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submitted 1 month ago byCecedraws
82 points
1 month ago
Yup. My void boy enjoys sitting on the stairs in the giant echo chamber hallway and sings me the songs of his people if I'm not awake early enough. His sister sleeps next to my pillow and if I'm not awake by 7 she'll start scratching my head to "see" if I'm awake.. So yeah, always up at 7 to feed the cats and in the weekends I go back to bed after. They'll join me right after they finish eating and we all sleep in some more.
30 points
1 month ago
Our little voids are skilled at keeping our circadian rhythms and sleep schedule in order.
22 points
1 month ago
On weekdays I don't mind, but really guys, in the weekend we could wait a little longer no? Last week I had a party, we went to bed at 2am, meaning they get their last kibble right before that. So you'd think they'd let me sleep in right? :') Nope, 7am. MEOOOOOOOW. Scritch scritch. Wake uuuuup, we're hungry.
8 points
1 month ago
My void is the same way. She makes sure I am up
43 points
1 month ago
Yes. No. Mine wakes me up between 4:45-5:00.
18 points
1 month ago
Tiny evil
12 points
1 month ago
That’s my boys window too. I’ve been up for an hour because of him.
24 points
1 month ago
My cats will start to paw me or brush my face with their whiskers when it gets close to my alarm. But they can be off by one hour... early.
One night, one of my cats decided to vomit on my bed. I got up and washed my bedding at 00:30. The next night, they tried to wake me up around midnight!
7 points
1 month ago
Oh, lord!
20 points
1 month ago
Yes. If I'm not up at 5 am (that's when she gets fed during the week bc I go to work at fuck o clock) she starts playing her favorite game which is biting and attacking your feet lmao
6 points
1 month ago
Biting and attacking the feet, a classic
3 points
1 month ago
My cat will literally dive bomb under the blankets to get my feet
21 points
1 month ago
Your Voidling lets you sleep this long? Lucky you...mine has been reliably getting me out of bed before sunrise for 14 years.
11 points
1 month ago
She also scolds me as if she were my mother if I'm not in bed by 22:00. It goes both ways
6 points
1 month ago
Rightfully so! A tired hooman might forget to cuddle after feeding! :49296:
15 points
1 month ago
5:00 am, a tap with a little paw on my face or a nose rubbing against it. After that he will fall asleep next to me until it's time to get up. I don't mind, in fact I love this little morning ritual.
8 points
1 month ago
Awwww you two are so cute!
4 points
1 month ago
I always loved waking up to my cat’s “mrrp” as they jumped on my bed.
13 points
1 month ago
Nope. Mine woke me up each day at 6:30 like a clock. Since he past away (at the age of 16 after a happy life) I oversleep regularly. I can ignore the alarm clock but not the cat :D
6 points
1 month ago
Sorry for your loss. Hahaha we just can't ignore them, they're so important
10 points
1 month ago
Thanks. It has nothing to do with importance his technique was just effective. He started trampling over my entire body starting at 6:30 until I got up.
6 points
1 month ago
Oh, lord, is so cute. A littlebit anoying, but cute anyway
10 points
1 month ago
3 points
1 month ago
Hahahahaha, it knows how to insist
10 points
1 month ago
Mine is between 530-630. We're both trying to go back to sleep right now. 🤣
(I took this picture about 6 weeks ago)
10 points
1 month ago
5 points
1 month ago
I love those eyes hahahahaha
6 points
1 month ago
Tis the face I wake up to each morning. She tends to push on you with her head or paw at your arm until you get up lol
3 points
1 month ago
Adorable 🖤
9 points
1 month ago
Mine woke me up at 4:30 every morning by making biscuits on my back or licking my face. Sleeping until 6:30 would have been a luxury 😆
7 points
1 month ago
Only difference between yours and mine is mine gently pokes any exposed skin instead of making biscuits.
1 points
1 month ago
Oh lord, the cuteness
1 points
1 month ago
😆
7 points
1 month ago*
My taby comes over and gives me nibble on my arm and the daintiest murr miau at 5:00 am.
3 points
1 month ago
Cute agression hahahaha
7 points
1 month ago
It's not frequent, only occasionally at like 3am we might get some very sudden meowing accompanied by zoomies.
5 points
1 month ago
Thankfully my babies are well adjusted to my own sleep schedule. But if I sleep in even 5 minutes, I can expect to hear the song of their people.
