the cat is in the doghouse this morning.

[swingchickie]

he kept me up alllllllll night last night. for some reason, he has become jealous of the boy (this just started a few weeks ago), and every time he crashes at my place now, angus is just plain ol' bad from the moment we fall asleep until we get up in the morning. he scratches the living daylights out of my mattress, he scratches the suitcase that's standing in the corner of the room, he goes back to scratching the mattress. we locked him out of the bedroom last night, and he started scratching the underside of the door with one claw: *pik*... *pik*... *pik*... *pik*... aaaaarrrrggggghhhhh!

what does he want with all this commotion? for me to watch him eat. i'm not making this up. if either of us gives in and feeds him a few crunchies, he's quiet for about 2 minutes while he snarfs down a few... but he saves most of them, and a little while later starts raising hell again. and the boy going downstairs with him doesn't do anything... it has to be ME. i finally gave in and followed him downstairs around 3am, he went right to his bowl and dug in... i patted his head and stood there for a few seconds... and that was it. he didn't bother us for the rest of the night.

but now i'm running on about 2 hours of sleep, when i have a huge meeting to run all day today. grrrrrrrrr.

Comments

[dear-amaranth.livejournal.com]

I had a cat that did that "paw under the door" thing. She used to just grab the door from underneath and rattle it. Sent me into a near murderous rage. :P

Hope your kitty settles down soon.

[steven.livejournal.com]

These are the things I deal with every. damn. day.

Maddening, isn't it?

[xtingu]

I used to have a rental cat who did that every night. When I first got him, I made the No Cat In The Bedroom Ever rule. By night #3 that was revoked because I couldn't stand the "mroooow, mrrrrllllrowol, mrrrnnnnrrrrr, mrr-lrr-nrr-ml-a?" outside my door all night, followed by paddity-paddity-paddity-paddity as he tried to clawlessly claw his way through the door.

But I'd try to get annoyed at him, but as soon as I'd see his kitty face and he'd start talking in that Maine-Coon-One-Gene-Shy-Of-Human-Speech thing, I'd melt.

Your icon has the same effect on me. I can't possibly be annoyed at that face.

But yo, I feel your pain!

[swingchickie.livejournal.com]

i know, angus's face should be marketed as an anti-anxiety medication. he CREATES the anxiety, but then i look at him and want to die from teh cute. i become a big ball of schmoopy.