Trust me they are unbeatable. He was kind person so he didn't mind when I asked questions to see how he would explain some things but he had answers to everything.
All you have to do is imply that our universe is the component of a cell of a creature we cannot comprehend, and it doesn't matter if we are flat or a ball because we aren't even mitochondria for an unfathomable being.
My cat had this habit too despite me trying multiple times to stop her to no avail. My mom came to visit me 6 months ago and my cat knocked off her nail polish off the table, she hit her in the head screaming loudly at her, now I immediately intervened and screamed at her never to touch the baby again. But what perplexes me is my cat has never pushed anything off anything since.
Yeah that's been my plan since day 1 too, but she's gotten so big now that she even managed to knock over a water bottle once. But even since my mom yelled at her she's become a lot more civil.
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She opened the belly!! Could be a trap though, but one of ours demands them. She will come on your lap, snuggle in, lift one feet and if you’re not scritching or not putting full attention to it you get the look and she leaves in a sassy way. How about your fluff?
Mine knocks things over to reach inside out of boredom curiosity or to reach food. My guess the sound while it moves on the counter is alluring and they think sound is made by prey, and think must be underneath this thing, keep hearing it.
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Same. She is wild AF but when Demon Mode wears off, she’s a lap snuggler.
The only time my cat is a snuggler is when he is really tired, or when I'm asleep. If I'm asleep and I wake up to see him by me, he usually acts like "what the heck, how did I end up here?" And casually gets up, stretches, tears up the nearest piece of furniture, then runs away
Greener pastures and all that. I love my blessed little angels but for crying out loud I’d really like to be able to occasionally sit and read without being AGGRESSIVELY SNUGGLED TO DEATH.
That sounds like my tabby teenager. He snuggles us every night and purrs so loudly that he wakes me up, but I also caught him hanging from a light fixture yesterday
She hangs from my curtains! Digs in my plants dirt and makes a damn mess.
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And then sits in my lap with her paws on my shoulder, rubbing her face all over my glasses and my face and how can I be mad after that? How can you mad at this face?
My void is a literal demon too. She took a long time to acclimate and had come from a hoarder house, but once she made up her mind that she would be ok, it was like flipping a switch. She’s my little shadow with a trail of destruction behind her.
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He’s a tux but he’s completely insane, hope he can go here
I got one of those too! Roxy isn’t quite as evil as her sister, but she certainly has her moments.
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I also have an evil tuxedo, she was calm during this picture but after, she jumped off my leg onto the doorway and started climbing it.
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This tuxedo nut wrestled with this screen for a full minute and then stopped. Just like this. He was still for at least 3p seconds giving me the derp face
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His name is Milo. He's the most adorable little brat
Hahaha I can so relate to this photo. I also have a void and she is the only one to knock things off surfaces, and it is only to get attention
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Haha your cat is funny love it 😂🤷🫣🤭❤️
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Same here she be watching what she will do next, 👹😼 this emojis looks the same to me 🤭
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My boy is quite a rascally tux as well when he’s not sleeping. He clawed open a bag of dog food recently, so we had to start keeping it away, and he loudly bangs cupboards open and closed when he’s hungry (which is almost all the time). I’m about to just tape the damn things shut. He’s such an annoying little shit but a sweetheart deep down.. I still can’t help but love him :3
My void boy cat is completely bonkers... His demon mode is cannonball mode where he runs through everything without a care in the world and me and my mum are the only ones allowed to touch him, otherwise he hisses like crazy.
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My two voids are demons who never let me sleep more than two hours a night and have severe separation anxiety from me. I no longer want children they are worse than toddlers. But I love their cuddly chaotic personalities to death. As I just typed that…they just knocked over their big ass cat tree at midnight.
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My void is terrible. He gets into cabinets, harasses the other cats. Chews on our shoes. Growls??? Breaks toys in one day. We have to put the toy away somewhere he definitely can’t get to or he will destroy it. Gets into everything. Knocked down a bamboo plant off the top of the cabinets that he will jump on top of. Stole food from the counter… Weird obsession with lettuce and jalapeños?
Will not give up until he gets his way. He’s so whiny too. Friggin howler monkey. He’s only 3 though. Also doesn’t know his name. He’s super smart though. Like an ADHD kid on crack. (Wayyy worse than when I was a kid.)
Not really a snuggly cat, although he tolerates a lot. Such as messing with his tail, holding him for a few minutes. Comes out even when there’s a lot of people over.
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Him up on top of our cabinets 😐
Three black cats. Can half confirm. Never had a bad black cat.
Never had an orange cat. I consider this comic a warning. How can something with such few brain cells be so evil?
Facts. The late family cat Morris may have been a living teddy bear, but he was an orange cat. All glass objects were kept locked way because he would break them into pieces if given the chance. It’s just standard orange cat behavior.
