Flippy's Cat Page - Pet Peeves of our Cats

PET PEEVES

Cats must have pet peeves -- things that annoy the heck out of them.
For example, my cats hate it when I pick them up to cuddle them when
they're "not in the mood". Here are some other cat's Pet Peeves:

Comet's Peeve:
I hate it when Lena puts that massager thing in my face, so I hiss at it!
by Lena Kevin

Spike's Peeves:
I hate when Giselle captures me and then sits me in her lap on that thing called a recliner and turns on that big loud thing with all the people screaming and laughing and talking.
I hate when Giselle goes to school and does not come home until dinner time.
I hate that when Giselle comes home Dakota (the dog that acts like a cat) gets all the attention. (But I always get revenge on him! I know how to sneak up on him and scare him half to death!)

Ollie's Peeves:
I hate when Giselle picks me up and cuddles me and also when she accidentally sprays me with the hose!
I hate that Giselle lets the other cats come into the yard! I get in a big fight and chase them away immediately!
by Giselle

Becky's Peeves:
Balloons. She won't enter the room that they are in and hides under the bed.
Her Santa Claus hat. She looks very grumpy when it's on and then takes it off with her paw.
by Bridget

Spaz Peeves:
I REALLY hate it when my sister [Sam] doesn't play with me.
I don't like it when she brings in thoses other cats [Ki-Ki & Mi-Mi].
by Samantha Landrum

Pooker & Duker's Peeves:
Pooker and Duker hate it when I get out my suitcase and start packing, they keep getting into it and pushing my clothes out so they will get themselves packed to go with me.
They also hate when I get home from shopping and take one of the plastic bags and snap air into it... they run like the devil is after them.
by Lorretta Jean

Fredrick's Peeves:
When Mommy won't turn on the TV for my favorite Saturday morning cartoons, all she wants to do is read the newspaper!
When Mommy says I'm a stinky cat because I like to crawl under the car so she gives me a BATH!
Every Christmas Mommy makes me wear this ugly pointy, red hat with a white ball of fluff on the end. (which I chew on for pay-back!)
Mommy calls me a bad kitty and shakes her finger at me when I try to eat the chicken she has cooling on the counter! (How was I supposed to know It wasn't ALL for me?)
by FlamingKitty91

All the cats I've ever had HATE getting scotch tape stuck on the pads of all four paws, all at once. They tend to do a very interesting "I am not a happy cat" dance. (Please don't ask me how I know this.)
by Laurie Falco

Smaug's Peeve: Hates the vacuum cleaner. Obviously it was designed to suck up cats.
Ragtime's Peeve: Hates it when I open the door and it's the first day of winter. Obviously it's my fault that the door into summer doesn't work any more.
by Martha

If you close the bathroom door for privacy the cat yowls in frustration and annoyance: How DARE you close a door against him! (But if HE is using the toilet and you walk in it's how DARE you intrude! And, by God, you apologize!)
by Linda Marlene

Oscar's Peeves:
Having his paw held or kissed.
Having someone try to walk in front of him.
The computer.
Not having enough notice taken of him 24 hours a day.
Being picked up when he's not in the mood.
Having knots clipped from his coat.
Visitors.
Being left home by himself.
Birds coming too close to the door.
by Grace Tolson

Sassy's Peeves:
I dislike it when I have just had a feed of fresh meat and fish and my owner thinks she can scratch my belly saying, "your just the cutest little girl, do you love your mummy" I'm just wanting my food to settle and she's being all happy.
I hate it when my owner doesn't change my kitty litter tray every day at 5.00pm.
I get extremely upset when my owner gives me "Ocean Fish" instead of "Salmon and Tuna Pate".
I hate it when she moves in bed late at night and I get my puurrfect beauty nap disturbed .
I don't like it when she allows her visitors to pat me and mess my fur up.
by Jenny

My cat hates it when she is disturbed while she is sleeping. My partner has always been a dog person, but since he has met my cat he has fallen in love with her, but he still misses dogs. He is always complaining "Why does she sleep so much? All she does is sleep." So he tries to play with her, like you would a little puppy, patting it on the head etc., while she is asleep no less. She gets very snippy!
by Cherie

Furballs Peeve:
I hate my tail being touched. Everytime someone touches my tail, I meow and paw them.
by Mel C.

