The Companion Animal Gripe/Annoying Things Thread
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Bratt and Joon have decided that they like playing in my recycle bin...a cute little wicker basket that looks nice and hides the recyclables until I put them in the outside bin on collection day. So I now have a nice looking empty bin...empty except for when the kitties are playing with it...and an unsightly plastic bag hanging from a hook on the edge of the counter that is now housing the empty bottles/cans. Why fight it...I will lose.
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It's actually a little frightening what kittens will get into. When I adopted Misty and Sabrina, I had an electric paper shredder sitting on top of a wastebasket next to my desk, kept plugged in. I decided not to take any chances and put it back in the box, figuring I’d just take it out of the box and plug it in when I needed to use it. I also had a handyman come in and put in wooden bars in front of the open space at the bottom of my oven because I was afraid they’d get their tiny heads stuck in that space. They actually never showed any interest in that part of the kitchen, but I wasn’t taking any chances.
Needless to say, they still decided to go exploring in my wastebaskets, so I had to keep the wastebaskets empty as much as possible. Once they became adults, though, they lost interest in the wastebaskets, thank goodness.
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My boy's da took my cat Tif when he left me. That was about four years ago. A year later he gave her away without telling me! I still miss her. 
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My boy's da took my cat Tif when he left me. That was about four years ago. A year later he gave her away without telling me! I still miss her.
That's awful.
I'm so sorry he did that. 
When I moved into my first apartment, I left my cat Elsa with my parents. I thought they’d take care of her and she’d be safe with them. But they gave her away to their housekeeper without telling me. Then the cat got into a fight with a dog and was so badly injured she was euthanized. Once again, my parents never bothered to tell me until after the evil deed was done. I learned the hard way that animals are not safe around my parents.
That's awful.
When I moved into my first apartment, I left my cat Elsa with my parents. I thought they’d take care of her and she’d be safe with them. But they gave her away to their housekeeper without telling me. Then the cat got into a fight with a dog and was so badly injured she was euthanized. Once again, my parents never bothered to tell me until after the evil deed was done. I learned the hard way that animals are not safe around my parents.
That's so terrible! How awful! I don't understand how people can be so hurtful and deceitful to others! Makes me so mad!
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Chico is extremely picky about the litter box being clean. He'll sit next to it and cry until I clean it, if anything is in it. Always fun at 3:00 am. If he has to pee and poop, he'll pee first, then sit and cry next to it because the litter box is now dirty. I have to clean it before he'll finish going to the bathroom.
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My boy's da took my cat Tif when he left me. That was about four years ago. A year later he gave her away without telling me! I still miss her.
That's awful! I would've been raging.
Pixel threw up all over the clean laundry
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This is not really annoying but a little weird: Sometimes I'll see one of my cats licking her lips like she's just eaten something, but there's nothing put out for the cats to eat. This makes me wonder, what's going on? Did the cat eat a bug? 
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Yes...they are teeth marks. And they match up perfectly to Bratt's teeth.
He tried to play all innocent.
He tried to play all innocent.
My cat brought in a mouse last night, it must have wandered into the cat enclosure. My Jack Russell Terrier went bananas! She smashed through the baby safety gate we have across the doorway in our bedroom and ran downstairs, luckily the mouse had hidden behind some furniture and my husband managed to put it outside because if my dog had caught it, it would have been gone in one gulp.
My cat brought in a mouse last night, it must have wandered into the cat enclosure. My Jack Russell Terrier went bananas! She smashed through the baby safety gate we have across the doorway in our bedroom and ran downstairs, luckily the mouse had hidden behind some furniture and my husband managed to put it outside because if my dog had caught it, it would have been gone in one gulp.
The poor mite. It must be in mouse hospital having a nervous breakdown.
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Bratt was on my lap and I heard him crunching on something. I thought he was cleaning his toes. When I finally looked I saw this...
Arm to my eyeglasses.
Arm to my eyeglasses.
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I noticed my ferrets have been pooping in this one corner in the dining room, so I put a litter box there. They don't poop in the litterbox, but right next to it.
Pirate also likes to hide her food in the sofa, so that's kinda gross lol. They also like hiding their toys in there.
And I need to find a better way to block off certain areas so they can't get into them. Can't have them eating my other pets or escaping into the wild. The current set up only slows them down so I can stop them. Not sure if plexiglass would be enough to stop them.. Couldn't they just push it? idk.
Pirate also likes to hide her food in the sofa, so that's kinda gross lol. They also like hiding their toys in there.
And I need to find a better way to block off certain areas so they can't get into them. Can't have them eating my other pets or escaping into the wild.
The current set up only slows them down so I can stop them. Not sure if plexiglass would be enough to stop them.. Couldn't they just push it? idk.
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