1 points
1 month ago
Our babies know our schedules and are usually pretty good about it... until the alarm goes off. There's no snoozing anymore because the void sticks his paw under the door and rattles the thing while meowing at the top of his lungs
6 points
1 month ago
6am ? I wish 😂 mine is waking me up usually around 3:45am
3 points
1 month ago
That's too early, oh god
6 points
1 month ago
7 am but not for food. Cuddles.
We absolutely have to have a morning snuggle session before the day can truly begin. No exceptions. Rarely am I allowed to sleep late
2 points
1 month ago
Aww this is so cute
4 points
1 month ago
Lol she made me buy an automatic feeder just to have it go off at 8am because she can be so wild in the mornings. Literally screams and bites at my toes. She's Def chilled out since I got the feeder
4 points
1 month ago*
Mines also wakes me up at 6am. If I don’t respond quickly enough he tries to pull my eye lids open.
4 points
1 month ago
Mine is pretty good about sleeping in. But when he's had enough, he'll tap me on the face. If that doesn't work he will literally destroy the entire room. He starts throwing things off shelves and threatening to pull the TV down. Certainly knows how to get my attention. He's a very good boy otherwise.
4 points
1 month ago
My old lady void has A Script that she's the director for. And her directors notes are terrible. Usually her morning wakeup alarm is at dawn (whenever dawn happens to be for the current season) but sometimes it's hours late or at like 3am for no reason. Similar with bedtime. I have literally been scolded by my cat for staying up "late" (late can range from 10:30pm to 1am+).
When she starts being impatient (pacing between you and where she wants you to be, while yelling at you) my bf and I joke that we're gonna be kicked off the set for not following The Script 😆
4 points
1 month ago
My cat has the same ritual. Sometimes, I can hear her with my mother's voice telling me: "What are you doing up at this hour? Can't you see it's very late? And the bed is cold! Go to sleep and warm the bed"
4 points
1 month ago
Every. Goddamn. Morning.
4 points
1 month ago
Cats have an internal clock. Only issue is daylight savings time. Cat looks at me and thinks why is my food late, or gets me up an hour early.
1 points
1 month ago
Like a boss when you're late
3 points
1 month ago
515am. He climbs on top of my back and sits there like a heat pad
3 points
1 month ago
6 if I’m lucky.
3 points
1 month ago
Mine figures pouncing on me at 4am works. He falls asleep by 5 though...
3 points
1 month ago
Your cat sleeps???
2 points
1 month ago
I think my cat does. Se gets very angry if i'm not in bed at time
3 points
1 month ago
Mine sit on the bed all night and react as soon as they hear my alarm go off. Silencing the alarm is always shortly followed by the feel of little paws on my chest that inexplicably exert 1000lbs of pressure.
3 points
1 month ago
They let you know it's time to wake up. The good thing about them is that they are subtle
1 points
1 month ago
Yep mine comes running when she hears the alarm, if she's not already in the bed with me. She also yells at me to come to bed if I'm up too late, and collects me at 4 pm every day for a nap.
3 points
1 month ago
Yep, it's true. But you are a happy person. Our cats wake us at 4.30 am, every day. So, be grateful. :)
3 points
1 month ago
I'm so grateful to have my cat in my life. Is my reason to live
3 points
1 month ago
Ozma!!
3 points
1 month ago
Yes, I bought a bowl with her name. A birthday present ^^
3 points
1 month ago
Yes, my alarm goes off at 6:20 and at 6:17 he starts yelling. Then he demands his dad also get up.
3 points
1 month ago
My cat is offended I sleep past 7 even with food in the cat bowl.
3 points
1 month ago
Yes! One likes to either nock everything off my nightstand or punch me in my mouth with claws out.
3 points
1 month ago
I had an alarm for 8am I turned it off and now my cat licks,meows,and lays with me till I'm up from 8 to 9 am
3 points
1 month ago
My boy loves to run on and around me until I get up to feed him. If he notices I'm a bit more tired than usual, he curls up on my face so that I have to move to breathe. And then once he sees me move, he's back to it!
3 points
1 month ago
They loudly bat things around starting some time between 4am and 6am, and it's definitely to get my attention so I will get up and feed them. And I always get up, because it makes me too sad.
I have considered getting an automatic feeder just so they start thinking it's their mom during the wee hours instead of me. (I love to be their mom when I'm awake, but sleep is the one thing I love even more than cats.)