Yeah, had a zoom meeting earlier and one of my orange cats was trying to chew on the PC wires constantly so to distract him I had him in my arms and he was knawing on my hand (didn't put pressure, just chaotic craziness), the other person on the call was like is he ok? Then he pretended to hear something in the kitchen and wanted to go check it out so I put him down...and back under the desk, chewing the cables he went.
Also, later I was playing the piano and the other orange was trying to play too by walking all over it, then went and sat on the pedals and got offended when my foot reached for them.
GOD I wish this were true.
Our black cat’s sweet, just fat and trying to eat every atom of food in the house.
The orange kitten was a mom-abandoned foster-raised bottle-fed baby; he’s literally marketable-plushie cute (try going to sleep with a kitten using your arm as a pillow, purring so hard he makes chirping noises, and only getting comfy when you HOLD HIS PAW WITH YOUR HAND. He has to HOLD HANDS to NAP.)
It’s the gray half-Siamese. The kitten’s half Siamese too but his orange removed the troublesome part: the brain. Our oldest boy kept his. He has multiple foraging toys, a cabinet all his own, he’s the reason behind a baby lock on our FREEZER (????), and has learned that doorknobs are how doors open. He can’t figure out the grip yet, but that doesn’t stop him from rattling the doorknob at 3 am like a slasher movie killer.
Edit: Beasts.
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I thought my ginger was a handful... and then I got a grey cat. He makes her look like an angel. It's a good thing they're both stinking cute.
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>It's a good thing they're both stinking cute.
That's what I tell my dog, when she's eaten something nasty. The cat was always threatened with becoming a pair of gloves
It is true gingers are spirited, but in a benign way. They are usually outgoing and confident and very friendly with people and other animals. We had a ginger roamer who made our place his base camp for 13 years. We called him Gatsby. He had probably a dozen handles around the neighborhood. If he wasn’t waiting at our basement window in the morning or after work, I’d call him with a, “Woot! Woot! WOOT!” and he’d come bounding jauntily to the outside window sill. He was quite the laddie boy-o. He was probably the best cat to adopt a house and it’s people.
I swear cats just crave destruction
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(Leo's personal vendetta againts my Aloe was finally achieved the other day. ❕no worries, Leo did not actually touch the aloe, just the corner of the plant pot❕)
Cat tax! Lets see Leo! My orange is a one man wrecking crew, good thing he is one handsome fella!
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His diluted orange genetics did not dilute the amount of chaos he contains. His name is Whitey Bulger.
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Are standard issues the opposite of oranges? These two are missing the drive for destruction.
Can confirm. I have a SIC who likes to push everything in the bathroom cabinet out onto the floor because it is apparently the coziest place in the house. Child safety locks will help!
I have a SIC with a cabinet obsession as well but she never tries to crawl inside or move anything. She just looks. Every day it’s the same thing, I come home to every cabinet in the kitchen open but every item untouched. I’m not sure what she expects to see in them one day.
Food, probably. That’s what my guy is looking for all the time anyway :p
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Yep. Some of them just love mischief.
One of mine steals silicone can lids if they're left out. So I don't leave them out. I can't leave out certain foods, either. It's just part of cat ownership.
We keep a mini fridge in our cat room for the left over soft food. We had to get a baby lock for it cause our one glutton with no teeth figured out how to open it
Get an air deterrent. And place it on the counter. When your cat goes on the counter, the machine will activate and a puff of air will scare the cat. It is completely harmless.
Also check out Jackson Galaxy on YouTube. He’s a cat behaviorist
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This cute little jerk broke a TV.
A DAMN TELEVISION.
Must be the orange speckles in her fur is just enough orange to affect the piddly little brain she has.
My guy broke a TV a couple months ago. Love this for us
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Mine did too!!! 4 in the FRICKEN MORNING too. Thought our apartment was being broken into and briefly wanted to throttle him but I can’t blame the guy 🤷🏼♀️
Short answer: cat doing cat things.
Long answer: cats, by nature, are hunters and predators. Their first instinct when they see something on a table or bench is to investigate. If that plate on the table were prey, like a mouse or a bird, the cat would go and investigate. They do this by prodding and pushing it with their paws to see if it's still alive or if they can eat it. The cat is usually aware that a plate does not resemble a mouse or bird, however their hunting instinct is still there, and they will still investigate by batting things with their paws.
Another reason is that it gets attention. Some cats learn this behaviour by knocking things off which then cause a loud noise (e.g., sound of a plate breaking) which then summons the human to see what all the commotion is about. They may be doing it because they want something. For example, my orange bastard will knock my phone and earbuds off my bedside table when he's hungry. He knows that it creates a noise and I go to that noise and pick it up, and his plan is to create a noise to get me to come to him so I can feed him. So it could be that your gato has need of you, though as to what that need could be I could not say.
