Thread: Shadowing

Originally Posted by Daisyboo

Sebastian also follows me everywhere,but then my 3 moggies do to!It can get quite embarrassing,one day i was doing a leaflet dop for my aunties hairdressing salon and all 3 followed me all around our housing estate AND the neighbouring estates and then back home.I felt like the pied piper!!

This is very funny! Maincoon taught moggies and led the pack. If you had moggies without Maincoon would they also follow you everywhere?

Thank you all for your funny stories. I want to think that coonies love us so much and try to never stay apart from their beloved mommies and daddies. Intense curiosity is probably the second reason for shadowing.

Our pensioners dont follow us they are wey to busy sleeping for anything like that Louie does though so do the dogs if its food related

Schrödinger always makes sure he's in what ever room your in. bedroom, kitchen, sitting room.... toilet!!! he seems to get the grumps some times too as when he's trying to get some sleep and I move rooms he gets up, settles himself again in the next room then gives you the evil eye as if you did it on purpose telling you, these cats have a serious OCD problem

Speaking of "helping". After getting the windows replaced and then the re-org of the bedroom after he helped by washing my hair (and swatting my head for imaginary flys) while i was cabling under the desk (with him on top of it)... what a guy!

Hehehe, so Monty isn't the only hair-chewer then! Aren't they brilliant.

I have 4 cats, all different breeds. A persian, a ragdoll, a british shorhair and a Maine coon. The MC is definitely the CIA agent of the band. The ragdoll and the BSH are nosy too but not AS nosy...;-)
Only the persian (female) is quite aloof. She's an old spinster (like me..;-)

Freyja and Wicca have to be in the same room as us, and you can see they're torn if me and OH are in two different rooms! Freyja tends to follow me more than OH though, especially if I head upstairs to read in bed. Wicca is the one that can't take a hint when you want some privacy, and you're treated to relentless scratching against the door to get in. She's either deliberately trying to drive us insane, or genuinely thinks that she'll eventually wear through the door...

When I'm trying to get ready for work in the morning, I boot both of them out the bedroom so I can get on in peace; when I open the door to grab my coat etc, I find the two of them sat right outside, up against the door, waiting for me.

And I can't remember the last time I could have a pee in peace without the MC chorus outside the bathroom door...

Originally Posted by FreyjaRoMaine

Wicca is the one that can't take a hint when you want some privacy, and you're treated to relentless scratching against the door to get in. She's either deliberately trying to drive us insane, or genuinely thinks that she'll eventually wear through the door...

Or that you'll give in!

We have an older cat who will do the same thing -- but he was declawed. He's developed a technique of 'digging' at the door to make it rattle against the jamb.

If he gets too insistent, I grab the water bottle with the squirter, open the door, and see how many times I can squeeze the trigger.

Originally Posted by FreyjaRoMaine

FAnd I can't remember the last time I could have a pee in peace without the MC chorus outside the bathroom door...

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If I am in on my own I don't bother shutting the door anymore!!!! I can't remember the last time I had a bath without company either!! They even kept me company when I was in the bath when I was in labour

Freddie has never had a bath without an MC sitting on the corner watching

Cor,that was getting a bit personal of them Helen although I suppose you could class it as being therapeutic,they do seem to have a calming influence once they have got over nosing into everything,pulling out every toy they can & making sure every one possible that will go under furniture does & then sit & wail for you to retrieve them,play racing against each other thundering around the house & out into the cat pen,back again over the chairs onto the windowsill,oops sorry did we just knock that cuppa over,well look out here we come again,oh dear bruv think we pushed it too far jumping onto the dining room table & making mum fly to rescue her favourite candle burner,especially when she was on her hands & knees muttering some French language while she is mopping up the tea "she"spilt,should know better by now than leave it on a side table that is on corner number one of race circuit,what shall we do now,I know,we will all go to our favourite spot & pretend to be worn out & leave it to Shimba to stalk mum until she sits down & then he can win our case over,prurrp,prurrp,kisses,cuddles,just sit up a bit more so I can get right on your lap,thats better isn't it I can now look straight into your eyes with mine,just close them a bit to get the right effect,perhaps a little head nudge will help as well,yep thats done it lads I can feel her starting to relax out,job done,my big no1 shadow has worked his magic again .
I also have a black shadow when trying to do anything personal,the best is trying to put mascara on with him sitting on the dressing table beside you & then out of the corner of your eye you see a head tilting over side ways trying to get a better view.....
What would we do without them though,if they were not there with a paw beside you all the time wouldn't life now be boring....No 1 shadow has just arrived to help,wondered where he had got too..!

Originally Posted by Nikki

I have 4 cats, all different breeds. A persian, a ragdoll, a british shorhair and a Maine coon. The MC is definitely the CIA agent of the band. The ragdoll and the BSH are nosy too but not AS nosy...;-)
Only the persian (female) is quite aloof. She's an old spinster (like me..;-)

That's what I was hoping for, comparison of different breeds. It makes Maincoons even more mysterious when you think about why they follow you. May be because their ancestors followed fishermen on piers in Maine? Or followed hunters hoping for a shared piece of meat?