Conference misery::feline_v1

    
    	Oh, you lucky human, you.
    
    	My beloved (and long departed) Malcolm was like that.  Loved
    anything to do with water.  Showers, baths, you name it.  I'd love
    a feline pal to share the morning with me.
    	The current group are all curious, but aren't much on taking
    up the offer.  Sneakers is the closest.  He'll come to the side
    of the tub, grab hold with both fronts, and look in while I bathe.
     Occasionally I'll pick him up and let him wander around on the
    "dry" part of my belly and legs, but he doesn;t really want to soak
    down.  The other two (Smoke and Nova) are also curious, but if I
    pick 'em up, they start to panic.  Too bad.
   	Consider yourself lucky.
    
    	McQ
    

    funny that you bring this up.  verne has once again started showering
    with me too.  when the twins were young i lived at a condo where we
    had the shower in the tub with a curtain.  there actually was two
    curtains and both shirl and verne would love the mornings cuz they got
    to stand in between the curtains and jump at the drops on the other
    side.  it was very funny and when i moved into a home with a shower
    stall they waited patiently on the toilet cover for me to get out. 
    (boy was it funny the day that verne jumped up to the toilet and the
    cover wasn't shut!) (smile at the thought of it) 
    
    (my babies have never been one for shut doors.  they shutter at the
    thought of mom in the bathroom without them. really. they have even got
    a way to get out of rooms that we shut them into.  it was a big problem
    too where i used to live.  verne would lay down and put his front paws
    under the door space and shirl would get up on my nightstand and with
    her front paws (standing on her hind legs) she would scratch at the door
    knob so it would move and alas, verne would pull at the bottom of the
    door and wha la!  instant door opening...)
    
    anyways... i have since moved again and am back with the shower
    curtain.  this time we only have one curtain though.  boy was verne
    surprized when he started walking on the edge of the tub and got hit
    with water.  still though ... he loves it and so do i.  i love the
    company. if only shirl would join us too.

    Heaven forbid if we close the bathroom door!  Four very upset kitties
    would be sitting outside, with very huffy attitudes!
    My husband shaves in the morning with two at his feet, one on the
    closed hopper, and one on the sink.  It's Shave, push cats head
    out of way of running water, rinse shaver, Shave, push cats head,
    etc.
    At shower time, it's one curled up in front of the heater, two peeking
    at you through the curtain, and one on the hopper. (closed or open!)
    Close them out, and the scratching and knocking at the door drives
    you nuts!
    
    Oh, to be loved!  Isn't it wonderful!!!!!!!
    
    
    L- & the gang

    My bath has the added attraction of a heating grate in the floor.
   Just purrfect for cats.
    
    

    you know, yesterday verne started sitting in the sink while mom was in
    the bathroom cleaning.  at first he started to scratch and i was
    worried that he was thinking 'kitty litter' but he didn't... he just
    curled around it and meowed.  i can't wait to see the pictures.

    The seven poo-heads like to sing to me while I am in the shower.
    They sit outside the shower door and scream at the top of their
    lungs! :^)
    
    Jo

    
    I cannot go to the bathroom or any room, for that matter, by myself. I
    have an escort wherever I go.  Escho likes to poke at the shower
    curtain, sleep on the towels or go in & out of the bathroom while one of
    us is in the shower.  If there are any soap bubble left to play with,
    she likes to attack and pounce on them viciously until they retreat down
    the drain.
    
    Brandy on the other hand (or is that paw?), likes to jump up on the
    sink and give me head butts while I'm on "the throne."  Then he
    proceeds to tap everything, one at a time, off the sink or into it.  He
    likes to play with the water too.  Got some great pictures of him
    standing on the toilet, leaning on the sink playing with the running
    water.  Or he'll sit or lie down on the sink.  It gets kind of rough
    when he keeps sticking his head right in the middle of the sink while
    you TRY to spit the toothpaste out.  His timing is impecable, I've
    almost choked attempting not to hit him between the ears.
    
    In the warm weather Escho likes to hang out in the flower box (sans
    plantlife) that's on the bathroom window and will occasionally serenade
    me with her version of "harp music" (plinking the screen).
    
