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09 May 2010

I'll be in in a minute, dear Last night at about 11 I was up in my attic workroom. Trilby kept coming up and fussing at me like he wanted something, but I couldn't figure out what. He'd just been fed and watered and had his litter box cleaned. If I tried to pet him or pick him up he'd shy away. When I did go down to my room, Trilby was sitting on my bed, waiting. Which shed light on the matter. He'd decided it was our bedtime and he was impatient for me to come to bed so he could settle in for the night.

post by: Orange Swan at: 08:41 | 15 comments

And he not only sat on my lap the entire time I was writing the above post, but is still sitting there now. I'd say the bonding thing is pretty much a done deal.

posted by Orange Swan 09 May | 08:55

Would you please clone him for me?

posted by Kangaroo 09 May | 09:01

Sure. And if I can, I'll fix the sheddiness factor in the clone.

He's *still* in my lap.

posted by Orange Swan 09 May | 09:11

Still in my lap, but I'm going to have to oust him now. I'm expecting 12 people to lunch today.

posted by Orange Swan 09 May | 09:24

Awww. Love!!

posted by jonathanstrange 09 May | 09:32

Yeah, Fry is like this. I actually work in my mom's house and sleep next door, so there's a cage shuttle involved, and either he gets really anxious and run-aroundy, or starts being bad by climbing on stuff or knocking stuff over, or sometimes I just find him hunched in his carrier already. He just wants to go to bed!

posted by dhartung 09 May | 13:27

Aw, that makes me want a kitty.

posted by sperose 09 May | 13:44

Sookie doesn't have a bedtime but she does insist on being in the same room as I 24/7. If I go out somewhere, she screams at me for about 5 minutes when I get back.

posted by Ardiril 09 May | 14:33

My dog does that kind of. If I'm up after Mrs. Doohickie, the dog will lay quietly, but if I get up, she walks over to me, then tries to herd me over to the bedroom.

posted by Doohickie 09 May | 16:38

They're like an alarm clock in reverse.

posted by Orange Swan 09 May | 17:52

One of my mum's cats does that. And my Oliver will start yowling and climbing on me (I'll be at my computer) if I haven't gone to bed by 1 a.m. or so. Kaylee (the dog) will start staring at me if I don't take a nap at 3 p.m. or so.

Bossy pets.

posted by deborah 09 May | 20:04

My wife goes to bed at 11 PM most nights. Whitey Ford expects this. If she is late he comes out and stands there looking wounded like, "I've been waiting!" Kitty knows I go out for a walk at 11 PM. He waits in the porch for me to go out. If I'm late he comes in and mrows at me. They like routine.

posted by arse_hat 09 May | 23:03

Ardiril-

My cat is like that too to the point she has tried to break into the bathroom while I was enjoying a bath! All I could see was the these paws under the door desperately trying to open it.

posted by miss-lapin 11 May | 09:27

Trilby tries to get into the shower sometimes when I'm in there. There are two curtains, a fabric outer curtain, and a plastic inner curtain. He draws back the fabric curtain with a paw but he can't figure out how to deal with the inner curtain given that he needs the other front paw to stand on.

My thinking is that if he ever does succeed and experiences the spray of water he won't be trying it again.

posted by Orange Swan 12 May | 08:26

My cat Zooey used to shower with me. I don't know if she liked the water or just ignored it to be with me.

posted by Obscure Reference 12 May | 08:36

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