PrintMy sister, Sele and I (Miss Bella) had a long talk with our mom last night asking her, if she said she was going to write about cats, WHY weren’t we talked about more and we wanted to share our side of the story. She looked at us and said, “you’re absolutely right, Miss Bella and Sele. I named my blog after you and I apologize. So from now on, you will have more time to tell everyone about yourselves and we’ll start tomorrow.”
We’re going to share our morning routine. First, Sele gets really, really close to mom’s face in the morning when she’s sleeping and bops her on the nose softly, (although I’m not so nice and paw her harder, but my sister is gentle and loving and much more patient with our mom than I am!) Then our mom tries to roll over and get back to sleep, but we won’t have any of that nonsense, we’re hungry and it’s time for her to serve us.
Haven’t all of you heard the saying “Dogs have masters, Cats have staff?” Our mom knows that she’s lucky we own her. After, she finally gets up out of bed, I laugh at her, because her fur is sticking up all over head looking funny and her eyes are half-closed still. She needs learn how to wake up quickly, ready for action and look calm and collected like we cats do after our cat naps. First things first, feed us now!
See how I messed up the table all by myself? Well, that’s because there’s an empty food bowl and we don’t like the new meat our mom has hunted down for us. I point my paw at Sele and try to convince my mom that Sele is the one who scrunched up the feeding blanket but it never works. She knows that my sister, is too nice and never makes a fuss like I do.
She tells us that this new meat is better for our bodies than one we liked better. She seems to think that she knows what’s better for us than we do. Who’s she kidding? But since we’re not allowed to hunt for our own meat, we get down to business and dive into the food.
I like the crunchy dry food better though and I wait staring at my mother until she fills our food bowl. Our mother also told us that since we eat the crunchy food too fast, she found this feeding bowl that will help us slow down. Really, it’s for Sele more than it is for me as she’s a little floofier and mom says that she has to lose a little weight. I’m the athletic one and never have to worry about my looks. This new bowl, makes us pull one piece out at a time with our paws. Ridiculous, isn’t it?
And if being fed this way, isn’t bad enough, she likes to look at us while we’re trying to eat, and tells us how “cute” we look doing this. I grit my teeth and just ignore her. After we’ve both eaten, Sele likes to pretend she’s a wild kitty drinking from a waterfall like our ancestors did, so she runs to this thing called a “tub” and waits for our mom to make the pretend waterfall happen.
At first she doesn’t understand why there’s no water there for her to drink and she told me that our mommy is a “witch” and it takes magickal powers to make the water appear. Oh please! I love our mother, but even I know that we just haven’t figured out how to turn on the water with our own paws and there’s no magick involved. I say nothing though, because Sele would get too upset and defend our mother.
I want to get outside for my morning prowl in the backyard, but I’m told I have to wait first until my mom is ready. I pretend I’m washing myself but if you look closely, I’m giving her the paw.
I pace back and forth and then jump on our seat by the window to see if there are any birdies waiting to be pounced upon.
Now, once in a while, I’ll sit on my moms lap and let her pet me, but Sele has to sit for a long time each morning after we eat, snuggling and doing what my mom calls “making biscuits.” She purrs and purrs but I’m still waiting impatiently for our mom to hurry up and let us out.
Finally, after giving my mom the “let-me-out-now-or-else-look” she puts our collars on and opens the door for us. We can only go outside for a little time though and we have to stay in our backyard. Sometimes, we four-legged ones have to do, what a four-legged one has to do, in order to let our humans think that they’re the ones who are in control. But, really we know better though, don’t we?
How do all of you wake your person’s up? Any tips or secrets? I promise I won’t let the cat out of the bag.
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You are so right… Cats do have staff!. BTW Kalei stopped drinking from her bowl as soon as she learned that water came out of the faucet..omg… She even is picky as far as the faucet she uses!. How long did it take to train your mom?
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Hi Kalei, meowwws to you. I had a cat who used to put his big fat floofy body and lay in the sink all night to get some water. Ever since then, I figured that at least one cat I would have would be a running water drinker.
Sele says: Our mom even bought me a special cat drinking fountain which is o.k., but I still like jumping into the tub for drinking. So, even though she’s tried to TRAIN me which isn’t going to happen, we know between us that we cats have all the power, right? ; )
Your girls are so funny! Yes, all 3 of you!
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We think “Her Royal Highness” is funny and love hearing about her. PUrrss to you and HRH!