Pearl's Peeves:
I hate mylar balloons! If I spot one, I will not go into the room. I weigh 17 lbs and they just love to chase me around the house with that thing because they know I can't run fast.
I also hate the feed button on those darn calculators! They just love to push that button and stick the thing in my face and then laugh at me as I swat it as hard as I can!
by Melanie Manera

Ms. Neenah does not like to be ignored in the morning, when I want to stay in bed and snooze ! If I pretend to be asleep, a full grown Maine-Coon will dive bomb from the cupboard on my stomach, knocking the wind out of me.
by Gerda Verstappen

Fat Cat Jack's Peeves:
I hate it when somebody knocks at the front door. I growl very loudly and flatten my ears until they stop!
I really hate it when my slave eats I eat fish for tea and wont give me some straight away. I gently tap her knee with my front paw until she gives in.
I HATE IT MOST OF ALL when I have to leave my fleecy blanket on the living room chair to go to bed in the kitchen. I hide all around the living room, chattering until I finally give in and go to bed.
by Carol Francis

Gumbo's Peeve:
I live in Oklahoma, USA (Tornado Alley) so where I live, they test the sirens every month. I HATE that, because we have a siren no more than 100 yards from our apartment and it's loud enough to wake you from a dead sleep. Whenever it goes off, I run to mom & dad's bedroom and whine like a little baby, sometimes I'll hide under the bed until it stops.

Sadie's Peeve:
Whenever mom is in the kitchen, I like to jump on the counter to see what she's up to. If I get my little snooter too close to the food, she picks me up and puts me back on the floor. Then I have to keep jumping up there because she keeps putting me on the floor...I'm not tall!
by Jennifer Stafford

Winter's Peeve:
I don't like my owners refrigerator - every time it comes on I run away. Another one of my pet peeves is the Christmas tree being up in the middle of November - I don't like the lights. And my owner always wants to pet me. I like to be independant people. I will come to you when I want attention so otherwise leave me alone.
by Heather V.

Tigger's Peeve of the moment, is that darned "Willy Wag Tail" (a native Australian bird) who is guarding his partner and the nest in our back yard like a true little terrorist! He dive-bombs Tigger as he walks in the garden, and even pecks him on the back, until it just gets too much for Tiggy and he has to go back indoors. Roll on the day the little ones leave the nest and Tiggy's garden is his own again!
TJ's Peeve: I hate it when I stand at the glass door wanting to come in, and my humans look out at him and laugh. I hate to wait!
by Jo Crawford

Misty's Peeve: I hate when the phone rings. I feel like I must talk back to it!
Romeow's Peeve: I hate it when my dad spins me in circles on the floor. He says it's because I 'bug' him.
Bright Spot's Peeve: I hate it when mom tells me to get down off of the counter. She says I'm the first cat she's ever had that sassed back at her!
Gris-Gris's Peeve: I hate it when the dog licks my butt.
Ou's Peeve: I hate it when my mom pushes me off of her. She says that my claws are too sharp, but I own't let her cut them.
Ophelia's Peeve: I hate all of the other cats that I live with. I wish they would just go away.
Gambit's Peeve: I hate when I call the dog with my special meow and he refuses to get up and come to me!
by M. de Avila

My big cat Raven, HATES the vacuum cleaner! If I go anywhere near him with it he runs away at 100km per hour!
by QB

Chilly is really annoying everyday at 6:00AM when she paws my face and nips at my feet to wake me up. She even jumps on me then runs away like it is a game.
by Chilly's Slave

My Ally hates it when we have steak or chicken and don't share it with her.
Cobee hates it when we lock him out of the bedroom. He bangs his head against the door, attacks the carpet and cries and cries.
by Susan Pereira

It drives my cat crazy when I lock him out of the bathroom. If I go into the bathroom and shut the door my cat will whine and claw at the door non-stop until I let him in. What's really annoying is that even when he's nowhere to be found, if I go into the bathroom and shut the door then he'll show up very soon and have a fit until I let him in. When I do he gets up on the hamper lies down and falls asleep. Sometimes he'll turn around and watch the swirling water of the flushed toilet (fascinates him). If I'm shaving then he gets on the counter and watches me in the mirror. He even stays in the bathroom while I take a shower.
by Simon

My cat hates bananas. She smells it, hisses at it, then tries to bury it as if she is in her cat box.
by Kathleen Ingram

Closed doors are bad for cats... it annoying them... if I let my cats into the bathroom and close the door again they'll scratch again to get out. It's not that they want out they just HATE closed doors... all of mine visit me in the tub and shower.
Mine hate bugs... they're targets... regardless of what the bug may do to them (i.e. sting them)
by Phil