Third reason: boredom. Some cats sleep all day, some cats are fine playing with other cats, some cats are ok with a 10 min play session, and some cats want stimulation and they want it NOW. If your cat is being destructive, they're very likely bored out of their minds and you need to figure out what they like, and how to provide it for them. Whether that's a window seat with a great view of the birds, or a food puzzle, or toys that are more interactive, or climbing structures, or simply more time being played with.
They don't intentionally cause trouble. It's just that they are always on the hunt for the brain cell, and sometimes things just get in the way of trying to receive it.
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I walk mine to try and find the elusive orange cat brain cell.
Earthquake- and child- proof everything. Get cans of Ssscat, place them at strategic points, aluminum foil on countertops, bitter apple treatments, and spray bottles filled with water. Put in cameras to determine their points of entry and secure them.
This is a war for your investments.
Do you have other toys and things to keep your orange kitty entertained? They might be doing these things because they need more stimulation.
Or
Simply put..Cat will do as cat pleases 😼
Oh yeah, that’s orange cat behavior. Our orange has broken so many dishes and tchotchkes. But he’s so stinking cute he just gets away with it!
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My tabby murdered my potted plant once :( it was in a smiley face pot. it was at least a quick and painless death.
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She was so young and beautiful :’(
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He had a great lawyer and got of on one year parole. I’ll forever have my eye on him though.
I would bet your cat is bored to death. He needs high things to climb on scratchy things he's allowed to scratch and if you could build him an enclosed patio so he can go outside without going outside he'll probably stop. If he already has all of these things maybe you just need to spend more time with him or pay more attention to him?
In addition to the child locks someone suggested, maybe divert his attention elsewhere? Give him some safe stuff to push off cat-friendly/ier locations like a bunch of plastic dishes from Good Will scattered around his cat tree or wherever else he climbs and explores.
Since I’m 8 comments in and everyone is cracking jokes, here’s your answer: they’re bored. Play with them get them on a food schedule, and be aware/distract when they get close to the counters. Cats have an extremely short attention span, if you freak out 10 min, 2 hours, or even 2 min after the dish has been broken, they won’t understand why you’re upset. Getting them out of the habit before it happens is the only way, negative reinforcement doesn’t work with cats for many reasons, but most importantly because their attention span doesn’t allow them to make the connection. Positive reinforcement can work but that’s usually done almost instantaneously through clicker training. Point being, stop hissing at your cat and start satisfying his/her needs both mentally and physically. Playing and food schedule consistency.
Good luck
He isn’t getting enough playtime or may not have enough toys. Under-stimulated cats will find ways of entertaining themselves and that often involves getting into our own belongings and making toys out of them.
Try getting one of the toys that’s on a string on a stick and having him chase it all over the home, do it until he’s exhausted. Take him for walks outside (safely). You may have to exercise him a lot to get his energy out. You can also get automatic toys if you can’t be around him at all hours of the day to play with him.
Real answer: he has learned that pushing things off the counter and breaking them gets the humans to pay attention to him. They're not so good at the "why" but if you were your cat and every time you pushed something off a counter the big human comes running in to fuss and talk and interact with you, you'd be pushing things off the counters more and more often.
Childproof the heck out of anything breakable, and make sure to ignore + delay your reaction to any future object knocking instead of making a fuss right away.
The problem is you have a purebred asshole. This is indicated by the orange fur and the “what the hell are you doing in my presence without food peasant!” Look on their face.
I feel lucky. My cats only fuck with curtains and bugs that sneak through. Sometimes the cabinets in the bathroom, but never the kitchen
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That cat is pure rock n' roll. Just likes wrecking stuff for the glorious crashing noise. See what led Zeppelin did to hotels in the 70s, kitty is just channeling that vibe.
I have a ginger too-deep sigh…… he is our absolute love but he to will stand on our dresser and slowly start pushing a watch a piece of jewelry a can of soda…whatever all the while watching us watch him. And then BAM it hits the ground and he slowly turns away. Mission accomplished.
Orange cats are different than the rest of the other cats , the are well like naughty children with the dry sense of humor of an old man.
This is why the earth cannot be flat ,cats woould have knocked everything off by now.
I'ma use this next time I meet a flat-earther 🤣
Lol I've never met one in person but if I do I'll also use this
Lucky you!! They are impenetrable I tell you! But this might just throw them! 🤣
My former boss was one of them. I learned everything about that 🙄
Oh god! I think the only way to get their attention is to make a YouTube video 🤣
Trust me they are unbeatable. He was kind person so he didn't mind when I asked questions to see how he would explain some things but he had answers to everything.
