I love my kitty. She is my first ever cat, so I'm still learning what makes a feline tick.
But occasionally she drives me NUTS!
I like to sew, and have a big sewing studio. While I've tried to cat proof it as much as possible, there are some things she can still get into. But here's the thing... she NEVER messes with anything in my sewing room when I'm not in there. But when I'm in there sewing, she makes me crazy.
Stella will "steal" things I'm using like little scissors, seam rippers, thimbles, bobbins, etc. Even worse, she will brazenly go up to my thread rack and "steal" a spool of thread right in front of me, then run away, making me chase her to get it back. This game goes on and on, as soon as I get a spool of thread back and put it away, she does it again. I've given her empty spools of her own to play with, but that's not what she wants. She wants the ones she knows she can't have. Keep in mind that she has the run of the house 24/7 so if she really wanted the thread she could pilfer it any time, but she never touches it when I'm not in there.
(Her other game is to stand out in the hallway while I'm sewing and meow loudly. When I came to see what she wants she leaps out at me like "gotcha!" She will do this over and over, and "get me" every time. )
I get that she wants attention, but believe me she gets plenty. She's an only cat in an Empty Nester household and she is pampered and petted all day long. We even built her a beautiful catio to play in, but when I'm doing something around the house she has to be right up in my face. When I'm sitting in one place doing nothing, then she goes outside.
I'm about at the point of locking her outside in her catio when I'm trying to get something done, but I know she will cry like a baby when she finds out she can't get back in.
But occasionally she drives me NUTS!
I like to sew, and have a big sewing studio. While I've tried to cat proof it as much as possible, there are some things she can still get into. But here's the thing... she NEVER messes with anything in my sewing room when I'm not in there. But when I'm in there sewing, she makes me crazy.
Stella will "steal" things I'm using like little scissors, seam rippers, thimbles, bobbins, etc. Even worse, she will brazenly go up to my thread rack and "steal" a spool of thread right in front of me, then run away, making me chase her to get it back. This game goes on and on, as soon as I get a spool of thread back and put it away, she does it again. I've given her empty spools of her own to play with, but that's not what she wants. She wants the ones she knows she can't have. Keep in mind that she has the run of the house 24/7 so if she really wanted the thread she could pilfer it any time, but she never touches it when I'm not in there.
(Her other game is to stand out in the hallway while I'm sewing and meow loudly. When I came to see what she wants she leaps out at me like "gotcha!" She will do this over and over, and "get me" every time. )
I get that she wants attention, but believe me she gets plenty. She's an only cat in an Empty Nester household and she is pampered and petted all day long. We even built her a beautiful catio to play in, but when I'm doing something around the house she has to be right up in my face. When I'm sitting in one place doing nothing, then she goes outside.
I'm about at the point of locking her outside in her catio when I'm trying to get something done, but I know she will cry like a baby when she finds out she can't get back in.
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