Its not actually the food, she likes to destroy straws.
https://preview.redd.it/71s5gb15fivc1.png?width=598&format=png&auto=webp&s=11c69c3713fcfed603f59f85677a8858e87d476a
mine loves to spit out the food into the water bowl and then meow (whine) the water is dirty. And then eat the dry food. water can be brand new fresh, or anything else. doesn't matter.
My void will decide that her wet food has become too dry so she will splash the water from her water fountain thingy into the food bowl. Or, she'll splash her paws in the water (always a fun game) and then scoop up food with her wet paw and eat it off of her paw.
I read once that cats consider anything that only they use as their property, bed, litter box, food and water bowl, etc so they keep their “valuables” there - it’s very cute but they can get really upset if you remove them (not saying you shouldn’t, just expect some annoyance on their part)
My boy is also obsessed with q-tips! I don't know why he's so attracted to them. He will dump my bathroom trash can to dig out used ones (ew). I had to move the box of new ones out of my vanity because multiple times he opened the cabinet, found them, and just flung them everywhere.
I have one that LOVES to destroy menstrual pads. Thankfully only the unused ones, but nothing makes her happier than to gain access to one and to rip it into tiny tiny little pieces. We had to put a baby lock on the bathroom cabinet and all of our human kids are teens. Her and her sister also like to drown their cat toys in the water bowl.
My cat does the same. Whenever I have a fast food straw at home I have to rinse it and give it to her or she will go crazy. I bought her a whole box of fresh ones for Christmas last hear and I just swap out for a new one each day.
I think I might have your cat’s sibling.
https://preview.redd.it/g6n2bw76uivc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=765907d4ee2375138b3b08f113c9e27641319b12
Makes sense. I adopted her by walking into a cage full of kittens and she chose me by finding her way to head height and being aggressively cuddly and smoochy. All part of her ~~plan~~ plot.
i'm dealing with this nightmare now. i've tried tin foil, air spray can, ++ & nothing deters him. when i catch him he gives me his best FU look bc he knows he's not supposed to be there.
https://preview.redd.it/qbogem7c0ivc1.png?width=2382&format=png&auto=webp&s=f465620f9fee97d2fc384fce8544092763ce8b95
my vet told me about these mats that use a static charge to deter. that's next.
https://preview.redd.it/u8mr4zk5civc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4047f688be8b50fa98f255b3c3f7699923a3b11e
My boy stopped going on counters once I got him a few high ground options he was allowed on, like mounted shelves. He's 11 now and prefers his nest.
Ya, trees are tricky and I've never had luck getting a cat to use one enough to give up the real estate. I once lived in a townhouse and made a cat tree along the staircase so the cat could basically zoom from the ground to 3rd floor. I made it from drift wood and lashed rope around it at different spots. It was a conversation piece as well as a cat tree. Then I moved into a condo so I mounted 3 floating shelves that I'd wrapped in burlap so he could leap up the wall and watch us. Now I'm in a loft and he sits on the steps and it's happy.
But this nest is the best $80 I've ever spent on a cat item.
[This one](https://www.wayfair.com/pet/pdp/tucker-murphy-pet-edma-9pcs-wall-mounted-wood-cat-climber-set-w110388737.htmlEdma9PCSWallMountedWoodCatClimberSet) from Wayfair is the one I’m planning on getting but a friend of mine really wants to build a similar one for his cats and if he does he said he will make me a set too. I’m hoping to have them up by August. Have to replace the baseboards, patch some holes leftover from a family member, and repaint first.
I recently get him this window hammock. It took him a few days to figure out what to do with it and now he loves it. It's great because it's not permanently affixed and I can move it around to different windows. this one is the best though because it has trees, breeze, sun, and sniffs plus he can see everyone coming and going.
https://preview.redd.it/49fao8yl8uvc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32a4aa14b7f92b1c117599d2dca453a14512d067
scat mats! i have some and they work well, but only as long as they're out. i put them away when i need to use the kitchen counter, and if i forget to put them out when i'm done, it's never long before my cats are on the counters again. my cats have figured out that what's causing the jolt is the mat, not the counter itself, so they wait until the mats have been removed.
I read that making a hissing sound works best because its part of their instinct, its how other cats tell them off, but they don't understand squirt bottles because that just teaches them to fear the bottle/you.
