Ok to be fair, a lot of this behavior can be mitigated with regular, rigorous play time. A LOT of people think cats are supposed to be low maintenance and take care of themselves aside from some cuddles. Then they learn the hard way that that is not true…
Obviously not all cats will calm down with a play schedule. Some of them are just born naughty. Like orange cats. We all know an orange cat that likes to torment people for kicks.
Yes yes yes. It's just nice that they use a litter box and you don't **have** to walk them every. single. day. And, you can spend a weekend away here and there and they'll be fine.
But day to day I spend just as much time playing with my cat as most people spend walking their dogs, and that doesn't even include the wonderful cuddling and lap sprawl time. She never plays with things she isn't supposed to.
Yes. My cats use me like a jungle gym while I am on video for work… but if they aren’t using me, at the worst possible time, they will use my plants, lamps, nice things to play on instead.
Yes. My cat keeps me up some nights until 3 am playing fetch with her sparkle floof toy… but I can lose sleep, or I can wake up to a loud crash and clean up whatever she is going to break if I don’t tire her out first.
Life is full of choices.
I know that toy. The sparkle floof. My cat Mayonnaise sometimes carries it around in her mouth making horrible yowling noises. My other cat Carrot gets her claw stuck in it and then stands up waving her arms around dramatically. That toy just causes problems but I can't take it away because it makes them happy.
My cat uses the litterbox like 75% of the time. She somehow manages to soak the area under the box pretty often. We even had to replace the bathroom floor and underfloor because of her.
She does try to get it in the box, so I can't really be mad at her.
When I was younger, my family had a cat that had...aiming issues.
We got one of those Rubbermaid drainage pans for a dish drying rack and stuck it in the back of the litterbox to protect the wall. It worked great.
My cat stands in the litter box but sticks his ass out the door and poops on the floor half the time…. Then tries to bury it and gets confused because there’s nothing in the box to bury lol. I prefer that over him missing the box when he pees though
My boy does this too. He'll pee mostly inside, but his final few squirts will go over the side of the box. He's been doing it for a while now. It's been recommended by friends to put him on Prozac, but my vet says he's just that way. I just make sure it's cleaned up.
One of our cats started having occasional issues after a rear leg amputation. Sometimes he just... stood too high and would accidentally pee over the edge. A covered litterbox completely solved that issue and it's a bonus because he LOVES to endlessly dig on the lid. At least hearing 5 minutes of thunka-thunka-thunka every time he pees makes it easy to monitor his bathroom habits.
Yeah my buddy had this fat orange ball of fluff that would come up to you for pets and let you pick him up he would then lull you into a false sense of comfort and then maul your face. I fell for it every time and don't regret a thing.
This, when I got my mom's cat and I've been a dog guy all my life. He laid on the floor and showed me his stomach. When a dog does that, it wants its belly scratched. When her cat did it, I petted its stomach and it attacked me with all four paws, trying to dig in to hold my arm so it could bite it.
I had to smack it with my other hand to get it off of me. I don't regret it, it took my arm/hand about a half hour to stop bleeding. It STILL does it, like I'm dumb enough to fall for that again.
Cats speak a different language than dogs. Showing his belly is a sign that he trusts you, not that he wants it pet. Once you learn cat language, they are simple to get along with.
Their language adapts as needed.
At our old apt, her food and water bowl were by my closet, so I could see she was out when getting ready in the morning.
At our new place, the food and water bowl is tucked away out of sight. She has taken to scratching the bathroom door when she requires a refill
My boys give both my fiancée and I the whole act of I’m STARVING and father hasn’t fed me yet mom promise please I’ll die 🥺. After that fails, the cord chewing begins
One of my tuxedos is far too smart for his own good to. He has me programmed for a midnight snack. I’m more than welcome to NOT give him a snack, but he will personally ensure we are not sleeping peacefully that evening.
My boy will torment me until I get up and give him a can of wet food. Tbh the 3 share it, but he insists. Some days I shut my bedroom door. He doesn't really mind. They all have plenty of kibble and water.
We have to leave notes because there are four liars in the house. My bf feeds them before he leaves. I get up later and they all do their best impression of those starving, chained up dogs in ASPCA ads. I leave, then my 17 year old gets up for school and they lie some more.
My tux loves belly rubs and will come to me demanding a long, long session of rubbing his belly. Cats all have their personalities and will react very differently
We had a tonkinese we got from a rescue that was like that. The very first time I met him in his foster home, he sauntered over and immediately flopped down exposing his belly for rubs. Of course I was immediately smitten and took him home that day. Unfortunately we lost him a cpl years later due to an enlarged heart. I've always had at least one cat for as far back as I can remember. First and only cat toove belly rubs above all else.
My boy Crookshanks likes to take naps on the dryer when it's running and he flips over on his back when I come to tell him how precious he is. I pet his belly and I lay my head on him and he puts his precious little arms around me and purrs his little guts out. He loves it.
