Cats will be cats. Especially bored, frustrated, and/or just plain temporarily evil cats ;-P

For years my husband got up at 4:30 am to get ready for work. First thing he did was feed the cat. Now we are retired and want to sleep in. Pretty Boy refuses to acknowledge the retirement schedule, its been over a year. We have tried to reprogram him, nope. Knocks stuff off of the side tables, yowling loud enough to wake the whole neighborhood. Huge tom cat jumping on us...

I shared 14 years with a tortoiseshell named Lilith well that name was well deserved, she would bite my ankles every times i was about to get out the house and every single day she pooped behind the door ( she had everything she needed to do her business) as the door needed to be pushed in to open it was always a pleasure to come back home. But the worst was her behaviour ^^ a hyena was nothing compared to her my guest had to hide shoes and bags or she would "mark" them and they werent allowed to free roam in my house i had to go with them to the bathroom door etc..or she would attack them going for the head preferably meowing like a devil . She was a total monster to anyone but me, i was the only one able to touch her she 's been sleeping on my back every night purring like a truck motor; oh boy i miss my demon

One of my cats is a chow hound. She loves to eat and will beg for food at the crack of dawn. I am fortunate to sleep in an area of the house where I can't hear her, and she can't bother me.

After reading all of these posts, I want a cat even more

a lot of this behavior could be fixed by toys and mental/physical stimulation. cats get bored and then play with whatever's around.

i live with a kitten who wakes me up around 5:30 for sckritches, and i haven't had a good nights sleep in a year

This crusty old lady would go outside to defend her yard from coyotes. She would stare them down until they slunk away tail between their legs. At first I worried about her, but after I've observed her often enough, I trusted her judgement. She hated anything canine. One evening my friends came over in their pickup with their sweet black lab (who was used to cats) and we all sat outside and watched the moon rise. By that time the cat was hard of hearing, so when the dog snuck up on her from behind, she did not notice until he touched her ear. She jumped up on her one hind leg and smacked him around the head, hissing, yelling and screaming. Then chased him back to his car. For the rest of the evening the poor shaking dog stayed in the truck bed, while the cat simply walked back to her spot like nothing ever happened. IMG_2809-5...56c7b8.jpg

Everyone who loves their glorious bastards needs the see this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6leGvf6BeM

Years ago I had a ginger cat I named C3PO. One time I had my dinner on a TV tray, and when C3PO got the evening crazies he jumped on the tray and knocked it over.

I've had at least 3 WWCs. The first was when I was a toddler. He would lie on my mother's ironing board and wait for me to walk by so he could swat my head or face with his claws. I still have scars. The second was one who would not only tip over any glass of liquid available, he learned to open my dresser drawers and would pull all my socks and underwear out and drag them all over the house. The third was a sweet cat, but was obsessed with me. He humped my legs when I was in bed, and peed on all my clothes if they were in a laundry basket. He finally had to go when he peed on my bed, with me in it!