Thread: Jones does not understand blankets!

Right, well Jones has now decided that we're the faking grumpy/hurt noises and just carries on digging.

If I sit up to remove him from the bed he runs away first and returns when I lie down again! Some sort of evil genius cat. I think I'm just going to have to resort to shutting him out for 10-15 minutes, the next time he refuses to stop.

It's weird because he's pretty well behaved the entire time apart from this one thing, the only other 'naughty' activity he gets up to is occasionally scratching at the lounge carpet, but a stern 'No' and he stops straight away in that situation (albeilt with a grumbly chirp just so I know how annoyed he is at me ruining his fun).

Yes, I've had a bit of bed digging and attacking here over the last couple of days. We have progressed from under the duvet to on top again. The thing is, he never attackes my daughter's when they are in bed, he is quite happy to snuggle down next to them. One thing that did occur to me - we have a feather and goose down duvet and they have synthetic one's. Could it be the feathers that set them off, what do you have Kobbs?

Synthetic here, unfortunately.

Actually, now that you mention it, he tends to go for me over the mrs most of the time. There must be a reason for that. The only thing I can think of is that I'm up before my partner in the mornings so I'm the person who always gives him brekkie. Maybe he's just trying to kick me out of bed to give him his food afterall? In which case he is a greedy little so and so because he gets biscuits left out for him overnight.

Originally Posted by Kobbs

Synthetic here, unfortunately.

Actually, now that you mention it, he tends to go for me over the mrs most of the time. There must be a reason for that. The only thing I can think of is that I'm up before my partner in the mornings so I'm the person who always gives him brekkie. Maybe he's just trying to kick me out of bed to give him his food afterall? In which case he is a greedy little so and so because he gets biscuits left out for him overnight.

We have the same, if either of us gets attacked under the duvet it's always the OH, we thought it was because he is a more restless sleeper but he is normally up first so it could be that Hector (it's always a boy cat!!) has decided it's brekkie time!!
He also gets his head turned off most mornings as he is always there when the alarm goes off and in his half awake state the OH just gropes for the alarm to turn it off and Hectors head is normally in the way!!!!

BTW we have a feather duvet if that helps with the debate

Hi,
I have to suffer through digging episodes every once in a while as well. What I found helps is placing one of their blankets on the floor next to the bed and hiding one of my old teddies underneath. When they start digging in the bed (and all they want is attention....and food) I put them on the blanket. There they can (and will) spend a few minutes of frenzied digging. After that it's quiet again.
Cheers,
HB
PS: And yes they will hit the unmentionables! Boy do they ever! Since mine are over 7 kgs each now I have been thinking about wearing a cup in bed ;-)

I have a great vision of all these cats digging up their owners to get food lol! To throw the cat amongst the pigeons, Mufasa digs the duvet after his breakfast which the OH has given him. It's me that he digs and not the OH, luckily I don't have any unmentionables but he is 8.5kg which is very uncomfortable wherever he lands or digs. He doesn't get much attention from his efforts, just me yelling 'GERROFF' as he jumps off the bed. It seems as if he has tried to lay peacefully but just suddenly the ears go back and he lunges at the duvet\me for no apparent reason. I'm still on the thought of the feathers being aggrovating

Bungo is exactly the same! It depends what mood he is in but when he is in a 'psycho' mood as I call it (which I can tell when his pupils are dialated) he see's the quilt as one big game and treats any bulge and slight movement almost as prey and he stalks and pounces on both me and my other half equally! (especially the knees, hands & toes.) To be honest we probably don't help things by playing along and teasing him, but he does often go to the extreme and we have to tell him off.

However when he is calm and in a loving mood, he treats the quilt as one big fluffy bed and uses me and my partner as his pillows. He will sleep alongside us and cuddle us for hours on end if he feels like it!

I have a synthetic quilt by the way :-)