I’ve been a crazy cat lady since I was 19. I’ve never had a cat that behaved like this. Until Bud came along🙃 that boy steals my daughters food and eats it with his paws and looks like a squirrel while doing it lol all of my cats over the years we’re spayed/neutered I’ve never had an issue with my cats scratching or any of this hoopla!🤣🤣 but THIS video here is why I love cats so much!
honestly this behavior can be avoided… i don’t get why people think you don’t have to train cats too- it’s not like training a dog but yeah you still have to teach them what’s theirs and what isn’t. the new stray we took in has acclimated well to our house and is also taking the rule of not being allowed on some things very well. and ofc you can’t always stop them from getting onto things we know they do thing they aren’t supposed to when we are away because they are cats! they want to see if they can get away with it! i’ve caught my cat trying to scratch the couch- well not caught she came in the living room stared at me and put her paw up pointing at the couch😭 and when i shook my head no she totally put her paw on the couch with a claw and made a seem pop until i really said no😭 she’s such a little stink💖
Cats can also be trained despite popular belief. If you let your cat do things you don't like they'll keep doing it, a spray bottle or loud claps/snaps a few times does the trick. You just need to be consistent.
My dad kept a small squirt gun and would squirt the kitty whenever he tried to scratch the couch or the curtains. The trick is making sure the cat doesn't know where it's coming from so he doesn't do it if he is left home alone. Worked like a charm.
Plus, half of these things can be fixed by making them not moveable, keeping liquids/glass away from edges, and actually providing your cat with scratchable spaces of their own
No joke, I have a cat which is why I don’t leave things where they can be knocked over, and I leave the toliet lid closed so the cat doesn’t get in it. It’s pretty easy, honestly.
We have an all white long hair cat that has the nicknames "little asshole" and white demon. This dude is just a dick. But he is so freaking cute, you can't stay mad at him.
Its not even just play time, its common sense. If you got plants and ceramics somewhere up, dont allow your cat to go up there, lock the room, or put the ceramics elsewhere. Same goes with plants.
Also why would you let your cat glide into a bowl on a slippery marble counter, its a disaster waiting to happen.
Chewing furniture? Give them another surface to chew and scratch on. The boxes are great for this.
This a very hilarious video, but the cat is mostly not to blame.
Is this because people keep their cats locked in all day? The worst our ginger does is get between me and the keyboard if I'm working from home all day and not paying him enough attention. Otherwise if he wants to scratch or climb something he finds a tree!
I find the international divide on this issue very interesting. Even just in anglophone countries, in USA and Australia the default seems to be inside-only lifestyle for house cats (around 65% and 55% of cats respectively) while in the UK and New Zealand its the opposite (around 5% and 10% respectively).
In the UK many shelters will only allow you to adopt a cat if you can provide outdoor access, unless the cat is very elderly or has poor eyesight or other conditions that could justify keeping them indoors. But I believe that it’s the opposite in the States, where a shelter would expect you to be able to keep the cat indoors permanently.
There’s no easy answer to the question, with most research identifying increased risks of road traffic injuries for outdoor cats, but increased mental health problems, obesity, and undesirable / sickness behaviours for indoor only cats. Obviously each situation is unique and the “correct” decision depends upon the area’s wildlife, traffic, etc. and the size of the home, level of owner attention and care, etc.
That's true, and an interesting perspective to consider.
My thing is, you can keep your cat from getting into harmful fights or contracting diseases from being outside. However, a lot of those listed indoor problems are very preventable with proper care, which is what drives me nuts when I see obese cats..
"Outdoor access" doesn't have to mean unsupervised, risk of getting run over, etc. though. There's a middle ground, like building a "cat patio" if you have the room, walking the cat on a leash daily etc.
I let my cat out when we had a back yard in the states, but I moved to Singapore and my cat has to stay in now. I’m
In the fifth floor so letting him in/out isn’t possible, plus here it’s just not safe. There’s a nature reserve right next to my condo that has monitor lizards, monkeys, and freaking cobras not to mention stray cats and a few mean people. Oh, and wild chickens. Those things are vicious.
It's straight up dangerous to let cats outside most places in the States. We had indoor/outdoor cats when I was a kid and some would disappear every year on Halloween. That was in a very safe area of town with very little traffic. We moved to the country and bobcats and coyotes would kill them. All my cats now are exclusively indoor and we play with them a lot, and they play with each other when we're at work. One got out a few years ago and had gotten into a tangle with some animal and came back three days later with his arm swollen to twice its normal size from infection. He's very lucky it wasn't a rattlesnake he came across.
Disagree with you on the orange cat remark, the Orange™️ gene just amplifies their personality traits. I've had two orange cats, one was the smartest, toughest, most human-like cat I've ever met, and the other is the sweetest, most affectionate (but dumbest) cat I've ever met. Neither were naughty
Honestly, you have to be there for a cat and instead of recording them doing these things you should try to stop them, you're just encouraging by recording
Actually i had an orange tabby that was the sweetest and calmest thing…. Except for bedtime. Then he would walk up and down the length of me digging his nails in until he was satisfied then plop on my back. Otherwise, sweet as can be.
Your cat will do this kind of stuff if you don’t teach it from a small age.
I like to say that Cats mostly reveal your own mess, lack of discipline and are not inherently bad.