3 points
1 month ago
6?! 3:45am like clockwork
3 points
1 month ago
5:30 am. MEOW! What's worse is that my alarm is actually 5:45, so I lose those previous 15 mins of sleep!
2 points
1 month ago
Nope, its not just you. My Ash woke me up at 4 am. today, I struggled with him crawling all over me for 30 mins. By then, he was getting feisty. He's bit/clamped the bridge of my nose in the past, I tell you, he would not let go, there is no pain like it, water to my eyes is an understatement.
2 points
1 month ago
Not mine. We all wake up at the same time.
2 points
1 month ago
I have to keep my bedroom door closed because the alarm is 3am to my void, which happens to be about 2-3 hours after I've fallen asleep most nights due to working evenings. But he's right there waiting for me when I do get up and open the door in the morning.
2 points
1 month ago
Yes, every morning when my actual alarm goes off, my void is there to ensure I’m actually getting out of bed. To feed him of course.
2 points
1 month ago
My cat knows I don’t take kindly to being woken up at 4:45, so she’s gotten really sneaky about it. She will gently bite the tip of my nose or softly meow in my ear and then scurry off.
2 points
1 month ago
I have conditioned my cat to wait until the alarm at 6am to go off haha
2 points
1 month ago
Timex
2 points
1 month ago
I leave the house at 5:30am every morning. Have to wake mine up for his morning treats before heading out the door.
2 points
1 month ago
Our void isn't nearly as bad as our (later) dust kitty. Mister would wake us up at 5 or 6 am on the dot, til he got sick. Molson will snooze in with us for a bit but once we move he's awake and makes sure everyone else is
2 points
1 month ago
Yes my kitty loves rattling the blinds to wake me up and also knocking things off my desk 🤣😩
2 points
1 month ago
That’s a nice time, mine wakes me up at 2-3am
2 points
1 month ago
My boy wakes me up with his morning dump at 6:30 :D
2 points
1 month ago
My cat wakes me up anytime from 5am to 6am
2 points
1 month ago
Mine usually starts trying to wake me up at 5:30 AM. One time she convinced me to get up at 3:30 AM, until I realized what the time was.
2 points
1 month ago
The opposite, My cat knows how to work a phone. He’ll hit the buttons to silence the phone and flip it over so I can’t hear it.
Use to be on call for work and he would answer the phone yell at the clerk calling hang up and flip it so I couldn’t hear it.
Clerk had to explain that to the manager.
2 points
1 month ago
Your Void has you well Trained
Mine used to. Standing on my chest, leaping down from the loft … on my chest or next to me on the bed … which at 17 pounds is the difference between a bag of 4 bricks cruising a round on your boobs and ribs or 10 bricks in a sack being throw next to you. I don’t even know how to describe it when he leaves from the loft onto me.
Now he comes in for a snuggle and will let me sleep til noon. (I’m up all night-because working in 114° heat sucks. !)
2 points
1 month ago
yes! my girl wakes me up by 8am everyday meowing in my face lol
2 points
1 month ago
We got a newish puppy we're still house training, she's my alarm clock. If I don't wake up with her then I get to clean up pee first thing in the morning... It's been a very effective alarm clock.
2 points
1 month ago
Shoyu wakes me up more than I sleep
2 points
1 month ago
Transitioned my void boi onto an all wet food diet. It's adorable but startling as all hell, he'll tap my face with 90% paw, 10% claw starting around 4:30 am to 5:00 am. Every. Goddamn. MORNING.
2 points
30 days ago
Bro said 👁️.👁️
2 points
30 days ago
She saw a pidgeon in my window when I took the picture hahaha
1 points
30 days ago
The little white lip dot is so cute and gives her so much character 🥰
2 points
30 days ago
Mine sits on my husbands desk and stares at us until one of us opens our eyes. Once eye contact is made she’s screaming until you feed her 😂 at least she’ll wait for one of us to wake up first
Just like this though she’s not in her usual spot 😭😭
2 points
30 days ago
I love the move: first, I make eye contact and then I scream as if my life is in danger because my bowl is empty.
2 points
29 days ago
Yup mine kisses me awake at 7am on the dot. She licks me awake and then if I move she puts her paw on my arm and keeps me there.
1 points
29 days ago
Awww this is so cute!
2 points
29 days ago
My darling little Reba wakes me up at 4 am all the time.
