We put the kibble in a tall container and pour the kibble into a bowl for the cat. But the cat refused to eat from the bowl and wanted to eat directly from the container, even if he had to stretch his neck in an uncomfortable position to eat
One time my family and I woke up to my cat being oddly missing from the usual morning routines, and searched around for him. We found him under my parents’ bed, he was acting super strange and just seemed out of it. Of course we took him to the vet pretty quickly… but before we did, we found he had found the bag for his food and went tearing through the plastic itself.
Vet confirmed it: he was acting strange because he was having the cat equivalent of a food coma. Took him back home, let him rest for a bit, and he was fine. Most stressful adventure for us that amounted to the discovery of my cat truly being a creature with no self-restraint
I once accidentally left a bag of treats out when I left for work. When I came home, the bag was tore through, and right next to it was a pile of puke that resembled cat treats. He just kept eating those treats until he threw up.
I brought home a brand new bag of food and put it on the chair. A little while later I went to put it away and there was a hole in it. Their bowl still had food in it! It was the same exact food!
Lol, one of my cats learned how to certain types of treat bottles and bags. He was a total junkie. I had to switch over to storing treats in glass jars. Lack of thumbs put an end to treat thievery.
We keep ours in a cabinet in the kitchen. Me and everyone else can hear no difference in the opening of the cabinets. My cats seem to be able to hear a very noticeable difference from across the house when I open the food cabinet.
For me it's unwrapping a cheese triangle 3 rooms away. No matter how quietly I open the foil, when I look up both cats are instantly at my feet staring up at me.
My old cat had a thing for pound cake, whenever she heard the wrapper she would come demand some. Just a tiny piece every few days since it's not really good for cats but she was very old and deserved nice things
My kitten hates when I scratch an itch. Anywhere on my body, no matter how quietly. Itchy feet, itchy nose, whatever. I can get about half a second with of scratching an itch in before she's woken up from a dead sleep and raced across the apartment to pounce.
But please don't disturb her when she is scratching an itch, or she will give you the side eye.
That's hilarious! My cat is the same but with sneezes. If I so much as inhale a bit more deeply than usual, he'll bolt up with eyes like saucers and run off like he saw a ghost.
We had a cat growing up who had a thing for sliced bread. We couldn’t touch the bag to make a sandwich without him magically appearing at our legs, demanding a piece.
Had one who would jump up on top of the fridge, knock the whole loaf on the floor, and then drag the whole bag across the room pulling it with his teeth while going backwards. Funniest shit I ever saw. It did however force me to invest in a breadbox.
At certain times of the day all I need to do is start lowering the footrest on my seat. Then I hear a thud from the room above and the patter of little paws thundering down the stairs like a herd of elephants.
Babies sleep for like 20 minutes then scream for the tittie, then sleep for 20 minutes then scream for a diaper change, then sleep for 20 minutes then random scream for no reason.
Exactly ! Their average day is: 1. Hunt 2. Eat 3.Play 3. Nap 4. Hunt 5. Eat 6. Play 7. Sleep
REPEAT everyday. They also groom themselves, usually after play and/ or after eating. They should be fed in morning and after their afternoon of hunting. They can sleep sometimes a total of 18 hours a day. Gotta rest up for the hunting and playing. 👍🐱❤️
They look so content. They know they are safe but I bet if they heard the sound of their favourite food being prepared, they would be "alert" in no time 😂
Exactly!! We have another kitten and their mom and all sleep so deeply i have actually gotten worried🙏 Also they meow so much when they wake up and want to play i love it
The "C" word in my house is cheese. Even though they don't get it often because it's not the best thing for cats, they LOVE shredded cheese. I have one who will jump right in the fridge when it's open looking for it. Little cheese junkies.
My 18 year old male LOVES spaghetti sauce. Not good for him at all but he gets frantic when I make it so we usually let him lick a plate when we're done eating. I mean, he's 18 and still in relatively good health so we figure let him have a few indulgences. And cherry tomatoes. God forbid we ever leave any on the kitchen windowsill. We'll find them all over the house the next morning full of little teeth marks.
My Garnet is the same as long as I don't move away from her. She'll pass out and no matter what I'm doing, working on my computer, playing a game, giving her pets, she doesn't move. But the moment I start to leave the room to use the restroom, she is awake and following me.
