me to go down and open the front door (which opens out into a private courtyard). She likes to sit on the bench with her face peering through a five inch gap as she sees what type of day it is, listen to the birdsong, etc. One of her favourite pastimes is watching the rain fall and it is uncanny how she sometimes meows to get the door open before the rain starts.
She'll only spend 10-15 minutes on the bench as she is primarily a house cat.

When I am getting ready to shower and throw the bath mat down, she charges in excitedly and throw herself down on it, ready for her back rub. This lasts for a few minutes before she takes herself off and decides which room / window she wants to settle in.

This is my life. I've done this every day (unless I'm on holiday) for the last 10 plus years (She's 15). My life as a Slave.

We also have a night time routine.