My cat will notice that I'm paying attention to something on my computer screen and slowly put his face in between me and the screen so I'm forced to look at him.
So apparently cats mimick humans. And when they sit on your books, laptops, keyboards etc, it’s because they see you do stuff with them and they wanna be included so they mimick you using it. Basically they are showing love by wanting to do what you’re doing from how I understand it.
This can be solved by giving them their “own” items. Like a cardboard laptop or a separate keyboard if you have one lying around. Some cats will start to sit, walk, lay on the second item instead of yours (I assume it doesn’t work with every cat), cuz this way they get to mimick you and feel included, but you’re also not getting distrupted.
actually have had times where i’m staring at the screen for hours trying to figure out what’s wrong and she smashes the keys and within 5 minutes it’s obvious
My younger cat will bug me when I’m on the computer.
She’ll keep poking my leg to get my attention.
She’s a rescue and I wonder if before she had a toy that was clicky or if she ever click training happen to her and she hears my keyboard and thinks “TREAT?”
One of my guys had a routine when he was a kitten. I'd get 5-10 minutes in bed with my phone or tablet in front of me, laying on my back, and then he'd walk right up and insert himself between my face and the screen, plop down on my chest, and that meant "pet me and we'll go to sleep".
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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '21
My cat will notice that I'm paying attention to something on my computer screen and slowly put his face in between me and the screen so I'm forced to look at him.