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To let my fucking cat take his chances??

115 replies

Taq · 20/04/2023 06:04

He’s a nice cat and I have no real beef with him generally but he’s learned that he can somehow scale the ivy outside my first floor window and shout at me from 5am.

He doesn’t want anything. He can access the whole downstairs where there are many beds and food in his bowl. If I let him in he doesn’t just want to curl up on my bed, he instead continues shouting and runs downstairs to demand slightly fresher food, whilst waking the younger children.

If I get him in and just hurl him straight out the front door Flintstones style, he just climbs straight back up.

Once he’s up, he’s on a very precarious tiny windowsill. I don’t know how he even does it without falling.

YABU - continue to let the fucker in

YANBU - ignore him, leave him to his own shitty decision-making, and hope he doesn’t fall and just gives up in time

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ziggiestardust · 20/04/2023 06:08

I am weak. Weak I tell you, WEAK. I'd let him in but complain about it until the day I die. And then my ghost would come back and haunt my family to complain about it.

dottiedodah · 20/04/2023 06:15

Ah but he's a cat,isn't he. He thinks he's master of the universe of course he does.my friends cat who is very slim elegant and with long legs, is much too precious to use a cat flap!would rather wake my friend up. If she ignores her when she does get in knocks friends stuff off her shelf. I would let him in really. If he fell he could injure himself

Clarinet1 · 20/04/2023 06:16

Well I’ve never had a cat but, if you want to stop him bothering you like this, presumably he’d give up eventually if he didn’t get let in. If he were to fall, perhaps that would also teach him a lesson! (Mind you, if could also lend you with a vet’s bill!)

Clarinet1 · 20/04/2023 06:16

Well I’ve never had a cat but, if you want to stop him bothering you like this, presumably he’d give up eventually if he didn’t get let in. If he were to fall, perhaps that would also teach him a lesson! (Mind you, if could also lend you with a vet’s bill!)

booboo24 · 20/04/2023 06:16

My boy spent 20 minutes sticking his nose in my face everyrime i drifted off to sleep, and purring so hard that he dribbled on me at 2.15 this morning, so you know my answer will be.....Get up and let him in every time! You know you're sole purpose in his life is to serve him don't you?!

user1473878824 · 20/04/2023 06:18

ziggiestardust · 20/04/2023 06:08

I am weak. Weak I tell you, WEAK. I'd let him in but complain about it until the day I die. And then my ghost would come back and haunt my family to complain about it.

Oh god same!

CiderJolly · 20/04/2023 06:20

Get rid of the ivy.

booboo24 · 20/04/2023 06:21

Seriously though, they're a law unto themselves, but I'd be so worried about him falling I'd have to come up with a solution somehow as you can't train them, the more you don't want them to do something the more they do it! This probably isn't practical but can you not chop the ivy away so that he can't get up as high? I'm probably way too soft though, I make people move if my cat wants to sit where they're sat!!

neveradullmoment99 · 20/04/2023 06:23

Try growing a plant he doesn't like the smell of/ repells him around the the ivy so he doesn't want to climb it.

neveradullmoment99 · 20/04/2023 06:24

Citrus smells or lavender

tornmum101 · 20/04/2023 06:25

these replies have made me smile this morning after the sh*tshow that is my thread!

We are only here to serve cats!

ziggiestardust · 20/04/2023 06:31

booboo24 · 20/04/2023 06:21

Seriously though, they're a law unto themselves, but I'd be so worried about him falling I'd have to come up with a solution somehow as you can't train them, the more you don't want them to do something the more they do it! This probably isn't practical but can you not chop the ivy away so that he can't get up as high? I'm probably way too soft though, I make people move if my cat wants to sit where they're sat!!

I make people move too, and my cat is such a bastard.

ilovesooty · 20/04/2023 06:31

Or you could keep him in at night?

welshpolarbear · 20/04/2023 06:34

ilovesooty · 20/04/2023 06:31

Or you could keep him in at night?

Then he's be scratching her door all night to be let out. Definitely!

LovelyDaaling · 20/04/2023 06:36

Remove his 'ladder'. Cut down the ivy.

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 20/04/2023 06:36

I think you have a few options:

Get rid of the Ivy so he can't physically climb up there anyway, leave your window open to allow him free access (assuming he won't bring dead things in with him) or ignore him completely and hope he gives up and buggers off.

Can he get back down the Ivy safely? That would be my main concern as I wouldn't want to deal with a cat with a broken leg or or worse.

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 20/04/2023 06:37

Or what about a timed feeder so he has access to fresh food during the night, but you don't need to get up and sort it?

Original poster
Taq · 20/04/2023 06:39

I’m pretending I’m asleep.

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Taq · 20/04/2023 06:40

He’s stopped his meowing and precarious one-paw sad tapping. He’s just looking at me now.

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thekingfisher · 20/04/2023 06:40

How about a few nights when you go to bed sticking a satsuma peel on window ledge / at top of ivy / bottom of ivy. Squeeze the skin first so the oil properly comes out and it may be enough to deter ?

Grimeduster · 20/04/2023 06:43

Stick a picture of another cat on your window so it's facing him when he climbs up.

Tlolljs · 20/04/2023 06:46

Oh let him in. Don’t leave him doing his one paw, sad face routine.
We haven’t had a pic either btw.

ScarlettDarling · 20/04/2023 06:50

Grimeduster · 20/04/2023 06:43

Stick a picture of another cat on your window so it's facing him when he climbs up.

😂😂😂
That’d make him fall off for sure!

JingsMahBucket · 20/04/2023 06:55

tornmum101 · 20/04/2023 06:25

these replies have made me smile this morning after the sh*tshow that is my thread!

We are only here to serve cats!

@tornmum101 aww bless. I was just reading your thread and getting angry for you at all the horrible comments. Glad the cat talk has cheered you up. I hope you have a beautiful day from now on 😊

JingsMahBucket · 20/04/2023 06:58

@Taq I love how you’re now hiding from your cat 😂. And yes, pay the fat tax please and a picture of the little squirt!

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