    I've had two cats that actually got in the tub with me!  Harry was so
    laid back that once I gave him a bath in a 5 gallon water bucket (for
    my horse).  He just sat there hanging his paws over the side.  He
    didn't even try to get away.
    
    What a crew!!
    
    Roslyn

                          Kai & Blackie
    
    Well, I have to get my two cents in here too.  I too have company
    in the morning.  Blackie gets up on the tub but will not jump in.
    Kai on the other hand lays over the heat vent on the floor.  Both
    of them just sit there until I am done.  Its so funny to watch
    them.  Then they just either sit there or walk all around me while
    I am putting on my makeup and doing my hair. 
    
    I tryed closing the door once and they stood outside the door and
    meowed and meowed and meowed.  They didn't like that.  Now I just
    keep the door opened and let them do there thing.
    
    Then my husband gets up and go downstairs and they hear the can-opener
    and they run like h___.  Breakfast is served.
    
    They are such a joy, we love them so much.
    
    Diane, Michael, Kai and Blackie
    
    
    

    Is the same Kai AND Blackie that Cin Gery visited before coming
    to see Pookie , Happy and Precious. this has to be a CATTYSHACK
    Family trait.. cuz Precious does the same thing..!!!!!!,
    she also took a shower with her Daddy Saturday nite..he was
    er umm, "amused". I also suspect she was taking pictures
    at the  same time.. cuz on sadi she would not get out of the
    tub.. he tried everything.. she had the biggest tantrum....
    so Mumy wnet in dried her off.. and I "thought "
    all was well.. when I heard a small ruckus in the bathroom.. to find
    Don "trying to Precious out of the tub again, and Happy sitting
    on the sink talking a blue streak, and HRH,, STAANDING UP ON HER HIND
    LEGS, watching DADDY trying to catch Precious in the bath tub..and
    giving him the most filthy looks... of course  I was trying very hard
    to keepa straight face,, HAHAHAAAAA
    Kate

    gee, I've got a couple of these shower kitties, too.  We laughed so
    hard when we discovered that Zelda liked to be with any of us when we
    are showering.  She doesn't come into the tub until after we are done,
    but she sits on the edge.   Well, she has taught Esmarelda that this is
    fun (actually, those two teach each other all sorts of fun things!!!!)
    
    So, now when I open the shower curtain in the morning, there are 2 sets
    of kitty eyes staring at me, one copper and one grey.  Essy sits on the
    tank of the toilet, Zelda on the floor.  They both jump in the tub to
    inspect the drain - making sure all the water is gone and the
    appropriate gurgle is heard.
    
    Essy then leaves for snuggling with my youngest son - under the covers. 
    Zelda, however, wanders back and forth across the vanity, which has 2
    sinks.  She will sit in the sink I don't use, watch the water, get
    under me when I brush my teeth (it took a couple of weeks for the
    toothpaste to wear off her shiney black fur last time she got in the
    wrong place at the wrong time).  the funniest part is when I put my
    contact lenses in.  I usually put a washcloth over the drain so if I
    drop a lens it won't go down.  She doesn't like that and will reach
    right in a move the cloth from over the drain!!!
    
    What would a morning be like without all this help?!?!?
    
    Ellen

     Ah Yes.. contac lens!!!!.. Precious   seems to like my case..
    one nite,.. I accdentally left the case on the  counter of the vanity..
    (lens inside soaking.. ) Happy was on the sofa resting.. Pookie
    was sitting with me helping me read my book.. when Happy sat up
    straight. after I heard thid little meow.. took off down the hall,
    then Pookie took off.. (after I heard the mummy  meow.) I thought ..
    how nice.. they are taking care of their "baby together".. thenI
    heard  "other noises.." I go up to investigate,, Precshie had my
    lens case and was "enteraining her sisters with her world
    famous juggling act, and Happy was trying to "help her".. Pookie
    was watching with an amused expression on her face.. I panicked
    and did retrieve (eventually) the case... I now put them  in a
    very high place. Preschie was not happy and Happy was not happy
    when I took "their entertainment " away.. and Pookie was 
    in a "snit. cuz I said no to the baby...
    Kate