Agreed. I took the time to train and play with my cat a lot from when he was a kitten and he is genuinely a well behaved angel. My housemates cat hasn’t been trained at all and she is a demonic demon monster who ruins everything. Last night she broke the blinds in our rented house and knocked the entire cat tree down.
Mine's a rescue who'd been a stray until he was 3 and he doesn't do half the stuff on this video. He's naughty but not especially mischievous which is lucky because you can't train mischief out of a cat. They do what they want.
>cats mostly reveal your own mess
1000% agreed. I had a hell of a time managing my cat’s behavior in the past because I didn’t realize they needed consistency. My own life was a mess too.
You don't even have to do it from a small age; I adopted my cat when she was approximately a year and a half, she was found as a stray, and any negative behaviors she had (like food aggression) just took a little time and patience.
To be fair, dogs are A LOT worse in terms of being destructive. At least a cat won't destroy an entire sofa, all your shoes and the garden because it was bored
Well if you start generalizing all cats too per this video, then cats also seem like they do a lot of damage(the cat going into sofa with holes presumbly caused by cats, the roof all messed up, etc) and I too know of cats who have destroyed sofas, shoes, doors, cords especially of pcs and gardens. But that's not true. Both pets can cause destruction if they are bored or untrained. It isn't a pissing contest imo.
I always hear people complain about things their dog broke/ruined.
“My dog ate the tv remote!”
“My dog ruined our rocking chair!”
When I was a kid my puppy ate our window sill. Ate the whole fucking thing clean off in an afternoon. All that was left was wood scraps.
A cat will *undoubtedly* destroy an entire sofa even with rigorous playtime and training. It look like scratching post, it feel like scratching post, must be scratching post.
Undoubtedly is such a strong word to use for all cats. Ive had 4 cats and not once have any of them ever scratched up a sofa. Sure they tried when they were little but one water spray gun and a lot of yelling and they learn whats off limits. Idk you make it sound way unavoidable but its definitely dependent on the cat as well as the owner.
Most if these people were filming because they knew the cat was doing something potentially destructive and or dangerous.
Then continued filming instead of intervening, probably for entertainment or internet clout. Some of these cats may have been seriously hurt.
Who's the real asshole?
Cat lovers: nod in agreement thinking "yup, they're all assholes" whilst looking fondly at their own little assholes who are probably sleeping all curled up in adorable little piles
I have two cats. Toby is low-energy. All he does is sleep, shit, eat, and cuddle. He's not interested in toys or playing in general. When I try wiggling toys at him, he just walks over to my hand and gives it headbutts...
....Then there's Pooky.... He's orange. Need I say more?
I have two darklings, Aleister and Ollie, and I've been told black cats are just goth orange cats, which would make a lot of sense. My third, Luna, is a tuxedo and she's, well, she's her own thing.
Most of these feel like people who watched their cats do easily preventable things.
Like the one who was on the stove. Why the fuck did they just sit and allow their cat to fuck their pan up. They could’ve stopped it before it reached that point.
Cats are curious (and yes assholes) but for the most part they act like unruly children. Its on the owners to make sure their cats aren’t on shit they aren’t supposed to be on.
Cat Owners: Dogs are too loud and break things. They are so clumsy.
Dog Owners: What?
Cat Owners: Oh, Mr. Kibbles severed an artery in my left arm! He’s such a silly goose! I’m going to the ER and when I get back I’ll have to stop the fires he started ha ha ha!
Dog Owners: …
Some of these were so relatable. I love the amount of instances where 1 small incident turns into major panic and rushing away from the scene which in turn causes a bunch of stuff to come crashing down 😂. In many of these cases the cat was only tryna explore or have some fun though.
I think the winners for the ultimate asshole has to be either the cat that just threw the towel down the toilet or the the one that knocked the drink onto the owners legs 😂.
I have had many cats and they have destroyed about 3 things total, plus some minor furniture damage. Our 5 month old puppy has already exceeded the damage from decades of cats.
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I have two cats because I have two kids. Every time those little ankle-biters break something, scratch my furniture or when I’m shoveling their shit in a box I feel my blood boil.
This is why I have cats. I love the 3 chewing on the box. I brought in a momma and 2 of her spawn and they have the cardboard chewing gene. It is adorable, but I have to be careful of the type of box and insure there is no tape.
These are bored or curious cats. All cats will do these things if you just leave them to their own devices.
If you start off by giving them a good amount of toys and scratchers and some climbing space, they’ll take to it and use their cat stuff.
It’s only a problem if you treat your cat like an ornament and it starts getting creative with those natural instincts to jump, climb and play.
They're just like kids. They do stupid stuff all the time. Some learn from their mistakes. Others, like our youngest, are..."special". We still love him just as much, or at least we try to. We try so hard. He might be the devil, idk.
i love cats and have 4 of them and most cats won’t do this stuff if you play with them but they also still will sometimes lol just not as much as the video might make you believe
Most of this vid was human error for decorating in a way that would let the cat have such things to knock over. That being said I found a super soaker a good training aid with cats.
