My Cats and I - An Insight Into Cat Behaviour

One rainy day back in October 2009, we stumbled across a local cat protection website. We browsed through the website and found two wee cats aged two years old - brother and sister who were needing to be rehomed. One of their owners had passed away and the other decided they no longer wanted the cats and so informed the cat protection that if they didn't take them, then they'd be left on the street. The two cats are indoor cats and would never have survived the outdoors. Thats when we stepped in and requested to take them in and after the cat protection visited our home, they decided we were suitable owners. Later that day we went and got them and we instantly fell in love with them, and although they were friendly, it was obvious that the upheaval had made them timid and frightened.
The first few weeks were dedicated to breaking them into their new home, where we grew to love them and learned about their personalities, but once they had settled in, they began rampaging up and down the stairs everyday - which is nice until they decided to go "scat cat" and rip the wallpaper, dig at the carpets, and spend the whole night meowing and crying for our attention. So we decided to try setting a proper bedtime routine for them - they're not allowed in the bedrooms, they only get limited amounts of biscuits and treats, and we've tried placing pepper on the walls to stop them scratching the wallpaper alongside moving their scratch post so they can access it easily. As for the meowing at who knows what hour of the night? well we decided that we would place them both on blankets before we go to bed and turn all the lights off this didn't work, and they began chasing each other round the house all night as well so we gave in! they meow to their hearts content, however we've found we all have a much sounder sleep if we play with them right before bedtime and turn the lights out so they become tired and sleep most of the night.
When the cats want their Go Cat biscuits they come through meowing at us to give them to them, we only give them out as a treat - ie small handfuls two or three times a week and we ensure we play with them for at least an hour everyday.
We have a coal fire, and when the cats first arrived with us, we made a rule that they weren't allowed past the fire hearth and whenever they pushed their luck to get closer to the fire, we would move them back, and after roughly a month they never did it again and now happily stay away from the fire.
Apart from disciplining them like children, we treat them like children too. They love nothing more than being picked up for a cuddle, they love being played with, they love cuddling each other and cleaning each other and they also give us the best welcome in the morning. When we get up in the morning they get so excited to see us that they roll on our feet and chase after us. They purr, meow and give lots of attention to us and were always happy to see them. In fact, we work from home as a family business, and when we go to work at 8:45am they come to the office and we have blankets placed on the work desks for them where they sleep cuddled into each other. We get them up for lunch break and they come back to the office after lunch is over and go downstairs to play at 5pm when were all finished work for the day.
Our cats have been with us almost a year now and it feels like a lifetime. Any cat can adapt to a new home, its up to you to discipline and treat them properly. If you talk to them aggressively then they will be aggressive towards you, if you are in a bad mood your cat will avoid you, you should never take your moods out on any pets your have. Far from being saints, we know we treat our cats very well, and they look after us just as much as we do them - we've genuinely never been happier.

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