Nibbs XLIV - Happy Birthday Nibbs! (Page 21)

kaqphin - 2011-04-10 7:07 PM

She has been completely crazy most of the weekend! lol

1stTimeTri - 2011-04-09 10:35 PM

Thanks, Deeder! *HUG*

D001 - 2011-04-11 1:04 PM I was told that pets take on the personalities of their owners...........................................

kaqphin - 2011-04-11 1:35 AM

 

Thats probably true...

 

Right now though she just seems to be trying to do the opposite of her owners...

 

I want to sleep... she wants to play

I want to stay up late and watch cycling.. she wants to sleep

kns57 - 2011-04-12 7:58 AM

Wow, most cats will sleep all day and want to play at night.  Wake her up.  tell her, cycling is really really important to cats.

1stTimeTri - 2011-04-07 12:34 PM

Happy Birfday, SuperCat!  (you missed mine a few days ago --> sad)

kns57 - 2011-04-11 4:58 PM

Wow, most cats will sleep all day and want to play at night.  Wake her up.  tell her, cycling is really really important to cats.

kaqphin - 2011-04-12 12:28 AM

She slept with me again last night... I think she is on human time...

She is psycho until I go to sleep!

 

It was funny last night... I was playing with her and you could see she was getting tired and couldnt jump as high, getting even more clumsy than she already is (she falls off things all the time!) but didnt want to stop playing because I think she liked the attention!(and I think she gets over excited when Im home)

Finally she crashed out on the clean washing about 30 minutes before bed! Completely exhausted the poor little thing!

Artemis - 2011-04-12 10:32 AM

As my cats get older, they sleep during the day and at night!

Artemis - 2011-04-13 2:31 AM

I have a picture of one of my cats as a kitten watching the TdF.  It's awesome.

kaqphin - 2011-04-12 8:18 PM

haha - will have to try that in July!

kns57 - 2011-04-13 3:44 AM

Yup, that's my older cats also.  I think they sleep about 20 hours out of 24 if not more. 

D001 - 2011-04-13 11:36 AM First, dress her in this:

kaqphin - 2011-04-12 1:28 PM

 

She slept with me again last night... I think she is on human time...

She is psycho until I go to sleep!

 

It was funny last night... I was playing with her and you could see she was getting tired and couldnt jump as high, getting even more clumsy than she already is (she falls off things all the time!) but didnt want to stop playing because I think she liked the attention!(and I think she gets over excited when Im home)

Finally she crashed out on the clean washing about 30 minutes before bed! Completely exhausted the poor little thing!

kaqphin - 2011-04-12 8:50 PM

 

I will probably like that phase! Ragdolls arent fully mature until they are around 4 years... so I have a lot of kitten crazinesss to look forward to! Even if she will no doubt be more 'adult' like in a year...

Im in no rush for her to grow up!

I do suspect when she has her 'operation' and is desexed she might calm down a little too...

Its so cute I just let her be a menace!

kaqphin - 2011-04-12 9:49 PM

 

haha - no dressing up the kitten! I think S really will accuse me of crazy cat lady-ness!

 

But for me....

Artemis - 2011-04-14 3:22 AM

Ha! Don't believe she'll calm down at all once she's spayed!  Mine certainly didn't.  Mine are both over 4 now and they sleep more, but they are just as cray when they are awake.

kaqphin - 2011-04-13 10:33 PM

Im ok with that! She is great for entertainment!

Artemis - 2011-04-14 1:34 PM

Famous last words....

kaqphin - 2011-04-13 10:36 PM

So true... I am planning on getting a spray bottle this weekend because theres a few little things she is going to have to learn not to do!

Artemis - 2011-04-14 1:42 PM

She's going to be the type who isn't bothered by a spray bottle. 

There are other ways to correct behavior, too.  What's she doing that you don't want her to do?

kaqphin - 2011-04-13 10:47 PM

 

Mostly things like eating power cords, playing with the blinds and now trying to climb my bare legs!

 

Distrating her works but I worry about her electrocuting herself or similar when she has playtime and Im not home!

Artemis - 2011-04-14 1:49 PM

In general, I always say "no" firmly, pick them up, and move them away.  If she's scratching or biting you, put her down and ignore her.  She'll stop.

For things like scratching, I will tell the cats no and then move them over to the scratching post.  If I see them using it, I always pet them and say "good girl" or whatever so they know it makes me happy.

kaqphin - 2011-04-13 11:02 PM

Maybe I should try moving her too! Rather than just distracting her...

She is pretty good with the scratching post... she has just discovered legs are good for climbing though!

Artemis - 2011-04-14 2:08 PM

Moving is important at least in my experience.  It tells them it's not a place they are supposed to be.  Of course, whether or not she listens is another story altogether.