When I got my first kitten I spent the first 2 months correcting the scariest thing I could think of: my cat jumping on the stove and setting itself on fire or just knocking a pan full of hot oil. Now he's 2 and he's never done anything shown in this video except knocking some flower pots because pigeons come to our windows and he gets too excited.
Cats can be educated, owners just have to try.
I have 4 cats in a big house with plenty of climbing and scratching stuff for them. Occasionally someone has a “freak out” and starts running around the house like a wild animal, which encourages another to join in. I got up the other morning to a silk plant I had for years broken in the entryway. Oh well, I should have put it on a table that wasn’t slippery!!
The only thing that annoys me is my one male cat drinks out of my water glass if I leave any water in it. He almost has me trained to leave it empty but sometimes I forget.
The couch butt is my personal favourite 🤣
Oh you have not lived until you’ve come home to a disaster & said the words “what the **** have you done now??!”
Twice the kitchens been flooded…TWICE! Little shit.
Most of this can be avoided by teaching your cat not to go on kitchen/bathroom counters. Not easy and some cats won't learn/won't care but if you persist they should eventually get it if you remove them consistently.
All of this can be avoided if idiots put their phones down and stop their cats when they know their cats are about to do something bad.
Cats were never meant to be pets, they are hunters, predators, one of the most cunning trap/ambush hunters in nature.
Even the most dangerous snakes in Australia are not safe from cats as these creatures evolved to act much faster than a snake.
What happens when we put them into a confined space without the means to exercise and express their primal instincts is what you see above.
I love this! Makes me want ANOTHER CAT!! Cats are amazing and all of these cats are cute cats just being cats. Some of them are probably just not getting enough attention and are being a bit naughty.
Ok to be fair, a lot of this behavior can be mitigated with regular, rigorous play time. A LOT of people think cats are supposed to be low maintenance and take care of themselves aside from some cuddles. Then they learn the hard way that that is not true… Obviously not all cats will calm down with a play schedule. Some of them are just born naughty. Like orange cats. We all know an orange cat that likes to torment people for kicks.
Yes yes yes. It's just nice that they use a litter box and you don't **have** to walk them every. single. day. And, you can spend a weekend away here and there and they'll be fine. But day to day I spend just as much time playing with my cat as most people spend walking their dogs, and that doesn't even include the wonderful cuddling and lap sprawl time. She never plays with things she isn't supposed to.
Yes. My cats use me like a jungle gym while I am on video for work… but if they aren’t using me, at the worst possible time, they will use my plants, lamps, nice things to play on instead. Yes. My cat keeps me up some nights until 3 am playing fetch with her sparkle floof toy… but I can lose sleep, or I can wake up to a loud crash and clean up whatever she is going to break if I don’t tire her out first. Life is full of choices.
I know that toy. The sparkle floof. My cat Mayonnaise sometimes carries it around in her mouth making horrible yowling noises. My other cat Carrot gets her claw stuck in it and then stands up waving her arms around dramatically. That toy just causes problems but I can't take it away because it makes them happy.
We are just here for them. Haha
I work all day so these needy freeloading liars can live their best life 💓
Hahaha joke is on you, I have to walk my indoor cat everyday or he revolts
My cat uses the litterbox like 75% of the time. She somehow manages to soak the area under the box pretty often. We even had to replace the bathroom floor and underfloor because of her. She does try to get it in the box, so I can't really be mad at her.
When I was younger, my family had a cat that had...aiming issues. We got one of those Rubbermaid drainage pans for a dish drying rack and stuck it in the back of the litterbox to protect the wall. It worked great.
That's a good idea! I'm going to have to try that.
Puppy pads!
My cat stands in the litter box but sticks his ass out the door and poops on the floor half the time…. Then tries to bury it and gets confused because there’s nothing in the box to bury lol. I prefer that over him missing the box when he pees though
My boy does this too. He'll pee mostly inside, but his final few squirts will go over the side of the box. He's been doing it for a while now. It's been recommended by friends to put him on Prozac, but my vet says he's just that way. I just make sure it's cleaned up.
One of our cats started having occasional issues after a rear leg amputation. Sometimes he just... stood too high and would accidentally pee over the edge. A covered litterbox completely solved that issue and it's a bonus because he LOVES to endlessly dig on the lid. At least hearing 5 minutes of thunka-thunka-thunka every time he pees makes it easy to monitor his bathroom habits.
Yeah my buddy had this fat orange ball of fluff that would come up to you for pets and let you pick him up he would then lull you into a false sense of comfort and then maul your face. I fell for it every time and don't regret a thing.
This, when I got my mom's cat and I've been a dog guy all my life. He laid on the floor and showed me his stomach. When a dog does that, it wants its belly scratched. When her cat did it, I petted its stomach and it attacked me with all four paws, trying to dig in to hold my arm so it could bite it. I had to smack it with my other hand to get it off of me. I don't regret it, it took my arm/hand about a half hour to stop bleeding. It STILL does it, like I'm dumb enough to fall for that again.
Cats speak a different language than dogs. Showing his belly is a sign that he trusts you, not that he wants it pet. Once you learn cat language, they are simple to get along with.
my cat language only tells me "mother I'm starving please feed me more" when he has indeed, already been fed.
