Why do I still love this cat?

Question

We have a cat, well we have three...but this one in particular, we named him VADER. We named him that because he is an evil little ****! I am not joking! He is smarter than the average cat, I swear that when you look him in the eyes he is reading your mind! You can just SEE the thoughts running through his little brain! We inherited him from my best friend, her child was having headaches and she asked me to take him for a couple of weeks...well weeks turned into months and we started to love him so we ended up keeping him since my friend didn't want him back. We named him VADER after DARTH VADER, the evil one! LOL Vader startes trying to wake me up around 4:30 every morning to feed him....I have to lock him in the garage to get any sleep. He will jump on the bed, bother me, walk away for two or three minutes and come back repeatedly, if that don't work, he will knock my stuff off the bedside table till I get pissed and get up.

He will kick our stuff onto the floor just to watch it fall and he will pounce on my other cats and reak havoc just for the fun of it. VADER is two years old and he is a little demon seed.....why do you think we still love him???

Answer 1

You love that cat because he has "personality" - he makes everyday interesting! You can't wait to see what he's up to next with his little antics. And actually, your proud of him and the "intelligence" that he shows! I'd probably feel the same!!

Answer 2

Hi,

First things first. If you accept that the average cat is a hell of a lot smarter than the average human being then you will have an idea of the position of weakness from which you will be dealing.

Secondly, you have a smarter than average cat. He's learned to push your buttons and you're doing exactly what he wants. It's a matter of patience and discipline. He has the patience to continuously keep at you until you do what he wants and the discipline to do it repeatedy until you get the response perfect.

Now you have to turn things around. The first thing is NO GO areas. This includes kitchen benchs, your bedroom and the toilet if you're shy. Get a squirt bottle, in fact we find it best to have a couple strategically planted around the house to be grabbed when needed. Also we find that using water is not enough. Cats don't like overpowering smells so we mix some lavendar or rosemary oil into the water. What smells pleasant to us must be overpowering to the cats and mine hate getting this on their coats.

Next, about the waking you up in the morning, either exclude him from your room, or lock him in another room (not the bathroom or laundry as they can get very cold in there). Make sure that you make clearly defined meal times. Cats are not meant to forage all day, they are gorgers, not grazers. So set up a time for your cat to have breakfast and a time for dinner and stick with them. Also when he has eaten his fill take the bowl away. We usually leave the bowls down for twenty to thirty minutes but then they get picked up Otherwise like kids you end up with animals that are forever looking for food. If your cat looks like it's losing weight this way then either feed it some more food (if it cleans up) or try it on a higher protein level. Kitten food can be good for a bit, as I gather he is still quite a young cat.

Next get him some toys, and I don't mean just a mouse or two, if you can get him a scratching pole that has nooks and crannies and things that he can bash and pull etc. We have quite large cats (turkish vans) and we get those dog toys where you put the biscuits inside and our cat has to figure out how to roll the ball to get the biscuits out. It can be good for a couple of hours amusement for your cat.

And yes I do know what you mean about them plotting, I have one that I think of as Hannibal Lecter and the other is Hitler, one is a sociopathic nutcase and the other a meglomaniac, but in spite of that we adore them.

Answer 3

He has "smart animal disease" The smart ones can be a handful, but often we love them all the more. Besides, love doesn't always (or even ever) make sense. He is what he is and you love him! GOOD! Oh and since he's only two that's why he's causing so much havoc with you and the other cats. He's young and playful. As he grows he'll eventually start to mellow out.

Oh and the 4AM feedings? Yeah, he's got you trained. If necessary shut him out of the bedroom at night.

Answer 4

Well I have one that's about 5 months old. It was my mothers day present from my 16 year old girlfriend. It bit, hissed, and scratched me! It destroys my house daily,furniture, rugs, my legs. It is a kitten or cat !! They are not evil! Some Kitty's or cats my have had been born in a shed in the backyard(like mine) And still are a bit wild. I bought one from a pet shop once cost me 300.00. I called that one BOO BOO KITTY!! He made boo boos on the carpet for 3 months, Then he turned into BOO BOO Attacker.Miss him. If you have a male cat, kitty with no other playmates, they will run your house with fun, you will need to neuter your pet asap, or get new carpet. A female kitty will also run your house with fun. Over the years I learned that if you have a kitten or cat, you must provide them with toys, a kitty companion, best of all your love. Locking a cat in the garage is not a answer to the problem.Try to slowly get close to it, by petting etc. I know they scratch, do it anyway.

Answer 5

The equal chemical compound that acts as a depressant on human worried techniques acts as a stimulant to the pussycat method, however most effective while it's inhaled. Ingested, it places cats (and folks) to sleep! Weirdly sufficient, a few cats look to be resistant to nepetalactone, the chemical that triggers the response. They don't have any curiosity in any respect within the herb, at the same time others simply cross nuts over it.

Answer 6

haha...he sounds like a KITTEN!

Is he neutered? Because that might help. Also, training him with a spray bottle is working wonders with my cat, he stops acting like a little craphead as soon as he sees the bottle in my hands. Just as he's doing something bad, spray him in the bum with a cold burst of water, and watch how fast the little bugger shapes up.

But if that doesn't change his behavior enough to make your life easier, then it is probably just the way he is. Cats have different personalities and Vader's is just more of a little sh*t than most.

Answer 7

Change his name. Really. In your mind he is living up to his name. Cats all play around and "experiment with gravity" my Lucy knocks stuff around all the time.
Call him something neutral and see if you can knock the negative feelings out of your mind.
To get him to stop waking you up, leave him a little kibble overnight and some toys to play with. Rotate the toys. Leave a catnip mouse one nite, next nite a ball with a bell in it. A ping pong ball in an empty box is cat DisneyWorld.

Answer 8

he sounds like he is a youngster.
Males are very playful and mine are always getting into some kind of trouble. If I am asleep Loki comes up and pats my mouth to make me talk....then he knows I am awake and time to do his bidding.
My females are a bit calmer...must be a guy girl thing....guys love to play and cause havoc while girls are dimure and sweet
Read the poems by T.S. Eliot ...Old possums book of practical cats.You can find them online. The play Cats was made from them...you will probably find your cat in the poems and they are funny

Answer 9

Sometimes I think cats are gust like kids.They do gust for the fun of it.Know if he gust wake you up for cat food.put some in a dish for him all night long.That might help you.Know to brake the ice a little with Vader if he still Tell him you need your sleep and your gust going have to weight.Treat him like a human.He will understand.

Answer 10

Cats have individual personalities, he just has a funny one, my husband had a cat when he was younger who held grudges against his siblings, if they moved him of their bed and they would should they door and he would wait and wait until they door was open and wee on their bed gross i know.

Just leave an extra amount of food and water for him over night and leave him in kitchen with litter tray and close doors, if he is as smart as you say he will probably open the doors. Spooky kitty