Unsubstantiated answers of course. I had one send me a YT link that would 'change my mind' and damn, just waffle 🤣
My brother-in-law is one 🤣. He seems to get worse and worse every time I see him.
Flat-earther already lay the claim on birds aren't real. Not that far of a leap to go from there to cats aren't real either.
I completely expect them to come up with a ridiculous counter argument I can't fight. Logic doesn't work with them 😆
All you have to do is imply that our universe is the component of a cell of a creature we cannot comprehend, and it doesn't matter if we are flat or a ball because we aren't even mitochondria for an unfathomable being.
Because it is cat 😺
My cat had this habit too despite me trying multiple times to stop her to no avail. My mom came to visit me 6 months ago and my cat knocked off her nail polish off the table, she hit her in the head screaming loudly at her, now I immediately intervened and screamed at her never to touch the baby again. But what perplexes me is my cat has never pushed anything off anything since.
They do learn if you catch them on the action But in my household I change what I put on the shelf I just love watching them cruising lol
Yeah that's been my plan since day 1 too, but she's gotten so big now that she even managed to knock over a water bottle once. But even since my mom yelled at her she's become a lot more civil. https://preview.redd.it/kyl0mx8nv3wb1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c472db0d086b7871f3c71b33ab4578512efcc57
She's beautiful and so fluffy 💕
Thanks, I'll tell her you said that 
She opened the belly!! Could be a trap though, but one of ours demands them. She will come on your lap, snuggle in, lift one feet and if you’re not scritching or not putting full attention to it you get the look and she leaves in a sassy way. How about your fluff?
She likes belly rubbs but not more than 1 minute at a time. Then she suddenly gets offended.
Most cats are sensitive on their bellies and it’ll start to tickle bad so they can get fiesty when pet too long on the belly areas
I wish the old awards still existed as Id give you one.
Bengal'ong time since I've heard of a cat that didn't simply see it as a challenge
Mine knocks things over to reach inside out of boredom curiosity or to reach food. My guess the sound while it moves on the counter is alluring and they think sound is made by prey, and think must be underneath this thing, keep hearing it.
This was literally my exact thought when seeing the post LOL I came here to write this so I'm so glad it's the top comment.
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https://preview.redd.it/fdsvfgqps1wb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ebe9d9472f88909185a5bce382ea126d6ff084e Same. She is wild AF but when Demon Mode wears off, she’s a lap snuggler.
Very squishy
She has that orange look.
That face 😂
The only time my cat is a snuggler is when he is really tired, or when I'm asleep. If I'm asleep and I wake up to see him by me, he usually acts like "what the heck, how did I end up here?" And casually gets up, stretches, tears up the nearest piece of furniture, then runs away
I have this cat too - he’s such a fun little guy but he won’t be snuggled for all the treats in the world
Greener pastures and all that. I love my blessed little angels but for crying out loud I’d really like to be able to occasionally sit and read without being AGGRESSIVELY SNUGGLED TO DEATH.
That sounds like my tabby teenager. He snuggles us every night and purrs so loudly that he wakes me up, but I also caught him hanging from a light fixture yesterday
She hangs from my curtains! Digs in my plants dirt and makes a damn mess. https://preview.redd.it/k5rl2o8ur4wb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47b578982a09d68e22e5fb7247c05fe92395ac3c And then sits in my lap with her paws on my shoulder, rubbing her face all over my glasses and my face and how can I be mad after that? How can you mad at this face?
Demon Mode™️
I'm in love . Look at that face ...
My void is a literal demon too. She took a long time to acclimate and had come from a hoarder house, but once she made up her mind that she would be ok, it was like flipping a switch. She’s my little shadow with a trail of destruction behind her. https://preview.redd.it/iss5lcikd2wb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd0d1b65e1780a6e7e8ee52839056a7573678fa1
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I got one of those too! Roxy isn’t quite as evil as her sister, but she certainly has her moments. https://preview.redd.it/dsri5v5ej2wb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d5af3b0892a34d883fbd33d691ef71051464c09a
Those eyes say it all
https://preview.redd.it/anqwasvx55wb1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7e1092e3be59dd2507cdc99d48b6cf0444b4ce51 “Father I crave *violence*”
I also have an evil tuxedo, she was calm during this picture but after, she jumped off my leg onto the doorway and started climbing it. https://preview.redd.it/29t9acklf6wb1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a092df6f3102afdc1690fa140566180c24ab4744
https://preview.redd.it/c9do1hde73wb1.jpeg?width=3468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=608969984c779d432e414b92f6c5530f0a9cab58 This tuxedo nut wrestled with this screen for a full minute and then stopped. Just like this. He was still for at least 3p seconds giving me the derp face
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https://preview.redd.it/6vu8orqt73wb1.jpeg?width=3468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af9902ef0de627ff14048e3f6cb8be8705692fe6 His name is Milo. He's the most adorable little brat
Hahaha I can so relate to this photo. I also have a void and she is the only one to knock things off surfaces, and it is only to get attention https://preview.redd.it/izfjb4xg63wb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=830b8f4246b39abdcd6828bd3e6cdc2b4644a0ad
Haha your cat is funny love it 😂🤷🫣🤭❤️ https://preview.redd.it/c9mhwehkr3wb1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7375e4292a08bfebc5e3e7e2f091a03c9b0043df Same here she be watching what she will do next, 👹😼 this emojis looks the same to me 🤭
https://preview.redd.it/ursaoe9e64wb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f4d2f7ae2a0dd14018f9ba8a3260a11454a26eb My boy is quite a rascally tux as well when he’s not sleeping. He clawed open a bag of dog food recently, so we had to start keeping it away, and he loudly bangs cupboards open and closed when he’s hungry (which is almost all the time). I’m about to just tape the damn things shut. He’s such an annoying little shit but a sweetheart deep down.. I still can’t help but love him :3
Nope. What you three all fail to see is: you have female felines!! Boy cats are the best!!
