Weird Pet Behaviors

[chequita guevara]

Pets do the strangest things.

My cat, Grendel, likes to curl up in my shorts when they are around my ankles while I'm on the toilet. He also likes strawberry preserves. He likes to chew plastic wrap, and gets so excited when he's in a plastic bag he's been known to piss himself (when he was younger). He still tries to crawl inside backpacks. But he doesn't like getting under the covers except when we have the air down too low.

My other cat, Brenden, wants me to pick him up immediately upon my leaving the shower, but hates getting wet at any other time. He whines for my attention at other times, but as soon I as try to pet him, he runs away. He also likes knocking things off of shelves, just to hear the sound they make when they hit the floor. He's mostly stopped doing this, except in the morning when he's trying to wake me up to be fed, and mewling hasn't worked. For a few days, he decided he liked sleeping on the top of my head, but unfortunately for him, he had fleas at the time, and so I'd remove him immediately. He won't do it anymore.

[Lancer]

I had a Golden Retriever named Rommel that was a garbage can dog. He moved in ok but was lonely, so I got him Daisy, an Irish Setter. Daisy was a fairly recent mom so Rommel and I became her pups. She would bark and 'woo' us if she thought we weren't toeing the line. She would also come from a far point in the house at full speed and plant both front paws into the sleeping Rommel, he hated that. If I played Civ into the wee hours she would woo me until I went to bed. I was up past my bedtime according to Daisy. In her latter years after Rommel died she was the queen of my bookstore. I never sold too many books but people would drop by and visit with Daisy who had become the focal point of peace in the universe. Peopole never believed what a ***** she could be. If I told a woman about Daisy driving Rommel and I crazy I would always get a dirty look and Daisy some added attention for putting up with me.

Both dogs are burried at my brother's place in the country. Rommel died after eating something outside, Daisy died from a steriod shot for her hip.

[SlowwHand]

As a boy we had a siamese cat that would swing from a curtain rod positioned under her chin. Her name was Goofey.

[Dr Strangelove]

We had a cat who was an incredible hunter. She would leave gifts of dead birds and mice for Mom on the kitchen door mat every day in the summertime. To discourage her Dad put a bell around her neck. For a few weeks it worked, but then she learned ninja techniques and began bringing home her prey again!

[Mrs. Tuberski]

the two cats we have both males and brothers one tango the other cash, completely inside cats they like to sleep on top of our heads at night, lucky they dont hve fleas, tango will fetch a bottle cap if tuber throws it at him and bring it back he also likes to crawl under the covers but only if tuber invites him. cash the other one will roll around on the floor making all kinds of cute gestures and he gets worse if you notice and pay attention to him when he does it. The worst thing now for them is we have them on a feeding schedule before we just filled a feeder and let them have at it, but after the got so fat tuber put them on a schedule where the will actually wake him up by jumping and crawling on him to wake him so they can be fed tango will even nip at his face when he is sleep telling him to wake up to get their food. The puppy so far has no things yet excpet he likes to aggrevate the cats

[Grandpa Troll]

My cat Ratooney speaks to me whenever I am on the phone with anyone. In fact she climbs my seat and as I ignore her she crawls around my shoulders and lies down and tries to paw the phone away from my ear or nudge it away.

She is so jealous, i tell her "No dear, its not another cat or dog, no..I wouldnt cheat on you darlin"

Of course, sometimes I feel like I am being watched

[DaShi]

Why is the window closed?

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by DaShi
Why is the window closed?

Her barrel tip is sticking through, with a bird perched on it to camoflouge the glare.

Ratooney is ex-special forces, Ghost Recon type

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Originally posted by Grandpa Troll


Her barrel tip is sticking through, with a bird perched on it to camoflouge the glare.

Ratooney is ex-special forces, Ghost Recon type

not a pet but a weird animal. there is a giant tree outside our bedroom window and the cast liek to sit in that window sill. We have noticed there seems to be a squirrel that will sit on the branch in front of the window and tease them.

[ajbera]

My dog has a strange footwear fetish. Back at our house on Long Island we had a doggie-door onto the back deck, and Dante (my canine friend) would carry our (wifey & I) slippers & socks out onto the deck.

He also sits by us when we eat and gently taps our leg from time to time, just to remind us he's there in case we feel like giving him a bite of food.

[-Jrabbit]

My old cat, Boo Boo, was absolutely crazy for bananas. She could be in a deep sleep at the other end of the house, but crack open a fresh banana and she would bolt awake and come running.

Of course, she insisted on petite little bites being broken off and fed to her one at a time by hand.

She also had a similar thing for dry-roasted cashews. Came running when the vacuum-seal Planters jar was opened.

No other fruit. No other nuts. No other salty items.

I had to put her down several years back. She was 21 years old.

Great thread, che. Great memories...

[Aabraxan]

My wife and I had a cat named Puck, but we often called him Boo-Boo, or just Boo, for short. He had a number of strange quirks. He liked to sleep in my armpit. He'd crawl under the covers and crawl around until he got in my armpit and he'd just purr and purr. He also refused to eat over his dish. He'd grab a mouthful of food and take it off into a corner somewhere to eat it. I tried for about 3 years to break him of that habit. I finally decided he was just more stubborn than I was. My wife and I adopted him when he was about 6 weeks old and he passed away suddenly about two years ago, but he was great company while he lived.

[Arrian]

He likes to chew plastic wrap

A good friend of mine at the office has the same issue with one of her cats.

My dog's issues I've talked about before. He's a rescue labrador and he's got major leash aggression problems. Basically, when he's on his leash everything he sees is deemed a threat and he reacts accordingly: hackles up, barking, snarling, lunging... basically acting as psychotic as possible. But that's not him otherwise. Odd.

Of course, just to help add to this, he was recently attacked while he was being walked by a rottweiler down the street who blew through his electric fence. Yay.

-Arrian

[Bkeela]

How do people stand a cat sleeping on their head for crying out loud?

[Aabraxan]

I've never had a cat sleep on my head, but one of my other cats used to curl up on my pillow, around my head. Once you get used to it, you hardly notice.