Is my cat being unreasonable?

[hobbgoblin]

In acting all peeved with me for twatting him with the upstairs window sending him flying down the conservatory roof and onto the garden below?

He was miaowing to come in about 5am yesterday morning, so obligingly I hauled pregnant self to the window where he was sat on the ledge waiting to come in. Except, I was a bit bleary eyed and didn't notice he was sat right behind the actual window opening so that when I opened it it knocked him off and he landed on the conservatory roof, slid all down the roof panels and spun off the edge of the guttering.

He landed on all 4 paws and is uninjured, so is there really any need for being all aloof now?

He's a cat, of course he's unreasonable.

Feed him some salmon or summit, he'll come round.

YABU, you know you are.
Cats are always very sniffy for ages when their dignity has been shattered ruffled.

btw, how are you doing?

No, a cat is allowed to be peeved with you for any reason from walking past him right through to not walking past him and every other possible occurance inbetween.

You also have to remember that you are a human and he is a cat, therefore you are only worthy of disdain from the get go in any case

Poor kitty

Salmon??!!!! Surely that would be like chocolate buttons to a tantruming toddler?!

I couldn't look at him afterwards as I hate that embarrassed face they do. Like Del Boy falling through the gap in the bar and getting up again trying to look unphased.

Thanks for asking thumbwitch, I'm okay. Nothing's changed really on the home front. All very uncertain.

Anyway, it's all a bit rich coming from this cat since he makes it his life's work trying to trip me up everywhere I go!

pmsl hobb.
you offended his dignity as a cat and as a male, caviar might be a better option

Pre-emptive strikes

try ignoring him back, he'll soon come running when his tummy rubs go missing.

i am pmsl at the mental image of this. i love when cats get all indignant. agree, don't give him treats, he'll only want more & prob sick them up anyway.

One of our's now only deigns to enter the house through an upstairs window. DH is getting seriously peeved at having to get up in the middle of the night to let him in the bathroom window. If you don't he walks around the guttering and howls outside DD1's window.
Maybe we should imitate your method.
He is not talking to us today anyway because he brought a blackbird through the catflap while we were having our tea and we unsportingly rescued the poor creature who was shrieking in terror while dangling from his mouth by its wing - quite put me off my roast chicken.
Cats are most unreasonable creatures IMO.

oh...cat sick!

DD (3) made a lovely play dough cat with DH the other week. She put a little blob of dough very carefully on the table in front of the model, saying,
"There we go - I've just made a little bit of sick."

Am sniggering at pre-emptive strikes! How very dare he?!

Right well, I'm off to bed. He is on the floor next to my bed looking at me as if to say "you think I'm gracing your duvet with my presence tonight...think again!"

"By hobbgoblin Mon 18-May-09 0:39:18
Salmon??!!!! Surely that would be like chocolate buttons to a tantruming toddler?!"

Says she who gets up at 5am to tend to a cat?

My cats are remarkably non-huffy, not sure why.

PMSL at playdough cat sick!

Don't worry, once your baby arrives you'll want to have him put down anyway! I ADORED my three cats, but when my babies arrived I realised just how disgusting they are. Hair on everything, dead mice in my kitchen (usually disembowelled), spontaneous regurgitation for no apparent reason onto soft furnishings all over the house, throwing cat litter all over the floor, walking cat litter all through the house, missing the tray completely and weeing on the floor on a regular basis. I love them dearly but frankly I'm just waiting for them all to pop off now!

Ha ha! at the cat sick and the roast chicken whilst watching a Blackbird fight for its life.

OldladyKN, good point. Bet you put yours on the naughty step don't you?

I have read none of this thread but agree with the title. All cats are unreasonable, it's what they do.

He is BU. Show him this thread!

Honestly, cats

I think you should leave him. That's appalling behaviour.

Lol This is why I love cats - all aloof and making you work for it.

I expect he's tapping away onto CatsNet right now complaining about you.

oh god i love that jaughty look
ours comes to the patio door and silently miaows at us from the dark, looking like we haev refused him a refund at Marks and Spcencer.

we leave him for a while while we laugh sometimes.

This has made me giggle....thankyou!

My second favourite to the haughty look is the sheepish look. My cat has that look this morning since we found a little smear of poo on our duvet where he had been asleep.

No no, Hassled - there's no reason for the OP to leave, she should throw him out!

atri I dont think mine have learned that look!

Sheepish look? That's a dog thing, right?