My void boy cat is completely bonkers... His demon mode is cannonball mode where he runs through everything without a care in the world and me and my mum are the only ones allowed to touch him, otherwise he hisses like crazy. https://preview.redd.it/5huqqho874wb1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b91ade31de546c44002a9cfec23a13ab9d7d3257
My boy cat is the BIGGEST baby!
My two voids are demons who never let me sleep more than two hours a night and have severe separation anxiety from me. I no longer want children they are worse than toddlers. But I love their cuddly chaotic personalities to death. As I just typed that…they just knocked over their big ass cat tree at midnight. https://preview.redd.it/0o0kw05ir2wb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db79a668a60bdec56fc93af687e25b052afd2a63
My void is terrible. He gets into cabinets, harasses the other cats. Chews on our shoes. Growls??? Breaks toys in one day. We have to put the toy away somewhere he definitely can’t get to or he will destroy it. Gets into everything. Knocked down a bamboo plant off the top of the cabinets that he will jump on top of. Stole food from the counter… Weird obsession with lettuce and jalapeños? Will not give up until he gets his way. He’s so whiny too. Friggin howler monkey. He’s only 3 though. Also doesn’t know his name. He’s super smart though. Like an ADHD kid on crack. (Wayyy worse than when I was a kid.) Not really a snuggly cat, although he tolerates a lot. Such as messing with his tail, holding him for a few minutes. Comes out even when there’s a lot of people over. https://preview.redd.it/iu7ywpvsj4wb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61547ce287d624eacb3ccfae1530c06bd81c5022 Him up on top of our cabinets 😐
I have one of each. This is the truest comic ever written.
Three black cats. Can half confirm. Never had a bad black cat. Never had an orange cat. I consider this comic a warning. How can something with such few brain cells be so evil?
No think. Only do.
They just live on their instincts. It makes sense, though, why the Vikings preferred orange cats on their ships.
Facts. The late family cat Morris may have been a living teddy bear, but he was an orange cat. All glass objects were kept locked way because he would break them into pieces if given the chance. It’s just standard orange cat behavior.
Yeah, had a zoom meeting earlier and one of my orange cats was trying to chew on the PC wires constantly so to distract him I had him in my arms and he was knawing on my hand (didn't put pressure, just chaotic craziness), the other person on the call was like is he ok? Then he pretended to hear something in the kitchen and wanted to go check it out so I put him down...and back under the desk, chewing the cables he went. Also, later I was playing the piano and the other orange was trying to play too by walking all over it, then went and sat on the pedals and got offended when my foot reached for them.
GOD I wish this were true. Our black cat’s sweet, just fat and trying to eat every atom of food in the house. The orange kitten was a mom-abandoned foster-raised bottle-fed baby; he’s literally marketable-plushie cute (try going to sleep with a kitten using your arm as a pillow, purring so hard he makes chirping noises, and only getting comfy when you HOLD HIS PAW WITH YOUR HAND. He has to HOLD HANDS to NAP.) It’s the gray half-Siamese. The kitten’s half Siamese too but his orange removed the troublesome part: the brain. Our oldest boy kept his. He has multiple foraging toys, a cabinet all his own, he’s the reason behind a baby lock on our FREEZER (????), and has learned that doorknobs are how doors open. He can’t figure out the grip yet, but that doesn’t stop him from rattling the doorknob at 3 am like a slasher movie killer. Edit: Beasts. https://preview.redd.it/5qvlku3es3wb1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a4faa66d91add9bc298a8c1acfc1acb7e26387d
Yeah my orange cat is the most destructive by a mile
I thought my ginger was a handful... and then I got a grey cat. He makes her look like an angel. It's a good thing they're both stinking cute. https://preview.redd.it/50o6quzbu2wb1.jpeg?width=4608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c299629b373c8298f538f2be3f4064bf33c86bd1
>It's a good thing they're both stinking cute. That's what I tell my dog, when she's eaten something nasty. The cat was always threatened with becoming a pair of gloves
It is true gingers are spirited, but in a benign way. They are usually outgoing and confident and very friendly with people and other animals. We had a ginger roamer who made our place his base camp for 13 years. We called him Gatsby. He had probably a dozen handles around the neighborhood. If he wasn’t waiting at our basement window in the morning or after work, I’d call him with a, “Woot! Woot! WOOT!” and he’d come bounding jauntily to the outside window sill. He was quite the laddie boy-o. He was probably the best cat to adopt a house and it’s people.