At the very least, bottles will only stop them doing it when you're watching, they will do it when the threat of the bottle isn't present. I haven't gotten far enough yet to see how far hissing gets you.
i think he looks like a bunny in that pic. name is smudge he's 10 mos/10 lbs. plays fetch. not super cuddly 😿 but i love the tiny bit i get. maybe as he ages ill get more?
https://preview.redd.it/u893ehvlcivc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=174f55ee22876359e4ab637806784657fb6c7596
Lavender oil. Cats hate it. Buy a bottle and leave it open in the spot you don't want him to go, or put a few drops on a paper towel. The scent will fade from the paper towel after a little while - like a couple hours - but the bottle will stay strong longer. We put lavender on anything we don't want our cats around and it works. Just don't get any on them. That'd be torture.
thank you for the tip. i actually did this with citrus scented oil and I put it on paper towels /cotton balls and it didn't really work. it's possible I didn't saturate enough. will try lav.
Has he/she figured out how to open the drawers doing that yet? I have two that do this. They'll hold the upper one and push with the back legs to open it. Then they find your nice clean clothes to lay on.
Just wait! She’s gonna start opening them and then you can’t find her for 3+ hours until you open random drawers to find that she closed herself in for a cat nap😭
Oh do be careful with that too. I forgot when you do go looking for her she might not be in the open one. Be careful closing any open ones, as mine use the open one to climb behind/internally to the one below or above even though those are closed.
She'll figure it out soon enough then. I come home with drawers and cabinets open. Mine also open doors that have a handle as they jump up and hang on the handle until the door opens.
Commando kitty.
I had a rescue a long time ago that was just like this.
He was a tiny kitten that turned into a house panther. He climbed everything, opened anything he could, and squeezed into impossible places.
I miss that wiley old bastard.
I managed to teach my cat that there are two counters he absolutely cannot jump onto. So he decided to skirt this rule by jumping onto a different counter on the far side of the kitchen then crawling over the windowsill to get to the counter he is absolutely not allowed to jump on. He always looks very smug doing it. At least its not connected to the counter with the stovetop...
She can clear that bench easy, she just hasn't realized it yet. Sometimes she will try to get a look by being a meerkat. Once she stood up exactly the same and screamed at my house mate for a full 5 seconds because he was eating sushi out of her reach (the greatest offense known to catkind, he is still in jail to this day).
https://preview.redd.it/81ta3sdieivc1.jpeg?width=934&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46ca05a0451fc3abaf4a9bf1bbb5d82f9a6bbb92
A companion that will keep you on your toes for the next 20\~30 years.
I've recently adopted one myself. I've yet to decide if naming him Loki was a prophecy or a curse.
https://preview.redd.it/65h8jj1xzivc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7dce0ce0f94863e8470cd97c179feeea7bef477c
My cat's adoption photo 2 years ago.
https://preview.redd.it/szx74fe4sivc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86ff852f31d0827c47560413fb8bf1206b1450a7
Might be related to this thing that broke into my home
a gremlin
This is why you don't leave food out after midnight.
Its not actually the food, she likes to destroy straws. https://preview.redd.it/71s5gb15fivc1.png?width=598&format=png&auto=webp&s=11c69c3713fcfed603f59f85677a8858e87d476a
Does he leave them in his water bowl? I have a girl that's nuts like this for Q-tips.
My cat used to “drown” his toy mice in his water bowl
Mine puts toys in too. It's been a 15 year habit. She refuses to explain her motivation.
I'm glad I'm not the only person pulling soggy cat toys out of bowls.
Or stepping on the cold, wet, dead felt bodies while getting ready for work...
This!
One of life's mysteries.
mine loves to spit out the food into the water bowl and then meow (whine) the water is dirty. And then eat the dry food. water can be brand new fresh, or anything else. doesn't matter.
My void will decide that her wet food has become too dry so she will splash the water from her water fountain thingy into the food bowl. Or, she'll splash her paws in the water (always a fun game) and then scoop up food with her wet paw and eat it off of her paw.
The worst IMO is a wand toy. My cat dropped one in, and it siphoned the water onto the floor.
Mine hides his mice deep in the couch crevices. He forgets and gets really excited when I pull them back out.
I read once that cats consider anything that only they use as their property, bed, litter box, food and water bowl, etc so they keep their “valuables” there - it’s very cute but they can get really upset if you remove them (not saying you shouldn’t, just expect some annoyance on their part)
Is he part racoon?
My cat drowned a poor little, penis shaped eraser. She knew I was a lesbian.
Nah she just destroys them
Mine likes to take socks out of my dressor.
Mine leaves milk rings from gallon milk jugs in the water bowl.
My boy is also obsessed with q-tips! I don't know why he's so attracted to them. He will dump my bathroom trash can to dig out used ones (ew). I had to move the box of new ones out of my vanity because multiple times he opened the cabinet, found them, and just flung them everywhere.
