O/T ABNORMAL PET BEHAVIOR IS GETTING ON MY NERVES!

[JETHRO TULL]

OUR CAT IS DEFINITELY A HOUSE CAT, NEUTERED, TOTALLY PAMPERED. THE LITTLE BASTARD BASICALLY LIVES ON TUNA THAT I AM SUPPOSED TO BE CONSUMING. ANYWAY, WE TOOK HIM DOWN TO MY PARENTS HOUSE ALONG THE RIVER THIS SUMMER AND HE'S BEEN GOING OUTSIDE FOR THE FIRST TIMES IN HIS SAD LITTLE EXISTENCE. HE LOVES IT...STARTED CHASING BIRDS, KILLING MICE, AND EVEN SURVIVED ATTACKING WILD TURKEYS! HE MANAGED TO DO OKAY IN HIS FIRST CAT FIGHT WITH THE OUTDOOR CATS WHO LIVE DOWN THERE AND HAD TONS OF FREEDOM.

NOW, I MOVED BACK TO OUR SMALL APARTMENT SINCE SCHOOL HAS BEGUN AND HE'S DRIVING ME BATSHIT. "LOSER" OUR CAT IS ABOUT READY TO LOSE HIS LIFE. HE NOW IS NO LONGER CONTENT TO HANG AROUND AND PLAY WITH ALL HIS TOYS AND SLEEP. HE WANTS OUTSIDE.....NOW! EVERYTIME I GO OUT IT'S A RACE TO SO IF I CAN OPEN THE DOOR WITHOUT HIM EXPLODING THROUGH THE OPENING TO ESCAPE INTO THE YARD AND THEN THE ALLEY. I ACCIDENTLY STEPPED ON HIS PAW YESTERDAY, WHICH PROBABLY DIDN'T FEEL TOO GREAT. TODAY, I WAS TRYING TO TAKE ONE OF MY NICE LONG AFTERNOON NAPS AND HE WANDERED AROUND YOWLING FOR OVER AN HOUR BEFORE I FILLED A SPRAY BOTTLE WITH WATER AND PROCEDED TO BLAST HIM WHEN HE WOULD WAKE ME UP WITH HIS RACKET.

I THINK I MIGHT NEED AN INTERVENTION TO AVOID A FATAL "ACCIDENT" FOR LOSER. THIS NEEDS TO OCCUR BEFORE MY GIRL GETS BACK FROM A WORKSHOP IN MINNESOTA.

ANYONE ELSE HERE HAVING LESS THAN NICE FEELINGS FOR A PET? HECK, I FIGURED A CAT WOULD BE JUST FINE. FILL A BIG WATER STORAGE DISPENSER, DUMP A BAG OF MEOW-MIX IN...AND THE CAT LEAVES YOU THE HELL ALONE. WELL, IT'S NOT WORKING OUT THE WAY I PLANNED IT!

 

[manboy270]

I feel your pain!! My wife has a cat...I hate cats--too self reliant, self centered--so is she. I wanna get rid of them both and get a dog.

 

[Fears]

He will never be the same since he has killed his first mouse. He has been enlightened to the joys of torture.

We live in a rural area and let our cats out via cat door. They do a good job of killing anything smaller than themselves in our yard. Another advantage is they shit outside. Inside they get dominated by our dogs, outside they are kings. Only problem we ever had was one cat took a strong dislike to squirrels. The way I found this out was one day I looked behind one of the chairs in a room we don't use in winter. There were about a dozen squirrels in a pile in various stages of dismemberment. I locked him out for about a week (in winter) and he then left the corpses outside from then on.
Only other problem I had is when you have a pet door other critters figure out how to use it. I woke up one night and heard all this racket in kitchen. The wife yells at me thinking there is a burgler in the house. So being the brave guy I am I walk into kitchen half asleep and naked and 4 fuckin racoons all stand up and hiss at me. They have ripped open a bag of dog food and are feasting and I had the nerve to interrupt them at 3:00 AM! The two fuckin dogs are still sleeping in our bedroom! The damned things scared the shit outta me. The only thing I could think to do was pick up a chair and run towards them like some kind of maniac. They all ran like hell with me after them swinging a fuckin chair.
Not life in the big city

 

[JETHRO TULL]

Yes, we screwed up by letting him outside.

I feel bad for him actually. I'd hate to be equipped with claws, speed, agility and nightvision...and then not be able to utilize them. I hate moving back to town.

 

[Larry Bowie]

The only thing I could think to do was pick up a chair and run towards them like some kind of maniac. They all ran like hell with me after them swinging a fuckin chair.

Hahahahahahaha!! Hysterical!! Funny mental picture

 

[JETHRO TULL]

4 fuckin racoons all stand up and hiss at me.

RACOONS ARE TOUGH CUSTOMERS! Glad you got them out without getting anything important bitten off....lol