My cats hate stickers. Put one on your finger and they attack.
by Kingpin

As I was toting Simon from the kitchen to the living room yesterday just for the heck of it (I wanted the company), it occurred to me that if I were a cat, I would really detest having humans just pick me up and move me around whenever they felt like it!
by Michal Salat

I'm sure my cats wonder why I talk to them in such a funny tone of voice and use stupid nicknames for them. They probably wonder why I just don't learn to meow.
by Myoki

I think probably my Tigger's worst pet peeve is that I don't stay out long enough with her when I take her walking.... Yes, she walks on a leash! Of course, we mostly go where SHE wants to go, but... (In this Texas heat, I only take her out late in the evening & it's STILL too hot for me to stay out very long.) She's NEVER ready to go in, and if she's very put out she will chomp me when I take off her harness.
by Kathleen

Kai always seems most annoyed that I try to clip his claws just as he falls into a deep sleep. And I seem to have a knack for picking up a really good book every time he decides it's time to play Tag. My husband swoops down on him, making weird noises and moving very strangely, at odd intervals and Kai glares at him a lot. (Mind you, the reason Ron does this is because if he times it correctly, it is the Proper way to introduce a rousing game of Chase. It's just annoying if he does it at the wrong second.) Poor Kai. We must drive him crazy.
by Janet M. Schmitt

Ivy's Peeve:
Delenn always climbs up on "Mom" and crowds in, just when I've gotten all nice and comfortable. Every morning, Mom uses that loud thing that blows hot air near her head. I hate that noise and hot air! I hate it when Mom squirts me when all I'm doing is being curious (her story, my story - climbing up on top of my bedroom mirror in the middle of the night).

Delenn's Peeve:
Whenever Ivy is getting the sole attention of Mom. When Mom cuts my nails! Doesn't she know I might need those someday?! When Ivy steals my treats while I'm savoring them. If she wants to be a pig and eat them whole, that's her business. I preferred to chew mine up into little bits.

Delenn & Ivy's Peeves:
When Mom gets up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. Doesn't she know that it totally disrupts our sleep and cuddled positions around her?
by Debbie

My baby-faced Bandit believes himself to be the most f'rocious cat anywhere. He perches on the ledge atop our stairwell and keeps us safe from dragons. His pet peeve is that we think he's adorable. He's NOT adorable...he's F'ROCIOUS! His brother Jack is glaring at me right now because I have the mouse pad on my lap instead of him.
by Gilcat

My cats love to jump on to the bed for a cuddle in the morning, but they all show the same look of disgust when they realise the covers are back and we are wearing our *skin*. The pink wrinkly stuff must be horrible for cats to cuddle.
by Jeanette

Pinecone's Peeves:
Petting us while we're asleep.
Playing with our tails.
Allowing strangers into our realm.
Acting like they've never seen us barf before.
Walking into the kitchen and not feeding us.
Using the can opener on non-catfood cans and not feeding us.
Festooning house with delicious plants then squirting *us* with water.
Won't sniff our butts.
Too hard to wake up for breakfast.
Vacuum too much.
by Pam Shirk

Oscar doesn't like it if I shut the window because it's too cold or breezy, while he's having a good look at what's out in the yard.
by Nancy Rudins

Penguin gets *really* miffed when I sing or whistle along with music. She also hates it when I talk to my mother on the phone - and she can ALWAYS tell!
by Amy Fonoroff

One of my cats hates to be picked up and when I do, he "stiff legs" me, standing straight out from my chest, glaring at me. He loves to be petted, scratched, talked to, nestled in my lap... but no lifting up or holding. Margie nips my shins (gently) when I practice on my recorder or when I read aloud.
by QuinceyCat

Mosu: "She eats all this good-smelling stuff and doesn't always share. Sometimes I have to really act like a starving waif to get her to share... which is VERY hard... mainly cuz I don't look much like I'm starving..."
Sweet Pea: "She wants to TOUCH me all the time. I don't mind if she's scratching me under my chin and around my mouth but when she comes after me with that COMB thang... no way."
Silkie: "I'm JC's cuter-than-cute kitty and I wanna play ALL THE TIME and sometimes all she wants to do is sit at that MACHINE(!!); so I hafta go rub her legs to get her to pay attention to ME. And she's sooooo hard to get up for breakfast in the morning that I sometimes hafta swish my tail in her face. And she might do something about those loud noises that attack our home every so often: vacuums, airplanes, and most recently, firecrackers. Loud noises and people scare me. I don't like them."
by JC

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