I’m not talking about violent crime or cruelty, of course, but those little things that humans do that, really, should be outlawed. Just because they don’t come with a jail sentence doesn’t mean they are okay to do! I am a very patient kitty, but some of these even get to me. In fact, this post was inspired by my human doing the very first thing on this list. Do you know how hard I worked to get a taste? Looking cute, being my human’s best pal, getting bossy — nothing worked. Now, that is a crime if there ever was one! So I decided to put together the list below. Maybe my human will think twice before she does any of these crimes again.
Crimes Against Kitties
- Eating fried chicken without offering us any
- Closing doors to keep us out of rooms
- Throwing boxes into the recycling bin before we’re done using them
- Waking us up from a good nap, especially if it’s just to take a photo of us
- Continuing to pet us after we’ve given the signal (twitching skin or tail, purring too loudly, etc.) that we’re finished
- Bothering us when we want alone time
- Or, conversely, giving us too much alone time
- Ending play sessions too early
- Not allowing us on the kitchen counter and table tops
- Three words: Daylight Savings Time
What other things do your humans do that annoy you? And what sort of punishment do you mete out, since jail is not an option?
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Frankly Summer, even though our humans do make an effort, they should simply be wearing prison stripes daily since they commit crimes against us all the time!.;p
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How much time do you have? Okay, here are just a couple…Lily Olivia, having my paws removed from the keyboard; Cooper Murphy, not being allowed back on the catio after dinner, Mauricio, trying to be forced to wear those silly doll sunglasses (wait until you see the photos…I know that woman will share them). XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, CalistaJo and Cooper Murphy
Heimdall: Cleaning ears, even when we ask her to, is a crime that is punishable by claws.
Little Bit: Not letting me groom their heads, especially Daddy’s because he’s balding.
Autumn: I pout, and I also turn off Daddy’s alarm for him by knocking it onto the floor. It’s not my fault it’s his smartphone!
Heimdall: Disappearing to that “work” place for hours, and taking Tabby places instead of me. I pout on Daddy the whole time she’s gone.
All of us agree with all the things on your list, except we’re allowed on one side of the kitchen counters. Daddy is the guilty one with taking our boxes! And we HATE the time changes!!!!
Oh! Oh! I have a crime. Mommy pushes me away when she says I’ve been licking her face for too long. Oh! And she won’t let me sit on her lap when she’s eating. What’s the big deal? Crimes for sure.
Oh dear, I’m currently in the sh*thouse with mom since she committed crime #5 yesterday. Dad came home from work last night to mom fuming and me hiding under the bed because I practically shredded mom’s arm. She was brushing me and was doing my tail end and she didn’t know I’d had enough and caught her off guard by letting her know it with my rapid fire claws. Things are a little cool right now…
our mom doesn’t eat fried chicken but if she is eating any sort of meat she doesn’t share. at least we are allowed on the kitchen table and counters (as long as our mom isn’t eating or prepping food). for everything else on your list, Summer, our mom is GUILTY 😀 (actually we are ok with DST – even though our mom is complaining about being late all the time, at least our meals are on time and sometimes even early 😉 )
pip, smidgen, minnie, hollie, sharpie, ditto, TL
Serving dinner late. Just because you were out and about, you should have fed the kitties before you left and after you came home!
What? She didn’t give you any chicken? What’s up with that? That certainly should be a crime! All those things on that list should never happen that’s for sure!
Summer,
My Mommy is guilty of ALL of them! Can mes add one more…
Not enough freeze dried SALMON!
Kisses
Nellie
TBT does several of those things. But he says 1) He has reasons and 2) He is in charge. We argue with him about both.
Oh boy, Summer, your list hit the nail right on the head! Those are all our complaints, too! Only, on the rare occasion when our mom used to get KFC, we jumped on the table if we needed to in order to get some. Then–THEN–she started going out and then come back smelling of KFC, as if this would fool us! We KNEW she was just eating it elsewhere!
Mum does some of those at times, but not all the time. Her biggest thing, recycling the boxes.
Our human is guilty of about half those crimes. How disappointing! We thought we had her so well trained, but it just goes to show how much work you have to put into a human.