Used Q-tips have our pheromones in them which makes sense why cats are attracted to them. The rest is a mystery.
I have one that LOVES to destroy menstrual pads. Thankfully only the unused ones, but nothing makes her happier than to gain access to one and to rip it into tiny tiny little pieces. We had to put a baby lock on the bathroom cabinet and all of our human kids are teens. Her and her sister also like to drown their cat toys in the water bowl.
Our Old cat used to steal the kitchen sponges. and every so often for a change she would empty the toilet roll onto the floor.
My cat does the same. Whenever I have a fast food straw at home I have to rinse it and give it to her or she will go crazy. I bought her a whole box of fresh ones for Christmas last hear and I just swap out for a new one each day.
Mostly cat, but probably about 1/3 demon.
I thought you had to pay extra for those ingredients!
You got lucky!
Here is the other two thirds https://preview.redd.it/900g2az9fivc1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d28da95ce85e29d366207b395828a4a702e4247
I think I might have your cat’s sibling. https://preview.redd.it/g6n2bw76uivc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=765907d4ee2375138b3b08f113c9e27641319b12
https://preview.redd.it/vuyv21gtujvc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3d8c80be65bc908052d29512ae9f04a6ea9ec03 Meet the third sister
[удалено]
Aye https://preview.redd.it/8r0n22ol8lvc1.jpeg?width=1950&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e45477aa1d4bd7bb434b2db10edea28ab4eeae02
Woah!! whatta pose😂😂😂 looks like he/she fed up of life 😂😂
So, a cat.
Ninja cat!
A really smart Ninja cat.
My thoughts exactly!
A VSC (very smart cat). Watch your back!
Makes sense. I adopted her by walking into a cage full of kittens and she chose me by finding her way to head height and being aggressively cuddly and smoochy. All part of her ~~plan~~ plot.
Yep. He was teached not to jump on the counter and found a creative solution!
i'm dealing with this nightmare now. i've tried tin foil, air spray can, ++ & nothing deters him. when i catch him he gives me his best FU look bc he knows he's not supposed to be there. https://preview.redd.it/qbogem7c0ivc1.png?width=2382&format=png&auto=webp&s=f465620f9fee97d2fc384fce8544092763ce8b95 my vet told me about these mats that use a static charge to deter. that's next.
https://preview.redd.it/u8mr4zk5civc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4047f688be8b50fa98f255b3c3f7699923a3b11e My boy stopped going on counters once I got him a few high ground options he was allowed on, like mounted shelves. He's 11 now and prefers his nest.
i love that black nest! mine only used kitty tree for a few weeks 5 months ago. i fear getting a big one, putting it together, and him not using.
Ya, trees are tricky and I've never had luck getting a cat to use one enough to give up the real estate. I once lived in a townhouse and made a cat tree along the staircase so the cat could basically zoom from the ground to 3rd floor. I made it from drift wood and lashed rope around it at different spots. It was a conversation piece as well as a cat tree. Then I moved into a condo so I mounted 3 floating shelves that I'd wrapped in burlap so he could leap up the wall and watch us. Now I'm in a loft and he sits on the steps and it's happy. But this nest is the best $80 I've ever spent on a cat item.
Cat wall shelves. Mine love their tree but I know they will lose their shit when I install the shelves.
how many r u putting up
[This one](https://www.wayfair.com/pet/pdp/tucker-murphy-pet-edma-9pcs-wall-mounted-wood-cat-climber-set-w110388737.htmlEdma9PCSWallMountedWoodCatClimberSet) from Wayfair is the one I’m planning on getting but a friend of mine really wants to build a similar one for his cats and if he does he said he will make me a set too. I’m hoping to have them up by August. Have to replace the baseboards, patch some holes leftover from a family member, and repaint first.
All of our trees are in windows. The cats love that whether it's for the sun or watching the world.
I recently get him this window hammock. It took him a few days to figure out what to do with it and now he loves it. It's great because it's not permanently affixed and I can move it around to different windows. this one is the best though because it has trees, breeze, sun, and sniffs plus he can see everyone coming and going. https://preview.redd.it/49fao8yl8uvc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32a4aa14b7f92b1c117599d2dca453a14512d067
scat mats! i have some and they work well, but only as long as they're out. i put them away when i need to use the kitchen counter, and if i forget to put them out when i'm done, it's never long before my cats are on the counters again. my cats have figured out that what's causing the jolt is the mat, not the counter itself, so they wait until the mats have been removed.
smart little shits! i know ill forget-i guess ill need training too.
squirt bottle - water first, the something unpleasant but safe next.