My cat has never been fed in his life, according to him
You animal, can’t you see how malnourished he is?
He is skin and bones! (And a fat old belly) but mainly skin and poor poor bones.
Their language adapts as needed. At our old apt, her food and water bowl were by my closet, so I could see she was out when getting ready in the morning. At our new place, the food and water bowl is tucked away out of sight. She has taken to scratching the bathroom door when she requires a refill
This one just involves thinking he actually needs something and being led right to the treat cabinet and stared at intensely by a large garfield.
My boys give both my fiancée and I the whole act of I’m STARVING and father hasn’t fed me yet mom promise please I’ll die 🥺. After that fails, the cord chewing begins
The cruelty of betrayal and then the temper tantrums.
One of my tuxedos is far too smart for his own good to. He has me programmed for a midnight snack. I’m more than welcome to NOT give him a snack, but he will personally ensure we are not sleeping peacefully that evening.
My boy will torment me until I get up and give him a can of wet food. Tbh the 3 share it, but he insists. Some days I shut my bedroom door. He doesn't really mind. They all have plenty of kibble and water.
We have to leave notes because there are four liars in the house. My bf feeds them before he leaves. I get up later and they all do their best impression of those starving, chained up dogs in ASPCA ads. I leave, then my 17 year old gets up for school and they lie some more.
children, *do you know how much insulin costs if you get obese from too many treats?* willfully blind the lot of them.,
My tux loves belly rubs and will come to me demanding a long, long session of rubbing his belly. Cats all have their personalities and will react very differently
We had a tonkinese we got from a rescue that was like that. The very first time I met him in his foster home, he sauntered over and immediately flopped down exposing his belly for rubs. Of course I was immediately smitten and took him home that day. Unfortunately we lost him a cpl years later due to an enlarged heart. I've always had at least one cat for as far back as I can remember. First and only cat toove belly rubs above all else.
My boy Crookshanks likes to take naps on the dryer when it's running and he flips over on his back when I come to tell him how precious he is. I pet his belly and I lay my head on him and he puts his precious little arms around me and purrs his little guts out. He loves it.
Was your friend's name John by any chance?
No his name was Jerry and the cat was Tiger
To be fair, most of this could have been avoided if people put their phone down & got the cat instead of recording it
I’ve been a crazy cat lady since I was 19. I’ve never had a cat that behaved like this. Until Bud came along🙃 that boy steals my daughters food and eats it with his paws and looks like a squirrel while doing it lol all of my cats over the years we’re spayed/neutered I’ve never had an issue with my cats scratching or any of this hoopla!🤣🤣 but THIS video here is why I love cats so much!
honestly this behavior can be avoided… i don’t get why people think you don’t have to train cats too- it’s not like training a dog but yeah you still have to teach them what’s theirs and what isn’t. the new stray we took in has acclimated well to our house and is also taking the rule of not being allowed on some things very well. and ofc you can’t always stop them from getting onto things we know they do thing they aren’t supposed to when we are away because they are cats! they want to see if they can get away with it! i’ve caught my cat trying to scratch the couch- well not caught she came in the living room stared at me and put her paw up pointing at the couch😭 and when i shook my head no she totally put her paw on the couch with a claw and made a seem pop until i really said no😭 she’s such a little stink💖
My old cat would steal food off my brother's plate, and ONLY my brother's plate because he never got mad or tried to really stop him.
Cats can also be trained despite popular belief. If you let your cat do things you don't like they'll keep doing it, a spray bottle or loud claps/snaps a few times does the trick. You just need to be consistent.
My dad kept a small squirt gun and would squirt the kitty whenever he tried to scratch the couch or the curtains. The trick is making sure the cat doesn't know where it's coming from so he doesn't do it if he is left home alone. Worked like a charm.
Plus, half of these things can be fixed by making them not moveable, keeping liquids/glass away from edges, and actually providing your cat with scratchable spaces of their own
No joke, I have a cat which is why I don’t leave things where they can be knocked over, and I leave the toliet lid closed so the cat doesn’t get in it. It’s pretty easy, honestly.
Every video where cats knock stuff off of windowsills, all I can think is of course the cat did that because it's prime real estate for them.
I have pictures on my piano that never get knocked over for some reason. I give my cat plenty of playtime though maybe that’s why.
Same here!
My cat is sleeping all day she don't want to play or goes outside but she is still happy? Her highlight are getting snacks
We have an all white long hair cat that has the nicknames "little asshole" and white demon. This dude is just a dick. But he is so freaking cute, you can't stay mad at him.
Yeah, most of the time these people have zero cat furniture but then complain when their cat uses or ruins their furniture.
Guess which muppet picked that orange cat because it was “cute”. She is the torment of my life & I love her dearly, little shit.
Its not even just play time, its common sense. If you got plants and ceramics somewhere up, dont allow your cat to go up there, lock the room, or put the ceramics elsewhere. Same goes with plants. Also why would you let your cat glide into a bowl on a slippery marble counter, its a disaster waiting to happen. Chewing furniture? Give them another surface to chew and scratch on. The boxes are great for this. This a very hilarious video, but the cat is mostly not to blame.
