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Offline Susanne (urbantigers)

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Re: The downside of having the heating on
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2010, 15:11:53 PM »
It was the same last night.  He settles down initially (presumably because the radiators are still warm) and then about 1.30am he gets all hyper!  I heard a noise last night and went to investigate only to find Mosi "wearing" a xmas bag (wine bottle size) - he had his head in it and was banging into the furniture - the noise he was making was the sound of the reinforced bottom of the bag bashing into stuff.  It would have been funny if it wasn't 1.30am.

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Re: The downside of having the heating on
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2010, 12:41:26 PM »
Hubby's started using the cat and radiator combo like some kind of furry microwaveable heatbag. He encourages her to go sleep next to the radiator to warm up, then coaxes her over for a quick cuddle to warm himself up, before plonking her back by the radiator to warm back up again.

Cat hasn't quite sussed out that she's being cynically exploited here yet.

As for her being manic all night - nah - she comes upstairs long enough to make sure the human pets are settled and asleep and then mooches off back downstairs again.

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Re: The downside of having the heating on
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2010, 18:54:39 PM »
Welcome back Rob.

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Re: The downside of having the heating on
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2010, 00:21:49 AM »
Sorry Susanne but.........................................................  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

MOSI RULES  :Luv2: :hug:

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Re: The downside of having the heating on
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2010, 20:38:06 PM »
yep seeing that here too :( little s*ds sleeping all day mischief all night
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Re: The downside of having the heating on
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2010, 19:50:56 PM »
I am mean I turn my radiators off about 2 hours before going to bed and therefore get them all snuggling into me for warmth so have no crazeee cats at silly o'clock in the morning but there again is regular I do not go before 2am to bed  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Re: The downside of having the heating on
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2010, 18:48:59 PM »
Warm radiators tend to attract cats.  Sleeping cats means no playing cats.  No playing cats during the evening = hyper cats at night.  At least when they're called Mosi  :shify:



I know the feelng as hyper cats also go by the name of Dandy especially at 2am

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The downside of having the heating on
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2010, 13:26:13 PM »
Warm radiators tend to attract cats.  Sleeping cats means no playing cats.  No playing cats during the evening = hyper cats at night.  At least when they're called Mosi  :shify:

Saturday night I was threatening him with rehoming!  Bedtime at approx 1am.  Late due to my nodding off on the sofa  :-[  Jaffa comes to bed with me and settles down on his hot water bottle.  Mosi has a bit of a frisky five minutes but seems to settle.  I have trouble sleeping and am only just dropping off at about 2.15am when Mosi starts his night time antics - whine whine play with me whine whine... climbing walls, climbing door frames, whining a bit more, pushing the bedroom door wide open so that all the cold air from the hall and under the front door comes into the bedroom.  So time out follows and he does actually go quiet.  Until about 5am when it starts all over again with the addition of door scratching.  I decide to ignore him but Jaffa gets up to investigate and as shutting Mosi in the living room means shutting Jaffa out, I pretty  much have to respond.  So I open the door and let Mosi through.  He continues his antics and tries to get Jaffa to join in (Jaffa is a good boy but I can tell he's tempted!).  So I'm afraid the pair of them got shut in the living room.  Silence until 7am.  Whine whine from Jaffa who is outraged at being shut out and don't I know it's way past breakfast time anyway?  So up I get to sort them out and feed them before crawling back into bed and trying to ignore Mosi pawing at my face.

Mosi tells me the snow is making him hyper  :shify:  I do try to play with him in the evenings but frankly Mosi has discovered a particularly cosy spot on the bed and when the radiator is on he likes to lie there rather than play.  But Mosi needs to do some running around in the evening if I'm to get him to sleep through the night.

 


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