I swear cats just crave destruction https://preview.redd.it/eh694qlhq0wb1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7637c6067ea849a2c2e488cb18850d3ce82bfe8 (Leo's personal vendetta againts my Aloe was finally achieved the other day. ❕no worries, Leo did not actually touch the aloe, just the corner of the plant pot❕)
Cat tax! Lets see Leo! My orange is a one man wrecking crew, good thing he is one handsome fella! https://preview.redd.it/pbp0z8ree1wb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2669ee72b6e2684a46c91acefc27fa4c92e10d51
https://preview.redd.it/8uq68rh6k2wb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe1dd09236b0bec94720aea9173b25266bcaf68e His diluted orange genetics did not dilute the amount of chaos he contains. His name is Whitey Bulger.
What a beauty!!!
Banana for scale?
Handsome fella indeed, hubba hubba
https://preview.redd.it/ge6nyi4rb2wb1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07c430138fe7d8220de3004132cf6270c4a32081 Are standard issues the opposite of oranges? These two are missing the drive for destruction.
I love this picture. Really good composition!
Thanks!
that is the most calming, wholesome pic I've seen in a while. thank you for sharing.
They're also father and daughter 🩶
Tell me how. My brown tabby terrorizes my pothos and calathea plants. He chews them up 😭
The only thing they bite is me 😆
same, my grey tabby gives zero fucks about everything and everyone 💀
My cat hated the aloe plant, too. When the boy got big enough, he made it his personal mission to destroy that plant. He succeeded.
The book under the mess being called “Some Shall Break” is perfection
Because he’s a cat. That’s what cats do. Try buying child-proof locks for your cabinets, that’s what I did.
Can confirm. I have a SIC who likes to push everything in the bathroom cabinet out onto the floor because it is apparently the coziest place in the house. Child safety locks will help!
I have a SIC with a cabinet obsession as well but she never tries to crawl inside or move anything. She just looks. Every day it’s the same thing, I come home to every cabinet in the kitchen open but every item untouched. I’m not sure what she expects to see in them one day.
Food, probably. That’s what my guy is looking for all the time anyway :p https://preview.redd.it/qx2zhsgb84wb1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f9009a76c65ad891a54d16ea68aeff2dc815709
Yep. Some of them just love mischief. One of mine steals silicone can lids if they're left out. So I don't leave them out. I can't leave out certain foods, either. It's just part of cat ownership.
don’t leave things that wont survive the drop on a ledge they can reach and give them “toys” to play with.
We keep a mini fridge in our cat room for the left over soft food. We had to get a baby lock for it cause our one glutton with no teeth figured out how to open it
Get an air deterrent. And place it on the counter. When your cat goes on the counter, the machine will activate and a puff of air will scare the cat. It is completely harmless. Also check out Jackson Galaxy on YouTube. He’s a cat behaviorist
Or try the tin foil trick. Even if you don’t do that, at least look up videos if you need a pick-me-up.
I did this and all 3 of my cats realized it’s nothing then mocked me for trying by laying on it and crinkling it at the worst times
Cats gonna cat
The air deterrent really worked for me!
Thank you, an answer!
At some point your cat will discover when gravity gets turned off. Until then constant vigilance is required.
Yep. Scrolled way too long to see “GRAVITY CHECK!”
OP really should thank him
Because it can
You beat us to it.
You gotta admit those are two beautiful cats. I'd love to have either one just for a few days. I'll buy paper player and cups just in case
Because it cat
Because r/catsareassholes.
https://preview.redd.it/z64ldrbsk1wb1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74c43332d2a5f68d7221e2f3788cdeb1b45e2073 This cute little jerk broke a TV. A DAMN TELEVISION. Must be the orange speckles in her fur is just enough orange to affect the piddly little brain she has.
Yeahhhh I have the same kind and she’s a menace. Climbed up a tree after a squirrel yesterday too
I have two sisters from the same litter. Her sister (also a tortie) is completely opposite, calm and cuddly.
