My mother the cat.Buster is a MALE, 14 pound, one eyed, six-year-old Maine Coon. I felt that I need to get that straight right up front.He comes and paws my hair about 7 each morning. No claws. He (and Precious) have food and water out 24/7, so it isn’t that he is wanting fed. Please remember that through all of the following. Even if I just get up and go to the bathroom and lay down again, he stops bugging me. He will not stop until I get up, no matter what I do once I get up. He doesn’t care as long as I get up.Okay, 7 am (plus or minus 10 minutes), Buster comes and paws the top of my head. If I get up he stops “bugging”. If I don’t get up, he lays on the arm of the chair and puts one paw on my face, until I get up. I usually fix a cup of coffee, but I don’t eat right away.Sometime around 9am, he will get up from where ever he is sleeping and come “get in my face”. If I go into the kitchen, he goes back to where he was and goes back to sleep. I fix something to eat sometime between 9 and 11 every day. If I have already eaten by 10, I don’t see him. However, if I haven’t eaten, he bugs every hour until I do.About 3 or 4 in the afternoon he comes and gets in my face again. Sometimes I can put him off until 6, but not always. He will walk around the place “singing the song of his people” with so many different vocalizations it is hard to describe. He will keep it up for as long as 20 minutes some times. If I go into the kitchen (even if I don’t fix something to eat) he is usually okay.About 9 pm, no later than 10, he will come get in my face again. He will not leave me alone until I get ready for the night or turn off TV. I am allowed to read if the TV is off. That is until about midnight. If I am still up at that time, here he comes again mouthing and in my face so I can’t read. If I shut things down, he goes into the bathroom sink again and goes to sleep. That is until around 7 the next morning when we start it all over again.If I leave during the day, I can hear him “mouthing” as I wait for the elevator. When I get home he is usually at the door and if I feel the rug right at the door there is usually a warm spot.He is not really a “lap” cat, but when it is cooler, he will lay in my lap for about 5 minutes. He puts out a lot of heat, so doesn’t stay long.He makes sure I get up, that I eat and that I go to bed every day. I don’t need an alarm clock.There is no way I could do without him.Precious wants to be held every time I sit down during the day and sleeps on my shoulder all night long. She is soft and sweet and keeps my blood pressure down.Don’t need much more than the two of them.I thought I was a capable, competent adult and could take care of myself, at least dress and feed myself, but I guess Buster doesn’t see it that way.Oh well.
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My mother the cat.Buster is a MALE, 14 pound, one eyed, six-year-old Maine Coon. I felt that I need to get that straight right up front.He comes and paws my hair about 7 each morning. No claws. He (and Precious) have food and water out 24/7, so it isn’t that he is wanting fed. Please remember that through all of the following. Even if I just get up and go to the bathroom and lay down again, he stops bugging me. He will not stop until I get up, no matter what I do once I get up. He doesn’t care as long as I get up.Okay, 7 am (plus or minus 10 minutes), Buster comes and paws the top of my head. If I get up he stops “bugging”. If I don’t get up, he lays on the arm of the chair and puts one paw on my face, until I get up. I usually fix a cup of coffee, but I don’t eat right away.Sometime around 9am, he will get up from where ever he is sleeping and come “get in my face”. If I go into the kitchen, he goes back to where he was and goes back to sleep. I fix something to eat sometime between 9 and 11 every day. If I have already eaten by 10, I don’t see him. However, if I haven’t eaten, he bugs every hour until I do.About 3 or 4 in the afternoon he comes and gets in my face again. Sometimes I can put him off until 6, but not always. He will walk around the place “singing the song of his people” with so many different vocalizations it is hard to describe. He will keep it up for as long as 20 minutes some times. If I go into the kitchen (even if I don’t fix something to eat) he is usually okay.About 9 pm, no later than 10, he will come get in my face again. He will not leave me alone until I get ready for the night or turn off TV. I am allowed to read if the TV is off. That is until about midnight. If I am still up at that time, here he comes again mouthing and in my face so I can’t read. If I shut things down, he goes into the bathroom sink again and goes to sleep. That is until around 7 the next morning when we start it all over again.If I leave during the day, I can hear him “mouthing” as I wait for the elevator. When I get home he is usually at the door and if I feel the rug right at the door there is usually a warm spot.He is not really a “lap” cat, but when it is cooler, he will lay in my lap for about 5 minutes. He puts out a lot of heat, so doesn’t stay long.He makes sure I get up, that I eat and that I go to bed every day. I don’t need an alarm clock.There is no way I could do without him.Precious wants to be held every time I sit down during the day and sleeps on my shoulder all night long. She is soft and sweet and keeps my blood pressure down.Don’t need much more than the two of them.I thought I was a capable, competent adult and could take care of myself, at least dress and feed myself, but I guess Buster doesn’t see it that way.Oh well.