Anyone need a slightly used alarm clock - my cat has taken over the role

[LynneSin]

Every morning at fricking 5:30am my damn cat Abbie wakes me up by batting me on the face.

What the hell! Can't he just wait another 30 minutes after the alarm clock goes off. But no, the furball has to do it at 5:30.

Anyone else have a cat who is an pseudo alarm clock?

[GOPisEvil]

1. The sunlight that streams into your apartment at 5-f*cking-30 worked well!

:grr:

[LynneSin]

2. Are you a fricking vampire or something?

I can sleep right through the sunshine - you have a problem with that?

[GOPisEvil]

3. Sort of a reverse vampire, maybe.

:shrug:

[tandot]

4. Your cat must be related to mine. He continuously meows starting

at around 5:30 am. We now are closing our bedroom door but Tommy is trying to claw the door open and we still can hear the meowing.

Any tips on how to stop that?

[LynneSin]

6. No idea

my cat doesn't meow - he literally beats me with his paws and then tries to sleep on my face (breathing is not a concept that Abbie is familiar with)

:eyes:

And I have to leave the door opened. There's a dig spot where Abbie tried to dig his way into my bedroom.

[Philostopher]

5. Oh, yes.

Gord, the bottomless pit, is hungry 24/7. As soon as the sun rises, if I so much as twitch in the bed, he starts hollering and running around the bedroom and up and down the stairs between the bedroom and the kitchen. If I make the mistake of rolling over on my back, he stands on me and massages my bladder because he knows the bathroom is 'destination one' when I get up.

Gord weighs about 12 1/2 pounds, which is A-OK. When he got enough food that he didn't whine about it constantly, he weighed almost 18 pounds. I actually had to create this monster to keep him healthy. There are times I very much want to stuff him in the bag of cat food and shut the pantry door. Especially on the weekends, when we're trying to sleep in, and he hears one of us turn over in the bed somewhere around 6:30-7:00 and starts doing his little song and dance.

[ihaveaquestion]

7. My current cats are pretty good at letting me sleep.

If I move they come to greet me, but if I roll over and cover my face, they back off.

I used to have a cat who would walk on my dresser and knock over the perfume bottles one by one until I got up to chase him! If I then went back to sleep, he climbed up the venetian blinds - the big old aluminum kind - very loud!

Gotta love em!

[havocmom]

8. Louie Cat is part rooster

but he is very sweet about how he wakes me. He is joyous in the morning. He was a rescue from a shelter ten years ago and it appears he had been badly abused. Took long time to get over racing out of sight when someone had any sort of 'stick' like broom, mop, even ruler.

I think he is just so happy when he wakes up everyday that he wants to share the joy. It is how he has greeted each day, until this morning. Something is wrong. I think maybe a stroke or fall during the night. He is 17 or 18 and not moving much this AM. His time is coming and I don't want to have to go back to that damned alarm clock.

I am so sad. Everybody, snuggle your fur friends today and love them extra. No matter how many years, it is never enough.

All you animal-lovin-lounge-lizard-DUers, hug your fur friends a little extra for me and Louie, will ya? We'll feel the circle and it'll help as I sit with my old friend and reminisce about when we were both a little younger. When the morning warms up, I'll see if he wants me to carry him out to the sunshine.

[tandot]

10. I am sorry to hear about Louie. I hope he recovers soon.

Give him a hug from me. 17 or 18 is quite an age. I can't bear the thought of something happening to my cat Tommy or dog Leo (chihuahua).

It seems that for 10 years, you gave him love and provided a great home. I hope there will be many more years for you and him. I'll keep you in my thoughts.

Tanja

[havocmom]

15. Thanks, Tanja

He took a bit of water and some Gerbers baby food turkey and was a bit responsive. He made it downstairs on his own and is resting in his basement 'hideout'. I hope he justs rest and gets stronger, but this was sudden and I figure he is due for rest.

Other two cats lived 21 years and 15 years. Will be odd not having one around. I've spent a long time being 'one with thumbs who serves us'. LOL

[the Kelly Gang]

9. my cat goes through stages of this..feed him very late at night

and he will sleep soundly..it's all about food with cats.

[LynneSin]

13. you think cats would love us if we didn't control the food

Why do you think you can't approach a feral cat - they can get their own food.

:eyes:

If my cats had the ability to open their own cans of food they wouldn't love me anymore. Of coures they don't realize that food doesn't come cheap

[havocmom]

16. They would still love us.

They feel sorry for us cuz we aren't clever enough to figure out how to get 'fresh' meat. I knew a cat who brought his biped mom a fresh, live bird most mornings. Put in in the bathroom where 'mom' would have it contained and hopefully learn how to catch her own. Now that is an interesting way to wake up!

[Misunderestimator]

11. Our cat knows a split-second before the alarm goes off

and starts to cry...even on the weekends and when we change the time. Of course, we're to fault for this, since he always gets his treats first thing in the morning.

[sus]

12. Stella just curls up next to me and purrs...

however...Jack will coo and meow to himself as he walks across the dresser, knocking everything off. i imagine he's saying, "surfaces! i need clear surfaces!" then i'll hear him in the miniblinds because he hasn't finished destroying them all yet.

[LynneSin]

17. That's why my mini-blinds are pulled up

So Abbott can't destroy them

[sus]

18. yeah but...

then people can see IN...

[CatWoman]

14. Male does that every morning

the paws in the face thing.

She wants me to get up to feed her.

Yesterday I woke up to Female licking my nose. I don't know what that was about.

Male is the alarm clock in this family.