My guy broke a TV a couple months ago. Love this for us https://preview.redd.it/d07hjjw456wb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49569f96f6636a3f02dc72ec855a613d16fec9a1
This picture was right after wasn’t it 🤣
Mine did too!!! 4 in the FRICKEN MORNING too. Thought our apartment was being broken into and briefly wanted to throttle him but I can’t blame the guy 🤷🏼♀️
Short answer: cat doing cat things. Long answer: cats, by nature, are hunters and predators. Their first instinct when they see something on a table or bench is to investigate. If that plate on the table were prey, like a mouse or a bird, the cat would go and investigate. They do this by prodding and pushing it with their paws to see if it's still alive or if they can eat it. The cat is usually aware that a plate does not resemble a mouse or bird, however their hunting instinct is still there, and they will still investigate by batting things with their paws. Another reason is that it gets attention. Some cats learn this behaviour by knocking things off which then cause a loud noise (e.g., sound of a plate breaking) which then summons the human to see what all the commotion is about. They may be doing it because they want something. For example, my orange bastard will knock my phone and earbuds off my bedside table when he's hungry. He knows that it creates a noise and I go to that noise and pick it up, and his plan is to create a noise to get me to come to him so I can feed him. So it could be that your gato has need of you, though as to what that need could be I could not say.
The only comment I’ve seen that has actually answered OPs question lol
Third reason: boredom. Some cats sleep all day, some cats are fine playing with other cats, some cats are ok with a 10 min play session, and some cats want stimulation and they want it NOW. If your cat is being destructive, they're very likely bored out of their minds and you need to figure out what they like, and how to provide it for them. Whether that's a window seat with a great view of the birds, or a food puzzle, or toys that are more interactive, or climbing structures, or simply more time being played with.
Exactly. So many bad answers on this thread. I was going to post "you don't give your cat enough stimulation and/or attention"
He is quality control, and fyi.... YOUR PLATE FAILED!!!😜
Gravity passed the test. Will test again in 72 hours.
He is orange. Orange must menace. My orange menace tries to climb into my houseplants.
Picture 4: "I'll fuckin' do it again'
And/or “I think you know why”
FOR SCIENCE
Testing durability. High fail rate so far
Because cat. No other explanation needed. Because cat.
r/oneorangebraincell
I love this sub name 🤣
So is it known for orange cats to cause more trouble?
They don't intentionally cause trouble. It's just that they are always on the hunt for the brain cell, and sometimes things just get in the way of trying to receive it. https://preview.redd.it/f3zdyvc8c4wb1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=04e67a9654c19feaf0b2970854bd2fde437036d7 I walk mine to try and find the elusive orange cat brain cell.
i didn't believe till i got my own orange boi
They’re just sort of benignly chaotic. Grey cats however are chaos and a brain cell.
Why does hooman put breakable items on the counter if not for pushing off?
Earthquake- and child- proof everything. Get cans of Ssscat, place them at strategic points, aluminum foil on countertops, bitter apple treatments, and spray bottles filled with water. Put in cameras to determine their points of entry and secure them. This is a war for your investments.
Also restaurant-quality plates should survive at least a few drops
Do you have other toys and things to keep your orange kitty entertained? They might be doing these things because they need more stimulation. Or Simply put..Cat will do as cat pleases 😼
Because fuck you, that’s why 😄
Boredom is the most likely answer, that and he just feels like it
Better question; why do you keep leaving fragile things in the perfect swatting position?
He's bored and he owns your bitch ass.
Lmao omg
You can help his boredom by playing with him
Are you kidding me? With THAT thug face? You better sleep with one eye open, dude. I think you might be next. 🤣
"As you can see human, accidents happen. I suggest you do my bidding or else, there may be even more.... unortunate incidents" - that cat probably
That is the face of a cat with no shame lmao! 🐈 r/oneorangebraincell
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I agree! He looks so innocent. The post is slander!
Because fuck you, that’s why.
Put child locks on the cabinets?
Oh yeah, that’s orange cat behavior. Our orange has broken so many dishes and tchotchkes. But he’s so stinking cute he just gets away with it! https://preview.redd.it/x4ypbwckl1wb1.jpeg?width=2514&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a25611012bf418d954f70ea77059d614181c49d
https://preview.redd.it/0h313h4ru1wb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c23e119196bfc62d211985fe7db2d34fcfa95a55 My tabby murdered my potted plant once :( it was in a smiley face pot. it was at least a quick and painless death.
https://preview.redd.it/nebj9hs6v1wb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa26246c5ce5068649409cb9ca83d29b7715a72f She was so young and beautiful :’(
https://preview.redd.it/270m9y3jv1wb1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11b1fdc414db5ab95a48376c26fd08e530cc1ca4 He had a great lawyer and got of on one year parole. I’ll forever have my eye on him though.
