Results: CATtiness
1.
1.
Are you a cat owner?
Yes
36%
•
354 votes
Used to be
19%
•
187 votes
I am in a household with one, or have been, but I was or am not the owner of a cat
5%
•
45 votes
No
41%
•
399 votes
2.
2.
Which these behaviors have you seen the cat(s) partake in? Sleep all day
38%
•
379 votes
Up all night
25%
•
251 votes
Strange meow sounds
32%
•
318 votes
Opens drawers, cabinets
18%
•
173 votes
Turns door knobs enough to open doors
10%
•
102 votes
Climbs into boxes
38%
•
375 votes
Takes ownership of the favorite chair or couch
30%
•
295 votes
Has to be with you, Ex: next to you when you sew, sits on your paperwork, follows you to the bathoom
25%
•
246 votes
Waits outside a closed door for you
24%
•
241 votes
Sleeps with you
28%
•
272 votes
Sits in the window
35%
•
342 votes
Cries when your gone
10%
•
103 votes
Climbs up the curtains
10%
•
102 votes
Climbs up window or door screen
13%
•
129 votes
Jumps atop curtain rods (might even walk the rod)
5%
•
46 votes
Chews plastic bags, or other plastics like ziploc bags
11%
•
113 votes
Hisses
21%
•
204 votes
Bites
19%
•
191 votes
Scratches
23%
•
226 votes
Swats at you
23%
•
222 votes
Uses anything and maybe everything for a scratchpost
21%
•
203 votes
Lovey-dovey one minute, mean the next
19%
•
183 votes
Climbs and jumps on everything (Ex: on top a thin plasma tv)
16%
•
158 votes
Rubs on new things leaving a nice helping of hair behind
21%
•
208 votes
Picky eater
13%
•
131 votes
Understands what you say, has a good vocabulary
17%
•
166 votes
Lays in the sink
10%
•
100 votes
Drinks toilet water, or has made an attempt
13%
•
125 votes
Tries to get a smaller pet (bird, hamster, fish in bowl)
8%
•
77 votes
Doesn't use cat box (leaves it elsewhere in the house)
9%
•
85 votes
Brings in their *catch* of the day into the house (birds, mice)
12%
•
123 votes
Something else
8%
•
74 votes
None of the above
5%
•
51 votes
Doesn't apply
34%
•
333 votes
3.
3.
Besides regular & accepted cat behavior, what do you attribute unacceptable behavior to? Age
17%
•
167 votes
Breed
8%
•
79 votes
Gender
8%
•
80 votes
Past ownership or kept too long in a shelter or petshop
12%
•
115 votes
Diet
4%
•
37 votes
Born with the personality
20%
•
198 votes
Trying to get attention, rebelling against something or someone
17%
•
168 votes
Current medical condition
9%
•
88 votes
Something else
4%
•
40 votes
Not sure
11%
•
104 votes
None of the above
7%
•
68 votes
Doesn't apply
37%
•
364 votes
4.
4.
Have you had a cat(s) do these things then stop as they got older? Yes
23%
•
230 votes
No
22%
•
217 votes
Undecided
10%
•
100 votes
Not Applicable
44%
•
438 votes
5.
5.
How much of your bad cat behavior is really just a cat being a cat? Less than 50 percent
12%
•
121 votes
More than 50 percent
31%
•
307 votes
Not sure
16%
•
153 votes
Doesn't apply
41%
•
404 votes
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