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May 21, 2015 10:09 PM Subscribe
Playing this made my cat Very Confused.
posted by Mizu at 10:26 PM on May 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Mizu at 10:26 PM on May 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
I don't think anyone knows how to properly train or discipline their pets anymore.
posted by aloiv2 at 10:39 PM on May 21, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by aloiv2 at 10:39 PM on May 21, 2015 [8 favorites]
I have a cat who did this with the first mouse she caught. We get invasions in the fall, and her first year, she was still very kittenish. I hear this howling-growling angry cat and turn to discover she's caught a mouse, and the mere presence of myself has turned her into full on feral-cat mode.
(Fortunately she was young and inexperienced, so killed it right away. And lost interest quickly. Now she knows how to keep them alive, and you'll wake up to Banshee Angry Cat sounds and find out she's brought a live mouse into the bedroom and is pissed off that one of the other cats has come to spoil her reindeer games. So it's a matter of getting her to give up the mouse without dropping it and without running away with the mouse. Always a treat at 3am)
posted by [insert clever name here] at 10:42 PM on May 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
(Fortunately she was young and inexperienced, so killed it right away. And lost interest quickly. Now she knows how to keep them alive, and you'll wake up to Banshee Angry Cat sounds and find out she's brought a live mouse into the bedroom and is pissed off that one of the other cats has come to spoil her reindeer games. So it's a matter of getting her to give up the mouse without dropping it and without running away with the mouse. Always a treat at 3am)
posted by [insert clever name here] at 10:42 PM on May 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
I don't think anyone knows how to properly train or discipline their pets anymore.
Hello it is a cat. I think the best you can do is hope you're dead by the time it decides to eat you.
posted by phunniemee at 10:44 PM on May 21, 2015 [28 favorites]
Hello it is a cat. I think the best you can do is hope you're dead by the time it decides to eat you.
posted by phunniemee at 10:44 PM on May 21, 2015 [28 favorites]
Kittens these days.
posted by EatTheWeek at 10:47 PM on May 21, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by EatTheWeek at 10:47 PM on May 21, 2015 [5 favorites]
I had a cat that loved cantaloupe melon. But was choosy about it... really only liked good, ripe and sweet cantaloupe.
He lived 17 1/2 years and I still miss him.
posted by jeff-o-matic at 10:47 PM on May 21, 2015 [4 favorites]
He lived 17 1/2 years and I still miss him.
posted by jeff-o-matic at 10:47 PM on May 21, 2015 [4 favorites]
Also reminded of Broccoli Kitten.
Whether it's broccoli or pizza, noms is noms.
posted by scalefree at 11:18 PM on May 21, 2015
Whether it's broccoli or pizza, noms is noms.
posted by scalefree at 11:18 PM on May 21, 2015
Q. 9: Is this is best-practice kitten training?
posted by Thella at 12:43 AM on May 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Thella at 12:43 AM on May 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
I had a cat that loved cantaloupe melon. But was choosy about it... really only liked good, ripe and sweet cantaloupe.
He lived 17 1/2 years and I still miss him.
My mom's cat, Lewis, also loved melon. Especially cantaloupe, and would come running from half a block away when he smelled one being opened.
He lived to be 21 1/2, so maybe melon is the secret to a long cat life?
posted by still bill at 1:13 AM on May 22, 2015 [2 favorites]
He lived 17 1/2 years and I still miss him.
My mom's cat, Lewis, also loved melon. Especially cantaloupe, and would come running from half a block away when he smelled one being opened.
He lived to be 21 1/2, so maybe melon is the secret to a long cat life?
posted by still bill at 1:13 AM on May 22, 2015 [2 favorites]
Also reminded of Broccoli Kitten .
White cat knows it has a troubled housemate.
posted by qinn at 1:33 AM on May 22, 2015
White cat knows it has a troubled housemate.
posted by qinn at 1:33 AM on May 22, 2015
My very first initial reaction to the information provided above the fold automatically filled in "little tough (human) guy pizza thief" which I have to say resulted in a briefly held but strong, compelling mental image.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 2:21 AM on May 22, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 2:21 AM on May 22, 2015 [3 favorites]
He is creating a monster... NEVER, EVER allow a cat to eat from your plate.... I learned that the heard way... It's cute the first time, then you have cats launching themselves (on or is it lunching themselves?) onto the table during meals...
I did eventually solve it by getting a siberian husky to guard the table during dinner... I calculate that solving the cat on the table problem has cost me about $10,000 in dog food and vet bills over the past 7 years and has meant that I walk 4 miles a day and clean up an average of two piles of poop each day (5,110 total), and have to navigate around 76 lbs of husky sleeping sideways on the bed every night....
But, it's worth it not to have the two feral cats eating from my plate....
posted by HuronBob at 3:26 AM on May 22, 2015 [23 favorites]
I did eventually solve it by getting a siberian husky to guard the table during dinner... I calculate that solving the cat on the table problem has cost me about $10,000 in dog food and vet bills over the past 7 years and has meant that I walk 4 miles a day and clean up an average of two piles of poop each day (5,110 total), and have to navigate around 76 lbs of husky sleeping sideways on the bed every night....
But, it's worth it not to have the two feral cats eating from my plate....
posted by HuronBob at 3:26 AM on May 22, 2015 [23 favorites]
He lived to be 21 1/2, so maybe melon is the secret to a long cat life?
