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To think the kitchen fruit bowl is not the place for the cat to snooze in!

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KinderEgg23 · 18/07/2019 17:36

Close family member has a gorgeous British blue cat (indoors only). The cat has free reign of the house downstairs and is allowed on kitchen surfaces such as the counter and table. Each to their own I guess, but I think this next bit is pushing it. I was invited for coffee today and was sitting chatting at the breakfast bar when all of a sudden I saw something move out of the corner of my eye and then I realized it was the cat snuggled up in the fruit bowl on the counter and he was yawning and adjusting his head. To say I was shocked was an understatement as I could just about see some apples underneath him. Relative could see I was taken aback and said that cat usually snuggles in the bowl when the fruit in about to run out as there's more room in it and that there were only a few apples in it anyway! I said you're not going to eat them surely and she said of course they will as the cat has no germs as he's an indoor cat! I don't care how clean and cute he is but he's still an animal at the end of the day. I hope she at least will wash them! We have pets who are a big part of our family so it's not that I'm not used to cats and dogs etc AIBU?

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Halloumimuffin · 19/07/2019 12:04

I'd prefer them not to but try and stop them...even if you scold them or lift them out, soon as you're out they will be straight in that bowl.

Ginnymweasley · 19/07/2019 12:16

My cat loves to sit in dust pans, the babies bouncer and occasionally the childs head.....

To think the kitchen fruit bowl is not the place for the cat to snooze in!
To think the kitchen fruit bowl is not the place for the cat to snooze in!
To think the kitchen fruit bowl is not the place for the cat to snooze in!
Dora26 · 19/07/2019 12:44

Fruit bowl cats - nah wouldn’t bother me, but saw my friend clean the hamster cage into the kitchen sink once and vowed never again to eat a morsel there!!!

hotwaterbottles · 19/07/2019 13:24

I love that this turned into a cat photo thread Grin

My mum always had cats. I can recall her shouting 'HOI kitty!' If they ever jumped on the counters.

BlueSkiesLies · 19/07/2019 13:28

The cat can sleep where it wants.

Cats rule.

Nellamelia · 19/07/2019 13:32

I hate this, family member has 3 cats who roam indoors and outdoors and all over the kitchen. They lie on the kitchen table and walk over the counters and I'm forever picking car hair out my mouth and off the plates and cutlery.

MissConductUS · 19/07/2019 13:39

This tiny Lion was asleep in his hooman sized hammock, enjoying the summer breeze on the deck until I rudely disturbed him.

To think the kitchen fruit bowl is not the place for the cat to snooze in!
PickAChew · 19/07/2019 14:05

Growing up, we had a cat who would sleep anywhere. Often on the flat bits at the top of stair balustrades - until she kittereally nodded off them. On the tops of kitchen cupboards. In waste paper baskets. Most amusingly, in my sister's big yellow teapot.

Trickyteens · 19/07/2019 14:06

My cat took to sleeping in the bathroom sink two summers ago when it was too hot for him.

tabulahrasa · 19/07/2019 14:11

I’d rather eat something my cat has been on than unwashed apples my cat hasn’t been on tbh...

YesQueen · 19/07/2019 15:53

Mine prefers his igloo with sheepskin liner Blush

To think the kitchen fruit bowl is not the place for the cat to snooze in!
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