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Cats elicit an irrational response from me. My cat hates me when she's not hungry, and loves me when she is hungry, but I love her in either case for her hones

by m0zg 6y ago

Cats elicit an irrational response from me. My cat hates me when she's not hungry, and loves me when she is hungry, but I love her in either case for her honesty. She's one of the most honest beings I have in my life. It's irrational, I know, but I love my cat. She's honest about her intentions, and I appreciate that. I can count on her love when it 7pm and it 's time to fill her bowl with cat food. That's more love than I can expect from any human on any given day, and it's completely predictable.

arethuza 6y ago
My cat will be the sweetest most delightful creature imaginable for hours then, for no reason whatsoever, turn round and attack me then run around our house like a demented hell creature for 15 minutes before repeating the whole process. I absolutely adore him!
- m0zg 6y ago
  Correlate that his hunger, and you'll understand him. There's inalienable truth to cats. They don't know how to lie.
  - jasonwatkinspdx 6y ago
    Naw, that's just typical cat behavior when they get excited. I had a cat for 17 years that was always free fed. He was entirely unmotivated by food. Didn't even like cat treats. He still did this up until the last couple years where he slowed down.
    - k__ 6y ago
      I could imagine that this has to do with the cat being able to get out. I had many cats for decades, and only the "stay at home cats" showed that behavior.
      - jasonwatkinspdx 6y ago
        Nope, my guy would go outside every day, typically for a couple hours at least.
  - arethuza 6y ago
    No - its not related to food. Can happen at any time.
    - m0zg 6y ago
      My cat gets wet food only once a day, and she looks forward to it like you wouldn't believe. Cats are creatures of habit in general. If a cat is used to a certain routine, it takes quite a bit of effort to shake that. Relocate their food, and they'll have to go seriously hungry and uncomfortable before they get used to eating from a "new" bowl again. This actually led me to rethink some of my own behavior. Humans are more of "creatures of habit" than they realize. Whatever conforms to their habits comes to them much more easily than things that don't. But humans are too self-absorbed to see it.
      - arethuza 6y ago
        Our cat is so good at telling time (I'd say he can judge when it is 17:00 with 15 minute accuracy) that I did wonder for a bit if he could read the rather large clock we have in our kitchen ;-)
        m0zg 6y ago
        It's just time-of-day I think. They don't get DST or anything like that.
    - abacadaba 6y ago
      when they gotta poop prob, or morning and dusk?
- trhway 6y ago
  that sounds like an invitation for a serious play to discharge some accumulated energy. My cat wouldn't attack me, yet he would noticeably periodically need a "rough" play time. I'd stick my hand into 2-3 hoses of the thick training pants (the result being kind of a stretched out - the cat naturally liked to work all his legs simultaneously - boxer glove) and that would be an "enemy" that the cat would fight with using all his claws and teeth.
k__ 6y ago
For my cat it's the other way around. When she's hungry the only thing she wants is me to get up and feed her. No affection, just screaming. When I was away for some time, she always wants to cuddle when I'm back.

by m0zg 6y ago

arethuza 6y ago

My cat will be the sweetest most delightful creature imaginable for hours then, for no reason whatsoever, turn round and attack me then run around our house like a demented hell creature for 15 minutes before repeating the whole process. I absolutely adore him!

m0zg 6y ago
Correlate that his hunger, and you'll understand him. There's inalienable truth to cats. They don't know how to lie.
- jasonwatkinspdx 6y ago
  Naw, that's just typical cat behavior when they get excited. I had a cat for 17 years that was always free fed. He was entirely unmotivated by food. Didn't even like cat treats. He still did this up until the last couple years where he slowed down.
  - k__ 6y ago
    I could imagine that this has to do with the cat being able to get out. I had many cats for decades, and only the "stay at home cats" showed that behavior.
    - jasonwatkinspdx 6y ago
      Nope, my guy would go outside every day, typically for a couple hours at least.
- arethuza 6y ago
  No - its not related to food. Can happen at any time.
  - m0zg 6y ago
    My cat gets wet food only once a day, and she looks forward to it like you wouldn't believe. Cats are creatures of habit in general. If a cat is used to a certain routine, it takes quite a bit of effort to shake that. Relocate their food, and they'll have to go seriously hungry and uncomfortable before they get used to eating from a "new" bowl again. This actually led me to rethink some of my own behavior. Humans are more of "creatures of habit" than they realize. Whatever conforms to their habits comes to them much more easily than things that don't. But humans are too self-absorbed to see it.
    - arethuza 6y ago
      Our cat is so good at telling time (I'd say he can judge when it is 17:00 with 15 minute accuracy) that I did wonder for a bit if he could read the rather large clock we have in our kitchen ;-)
      - m0zg 6y ago
        It's just time-of-day I think. They don't get DST or anything like that.
  - abacadaba 6y ago
    when they gotta poop prob, or morning and dusk?
trhway 6y ago
that sounds like an invitation for a serious play to discharge some accumulated energy. My cat wouldn't attack me, yet he would noticeably periodically need a "rough" play time. I'd stick my hand into 2-3 hoses of the thick training pants (the result being kind of a stretched out - the cat naturally liked to work all his legs simultaneously - boxer glove) and that would be an "enemy" that the cat would fight with using all his claws and teeth.

k__ 6y ago

For my cat it's the other way around. When she's hungry the only thing she wants is me to get up and feed her. No affection, just screaming. When I was away for some time, she always wants to cuddle when I'm back.