I have learned that if you want to get a cat’s attention, start making the bed. They could all be sleeping in the other room but once you start to pull the sheets up, you’ve got a party.
I didn’t always know that bed making was a favorite activity of many cats. I first noticed it with our cat Tigger many years ago. I would pick him up and put him on the floor and he would jump right back up on the bed. This became the routine every morning. I started singing a song by Chumbawamba while making the bed; “I get knocked down but I get up again. You’re never going to keep me down.” I never knew the rest of the lyrics so I would just repeat those to Tigger while I struggled to finish the bed.
Now that Tigger is gone, Chris and Puck are happy to take over the duties of making my job as difficult as possible and they are very good at it.
my Angel Bobo used to LOVE the bed! Do you know that Cody NEVER, EVER lays on it? Strange!
That is strange. I guess Cody just likes to be different.
One of our favorite activities is helping to make the bed. Though the mom doesn’t think we helped much…we don’t know why she thought that.
It is the thought that counts.
If there’s a bed to be made or sheets to be changed there’s a cat on the scene! Sam used to hear me doing that from ANYWHERE in our house and he’d be right there. These days he just sleeps right through it!
Pam
I’m sorry Sammy is not feeling well these days. We need to cherish these bad behaviors while we still have them.
I hate to admit that I miss some of those bad behaviors but I do! 🙂
Pam
I hate to think of a time when Chris will not be around. He is the worst behaved cat ever but I would really miss him.
I think the kitties think they are helping 🙂
Yes. It is like getting help changing your oil from a six year old.
Lol that sounds like our two. I even had Oliver balance on the edge of the bed once as we were trying to turn things over LoL
I can see that. They just have to be where the action is. 🙂
haha Bo usually gets caught under the sheets! Ellie
I sometimes just pull the sheets over them. They actually like that but eventually they find their way out.
I wonder if suki and hiro are the only cats who don’t care about making the bed!
I have had a few cats that don’t care about making the bed. As you know, they are all different.
That’s true! 🙂