What the male staff saw when he opened his eyes this morning.
I’ve discovered that, after a while, the female staff becomes a bit desensitized to my wake up shenanigans.
To keep things interesting, I must go in search of a new target. I don’t have to look far; only across the bed to male staff, who slumbers peacefully through BREAKFAST every morning.
Except today.
Today I decided to see how quickly I could rouse someone who was not used to fending off my genius tactics.
I tiptoed over to male staff. Stared at him. Then, sat down and gingerly settled my ginger-y tail on top of his face.
“PFFFFFFTTTTTTTEW!”
Haha! He was up! And, so was female staff. But it seems as if the unspoken rule among the staff is that whoever I target each morning is the one who must serve BREAKFAST.
Male staff was up and my kitteh-belleh was full within 10 minutes. YES!
Question to readers: who do YOU target each morning?
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That is a very gentle if tickly wake up call – one of my cats, Melody, has a new trick when meows and paws and claws in eyelids don’t work – she climbs on the door of the ensuite and jumps off the top of the door onto you – massive thumps and many pounds per square inch of pressure through 4 tiny paws later you are awake!!
Wow, Romeo! You got a two-fer today!! The female and the male!! We usually target our mom since she is the food server.
Boyd usually uses me for a landing pad to wake me up. If that doesn’t work then its the cover the whole face with furry body. If I won’t move then he moves to roomie’s side of the bed and starts knocking things off of their nightstand. Either way I am the one that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Jo
Skye is my alarm clock cat. She will sit and stare at me, bat my head and try to sit on me. She’s a big girl and will even try to sit on my shoulder if I turn on my side! The other two just sit and watch her until I get up!
Buddah (one of our males cats) is the spokescat for the group and is the one who goes to great lengths to get us up in the morning. He has knocked my lamp over onto my head numerous times and even knocked our t.v. off its stand! He’ll also wander around the bedroom screaming and when that doesn’t work he’ll start playing rough with his sister so that the sound of growling and rough-housing wakes us up. His latest trick is to climb up on top of the headboard and catapult (no pun intended!) onto our heads. LOL
The female…always the female! G Man takes the lead with assertive meowing, but Miss Spiffy has a special technique of digging along the side of the mattress with her too-long-because-refuses-trimming toenails that gets results every time. Male staff only serves when/if female staff insists.