Loved hearing from the ladies today. I had to chuckle over the bathtub bit and it just being a matter of not having figured out how to do it themselves. One of the cats who has lived with us (looked nearly identical to Sele and went by the name of Spook) would get on top of the dryer next to the backdoor and try for all he was worth to turn the knob. He KNEW that was what opened the door.
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I bet your “boys” are pretty funny too, Stacy. I want to hear more about them as I know you love them so much. And I had a cat, who my son has now, who somehow managed to open the container where the dry cat cereal was kept. And let me tell you, that he had to turn this air-tight top all the way around and flip it. Cats are much smarter that most people give them credit for ; )
We are many (as in there are six of us), and have found that the best way to wake up our Mother is by sprawling ALL over the bed when she gets up to use the human litter box. When she returns, she has nowhere to lay and therefore must get up. If our Mother doesn’t get up, each of us will pick a different part of her body to lay on until she gets very uncomfortable. My sister Spike who looks alot like you, Miss Bella, will sit on the toaster cover Mother will feed us before she can have her breakfast. We have our ways, don’t we?
Oh how fun to have six of you running around! Do any of you fight? We know that our mom would love to have more kitties here, but we would not have anything to do with them and be most upset. We would love to see photos of all of you and get to know you better. “Human litter box” that’s funny!!!! And Spike sounds very, very smart to sit on the toaster cover. Sometimes, I knock things off the counter in the morning if I’m not fed which makes me smile and our mommy takes a deep breath and says, “Miss Bella! You are impossible sometimes.” Thanks for sending us meowwws >^..^<
Hi, I’m “Pretty” and My staff is Susan. I look almost identical to the poster of the cats have staff you have in your post Miss Bella. (the front cat)
I used to sleep with my Staffer all the time, as she is extra “fluffy” and warm, but i am made at her right now. (And have been doe months) She brought a new cat into the house and another 4 legged creature that I think is canine, he’s not too bad, but that OTHER cat has GOT TO GO!! Firstly he was very aggressive with me all the time. Luckily after getting swatted by my staffer, and her mate from time to time, he is calming down towards me. However, I do not like him, I growl whenever he is relatively close. I also stay away from everyone now, on the couch that is rarely sat on. This other cat “CAESAR” has started taking over my staffer, I DO NOT like it. I guess however, that part of it is my fault for not laying with my staffer or sitting with her, but I’m mad!! Why are they here? Just because they have a staffer that has moved here, that is no excuse! My staffer, Susan keeps trying to win me over again, with kisses and whispers and good scratches and pets, but I still growl at her. She cries sometimes about it, she asks me why? Why are you growling at me, You are my “Pretty girl”, my “baby” my little “love bug”? PUHLEEZ, give me a break!! Granted, you took me in and gave me a nice home, with good food, and kitty treats (kitty-scooby snacks) and lots of fuzzy make-believe mice to play with, plus a HUGE roaming area which includes woods, and a barn and an old dog house, an empty house next door, so the grass is high and hides lots of field mice and birds, and woods and a horse corral on the other side. I guess other humans would say “Hey, get over the anger already”, maybe i should, my Susan hopes I can and will and says so every day. The OTHER cat and his canine brother moved in on July 4th, I hope I do get over the anger soon, I kind of miss sleeping with her warmth and fluffiness! The OTHER cat is getting even with Susan FOR me, first Susan is allergic to Cats but the years have helped make her immune, but Caesar’s fur is EXTRA thick, and he sheds like no cats business, he he…she wheezes a lot and rubs her eyes!! Additionally he has long claws and an extra one on each of his front paws and he jumps on her chest when she is sleeping and makes “muffins(bisquits…whatever)” on her and often he pulls down the blanket, and claws on her, it goes right through the night gown, sometimes, this causes her to itch. BUT it ALWAYS wakes her up…so that is a good thing to try miss Bella. I would also recommend Jumping on her chest or belly hard, and jump right down, repeat as often as you like it is fun!!! for other tips visit this quick funny Cat movie. (there are 3-4 others, they are all good)
rubs and purrs, Pretty >^..^<
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Pretty, we completely understand about you not wanting Caesar in your house. Imagine the nerve of him trying to rule the house. Our mommy is smart enough to know that for us, that we two cats are all she needs, I mean how can she not serve us. Your mommy is so wonderful that she has fabulous felines even though you make her sneeze and puff up and make her eyes tear. Our mommy learned that when “introducing” a new cat into the house, it’s really, really important to give the first kitties there even MORE love than ever. We do hope you’ll make up with your mommy and keep Caesar in line. Btw, we loved, loved the video. And we’ll have to try jumping up and down on her in the morning, hmmm, maybe we can play “cat and mouse” with her. Thanks for all the ideas and giving us your meowws. Sending you lots of purrs, Miss Bell and Sele. >^..^<
they wouldn’t take the embed…here is the URL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ffwDYo00Q
Pretty >^..^<
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Ohhhh, we have to send this to mommy’s human son because our brother, Mowgli does this ALL the time to him to wake him up…We couldn’t stop laughing. Thanks for sending this to us, all of us laughed so hard!