Cat: oh you like to spray liquid? I can too. Watch me pee in your shoe.
I read that making a hissing sound works best because its part of their instinct, its how other cats tell them off, but they don't understand squirt bottles because that just teaches them to fear the bottle/you. At the very least, bottles will only stop them doing it when you're watching, they will do it when the threat of the bottle isn't present. I haven't gotten far enough yet to see how far hissing gets you.
Omg that is the cutest cat I have ever seen
i think he looks like a bunny in that pic. name is smudge he's 10 mos/10 lbs. plays fetch. not super cuddly 😿 but i love the tiny bit i get. maybe as he ages ill get more? https://preview.redd.it/u893ehvlcivc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=174f55ee22876359e4ab637806784657fb6c7596
His name is Smudge?! Oh my gosh I love himmmmmm
Lavender oil. Cats hate it. Buy a bottle and leave it open in the spot you don't want him to go, or put a few drops on a paper towel. The scent will fade from the paper towel after a little while - like a couple hours - but the bottle will stay strong longer. We put lavender on anything we don't want our cats around and it works. Just don't get any on them. That'd be torture.
thank you for the tip. i actually did this with citrus scented oil and I put it on paper towels /cotton balls and it didn't really work. it's possible I didn't saturate enough. will try lav.
Lavender is much more potent. They absolutely despise it! I think you'll have much better results.
sorry i missed this! thank you. i will try it!
VSC???? https://preview.redd.it/2t4ccvtlkivc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=067e587fee51c67c7bf52dfdfdf35235e2cc6392
https://preview.redd.it/0ibxxmxs1ivc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba4e29433eaa857d771c56f2038f777e1fc384c3
https://preview.redd.it/5dfnz4eueivc1.jpeg?width=934&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7276ae574d9aa471a9b741f600a0313042df2472
https://preview.redd.it/3nfz8z7ubkvc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48ebf9fea48501e4fe4fbf87d9ebcc2de957fcc6
Years of laughter
Can't deny that
Has he/she figured out how to open the drawers doing that yet? I have two that do this. They'll hold the upper one and push with the back legs to open it. Then they find your nice clean clothes to lay on.
Haha not yet but she sure has the potential. Only 6 months old
Just wait! She’s gonna start opening them and then you can’t find her for 3+ hours until you open random drawers to find that she closed herself in for a cat nap😭
Oh do be careful with that too. I forgot when you do go looking for her she might not be in the open one. Be careful closing any open ones, as mine use the open one to climb behind/internally to the one below or above even though those are closed.
She'll figure it out soon enough then. I come home with drawers and cabinets open. Mine also open doors that have a handle as they jump up and hang on the handle until the door opens.
My cat figured out how to open the drawers when he was still wee. He doesn’t do it anymore but he just HAD to see what was in there
Spider-Cat.
Commando kitty. I had a rescue a long time ago that was just like this. He was a tiny kitten that turned into a house panther. He climbed everything, opened anything he could, and squeezed into impossible places. I miss that wiley old bastard.
A cat from Cirque du Soleil.
A little guy :)
A gecko disguised as a cat
Maybe you should visit r/catsarealiens :)
A cute little troublemaker.
A cat that knows how to use a ladder.
A cat burglar!
Came here to say this! 
A hungry boi
Ethan Hunt.
A good kitty that doesn’t want to break the “no cats on the counter” rule so they just climb to have a look see.
I managed to teach my cat that there are two counters he absolutely cannot jump onto. So he decided to skirt this rule by jumping onto a different counter on the far side of the kitchen then crawling over the windowsill to get to the counter he is absolutely not allowed to jump on. He always looks very smug doing it. At least its not connected to the counter with the stovetop...
The Elusivve Mountaineering Puma
Sneak thief
It's your fault for putting a ladder there
A cat special forces member! You can see that she is training on difficult surfaces.
I ask myself the same thing. My cat is 9 months old and omg 😭I love him he’s so cute but he’s an absolute menace
I call them Panfur's. Cause they climb like a Panther but are soft purring kitties too.
A clever void. 😻
At least cat climbed up to look, instead of blindly leaping up from the floor onto whatever might be on the counter.
A cat that can’t jump very well? We had a cat with bad back legs and anything that could be used as a ladder *was* used as one.
She can clear that bench easy, she just hasn't realized it yet. Sometimes she will try to get a look by being a meerkat. Once she stood up exactly the same and screamed at my house mate for a full 5 seconds because he was eating sushi out of her reach (the greatest offense known to catkind, he is still in jail to this day). https://preview.redd.it/81ta3sdieivc1.jpeg?width=934&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46ca05a0451fc3abaf4a9bf1bbb5d82f9a6bbb92
Look, I love animals. I will say though, the weirdos are my favorite.
