Sometimes they'll forget I'm home and hop up to do their thing - the half second of full body freeze before the slow turn and hasty escape when I make a noise and they realize they dun goofed brings me no end of joy.
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crinkle of tin foil intensifies from the drawer
Mine play with the goddamn foil…
Doesn't stop mine they want the kitchen window view.
At least they won't shit on it. One far corner of the basement the two bastards would, even after adding another litter box instead of fighting cat behaviour.
They treat the patch of foil like the Berlin wall, constantly probing it for weaknesses, gingerly walking on it. Hoping against hope that they can shit 6 feet away from their litter box on the carpet again as cat god intended. Occasionally I replace a piece they've mangled enough to create a small gap which gets me worried.
I know my cats are on surfaces they're not allowed to when I'm sleeping or away. But why do they have to be disrespectful and do it in front of me!?
The cat should be grabbing the human in the fourth panel.
Cats share territory with each other in nature, so if their human removes them from the counter, they're just going to think that the counter is the human's territory "right now" and cat is free to use it when human is gone.
A cat that likes you will in fact respect you and your wants...despite common belief
For the most part, sure. They still have the intelligence of like a toddler or something (haven’t researched it in like a year). Respect is only so relevant to their instincts
Cats aren't fully grown till around 5 years, but even still, some cats are a lot smarter than others. They are very trainable but your mileage will vary
While you’re there. Cats don’t own things, they rent things, it has nothing to do with respect. Cats don’t own things permanently and share territory with other cats.
I have a door to my kitchen which is closed when I'm not home
Another disadvantage of open plan homes.
I swear I can still smell last week Friday's dinner fucking everywhere.
A cousin of mine lived in a 50-60m² place, knocked all the walls down except for bathroom. That means their kitchen, dining and living rooms, and bedroom were all in the same room. Okay, the place looked more spacious, but it was literally form over function through and through. Not my cup of tea.
The kitchen, dining and living room being together is pretty normal in smaller places. I have lived in several that were open that way over the years. It's not great but it's doable. The lack of wall space so less cabinets/closets and overall storage is the usual problem.
However the bedroom.... That's a bit too far.
Yep. I lived in a 35m² apartment where bedroom, office, living and dining room were one room because there was no space to separate them. Kitchen was in a separate, small room, but had no door, so technically it was all one room. There was just not enough space to add walls. However, knocking down every wall possible to join your bedroom with the rest... No. In that case, I'd at least place a divider of some sort.
I live in a card board box. It's been smelling like piss since October last year.
God bless this rocket house, and all who dwell within the rocket house.
I don't get what is the problem people are trying to solve by not allowing cats on the counter. If you are doing food prep, you need to use the cutting board. If you are doing it on the counter, you need to clean it first, whether you have cats or not.
- Hot stove tops after cooking
- potentially poisonous things like onions
- knives
- "i need to set this down for a second and i don't want the cats messing with it"
- dirty dishes
Not to say i just leave knives or food out, but I want to reduce the chances of them getting into something by making the counters unappealing to them (via the usual tricks of aluminum foil, sticky tape, precariously perched baking trays, or as a last resort, cat zappers (electrified mats))
Those motion activated animatronic holiday decorations have worked wonders for me, especially the countertop christmas trees that just look like normal trees until the GIANT CAT-EATING FACE APPEARS FROM WHERE IT WAS HIDING IN THE BUSH AND STARTS SCREAMING FOR THE FLESH OF FLUFFUMS AND GOES AT HER WITH A KNIFE AND OUR HOUSE IS BEING INVADED SOUND THE ALARM FLEE ESCAPE ~~CLAW THE EVERLOVING SHIT OUT OF MOM BY ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB HER IN YOUR HASTE TO GET AWAY~~ THE PROPHECY HAS COME TRUE AND THE END TIMES ARE UPON US also I peed on the counters a little DEMON, DEMON, IT'S A DEMON, EVERYONE INTO THE SECURITY BUNKER WE INSTALLED UNDER THE COUCH, THIS IS NOT A DRILL
thanks, that was a lovely laugh this morning :)
When I put things on the counter, it's because I want them to stay on the counter. My cats do not seem to understand nor have any interest in respecting this concept.
It's not about cleanliness, it's about preventing them and/or me from getting hurt when I'm handling: knife, boiling water, hot plate... The kitchen counter is for cooking when I'm using it. When I'm not using it the cats can do whatever they want on it, but they usually are not interested If I'm not using it.
This...is so accurate. But then i only prohibit them when i'm using the counter
Naa, Figaro would never do that. Right?
Right‽