What is most ridiculous thing you have done to avoid upsetting the cat?

[Pipbin]

I take it as read that we all sleep round the cat, and that we all sit in one position longer than we would like to avoid moving the cat, but what have you done over and above that to not upset the cat?

I ask because my cat is currently asleep on the bathroom floor as it has nice cold tiles and she is suffering in the heat. So not to disturb her I used the downstairs loo despite being undressed and ready for bed.

[Augustwedding]

We spent 1000 poubds trying to save our beautiful little cat but he died anyway :(

On his last night it's like he knew it would be so he came up to my room and slept with me all night (he never usually did this) I had to get up to go to the loo abd when I came back he had stretched out over the bed. I slept the rest of the night on the floor so as not to disturb him as he had a very painful leg by this point.

Still miss him!

[Itsfab]

RIP IsItMeOrCat and AugustWeddingCat

I think we should be proud we all care so much.

[Hoppinggreen]

Our previous house was a new build from a small builder and we bought it off plan.
I a managed to persuade (and pay) them to let me redesign the whole downstairs so we could have a cat flap opening into the back garden.
Cost me about £5000 I think.
The house before that was actually a flat and I bought one much bigger than I needed and less secure so I could have my own external door for the cat flap.
When we looked around this house my first question was " where could we put the cat flap?"

[Pipbin]

Touching stories there isitme and August.

[GreedyBitch]

I'll do any ridiculous thing to avoid this:

[ShouldHaveMarriedTimDowling]

Spent lots of money on vet bills? Check.

Bought flat/house with cat in mind? Check.

Carved cat flap into solid wood door on the day we moved in? Check.

Praise the cat when he tells dog off? Check.

Choosing potential partners depending on whether they love cats or not and whether they are allergic or not? Check.

[MsBug]

Went out and dug a path in the snow so the cat could go for a wee

[Itsfab]

DH has done that too, MsBug .

[WitchWay]

When our cats bring delicious little furry presents for us we wait till they're not looking before putting them in the bin so as not to hurt their feelings sometimes we pretend to eat them first

[kelper]

We have been known to wait up until Kelpercat comes in. And buy food with the intention of giving her some.
And shoo neighbours scary cat away incase he attacks her. leave car door open so she can explore the car/sleep on the seats.
She's not spoilt at all!!

[evuscha]

I wanted to do the hoovering this weekend but my two cats slept so peacefully that I decided to leave it for later. As their "thank you" they woke me up at 7am the following (Sunday) morning!

[ShouldHaveMarriedTimDowling]

When my cats bring some live creature present I do consider for a second whether it is unfair to snatch it off and deprived them of a well earned pleasure .

(For the record I have saved countless of mice, bats, frogs, birds, butterflies... )

[ShouldHaveMarriedTimDowling]

Deprive not depriveD

[RubbishMantra]

My cat had a tantrum and pulled up my lovely fuschia I had planted up in an old chimney. He was upset because he uses the chimney as a leaping point onto the garden wall, therefore stupid flowers has no business being there.

Yesterday,I lugged chimney to another spot in the garden and put up a shelf, to assist him with his leaps onto the wall.

Today my back hurts, but MCat looks very content with his new perch.

[ShouldHaveMarriedTimDowling]

Love it!

[Iwouldratherbemuckingout]

When Dillycat was diagnosed with lymphoma, we had a family rota to take him every 3 days to the vets for his chemo tablet - this included family members who dont actually live with us but who were given the honour of their own key and cat basket training.

After losing Dillycat, and very quickly after that Jakeypuss, the surviving senior Zeb was horribly lost without his chums, and used to wail horrendously in the middle of the night. I got up at 3am every night to soothe him till he passed a year later.

Oh, and threw myself in front of a tesco van who was heading straight for him (Zeb was sitting with back to van and was deaf) - absolutely knackering my ankle - I had to crawl into the house!

Am currently perched in a rather bizarre position on the bed as Lady Lillie has chosen the most ridiculous place to sleep.

Oh god, I'm doomed :) :) :)

[Fluffycloudland77]

You are doomed but you sound like a lovely caring owner.

[YvyB]

Laughed a lot at this until I realised...

Since my gorgeous boycat died, I haven't liked leaving his sister, gorgeous girlcat, on her own over night (she's 17 now). So... if I want to go away, I pack up all her belongings (yes, all of them - don't want her to miss anything, do I?!) and drive a 2 hour round trip to my parents' house. In readiness for her arrival, they will have placed two cosy blankets on her two favourite chairs and turned the underfloor heating on in their kitchen so the floor is nice and warm for her to walk on. They also have a special piece of carpet they put down for her, incase she doesn't want to walk on the tiles.

We are clearly mad.

[Pipbin]

Yes, completely barking. 17 though. She is a grand old lady who deserves some respect.

[YvyB]

It gets worse. Sometimes my 10 year old son also stays at my parents'. He has to pack his own bags. I'm far too busy packing for the cat :-D

[cozietoesie]

Two days ago, I put Seniorboy's electric blanket back on.