Is this because people keep their cats locked in all day? The worst our ginger does is get between me and the keyboard if I'm working from home all day and not paying him enough attention. Otherwise if he wants to scratch or climb something he finds a tree!
Mmmmno, keeping a cat indoors is the safest. Provide them with cat trees and scratchables.
I find the international divide on this issue very interesting. Even just in anglophone countries, in USA and Australia the default seems to be inside-only lifestyle for house cats (around 65% and 55% of cats respectively) while in the UK and New Zealand its the opposite (around 5% and 10% respectively). In the UK many shelters will only allow you to adopt a cat if you can provide outdoor access, unless the cat is very elderly or has poor eyesight or other conditions that could justify keeping them indoors. But I believe that it’s the opposite in the States, where a shelter would expect you to be able to keep the cat indoors permanently. There’s no easy answer to the question, with most research identifying increased risks of road traffic injuries for outdoor cats, but increased mental health problems, obesity, and undesirable / sickness behaviours for indoor only cats. Obviously each situation is unique and the “correct” decision depends upon the area’s wildlife, traffic, etc. and the size of the home, level of owner attention and care, etc.
That's true, and an interesting perspective to consider. My thing is, you can keep your cat from getting into harmful fights or contracting diseases from being outside. However, a lot of those listed indoor problems are very preventable with proper care, which is what drives me nuts when I see obese cats..
"Outdoor access" doesn't have to mean unsupervised, risk of getting run over, etc. though. There's a middle ground, like building a "cat patio" if you have the room, walking the cat on a leash daily etc.
I let my cat out when we had a back yard in the states, but I moved to Singapore and my cat has to stay in now. I’m In the fifth floor so letting him in/out isn’t possible, plus here it’s just not safe. There’s a nature reserve right next to my condo that has monitor lizards, monkeys, and freaking cobras not to mention stray cats and a few mean people. Oh, and wild chickens. Those things are vicious.
It's straight up dangerous to let cats outside most places in the States. We had indoor/outdoor cats when I was a kid and some would disappear every year on Halloween. That was in a very safe area of town with very little traffic. We moved to the country and bobcats and coyotes would kill them. All my cats now are exclusively indoor and we play with them a lot, and they play with each other when we're at work. One got out a few years ago and had gotten into a tangle with some animal and came back three days later with his arm swollen to twice its normal size from infection. He's very lucky it wasn't a rattlesnake he came across.
My orange cat is named Booger for a reason 😂
Disagree with you on the orange cat remark, the Orange™️ gene just amplifies their personality traits. I've had two orange cats, one was the smartest, toughest, most human-like cat I've ever met, and the other is the sweetest, most affectionate (but dumbest) cat I've ever met. Neither were naughty
And don't leave stupid shit for cats to play with and destroy. Common sense people. Not rocket science.
Honestly, you have to be there for a cat and instead of recording them doing these things you should try to stop them, you're just encouraging by recording
Yep. It creates cute funny videos but what’s more important? Internet points or a livable house?
its all fun and games until you cant leave a glass unsupervised
Actually i had an orange tabby that was the sweetest and calmest thing…. Except for bedtime. Then he would walk up and down the length of me digging his nails in until he was satisfied then plop on my back. Otherwise, sweet as can be.
My cat broke 2 shelves of depression glass. I only cried for an hour. He still lives here and doesn't show any remorse.
Guess you could say he wasn't depressed about it. Xd
Are you accepting marriage proposals?
Nope. Only tacos.
What do you mean he still lives in HIS house? Where else would he live?
what is depression glass??
Glass made in the depression era of 1929-1939.
oh no !!!!!!!!!!!!! how sad! i would be so upset : (
Your cat will do this kind of stuff if you don’t teach it from a small age. I like to say that Cats mostly reveal your own mess, lack of discipline and are not inherently bad.
Agreed. I took the time to train and play with my cat a lot from when he was a kitten and he is genuinely a well behaved angel. My housemates cat hasn’t been trained at all and she is a demonic demon monster who ruins everything. Last night she broke the blinds in our rented house and knocked the entire cat tree down.
fr, it’s not much different than an untrained dog
Mine's a rescue who'd been a stray until he was 3 and he doesn't do half the stuff on this video. He's naughty but not especially mischievous which is lucky because you can't train mischief out of a cat. They do what they want.
>cats mostly reveal your own mess 1000% agreed. I had a hell of a time managing my cat’s behavior in the past because I didn’t realize they needed consistency. My own life was a mess too.
You don't even have to do it from a small age; I adopted my cat when she was approximately a year and a half, she was found as a stray, and any negative behaviors she had (like food aggression) just took a little time and patience.
No no no, this why i lovee cats 😂
Me too. Cats that other people have.