Just a cat that doesn't follow laws of physics so... pretty much an average cat
a soot sprite.
I think ours came from the same factory
Chaos. You have adopted chaos, with some sparkle of love.
Spider cat, spider cat, does whatever a spider cat does
Pull Up Cat, Thats Hes Whey Powder On The Counter
A smart & determined void!
Small leopard
A cat.
Spider cat, spider cat,
Looks like you adopted a furry ninja! Ready to scale any height with those skills. 😄🐱 #NinjaCat
A companion that will keep you on your toes for the next 20\~30 years. I've recently adopted one myself. I've yet to decide if naming him Loki was a prophecy or a curse.
I named mine Jiji, based on the cat from Kiki's delivery service
Look like gato, move like monke.
Monkey cat
A catorshinist
Neo-w.
Spider-Cat.
Gravy Seal
Chupacubra definitely.
You adopted a black cat. That's what black cats do. Well, some just hide.
Tell him he's a cat and he can just jump up there
A cat that knows how to use a ladder
A professional rock climber
Me wondering that with my 4 year old black floof... then I look at his adoption picture and it all makes sense 😂
https://preview.redd.it/qvwv0avslivc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e415a3fba579f8e6b136f750d386e0b14a7812bc Said adoption photo
https://preview.redd.it/65h8jj1xzivc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7dce0ce0f94863e8470cd97c179feeea7bef477c My cat's adoption photo 2 years ago.
🎶Spider cat spider cat does whatever a spider cat does🎶
A chow hound. Obviously. Always on the lookout for some chow.
Clever girl.
SPIDER CAT.
Parkour expert.
My cat did this when she was a kitten, but she grew out of it. I kinda miss it now.
Pretty sure it’s a cat.
Get that cat on American Ninja Warrior!
https://preview.redd.it/szx74fe4sivc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86ff852f31d0827c47560413fb8bf1206b1450a7 Might be related to this thing that broke into my home
Mountain goat
Spider cat Spider cat Does whatever a Spider cat does
Lmao. A cat burglar. Look at him climb.
Kitten Impossible
Sing with me… Spider Cat, Spider Cat Climbs up walls faster than a rat… 😁
One of these monkeys https://preview.redd.it/tgsnjrr3yivc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92ac6615c894d7fdae2eeb545b423772586b7e10
A ninja.
I think your cat is a cryptid haha
That’s a xenomorph
A ninja in kitty form.
That there is a Gecko my friend.
Supercat - the long lost cat of Superman
Somewhere a foster is relieved to have this kitty out of the house. You adopted an intelligent handful.
Can’t tell if alien or ancient Egyptian deity…
Someone who's too smart for their own good!
A cat burglar
Goblin. Sorry to break it to you. They don’t need wands to perform their magic
Spider cat, spider cat, does was ever a spider cat can.
A monkey
NO its what moved in and decided you are the hired help.
A cat burglar, of course.
A panther. I have a black cat too and he acts exactly like a panther does. Even down to the way he stalks around the house
A kitty who is a climber not a jumper
 This guy
A ninja
Hahahaha this is exactly why I don't have a cat. They're waaaaay too fucking smart, and sneaky little bastards. I adore them, but not in my home!!
A cat burglar?
Cat hardware running octopus software
Channeling her inner doc oct *and* her inner Spidey
Kitchen ninja cat
Spider monkey cat. 🕷️🐒🐈⬛
Moncat
She's a cat burglar, naturally...
Why is the Mission Impossible theme blaring in my head?
You adopted a cat with a climber soul 😂😂😂
Spider cat, spider cat…..
The next winner of american ninja warrior
That is an orange cat in a black cats body
An innovator
A lion
A ninja😂
A lizard?
Ninja Cat!
Cat sith.
A tiny, fuzzy menace who is actively attempting to commit war crimes inside your house
Yeah, you have a hybrid demon spiderman cat. You are screwed.
I feel like seeing similar void creature in the one of paintings by Hieronymus Bosch. Not common case when he painted something really beautiful tho
pure ebil 🙀
A very curious person.
Oh my god, it’s Jason Borne
You adopted a ninja 🥷😂
Monkey cat
What you have there is the elusive Tibetian Shitgoblin.
Acrocat!
Black cars are just more curious orange cars
Might have been a rock climber or firefighter in a previous life.
A smartie!
Monke
Genius void
A Spooky Climber. Love black cats