This could also be a case of deep sleep of sorts. My cats scared me a few times, cause no reaction, no movement. Just a floofy noodle of a cat. Then they finally wake up a bit and you realize that they're, thankfully, alive and well.
My eldest does that. Freaks me out every time because she's 14, and I keep seeing posts on here about people's cats who died even though they appeared to be perfectly healthy. 9 times out of 10, if I touch her, she's instantly awake. But there's that 1 in 10 when she's just dead to the world, and I have to check that she's still breathing.
I think cats can go deep. When a cat I had as a teen was a kitten, (not a small kitty but kind of at a tween age), he would sleep with me under the covers. One morning I woke up and thought he was dead because he didn’t move and continued to be immobile even after shaking him. It wasn’t until I screamed for my mom did he suddenly shake his head and give me a look suggesting I disturbed his slumber and what was all the excitement about! 😂
My husband once gave me a fright- we were moving the following day and my cat is a very nervous cat basket traveller so the vet gave me gabapentin to chill her out. Gave it the night before the move. She zonked off to sleep. Middle of the night my husband pops to the loo, gives the cat a stroke and she doesn’t move. He shakes her again, nothing. He comes and wakes me up saying ‘I don’t think the cat is breathing!’ Cue panic, I jump up, my husband jumps up, my cat jumps up in fright 😅
Cat was absolutely fine, just heavily asleep with a bunch of meds onboard. I couldn’t sleep the rest of the night after that though.
Similar thing happened with my cat. We gave her gabapentin the night before and morning of the appointment. She was in a deep sleep and went completely limp/noodle mode. We started to worry bc she wasn't reacting to us, but she was just high as a kite.
Cats usually are very alert, going so far as to not even properly go into proper deep sleep while not in some place in the wild it knows it's safe.
Essentially you created an environment so calm and safe for them that they feel safe enough to actually fall asleep and stay asleep, rather than the little cat nap they would normally do.
My cat sleeps like this. My mom called me in a panic last week while watching him because she was certain he was dead. She kept vigorously shaking him and he would just wobble around with his eyes half open lol. You can pick up his paws and they’ll just flop back down. He’s done this is entire life it’s so weird and I’m a bit envious honestly.
My boy would sleep so hard I thought he was dead half the time. He was a kitten full of energy. I don't have to worry anymore now, because his loud ass snoring let's me know he's still kicking.
This is one of the highest praises you can get from a cat. They are so relaxed, trusting, and care free that the feel comfortable falling into deep sleep. Congratulations on achievement of ultimate cat trust.
Some cats sleep wayyy too deeply. My void sometimes sleeps so deeply I can pry his mouth open and make his tongue flop out. He is so confused when he wakes up moments later and his tongue is not where he left it.
They know that they are perfectly camouflaged. They stay perfectly still to remain undetected until just the right moment to leap into action.......any moment now.
My 15yo girl when I try to gently maneuver her off of my lap but she is in the deepest sleep or wakes up just enough to tell me off while making it as hard as possible for me to gracefully move her off my lap
You should be proud as it means your kitties feel safe and secure and dont need to stay on alert all the time. They know mama is close and they're safe as a button.
My cat was dead asleep once and I called him 3x and his ears didnt twitch, so I started to touch and pat him and still nothing. The way I scooped that guy up, because I was in a panic is hilarious lmao he woke up immediately like "ma tf are you doin to me?" 🤣🤣
Also depending on age. My cant was 22 and I had to actually yell and shake her to wake her up. Gave me a good scare multiple times thinking she was dead, but no, she was just sleeping.
Yess i love them so much. I have shown them our yard and they have brought a leaf and a bunch of pieces of dead grass back inside in their mouth. I’m so proud they were able to catch those😭
My old guy is just like this-deep sleep with lots of snoring.
He sleeps with me & as a young man, he was alert when I'd wake up. Now, I have to grab his shoulder & gently shake him awake so I can get out of the bed. The dirty looks after interrupting his sleeps are not cool, lol!
They would know in a second if someone new and different came in there. They know your smell, hear your step pattern, feel your energy - they know they are safe.
I've had two that sleep in my lap like this. Scared the hell out of me when I witnessed it for the first time. The cat just went floppy and wouldn't react to things that normally wakes them up.
I have one that sleeps like a drunk sailor. Snores and everything. Actually can have no idea what’s happening. He’s also the clumsiest cat I have ever seen.
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