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[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 minutes ago

Cheap cat food. She turned her back on it, made scratching motions as if burying shit, gave me a "look" and stalked away.

[–] Gojitas@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago

The Washing machine. It was worse but still he's running outside.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Mother's cat hates everyone who is not my mother. She tolerates me enough to let me medicate her (she might like me)

The kitten is terrified of my twin. My identical twin. Kitten likes me. Kitten lets me pick her up and kissy her. My twin? Scariest fucking thing ever.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 6 points 8 hours ago

One of my cat dislike it when i touch his foot and tail and thigh too much, so i proceed to touch his foot and tail and thigh so much that he will start to bite me.

[–] Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

One of our cats is called Loki. He's scared of thunder.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

Would be funnier if he's called Thor

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 hours ago

Me trying to pick her up.

But once I do, she's like:

Then 5 second later, stuggles to get off me.

But also she never drinks from a water fountain. That fountain is now just collecting dust...

[–] Sho@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Citrus. He is genuinely offended if you offer him an orange

[–] urda@lebowski.social 8 points 9 hours ago

That’s due to the whole “citrus fruits are toxic to cats” thing!

[–] Flickerby@lemmy.zip 25 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Birds. Though her favorite thing is also birds. This...can create issues.

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If a ceiling fan is on one of my boys will hide under chairs and couches and basically just skirt around from cover to cover. I think he thinks it is a bird.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If it's not a bird, how come it has wings?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

That, uh, huh. I would like to refute that but I don't know enough about birds.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

Ah yes, the duality of cat

[–] j_elgato@leminal.space 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I've a cat that sits by the glass door and shit talks the birds, for hours and hours...

"Hey... Hey birb! Imma fuck you up! Hey... Hey other birb!"

[–] truite@jlai.lu 16 points 16 hours ago

The other cat.

[–] 2fm@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago

Being ignored.

[–] ExhaleSmile@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago

Kitty kisses!! I always get a stiff paw to the jaw when I go in to steal some...

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 11 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Cat b hated water. Cat a you could put under a shower and he'd be happy.

Cat b hated nail clipping. Well, about three paws might be tolerated but then it'd be enough and you got the teeth. Cat a didn't mind.

Cat b hated trips to the vet. Somehow he knew and would find the strangest hiding places that day and fight all the way into the carrier and out. Cat a would purr and brush against the vet, happy to see new people.

Taking medicine...

It wasn't that cat b wasn't chill or happy to be around people or anything, he was a big softy, really. But I can't think of much that cat a complained about.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 6 points 14 hours ago

Strangers, especially ones who try to pick her up like a dumbass

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

My phone when I turn on the camera to take her picture or video.

[–] TheDivineKeepers@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

🫣 So, not a lot of pics and/or videos?

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 21 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I have learned to be sneaky, but unless she's asleep or bribed with treats, they're mostly like this where she looks vaguely annoyed or disappointed with me.

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 hours ago

Naw the first one she looks mad, but the second you can tell she loves you for sure. Cute kitty!

[–] TheDivineKeepers@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago

😍 Well... let's say... She does not want her beauty to be on picture... Extremely beautiful cat 😍

[–] Cofeiini@sopuli.xyz 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The vacuum cleaner. One cat gets really scared and freezes while the other starts hissing at the machine when I bring it out.

[–] albbi@piefed.ca 1 points 13 hours ago

Ahh! The beast that screams while it eats! (to quote an old, old reddit comment)

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

An almost empty food dish... My cat starts meowing when there's like 1/4 of the food still in the dish lol

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Don’t you know? Anything less than full is empty.

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 5 points 13 hours ago

If the bottom can be seen at all that is completely unacceptable.

[–] ChaosCoati@midwest.social 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)
  • Camouflage (as in items of clothing with the pattern)
  • Tall boots
  • The color red
  • When you open a plastic bag, such as for garbage (but if they’re left lying around he loves to sit on them) - this doesn’t apply to treat bags
  • Tall men with deep voices - roughly 6’3” (1.9m) or taller
[–] TheDivineKeepers@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Ah... the plastic bag.... same here... 😂

[–] superduperpirate@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Cat 1 - being picked up. Usually makes him very squirmy.

Cat 2 - being petted when she didn’t initiate affection.

Cat 3 - interacting with cat 1, she doesn’t like him, especially not in close proximity, which he hasn’t picked up on despite her hissing and smacking him regularly for the last seven years

[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 9 points 17 hours ago

It's a love/hate relationship with the auto-feeder.

[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

Fireworks and thunder

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Non consensual belly rubs

[–] moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub 5 points 16 hours ago
[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 5 points 17 hours ago

Tummy rubs, unless my wife does it

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 2 points 14 hours ago

Being picked up. She lets me do it if I need to but only for a second before she starts wriggling and lamenting. Loves to lay on my stomach so it's not that she doesn't want me close but everything has to happen on her terms.

[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.zip 4 points 17 hours ago