Hey girls! My name is Sunny Bunny Boo Boo Head but my staff calls me *#$)) head most of the time. She is also a witch with a lot of loud commands and suggestions. She has been in my employ for almost 12 years now. At times I thought about replacing her and even went on a walk about back when I was a kitten but could not find anyone else who thought I was as remotely funny as my witch does. I am named for the Sun because of my fiery and brilliant personality, although staff would say because I am an orange marmalade manx and the color of the air in autumn her favorite season of the year. She also tells of my scrappiness as an orphan kitten at the rescue center where they had to put me in solitary confinement away from the other tiny kittens because I was picking on them too much. She was smitten from the start.
I have other younger staffers now and they adore me and pet me and feed me and spoil me and I sure am glad they moved in with us because the olde staffer seems happier as well.
Gotta run, or meander as I do now, keep up the good work girlie girls andwe’ll cat chat again soon. BTW, have you been to see Don Estorbo the Black Cat? I’ll have my staffer send the URL later. Paw wave, SBBBH, the only
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Oh Orange is such a beautiful color on a cat. We bet you’re beautiful. You sound like you’ve had a hard childhood before your human mommy-witch came along and rescued you, what a nice mommy. Don’t witch’s make the best persons to be owned? Every cat deserves to have adoring fans love and worship us and it sounds like you have them under your paw, good job! We had to visit Mr. Estorbo’s blog and we are now going to be faithful readers. Especially, I, Miss Bella have a major kitty crush on him. Give your owned witch a big purr and snuggle for us. The Girls. >^..^<
http://estorboloco.blogspot.com/
This cat has a very interesting way of speaking and has some funny moves girls, I think you’ll love it too many. SBBBH
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Miss Bella and Sele – I enjoyed reading about how you start your day. You two are very photogenic!
But I am afraid that you are giving Mr. Gomez some bad ideas…. He was sitting on my lap when I read your post and now he is wondering why HE doesn’t get blog… I told him that if I let him do it, then I would have to let every other 4 legged critter in the house do it. I then distracted him with some catnip.
P.S. Mr. Gomez really liked the picture at the end. :0)
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Oh Gomez, our handsome friend. You tell your mom that you want to have a say once in a while, we want to learn more about you and your siblings. Sele loves catnip too, but I turn my nose at it and walk away. And so glad you like my photo (Miss Bella) as I said before, my sister and I think you’re absolutely purrrfect!
I’m happy to see that you girls have your Mom under your paw, I do too! (this is Saki, btw) I enjoy taunting my Mom in the wee hours of the morning by sticking my nose in her ear and breathing as loud as possible while she’s sleeping. In a sleepy haze she rolls over, so then I do it to her other ear, it’s such fun! Mr. Meow, my cat companion (and I suppose the gentler of us two), is always quiet and patient. What a scaredy cat! I also seek out my Mom’s favorite art scrolls on the walls and claw at them, slowly destroying them. She gets all loud over that, and then I just run off (laughing, of course). Truth be told though, after I taunt her all day, my favorite thing is to snuggle with her as she falls asleep, like a small stuffed animal under arm. It’s how I get her to forgive me for all the things I do during the day, and I look up at her with my inncocent, sweet eyes…what a sucker she is!
Saki, you are one brave kitty to make your human moms are into a scratching post (smiling and laughing)! My sister Miss Bella used to try and wake mom up by breathing on her face but then she learned to blow in Miss Bella’s face which she hated! So, she stopped that, but I still get up really close and purr as loud as I can. And you sound like you do a great imitation of “Puss” from the movies “Shrek” with your “innocent and sweet” eyes, how could anyone resist? Thank you for meowing to us. We definitely look forward in getting to know you and Mr. Meow better. Sele >^..^<
How sweet you kitties are! We like to wake our mommy and daddy up by jumping all over them and showering them with kisses. A few “wake up” barks don’t hurt, either. If this doesn’t work, we nudge their hands with our heads or even try to lick inside their ears. Now that REALLY works! Love, Willow and Neo (the two furry wonder dogs)
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Love this post Wendy! You and the girls just make me want to be owned by a cat even more. That food bowl is unusual but such a good idea.
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