Does your cat ignore you?

[Stephen]

Have something ever happened that led your cat(s) to start ignoring you whenever you're talking to them or trying to get them do something?

My friend told me about yelling lightly at his cat for leaving his scratching post to do it on the couch over and over again. After that incident, his cat started ignoring him.

Have you experienced this with your cat?

 

[Foxybananas]

All the time! Especially my Professor X, he loves to eat and I feed him and give him treats everyday but I do not give him human food. So, whenever I eat, he comes over and stares at me as if asking me to share my food. He gets super close to me, purrs, rolls around and wants pets from me, but once I finish eating, literally seconds later, he abruptly and dramatically gets up, turns around and walks away from me and ignores me for hours!!!!!! He literally gives me the cold shoulder! LOL

 

[Ivar]

Bathing my cat is something she hates so much and it's always a war till we are done with it. The aftermath of our bathing is being ignored all day long by her. If it's possible for her to beat or fight afterwards her bath, she's going to do it. I can't stop laughing whenever she does it. Our next bath is scheduled in 3 months time, so I'm getting ready for her acting up .

 

[Henrywrites]

Bathing my cat is something she hates so much and it's always a war till we are done with it. The aftermath of our bathing is being ignored all day long by her. If it's possible for her to beat or fight afterwards her bath, she's going to do it. I can't stop laughing whenever she does it. Our next bath is scheduled in 3 months time, so I'm getting ready for her acting up .

She is one that can keep malice or is it because you don't pet her before the bathing process? There is a lot that you will definitely have to consider.

 

[Ja sa bong]

The only time I can remember my cats have ignored was whenever they are feeling sleepy and I want to pet them. They will ignore me and walk away from me and go straight to their sleeping bed or mat. I have a fluffy mat at home on the floor, they like sleeping on it too.

 

[Shortie]

From my experience of looking after cats and being around cats when I was younger as well as we had quite a few cats when I was growing up, I have learned that cats will ignore you whenever they feel like it, and if they want to be left alone.

This has happened many times to me, they will turn their back and not pay any attention to you talking at all. It is quite funny if I am honest.

If you really want their attention, shake a wrapper and they'll soon want to know LOL

 

[Harvey]

Cats generally like attention and whenever they don't get it, they seem to show it in one way or another or at least that's how my cat behaves.

If I give my attention to work too much whenever I'm home and ignore them for long, they usually return the favour.

 

[Ragnarok]

Whenever my cat is not happy about something that I've done, he usually avoids me and ignores me all day. There was a day he refused to eat his food because I raise my voice at him for pushing over my mug down and it broke.

 

[Sandex]

Whatever my cats are not in the mood to eat, there is nothing I'm going to do that is going to get their attention to listen to me. They will simply ignore me and walk away. I can't force them to eat when they don't want to, even if it's when I'm supposed to feed them.

 

[Toni]

Cats have quite a character. They do only what interest them. You can never successfully force them to do what they don't want to do. If it's about giving attention and ignoring you, they do it as it pleases them.

 

[Shortie]

Whatever my cats are not in the mood to eat, there is nothing I'm going to do that is going to get their attention to listen to me. They will simply ignore me and walk away. I can't force them to eat when they don't want to, even if it's when I'm supposed to feed them.

This is true, much like humans, if cats are not hungry at the time of being fed they simply will not eat until they are ready and no matter what you try to do, they will not listen until they themselves feel ready to eat.

 

[Stephen]

This is true, much like humans, if cats are not hungry at the time of being fed they simply will not eat until they are ready and no matter what you try to do, they will not listen until they themselves feel ready to eat.

Personalities of cats is completely different from dogs and that is why whenever you are interested in keeping them, you have to learn a lot of how to manage them otherwise you will find it very difficult.

 

[Sarah]

I didn't experience that with my cat. But I have the experience while I was growing up. My grandma's cat will just wake up and ignore us, she won't like to come close to anybody until her mood changes.