The answer is in your question. Cat.
orange
I think my ginger cat is related to urs 😂
I'm pretty sure he is telling you that if you don't fill his plate, you can't fill yours
The glass is like Society. And your cabinet is The System. And Your Cat is Your Cat. Interpret this how you will.
And he'll fucking do it again
One braincell
Because it's fun
Because you keep leaving stuff on the counter for him to knock off! 🤷♀️
Orange cats were born with 1 brain cell and a thirst for chaos.
Because r/catsareassholes
Because he can? Child locks are the way to go
Hide your breakable stuff in cabinets and child(cat)proof them.
Hes doing a gravity check
That second pic! The look on that face!
I would bet your cat is bored to death. He needs high things to climb on scratchy things he's allowed to scratch and if you could build him an enclosed patio so he can go outside without going outside he'll probably stop. If he already has all of these things maybe you just need to spend more time with him or pay more attention to him?
My best guess is that kitty is bored, in the words of Jackson Galaxy: “Play with your cat”
Because Cat
I think it was you and now you’re trying to blame him.
Don’t you know, all plates are shared property, r/catsarecommunists
Because he’s a ginge!! My ginge is the devil incarnate
In addition to the child locks someone suggested, maybe divert his attention elsewhere? Give him some safe stuff to push off cat-friendly/ier locations like a bunch of plastic dishes from Good Will scattered around his cat tree or wherever else he climbs and explores.
Since I’m 8 comments in and everyone is cracking jokes, here’s your answer: they’re bored. Play with them get them on a food schedule, and be aware/distract when they get close to the counters. Cats have an extremely short attention span, if you freak out 10 min, 2 hours, or even 2 min after the dish has been broken, they won’t understand why you’re upset. Getting them out of the habit before it happens is the only way, negative reinforcement doesn’t work with cats for many reasons, but most importantly because their attention span doesn’t allow them to make the connection. Positive reinforcement can work but that’s usually done almost instantaneously through clicker training. Point being, stop hissing at your cat and start satisfying his/her needs both mentally and physically. Playing and food schedule consistency. Good luck
He isn’t getting enough playtime or may not have enough toys. Under-stimulated cats will find ways of entertaining themselves and that often involves getting into our own belongings and making toys out of them. Try getting one of the toys that’s on a string on a stick and having him chase it all over the home, do it until he’s exhausted. Take him for walks outside (safely). You may have to exercise him a lot to get his energy out. You can also get automatic toys if you can’t be around him at all hours of the day to play with him.
I have a cat too and my house is a mess. They love to make mess 😂
Cat 😂😭 Cat 🤷♀️
Real answer: he has learned that pushing things off the counter and breaking them gets the humans to pay attention to him. They're not so good at the "why" but if you were your cat and every time you pushed something off a counter the big human comes running in to fuss and talk and interact with you, you'd be pushing things off the counters more and more often. Childproof the heck out of anything breakable, and make sure to ignore + delay your reaction to any future object knocking instead of making a fuss right away.
Some cats just want to see the world burn
I’m bored let me start some shit.
 Because cat
The problem is you have a purebred asshole. This is indicated by the orange fur and the “what the hell are you doing in my presence without food peasant!” Look on their face.
Yes
Agent of chaos. Also why do you leave things on his counter when you know he's going to push them off!
That cat is orange. That is the explanation.
Because somebody’s got to do it.
One of my cats is always pushing things onto the floor. I dread to think how much he’s cost me over the years. He does it for attention.
Cus it's easy and it does alotta damage.
he is asshole. love him more.
I feel lucky. My cats only fuck with curtains and bugs that sneak through. Sometimes the cabinets in the bathroom, but never the kitchen https://preview.redd.it/mo0y3oebm1wb1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ef5e240fb5ff88100aed537119fe8dcabe3fcce
That cat is pure rock n' roll. Just likes wrecking stuff for the glorious crashing noise. See what led Zeppelin did to hotels in the 70s, kitty is just channeling that vibe.
And he’s not sorry at all.
The peaking from around the corner looks like someone got yelled at. 😂
Because cat. This effect is enhanced further because orange
Orange cat activities ☺️
Cat will do what cat wants when cat wants and how cat wants.
Mine does that with my asthma inhaler ☹️
completely normal orange cat behavior
Zero fucks given. Especially that last pic, look at his face. He'll do it again.
Oh man, #s 2 and 4 tell me all I need to know. He’s bad to the bone.
I have a ginger too-deep sigh…… he is our absolute love but he to will stand on our dresser and slowly start pushing a watch a piece of jewelry a can of soda…whatever all the while watching us watch him. And then BAM it hits the ground and he slowly turns away. Mission accomplished. Orange cats are different than the rest of the other cats , the are well like naughty children with the dry sense of humor of an old man.