Great list! I’m sure I’m guilty of at least half of those. Mudpie punishes me with a harsh word or two and withholding her affections for a bit 🙂
Summer, I have to say that my 13 adopted/rescued kitties have me well trained. About the only one of these I am guilty of is pestering them when they want alone time. My son and I NEVER come in to the house with chicken of any kind without planning on giving the *kids* some! Chicken is their favorite so we always buy extra just to share with them!! Boxes of any kind are usually in the house for at least a month before we recycle them. We don’t use the bathroom unless we have kitties to accompany us — MOL!! And our kitties are allowed to go wherever they want. We do not place restrictions on them — after all, it is their house too. We love our kitties!! ♥♥♥
Guilty, guilty, guilty! Especially the fried chicken one. What are humans THINKING?
We think petcretary and pawppy are guilty on all counts…they need a good hissing!
i’m only guilty of three. that’s not so bad…
Summer, I charge my humans with most of the crimes on that list! They can’t keep me off the counter, though, because that is wear my food & water dishes are, otherwise the D-0-G would eat my food if they were kept down low. And the table is M-I-N-E, well mostly M-I-N-E! Hmm… punishment, I would say I refuse to eat certain foods one day even it I ate them the previous day. This forces them to feed me what I really want when I want! I also sound my human’s alarm clark early & knock things off the counter, including “smartphones.” Tee hee hee! Thanks for sharing your list!
The human here is guilty of almost all of those. So Summer, we feel your pain.
I think a lot of humans would do these things
The only one I am not guilty of is the counters, I let them go on there. I do make them wear bunny ears though for photos which has to be a crime.
Oh Summer…these are things that I do to our kitties, without remorse. How many times have they awoken us in the night, so waking them up for a photo op seems fair. Any box that is removed, is replaced with a fresh one. Angel is shy, so we always seek her out to engage her in our chores, while Chuck is always snoopervising. As for too much petting…well, one has to make allowances for living with inferior-minded humans! Just sayin’.
My Mom does ALL of these except the first one, the one about the boxes and the too much alone time. My Mom should wear prison stripes for sure! Love, Cody
Claire is guilty of three crimes on your list ! Purrs
Tat IS a stern look! And yes, my mom is guilty of three of those!!! I give her sad eyes and wait patiently and guilt her into getting up and doing as I ask. It’s the least she can do.
I am guilty of those.
So, so guilty! We told our Mom these were all crimes but did she listen? No. Maybe now that they’ve been publicly displayed, now maybe she’ll listen. We’re living with criminals up here!
The fried chicken one are torture!
We’ve got ours pretty well trained.
We are pretty happy with our #1. She is quite considerate! The only thing she does that we truly disapprove is of is that she goes away!
Purrs,
The Chans
Guilty guilty guilty! Boy is my Mom in trouble!
^^ She’s also guilty of being a Mom to a Very Pretty Cat!!
after reading that list, we don’t think our mom could afford the bail to get out of those charges 🙂
There are times, when Sydney (my little brown female tiger tabby, who looks EXACTLY like Mommacatandherbearcat and Athena’s equally Pretty Cats) is curled up, sleeping, and purring. I can’t help but to “bury my nose in her fur,” and start “cat huffing” her (breathing on her). On a couple of occasions, Sydney gave me a little bite on the chin, basically telling me to stop!
Not giving us enough treats! There can never be enough treats, right?
Feet tickling. Ms Meow and Penny often remind me and their dad they don’t like it, but we cant help ourselves, their little toe beans just are to cute! Punishments range according to current mood of kitty.
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AFTER 15 YEARS YOU’D THINK SHE’D GET THE ‘BACK OFF’ SIGNAL
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Ooh, I might be guilty of all of these. Paisley gets back at me by grabbing my foot when I’m not expecting it. Terrifying and painful!
Our humom is guilty of all the things listed except allowing us on the counter. Mr. Chivers (senior) has IBD and is not allowed to eat our kitten food so mom feeds us on the counter, we often hear her say that she has created little monsters, whatever that means! MOL. Purrs
No fried chicken is especially a crime against kittehs. Thankfully, our mom is very well trained in this area.
Guilty as charged.
The Florida Furkids
Dang, the peeps here are 100% so something must be done!
I have to say that my Mom is totally trained but my Dad needs a little more work!!!!
Love, Teddy
Actually, the cats have us pretty well trained 😉
Yup!
Our mum is also guilty of some of these things :/
Purrs Georgia,Julie and JJ
Our mommy is guilty of some of those…….