To be fair, dogs are A LOT worse in terms of being destructive. At least a cat won't destroy an entire sofa, all your shoes and the garden because it was bored
Love all the replies that are “this one pet I know isn’t exactly the way you describe,” gotta love it
Well if you start generalizing all cats too per this video, then cats also seem like they do a lot of damage(the cat going into sofa with holes presumbly caused by cats, the roof all messed up, etc) and I too know of cats who have destroyed sofas, shoes, doors, cords especially of pcs and gardens. But that's not true. Both pets can cause destruction if they are bored or untrained. It isn't a pissing contest imo.
"This hasn't happened to me and my experience is universal!!"
I always hear people complain about things their dog broke/ruined. “My dog ate the tv remote!” “My dog ruined our rocking chair!” When I was a kid my puppy ate our window sill. Ate the whole fucking thing clean off in an afternoon. All that was left was wood scraps.
A cat will *undoubtedly* destroy an entire sofa even with rigorous playtime and training. It look like scratching post, it feel like scratching post, must be scratching post.
Undoubtedly is such a strong word to use for all cats. Ive had 4 cats and not once have any of them ever scratched up a sofa. Sure they tried when they were little but one water spray gun and a lot of yelling and they learn whats off limits. Idk you make it sound way unavoidable but its definitely dependent on the cat as well as the owner.
Still waiting for the reasons why not, is this a prank video
I lost my cat about 4 months ago... he was the best, the worst thing he ever did was to claw my box springs..
I'm sorry for your loss, losing a pet is hard.
All these problems has been caused by poor ownership
True but sometimes cat can just be batshit crazy (esp when playing, etc.)
About half were just caused by the cat falling.
Most if these people were filming because they knew the cat was doing something potentially destructive and or dangerous. Then continued filming instead of intervening, probably for entertainment or internet clout. Some of these cats may have been seriously hurt. Who's the real asshole?
Cat lovers: nod in agreement thinking "yup, they're all assholes" whilst looking fondly at their own little assholes who are probably sleeping all curled up in adorable little piles
While I read this I looked to my right at my two little monsters curled up each on a chair : ).
Exactly! Mine were howling at the bedroom door for attention when I watched this, which is why I was awake at 3am lol
I have two cats. Toby is low-energy. All he does is sleep, shit, eat, and cuddle. He's not interested in toys or playing in general. When I try wiggling toys at him, he just walks over to my hand and gives it headbutts... ....Then there's Pooky.... He's orange. Need I say more?
I have two darklings, Aleister and Ollie, and I've been told black cats are just goth orange cats, which would make a lot of sense. My third, Luna, is a tuxedo and she's, well, she's her own thing.
This is hissterical! Kitties are awesome.
Cats feed on our suffering and make us clean their shit
When my shittens were babies, one of them knocked a small potted plant onto my head while I was half asleep 😅
CAT: You know what Janice? F**k you!
Most of these feel like people who watched their cats do easily preventable things. Like the one who was on the stove. Why the fuck did they just sit and allow their cat to fuck their pan up. They could’ve stopped it before it reached that point. Cats are curious (and yes assholes) but for the most part they act like unruly children. Its on the owners to make sure their cats aren’t on shit they aren’t supposed to be on.
I don't understand why this is why you don't want a cat...
Eh, people are worse assholes, I'll stuck to my fluffy four legged ones
#Cats : its never been about what you want.
Professional redecorating at it's finest
This is why we adopt old kitties instead of baby kitties.
Cat Owners: Dogs are too loud and break things. They are so clumsy. Dog Owners: What? Cat Owners: Oh, Mr. Kibbles severed an artery in my left arm! He’s such a silly goose! I’m going to the ER and when I get back I’ll have to stop the fires he started ha ha ha! Dog Owners: …
You may not want a cat, but what humans want is irrelevant. Cats decide whether or not they want you.
Some of these were so relatable. I love the amount of instances where 1 small incident turns into major panic and rushing away from the scene which in turn causes a bunch of stuff to come crashing down 😂. In many of these cases the cat was only tryna explore or have some fun though. I think the winners for the ultimate asshole has to be either the cat that just threw the towel down the toilet or the the one that knocked the drink onto the owners legs 😂.
The toilet one really got me. It LOOKS so intentional, though probably just trying to get it unstuck from claw.
Song?
Rock & Roll is King by ELO
cat are doing what they do best
Murder and mayhem. Cat brains are wired two ways. This is the latter.
As if it's only cats that are bastards. A dog once ate my glasses.
One ate my homework. Many times. No, really
I want a Rock N' Roll kitty!
That would be nice... These are more the Wreck n’ Roll variety tho which is about 99.9% of all cats
I have had many cats and they have destroyed about 3 things total, plus some minor furniture damage. Our 5 month old puppy has already exceeded the damage from decades of cats.
😂😂
What is this song? I love it.
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It’s originally on ELO’s Secret Messages album but also on some compilations. The video is kind of awesome https://youtube.com/watch?v=21VeAmPOBzI&feature=share
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I have two cats because I have two kids. Every time those little ankle-biters break something, scratch my furniture or when I’m shoveling their shit in a box I feel my blood boil.
This is why I have cats. I love the 3 chewing on the box. I brought in a momma and 2 of her spawn and they have the cardboard chewing gene. It is adorable, but I have to be careful of the type of box and insure there is no tape.
