MAX AND OWEN AT THEIR WORST May 26, 2007
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The nights here at KEEPERSKORNER are usually very quiet and restful. Both John and keepers fall asleep relatively quickly once we get to be around midnight. We usually go around 6 full hours while hearing nothing from nobody.We always know that Max and Owen (our two kitty cats who happen to be brothers) are off somewhere in the front of the house doing their nocturnal thing which means a good wrestling match in the living room or a well run race up and down the basement steps. Mostly, though, all we ever hear is the occasional meow when one bites the other too hard or the pittar patter of little paws as the boys (Max and Owen) try to get the better of each other in a nocturnal race through the house. Both John and keepers have adjusted to all the activity that goes on during the night with the boys. We have gotten to the point where we sleep quite well and the house seems very quiet in spite of our boys active night life.
Right now, it is 10:00 on Saturday morning here at KEEPERSKORNER. John is still asleep and keepers just woke up a few minutes ago. This is very odd because we are both usually up and at work by 6 or 7 each morning. But keepers do not have the heart to wake up our John Michael because, like us, we were kept awake most of the night by our two kitty cats.
I have no idea what was going on around here but this morning keepers really do feel like we spent the night seeing Max and Owen at their very worst–which was not a pleasant experience in any way.
Max spent most of the night perched on the windowsill in our bedroom. He was watching something taking place outside on the ground below. Now, Max loves to do this but it always worries me because I fear he will try to climb the screen and push it out thereby attaining a freedom John and keepers have worked hard to prevent for the last 3 years. So, this alone causes keepers to wake up every few minutes just to make sure Max is still contained in the house and that the screen is still in it’s proper position. But Max at our window last night was more like a dog baying at the moon in kitty cat language–if that makes any sense. He would be quiet for ten or fifteen minutes and then begin with these gut wrenching noises that would up both John and keepers.
Owen is a cat who never gets up on our bed while we are sleeping. We think this has to do with him respecting the territory our dear Shakespear had already marked when we brought the boys home for the first time. Well, anyway, Owen chose last night to begin completely disregarding his respect for long deceased Shakespeare and was up on the bed climbing all over both John and keepers. He weighs in at over 16 pounds so his walking on us from head to toe carried a weight that was quite uncomfortable. The pitter patter of his little paws as he walked the legnth of keepers also felt a little aggravating by 1:00 in the morning. You can imagine how they felt by 7 am. Owen was also head butting keepers for no apparent reason. That was bad enough but a few times he head butted the wall at the top of our bed which made keepers sit up to check and see if the poor fellow was okay. A couple of times, Owen curled up right next to me and I thought we were falling asleep together. But if my hand moved to pet him for even a second–he was up and we were going through all of this again.
Both Max and Owen are declawed in their front paws. Still, they often seem to try and sharpen those missing claws on our box springs which creates and irritating noise and makes us wonder if our boys have any real brains at all. Weel, throughout the night last night, it seemed like one or the other of our boys was trying to sharpen his claws constantly. To keepers, that sound is like fingernails on a chalkboard. Needless to say, Max and Owen were really getting on our nerves with their constant non-existent claw sharpening throughout the night.
Before long last night, my radar had honed in on the sound of our boys barreling down the hall in hot pursuit of who knows what. My radar was activated because they were continually running full speed down the hall–jumping on our bed in spite of the two sleeping bodies–wrestled for a moment–ran to the other side of the bed and jumped down with two huge thuds.
Here at KEEPERSKORNER, a good night’s sleep was had by no one. Max and Owen truly seemed to be at their worst last night and gave us no peace at all. But now that morning is here and I feel like I am walking around in some kind of drowsy stupor–Max and Owen are sound asleep in the rocker. They get to enjoy resting up for tonight!!!!!!
peace and blessings,(to everyone including Max and Owen)
keepers
What a night! I sure hope for your sake it was a one time thing! We don’t have cats but we do have some kind of critter inside our bedroom wall that likes to scratch and scratch on the wood. I thought my husband was going to put a hole in the wall from his pounding to make it stop! Hope you get a good nights sleep tonight!
