kaffe LOL! He sounds like a normal cat to me.

In, out, in, out,
On rainy day, cat looking for
The door to sunshine.

More cat haiku here:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/1811/cathaiku.html

My older shiba inu (10 at the end of this month - party!) is the Diva. Shibas are not known for their willingness to have their toenails clipped. With Kyoto, we either go to the vet and have it done, or it takes two of us - one doing the clipping, and the other feeding her cat food. There is a noise that they make - called the Shiba Scream... Her little brother is the total opposite - a non-diva. He comes running whenever I announce that it's time to clip his nails.

Oye, Alek0!  My Kaffe used to nip my ankles too for attention when he was two.  He's more dignified now.  Cato is well-behaved too most of the time except when he goes on his drama prince mode over his kibble (or lack of).

Shibadiva:
I know EXACTLY what you mean about rainy days and cats wanting to go out.  Here in Oregon it rains a LOT, especially in the Spring.  Rainy days means cats can't go out to their outdoor enclosure.  At such times, both will look up at me expectantly waiting for me to "turn off" the rain like I do the shower.  Wish I could oblige, but I'm not yet that strong with the FORCE (been practicing but I've lost my Jedi manual).   

he he he

I love this one:
You must scratch me there!
Yes, above my tail! Behold,
Elevator butt.

That is just like Mitzie! She still hasn't grown out of biting my legs for attention, and Sophie little copycat does the same thing. She is so funny. She sees Mitzie pulling the water bowl with her paw to make the water ripple (she always does that before she drinks), and so Sophie scratches in front of the water bowl and looks puzzled that nothing is happening 

Btw, does anyone know how to encourage cats to use cat flap? I've installed one on the bathroom door, and Mitzie uses it, Stefie is afraid of it, while Sophie just plays with it.

I got the kitty door from one online pet store, but it was installed by the contractor who did renovation of my flat together with all the other stuff. The contractor wasn't too happy about it and other cat stuff, those custom made wall ledges, cat stairs for the toilet, hiding all the cables and putting external switches for all sockets etc.

So far Mitzie is the only one actually using the cat door. My vet says that none of his two use cat door, don't know why. I think Sophie will figure it out eventually, she just learnt to open cupboards and closets, my kitchen is like an obstacle course of cat toys now in an effort to prevent easy access. I don't want to use childproof locks, I did that when Mitzie went through that stage when she was young, and one evening I came home, her foot was all swollen, she dislocated her toe trying to open locked kitchen cupboard.

I'd rather deal with the mess than with the stress, so no locks. At that time I used different vet who insisted that her entire leg should be in a cast for six weeks, called animal bone specialist he said 3 weeks is enough since she was under 1 years old, and then I talked to my father who is orthopedic surgeon and he said to just use cream to reduce swelling, since it is little toe I could just leave it and she'll walk normally as soon as the swelling is down. And he was completely right, in two days everything was normal! Except that I was exhausted from no sleep and lots of stress, you can imagine what the pressure of "if you want what is best for your cat..." looks like. But it didn't make sense to me to use a cast for dislocation, especially for so long. Six weeks in a cast at 30C and 90+% humidity, that is practically guaranteed skin infection. So of course I wanted what is best for my cat, but that went against expert advice and it was so difficult. I knew I was right, but I had this crazy emotional moments of doubt, and wondering what if I am wrong.

Hi, Here's another cat haiku:

The rule for today:
Touch my tail, I shred your hand.
New rule tomorrow.

It's from a book by Peter Gethers, but I think someone sent it to him, so I don't really know where it came from. He wrote three books about his Scottish Fold cat, Norton. The books were very entertaining but I don't agree with everything in them such as letting his cat roam freely, although it worked for him. Mine are indoor cats.

My cats run things around here.

You could tell kitty that you are no longer impressed with his acting ability, and ask him to do "Small Child Prisoned and Abused".  Goes like this: The wee little kitty, on the wrong side of the door, flings herself against it, and sticks her two paws out, and up, moving her paws like human hands, like you see in those prisoner-refugee-train documentaries, waving them and -- mewing piteously - just like a human infant - and very loudly. It gets me every time, not only because I'm expecting child welfare to show up, but her "daddy" says "they cage the ferals you know, this is like a bad flashback for her".

alecO-I put the cat food on the other side of the door. That finally got them to go thru it.