My mother's cat, Edie, loved cantaloupe, and she recently passed away at 19. You might be on to something here.
posted by Faint of Butt at 4:34 AM on May 22, 2015
My mother's cat, Edie, loved cantaloupe, and she recently passed away at 19. You might be on to something here.
posted by Faint of Butt at 4:34 AM on May 22, 2015
More anecdata, I had an old tortie who loved cantaloupe and lived to age 20. (Of course, she might have lived long out of sheer stubbornness because tortie.)
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 5:51 AM on May 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 5:51 AM on May 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
The woman is sending mixed messages to that kitten - she says "no" -- which means nothing to a kitten by itself -- but in a neutral tone of voice; she picks him up with food in his mouth, but puts him down in clear view of the pizza, she continues filming him with one hand and is clearly finding the situation humorous and enjoyable (or else she'd stop filming him). So, no, this isn't good kitten training at all.
So, no, this is not at all good kitten training practice.
(Please note that I'm not arguing that a different approach would lead to a docile, obedient cat, but it would probably be possible to teach the kitten not to take food from a plate on someone's lap. I've taught a receptive adult cat to be more considerate about food that I was eating -- even food that she _really likes_, and this is a cat that's always on a diet and always eager to eat.)
posted by amtho at 6:11 AM on May 22, 2015 [5 favorites]
So, no, this is not at all good kitten training practice.
(Please note that I'm not arguing that a different approach would lead to a docile, obedient cat, but it would probably be possible to teach the kitten not to take food from a plate on someone's lap. I've taught a receptive adult cat to be more considerate about food that I was eating -- even food that she _really likes_, and this is a cat that's always on a diet and always eager to eat.)
posted by amtho at 6:11 AM on May 22, 2015 [5 favorites]
Cantaloupe has a protein in it that is the same as decomposing meat-- if you sniff a cantaloupe very deeply, you can get sort of a bloody smell off it. And that's why cats are into it. Pizza needs no explanation.
Some of our semi-feral foster kittens got into the groceries and, working together, stole a bag of flank steak from my roommate, and we just about lost our hands trying to get it back from under the couch. They are fierce out of proportion to their size.
posted by blnkfrnk at 6:15 AM on May 22, 2015 [5 favorites]
Some of our semi-feral foster kittens got into the groceries and, working together, stole a bag of flank steak from my roommate, and we just about lost our hands trying to get it back from under the couch. They are fierce out of proportion to their size.
posted by blnkfrnk at 6:15 AM on May 22, 2015 [5 favorites]
Nice Ikea tags.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 7:22 AM on May 22, 2015
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 7:22 AM on May 22, 2015
Wow. Everyone thought it was so odd that my cat would go crazy for cantaloupe. No cantaloupe was safe. I mistakenly thought a whole uncut melon would be ok on the counter. Half hour later I heard a crash and saw the cat rolling the melon across the kitchen floor when I went to investigate. Bugger. (He made it to just shy of his 20th)
posted by imbri at 7:43 AM on May 22, 2015
posted by imbri at 7:43 AM on May 22, 2015
My very first initial reaction to the information provided above the fold automatically filled in "little tough (human) guy pizza thief" which I have to say resulted in a briefly held but strong, compelling mental image.
Was it the Noid? Because that what I thought of.
I am now imagining a tiny kitten in a Noid costume and my day is so bright.
(Yes, I realize the Noid was a pizza ruiner, not a pizza thief, so don't waste your time correcting me.)
posted by MCMikeNamara at 8:32 AM on May 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
Was it the Noid? Because that what I thought of.
I am now imagining a tiny kitten in a Noid costume and my day is so bright.
(Yes, I realize the Noid was a pizza ruiner, not a pizza thief, so don't waste your time correcting me.)
posted by MCMikeNamara at 8:32 AM on May 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm heading out to buy cantaloupe for my cats.
Science demands it.
posted by erratic meatsack at 9:33 AM on May 22, 2015
Science demands it.
posted by erratic meatsack at 9:33 AM on May 22, 2015
I'm heading out to buy cantaloupe for my cats.
Science demands it.
posted by erratic meatsack at 12:33 PM on May 22 [+] [!]
Me too. And if they don't like cantaloupe, I might have to sprinkle some catnip on it...
I want them to live forever too.
posted by pointless_incessant_barking at 10:33 AM on May 22, 2015 [2 favorites]
Science demands it.
posted by erratic meatsack at 12:33 PM on May 22 [+] [!]
Me too. And if they don't like cantaloupe, I might have to sprinkle some catnip on it...
I want them to live forever too.
posted by pointless_incessant_barking at 10:33 AM on May 22, 2015 [2 favorites]
My cat does this. He is so focused on and ingenious in getting at food we think he is part raccoon.
posted by oneironaut at 11:47 AM on May 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by oneironaut at 11:47 AM on May 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
Hello it is a cat. I think the best you can do is hope you're dead by the time it decides to eat you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puYANVYxPys
Cats are easily trained. Allowing the behavior in the OP's video to continue is a recipe for a full grown cat that bites anyone that comes near things it considers its property (like the food you are trying to eat in peace).
posted by botono9 at 6:00 PM on May 22, 2015 [2 favorites]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puYANVYxPys
Cats are easily trained. Allowing the behavior in the OP's video to continue is a recipe for a full grown cat that bites anyone that comes near things it considers its property (like the food you are trying to eat in peace).
posted by botono9 at 6:00 PM on May 22, 2015 [2 favorites]
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