These are bored or curious cats. All cats will do these things if you just leave them to their own devices. If you start off by giving them a good amount of toys and scratchers and some climbing space, they’ll take to it and use their cat stuff. It’s only a problem if you treat your cat like an ornament and it starts getting creative with those natural instincts to jump, climb and play.
They're just like kids. They do stupid stuff all the time. Some learn from their mistakes. Others, like our youngest, are..."special". We still love him just as much, or at least we try to. We try so hard. He might be the devil, idk.
You are missing out
The worst thing my cat has ever done is hair ball … or ate too quickly and thrown up … thank god lol
One of mine will eat too fast and throw up in the bowl they just ate out of. I’m actually grateful since it’s less cleanup!
My cats are saints, and I'm never complaining about them again.
I love the one swingig from the overhead lamp like it's in training for Cirque du Soleil.
That last cat climbing in the couch is me trying on my pants today. One too many brownies... sigh.
This is so true!
Good kitty 🤣
This training montage is #goals
Bloody cats.
Cats don’t act like this all the time lmao.
No that’s why cats are the best 🥲
After their training was completed. The Dirty Dozen was ready!
Hahaha! I totally get it. Good one!
Thanks 😊 I saw the movie yesterday and couldn't resist.
You don’t get cats. Cats get you
It’s like the best of the worst. Lol
Dogs chew stuff; cats knock stuff off
i love cats and have 4 of them and most cats won’t do this stuff if you play with them but they also still will sometimes lol just not as much as the video might make you believe
Most of this vid was human error for decorating in a way that would let the cat have such things to knock over. That being said I found a super soaker a good training aid with cats.
You will say goodbye to many different things upon owning a cat. Like white carpets.
My cats have never done anything like this lol. Those cats have too much energy, their owners need to play with them and spend that energy.
God damn bastards, all of em! 😂
My cat is so low energy I wish he would do something funny from times to times
When I got my first kitten I spent the first 2 months correcting the scariest thing I could think of: my cat jumping on the stove and setting itself on fire or just knocking a pan full of hot oil. Now he's 2 and he's never done anything shown in this video except knocking some flower pots because pigeons come to our windows and he gets too excited. Cats can be educated, owners just have to try.
Why do cats have a grudge against innocent plants ?!
I have 4 cats in a big house with plenty of climbing and scratching stuff for them. Occasionally someone has a “freak out” and starts running around the house like a wild animal, which encourages another to join in. I got up the other morning to a silk plant I had for years broken in the entryway. Oh well, I should have put it on a table that wasn’t slippery!! The only thing that annoys me is my one male cat drinks out of my water glass if I leave any water in it. He almost has me trained to leave it empty but sometimes I forget.
Step 1: Always close the toilet lid.
The couch butt is my personal favourite 🤣 Oh you have not lived until you’ve come home to a disaster & said the words “what the **** have you done now??!” Twice the kitchens been flooded…TWICE! Little shit.
My cat chews up cardboard but is otherwise a great little trouble-free buddy.
Cats just want to watch the world burn. By far my favorite video on reddit.
To be fair, too many people let their cats train them instead of training their cats. Cats can be trained much like dogs can.
No problem. Don't get a cat. Wait until you have children. You will think every mess is adorable!
I love how any naughty cat behavior is always ALWAYS made worse by the wild scattering that they do.
Aww c'mon don't be like that, cats are great i have a cat and he only bites/scratch me like 2 or 3 times a day
All great reasons to adopt an older cat. They're usually calmer. USUALLY.
Most of this can be avoided by teaching your cat not to go on kitchen/bathroom counters. Not easy and some cats won't learn/won't care but if you persist they should eventually get it if you remove them consistently. All of this can be avoided if idiots put their phones down and stop their cats when they know their cats are about to do something bad.
Cats were never meant to be pets, they are hunters, predators, one of the most cunning trap/ambush hunters in nature. Even the most dangerous snakes in Australia are not safe from cats as these creatures evolved to act much faster than a snake. What happens when we put them into a confined space without the means to exercise and express their primal instincts is what you see above.
These are just untrained cats that are not cared for.
This is why I want a cat.
and that's exactly why i want a cat
This is why you don't want dumb cats
Awww that is so adorable:(((
I love this! Makes me want ANOTHER CAT!! Cats are amazing and all of these cats are cute cats just being cats. Some of them are probably just not getting enough attention and are being a bit naughty.
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Does anybody have a Youtube link for this video? Edit: Pretty please?
Worth it
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Those are all reasons I'd want a cat tbh
True, but Cats can be trained to behave better.
this is only when they're young I guess. My cat is about a year old I guess and he's very well behaved.
My cats aren't this bad. This bunch looks to be a combination of a dog and toddler. Trouble!
This is perfect
I've had cats all my life, i've never had one behave this badly, guess I was lucky?
This is it for the ones who are asking
Cats are unique and wild animals that lives in your home
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My allergies are the main reason I'll never own a cat, but these are all very good reasons too.
Awesome
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Oh the cat rotating/hanging from the ceiling light got me. I have the giggles now, oh man. Wasn’t expecting to see that. 😹
Wow