i hope your sleep will be a whole lot more restful tonight!!! including max and owen’s.
take care and try to have a good day today with everyone. here is a hug or two, if you want it … {{{keepers}}}
oh dear.. ill try to keep the giggles as quiet as i can over here.. im giggling only because i understand this oh so well.. you see we often go through the very same thing with Marky and Lil Bit over here.. why they choose to do this at night? well, i just have no idea.. they rest up all day long here and then race around in the little 1 bedroom apartment after each other.. then tackled each other down and go for it again and again..
i sure hope you do get a better nights sleep tonight.. one where every living body in your household is sleeping.. hugs to all of you at keepers house.. including Max and Owen.. *wink*
((((((((((yall))))))))))
K n all (Dreaming2Fly)
Dear Meadow
We think we would rather put up with Owen and Max than a critter we don’t know what it is!! Our littles would drive John Michael bonkers if we had that!! We almost had Max in our wall though, did you read about that time? Let’s hope your critter is quiet tonight and our boys follow suit.
pleasant dreams
keepers
Dear Miquie and crew
we always want the hugs!!! have no fear about us accepting them, ever!
Today has been good, and we are possibly so tired Max and Owen won’t be able to keep us up tonight. we are hoping they will stick to their usual shenanigans that we are used to. Hope you are having a good weekend!!
peace and blessings
keepers
Dear Kat n all
smirks and giggles are allowed…when the boys aren’t around we will also be chuckling. they can really annoy the you know what out of us and then turn around and be so darned sweet, dang them!
sounds like your kitties and ours need to get together and wear each other out!!
wishing you a super weekend
keepers
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Oh my… I’m trying to contain my giggles too. Only because I know all too well the nighttime shenanigans kitties can do. I don’t have one now, but my little Jeepers would walk across my head all night long. And the cat language… the howls… oye! I wonder what was out there that was so fascinating to Max.
many more hugs to you all … {{{keepers}}} and we can’t forget {{{john}}}!!!
i hope sleep comes well for you all. and we know what it is like to be awake to animals … frankie and madison. except that madison loves to kick us off the bed. cs is fine, just the crew’s body get kicked off when we let madison sleep on the bed with us. we forgot to mention that to you earlier.
{{{keepers}}} }}
Dear katm
our yard is full of squirrels, birds, rabbits, etc ever since Shakespeare passed away, and now the boys sit and watch all the activity out there and you know there are urges in them to just run out in that yard and chase everything moving! now the climbing on our heads and stuff, have no idea what that was about! we just hope this is a quieter night once we hit the bed because we are tired!!!
peace, blessings and a good nights sleep to all
keepers
Dear Miquie and crew
we were just heading to bed when we saw your comment popup! trust us we are hoping for a good nights sleep also! so madison needs more room eh? how big is Madison? big enough we know but we were wondering. Shakes weighed about 65 lbs but he never got up on the bed at night. Max weighs about 10 lbs and Owen 15 but the darned cat sounds and purring in the ears when there are no others noises are deafening!!!!
peace and hugs to all of the crew!!!
keepers
We have three of the little…darlings (not the word we feel like using on nights like you had!). Usually they are pretty good at night but every now and then we have a night like that too. Those are the nights I just give up and shut the bedroom door!
Sera
madison weighs around 65 - 68 pounds and frankie sleeps with us too and he is about 60 pounds. maddie sleeps in her own crate and she loves going in there because frankie will not go near it and she knows that it is her area only.
let’s just say that when morning comes we have learnt to empty our bladder before letting maddie out of the crate. if not, well we don’t want to mention it … 65 pound dog setting on a full bladder. not good.
take care and know you are in all of our thoughts … {{{keepers}}}
Hi Sera
We wanted to shut our door that night but our house has sliding doors even on the bedroom and our cats learned at a very early age how to open them!! dumb animals, hah!
peace and blessings
keepers
Hi Miquie and crew
Thinking of you also!! all of you, and those big ole mutts of yours. they remind us of our dear shakes who was 65 lbs. Thanks for sharing with us!
peace and blessings
keepers