I've adopted a monster

[TrogL]

Be careful what you wish for.

You may remember I've been talking about adopting a cat to replace a kitten gone missing, with the intention of auditioning a lapkitty.

Yesterday I went to the pound and looked at several cats but a one-year-old neutered male tabby caught my eye. Staff described him as "friendly" and "affectionate". They have a special room where they take potential adopters and adoptees so they can "get to know each other". The cat was a charmer. He sat nicely in my lap and wanted to be petted and rolled over and exposed his belly to be scratched and even licked my fingers so I took him home.

Things went fine for awhile as he went around investigating and getting used to the other cat (who is probably getting pissed off about interlopers on her territory). I laid down for a pretending-to-watch-TV-nap. Next thing I know there's this heavy weight on my chest and I can't hear the TV because somebody's revving a motorcycle in my ear. They I'm getting my face washed with a garden hoe that's been used to sort fish. Then I can't breathe because there's a tail up my nose. Then I'm choking because I've developed a fur collar. Then I can't hear anything because there's a cat sleeping on my head.

I give up on watching TV and decide to go to bed. The two cats decide it's time to stake out territory. The same territory. We lock one cat in each bathroom, so they decide to complain about it, then start arguing through the air vents. Then we try one cat in the main area of the house and one in the bedroom.

I wake up strangling. The new cat decides it wants a pillow. My pillow. My face makes a nice resting place. The purring is enough to rattle knick-knacks off shelves. Apparently my personal hygeine is not up to snuff as I require yet another spiked-tongue bath.

I've had no sleep.

Can you teach a cat to ignore you?

[wysimdnwyg]

1. Sounds like my cat!

Still, I wouldn't give him up for anything.

[TNDemo]

2. Mine did this for the first couple of weeks.

And it was the only cat. I would wake up to her nose and mouth on mine and constant romping on the bed and then sleeping on me. I think she calmed down once she got used to the place. Of course she still has to sleep right beside me...

[MuseRider]

3. Sounds like he is saying thank you

and he will do lots of nice things for you so you will keep him. It will settle down after a while don't you think? Ahhhh, that is really nice. Disruptive for now, but nice.

[ChickMagic]

4. My cat is 14 years old

and he still does that. He'll probably calm down a little as he gets older, but he obviously loves you. :)

[demnan]

5. Awwwww! That's sweet

Just get those nice long pillows and learn to sleep with your arm up and over the kitty's back. That will keep him in place. Discourage the licking, perhaps when he's had adequate food/salt in his diet this will die back.

Maybe he's just a little to anxious to please right now. He'll settle down.

[ronnykmarshall]

6. That's one friendly cat.

[Faygo Kid]

7. Hey, you are loved. There are worse things.

Annoying, yes, but unconditional love is pretty rare these days. Congratulations.

[Renew Deal]

8. lol

That's a great story.

[MissMillie]

9. What did you name the new puss?

Sounds like he really loves you. I think that's great.

[Daisey Mae]

10. What a wonderful story to read....

Sounds like everyone here wins. This poor little Kitty Kat was destined to a sad future at a pound and you rescued him... He seems to know it and loves you and his new home..... Keep the great reports coming... thanks I needed this...!

[adriennel]

11. when I got my cat

he insisted on sleeping on my head. Thankfully he was a kitten and did this for less than a year. He now sleeps on my feet (and I am used to not feeling my feet at night). Maybe your new guy is getting settled and as time goes on he will find sleeping places other than your head : )

[redqueen]

12. Aww that's so sweet!

What a nice kitty. Mine still sleep on my pillow and I've given up trying to do anything about it. Luckily for me they sleep above my head, so I can breathe, although the paws in the hair thing does get annoying sometimes.

Thanks for sharing the story. :)

[Don_G]

13. You Would Rather Have My Cat?

[TrogL]

14. The horror continues

Ank phoned a few minutes ago.

He was awakened out of a sound sleep by having his face attacked by a buzz saw wielded by something crushing his chest making a noise like an armada of tanks.

Then it sat on his face and had a bath.

[Skittles]

15. LOL

AWWWWWWWWWWWW YOUR KITTIES LOVE YOU

[sus]

16. oohhh that is so sweet.

you are so lucky.

[geniph]

17. Mine want to do that too

Sometimes they appear to want to attach themselves to my face a la the Alien. One of them insists on being carried around like a baby monkey, with his front legs wrapped tightly around my neck and his face buried in my hair. It's annoying, but cute at the same time. When I want one of them to move, but I don't want to psychologically traumatize them, I start doing something to annoy them in return, like picking at the fur on their toes or otherwise "overgrooming" them. They get irritated and leave for awhile.

You will have to get bigger pillows, though. We had to buy a king-size bed and king-size pillows to make room for the two of us and our three huge cats. And I'm LITTLE!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. Enjoy the gratitude while you've got it...

Just wait til the first time you're a little late feeding him.
You'll find out what pissed really means. :evilgrin:

Congrats on the new kitty....He sounds like such a sweetie!

[DoNotRefill]

19. That's kittie's way of saying "thank you for rescuing me from the gulag."

Enjoy!!!

[TrogL]

20. There was another cat needed rescuing

There was a cat there that used to be the "shop cat" for a bookstore. I'd met the cat before and it's been there for several months. I would have loved to give it a home, but I already know that cat is a bit of a loner and wouldn't be a lapkitty and wouldn't get along with my other cat.

I'd like to see it get a good home.

There was also a big old orange tom but he spent the entire time I was there hiding under something so I didn't think it was going to work out.

[RebelOne]

21. That is why I prefer dogs.

[TrogL]

22. They had a dog manning the reception desk

That was very, very spooky.

When I walked in there were no humans in sight but there was a big golden lab manning the reception desk. It barked a couple of times and motioned towards some clipboards with forms on them, so I filled one out.

A few minutes later a staff human came along and took the form from me as if this was standard operating procedure (which apparently it was). The dog was waiting on another customer.

Later on, I thought all the paperwork was finished and was getting ready to go, but the dog started barking like mad and a human came over and told me I wasn't finished.

That was very strange.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

23. Wow. . .

I know for a fact how smart retrievers are, but that's damn impressive. And yet creepy at the same time.

[TrogL]

24. They got a bit pissed off

when the dog tried to answer the phone.

And it was making keystroke errors on the computer.

Funny thing, though, it knew exactly where the cat collars were.