# I Really Hate Our Cat **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-hate-our-cat/331274 "2005-11-16T05:58:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-hate-our-cat/331274/21 "2005-11-16T23:50:14Z")
> [@SHAKES](#): > > …You two remind me of the “Odd Couple” which one was the slob? Maybe you should rename you cat that… Oscar. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-hate-our-cat/331274/22 "2005-11-17T00:03:08Z")
How about a cat that likes carpets, and for variety the bare floor? The stupid beast splashes water all over the floor to lick it off the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-hate-our-cat/331274/23 "2005-11-17T00:25:49Z")
> [@inkleberry](#): > > It has bad breath. It drools. It coughs up hairballs in my pajama drawer. We heard it vomit in the night a few days ago- but we never found the results. > > \ > > It’s fat and food-obsessed. It steals food off our plates and hangs around under the baby’s highchair. It fishes in the disposal for treasure. It knocks over the trash. It eats anything- even pureed squash. The two are probably related. Get it on a regular and consistent diet and you should see a significant improvement ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-hate-our-cat/331274/24 "2005-11-17T00:28:37Z")
If he has catfood breath, you can buy little tins of cat mints (yes, really) at PetSmart for maybe a buck. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-hate-our-cat/331274/25 "2005-11-17T01:08:31Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s stumpy. So stumpy it can’t come down the stairs properly and so must hop like a rabbit. It can’t jump into laps, either, so it’ll just claw itself up your leg. Oh, and the bed as well. THis could mean your cat could have some sort of pain when jumping, does he have extra toes or horney growths (extra ‘things’ growing from his paws) which sometimes get in the way? Or perhaps pain in the joints. > [@](#): > > It has bad breath. It drools. It coughs up hairballs in my pajama drawer. We heard it vomit in the night a few days ago- but we never found the results. Cats have hairballs, get over it. As for drooling, it is a common thing for cats, it is a reaction from when they were kittens and feel a level of comfort and security that they fely when they were at their mothers teet, it’s a compelment. > [@](#): > > It bugs. It has an unholy attachment to me, even though I am the person who hates the cat the most. I have to lock it out of the bedroom because it sleeps ON me. If I sleep on my back, then it sleeps on my chest. On my stomach? It sleeps on my ass. Side? It’ll just drape itself around my waist and dig its paws into my kidneys. It’s been known to sleep ON the baby as well. Again cats sometimes get attached to people, or warm temps. Either you keep your home too cold or that cat really liikes you and the lil’ one. > [@](#): > > It STARES. Puts its beasty eye almost against yours while you sleep and STARES until you wake up. It’s a cat, so yes it would fall under the catagory of beast, and they do have great night vision. They like it when you get up, and know that if you open your eyes you are up. So when they don’t have any lint to stair at they will wait, looking at your eyes waiting for you. > [@](#): > > It gnaws its own toenails. Loudly. Try trimming them (find out how first, or it could be painful for him (and you). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-hate-our-cat/331274.md?page=1)