Cat Behaviour Problems (poem)

[Phoenix]

I won't be able to use my poems for raising money for the rescue now (too expensive to self publish and printer's not working so won't be able to print them off) so starting to share the "unseen poems" with you all. This poem is one to help people see cat behaviour problems from a cat's perspective (last verse is cat straying)

Problems of a Domestic Cat

I love my humans
I wish they’d understand
Why I was naughty today!

They told me off for kneading
While they were stroking me
But I was merely imitating
What a kitten does to its mum!

I accidentally scratched them
I didn’t mean to you see!
They were playing rough with me
While I was in a heightened mood!

While I was over excited
I clawed at the furniture
Marking my territory
Also leaving a marker for other cats!

I saw another cat outside,
Got quite upset!
So I sprayed against the cat flap
Marking it as being mine!

My litter tray was unclean
When I needed to use it!
So I showed them I needed it cleaned
By soiling in the house!

I went out to find the other cat
Returned with a present for them
Why did they scream and shout
When I gave them the mouse?

They shut me inside again
This meant I couldn’t get out.
I was bored so I groomed
Until my fur started to come out

I found some woollen material
Started trying to suck and eat it
They’d not given me anything else
Like a toy or my mouse!

The strange cat returned
Started pulling faces through the cat flap
So I went out again!
Ready to beat it up!

Now I’m going to see
If my other family understand
What makes me do the things
That the family I’ve left
Don’t like to see me doing.

[dandysmom]

I like that ,,, very expressive of life from the cat's viewpoint.

[Phoenix]

I like that ,,, very expressive of life from the cat's viewpoint.

Glad you like it DM :D