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My cat is angry all the time

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BigPawsBrown · 14/01/2014 15:19

My cat is a ginger tom with issues. He was a stray and is obsessed with food - he finishes his bowl within ten seconds and could never eat enough. He's on a diet because he's fat.

He's angry all the time though. I've never known a cat with such a temper. He shouts at us ALL EVENING until we feed him. He looks at me and pushes things off the coffee table. He strides angrily around the bedroom in the mornings. He doesn't play - he pulls his scratching post over, beats his toy mouse around the head and sprints off. If he could slam doors he could.

He's getting very unpleasant to live with. What can I do?

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sashh · 15/01/2014 07:12

Write a book

You have had us all laughing, write a book and make money from him.

It won't stop his behaviour, but you will be able to look at him and think 'well he has earned his keep'

sashh · 15/01/2014 07:36

On a more sensible realistic note a couple of neighours were feeding my cat.

I asked the adults to stop but one family have a little boy about 3 who loved feeding her. so I bought him some cat milk.

Could you supply the neighbours with a small amount of food so that if he does go begging, and from what you say he will be very vocally begging, they have something to give him?

BigPawsBrown · 15/01/2014 11:28

Ha, I am actually almost finished writing a book, but it's women's fiction not cat non fiction

He chased me this morning. I wasn't doing what he wanted so he rounded me up and herded me towards his bowl. It was a bit menacing. Then after feeding him i went upstairs to get dressed and he sang me a celebration symphony at the bottom of the stairs. Lots of yowling, then another big stinky poo.

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cozietoesie · 15/01/2014 11:56

I'm interested in this yowling followed by a big poo. Seniorboy has been known to do some bad behaviour (yes - even him) if he's having a bit of difficulty in doing his duty. (Or his tray isn't just to his liking but I'm sure that's not the case with you.)

How old is he? (Sorry if you've already said.)

ohcluttergotme · 15/01/2014 12:34

He is just adorable!
We have 3 cats, a mummy and her two boys. One big ginger tom and one big tabby who are quite greedy. We used to use wet pouches but they ate them too quickly and were always hungry.
We use dry food, Go Cat which is £4 per week for 3 cats. We fill up three bowls twice a day and this seems to last much better than pouches. Is this something you could try for your boy?

We have our own little boy and they act like sheep dogs when he's out playing and think it tires them out!

lbab1702 · 15/01/2014 12:44

OMG this is hilarious, I'm trying to stop laughing as I'm at work ( on lunchbreak ). He looks absolutely gorgous, and your writing about him is so funny. Sorry, I have no advise really. He obviously loves you if he follows you around everywhere and he looks so happy on your lap.

BigPawsBrown · 15/01/2014 17:38

Yowling before/after a poo is a daily occurrence here. Sometimes I think he is letting me know he would rather go out to poo as he often yowls at the door but then he will definitely yowl after a poo. Any ideas? He does the 'same' yowl (not a meow but a howl, really) after we feed him but only when we've gone to bed. He does it at the bottom of the stairs for a few minutes then comes to find us. My DP thinks he thinks we've abandoned him (issues) but surely he cannot think that every night?!

He was estimated to be between 2-4 when we got him two years ago, so 4-6 ish.

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BigPawsBrown · 15/01/2014 17:41

To clarify: yowling before/after a poo is only something Benjamin the cat does. NOT me and DP.

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FuckingWankwings · 15/01/2014 17:46

'To clarify: yowling before/after a poo is only something Benjamin the cat does. NOT me and DP.'

OP, you're killing me! Please write a book or get a newspaper column about this.

I'm very hazy on Freudian theory, but perhaps the good doctor would have had something to say about the pooing and yowling? I dimly think Freud thought everyone had an 'anal' phase, although I can't pretend to know what he meant.

Or if it also applied to cats

FuckingWankwings · 15/01/2014 17:46

PS Benjamin? Awwwwwwwwww. I lurve him even more now.

cozietoesie · 15/01/2014 17:47

......To clarify: yowling before/after a poo is only something Benjamin the cat does.......

(Laughing so hard, here, I can barely post. I'll post again after I've done the fish pie.)

CointreauVersial · 15/01/2014 18:03

I'm laughing my socks off at this thread, and I don't even like cats.

He sounds like my 14yo DS (even down to the angry poos).

BigPawsBrown · 15/01/2014 18:29

I very much enjoy the notion that Benjamin is going trough an anal phase

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FuckingWankwings · 15/01/2014 18:41

Get him to tell you about his mother...

Corygal · 15/01/2014 21:36

I wouldn't say it was that unusual. Mr Cory the fat tabby and myself have both been known to yowl and whoop for sweets.

BigPawsBrown · 15/01/2014 23:07

Here is a video of his yowly shouts

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cozietoesie · 15/01/2014 23:30

Bet he's got oriental in him.

Out of interest, do you always talk to him like that? (In a sort of soft, placatory way.) I always respond to my boys in the tone of voice they use with me - or louder. No way I'm going to be No 2 cat in my own house.

That yowling he was using there was an 'I want' by the way - where was he doing it?

cozietoesie · 15/01/2014 23:37

PS - He's just gorgeous.

DramaAlpaca · 15/01/2014 23:45

I'm loving this thread. He's a gorgeous enormous cat & your tales of his antics are very funny.

Sorry, I'm not being much help, but I just love your cat

TheOneWithTheNicestSmile · 15/01/2014 23:52

haven't read wft (but enough to make me laugh a lot so thanks for that )

however, I have got the impression elsewhere on MN that whiskas is a bit shit (& might account for the ghastly stinky poos?)

Felix, otoh - esp as good as it looks - is not quite as bad (& amazon delivers it at a very reasonable price). 2 pouches a day for a big cat sounds like a starvation diet - I have a teeny tiny kitten eating that much!

Alfiecat · 16/01/2014 08:00

I'd let him out again, sounds like he's bored. I think it is hard for cats who are used to going out to be kept indoors.

Saying that our big fat tom cat (who is allowed out) does all the same things as yours, yowls, deliberately knocks anything down he can get his paws on ( think he knows we'll come running when it crashes to the floor), will drink your cup of tea by sticking his head or his paw into it and will nick any food left where he can get to it including packets of frozen sausages left out to defrost and once all the topping off an uncooked pizza. Our slow cooker is not safe from him either we have to tape the heavy glass lid down or he will nick all the stewing steak.

BigPawsBrown · 16/01/2014 12:26

He's having butchers today so we'll see how he goes.

That was after his dinner and after his shit! What could he want? He whinged when I went to pick him up...

Yes I do talk to him like that

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cozietoesie · 16/01/2014 12:34

I'd suspect he wants out more than he's being allowed. Is that doable?

BigPawsBrown · 16/01/2014 12:41

Not at 11pm when that was (no cat flap) and not really generally because he eats everything. The last time we let him out, despite warning all neighbours, he came back with melted cheese around his mouth, and he has GOT to lose weight!

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Gluezilla · 16/01/2014 12:42

That sounds like my cats " let me out" yowl !

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