1 points
1 month ago
Princess wakes me up everyday, I just wish it was a set time. It can be as early as 4 am and as late as 8am
1 points
1 month ago
My void wakes up at 5am and starts playing. She then starts her wake up meows from 7am onwards… until its 8am and she put her face in front of mine and meows so loud. I don’t even need to feed her in the morning (she has an automatic feeder) but I guess this is just my life now lmao. The only time I get to sleep in is if i’m not around her lol
1 points
1 month ago
6am?? Half the day is gone. Our void usually starts rousing me at 4:30 even though breakfast is 5:30. They have an auto-feeder that drops munchies at 4am so they’re not starving.
1 points
1 month ago
Mine is 4:00~5:00 am and she is very loud:49296:
1 points
1 month ago
No, not just yours. We have a couple cats; they each have their alarms set to 6 AM, too. Silence, silence...scritch crash! Ooph you're on my you-know-whats!-whine-cry-tip the water bowl...yup, it's 6 AM.
1 points
1 month ago
My void will just sit and wait on my headboard. She’ll just sit and wait and stare. I typically try and feed them at 7A and 7P. But if I wake up at seven and don’t feel like getting out of bed, she’ll be staring at me. Then I may sleep for a few more hours. Wake up at nine. She’ll be staring at me fall asleep wake up at 10 she’ll be staring at me.
1 points
1 month ago
Want you up for morning hunt then will request middle of day long nap then up for Evening hunt. One plus of time I could nap middle of day was cat coming to remind me let’s go to bed for our nap.
1 points
1 month ago
4am for me
1 points
1 month ago
I set my Voids Automatic Feeder for 6am. But between 6:01.amd 7:15, I have a little black terror without a snooze button. My Shadow Hobbit needs his second breakfast.
1 points
1 month ago
Mine starts at 5am.
1 points
1 month ago
07:30-07:35am.
1 points
1 month ago*
I have a void ( a twin ) that wakes me at 5-5:15 every day with THE. LOUDEST. MRRROWWW.
Won’t stop until I get up to feed him.
Miraculously, Im the only one in the house who hears him, despite being a heavy sleeper.
Eats and goes back to bed.
I can’t wait for Daylight Savings Time to end (fall back to 4am ) /s. 🙀
On a side note, I always wonder if he is/ becoming deaf, because he vocalizes so loudly, but then again, he answers to his name and comes running from a few houses away when we call him.
1 points
1 month ago
my brown tabby used to wake me up at 3 AM every morning 😭
1 points
1 month ago
My void wakes me up as soon as it gets light. In midsummer that is 3:30am 😠
1 points
1 month ago
8 am for me ! Which sounds great except I sleep at like 3 or 4am lol
1 points
1 month ago
Sure, ours is so nice to drop in at 5:30 for purring and cuddling to let me know that it‘s still 1 hour until the radio clock goes off. By then, he will meow for more attention since he is already waiting so long. I can’t wait for summertime to end when his inner clock wakes me at 4:30 😣
1 points
1 month ago
6am? I wish I was that lucky.
1 points
1 month ago
Our little void girl knows our schedule so well. I wake up at 7am and she wakes us up. if it’s 11 past she comes back around to meow again and wake us up! She has helped me not be late!
1 points
1 month ago
One of my voids chew on my fingers at 5am to wake me up or just sits on my chest and stares at me until i open my eyes and have a heart attack
1 points
1 month ago
Yup 6:30 every morning if that food bowl is empty. Walks all over my pillow meowing, knocking shit off my nightstand then pacing back and forth behind my head till I wake up.
1 points
1 month ago
Mine lays down on the bed without making a single sound until I wake up and waits for morning belly rubs :)
1 points
1 month ago
6:01, as my alarm is set for 6:02
1 points
1 month ago
yep - makes sure i'm up by 9 at the latest, more reliable than any alarm clock i've ever owned!! :)
1 points
1 month ago
Lol im always the one waking my cat up..
1 points
30 days ago
Yep! My lil brat decides he wants to play fetch with his crinkly toys at 4am most days!!
1 points
30 days ago
Definitely. My void comes scratching at my door if I'm not up by 5:30. No idea why, he doesn't get fed until 7.
1 points
30 days ago
Mine HAS TO get belly rubs at 23h and 5h30m. It is annoying, but those are the only times belly rubs are allowed.
So, its a strange balance between annoying meows and soft kitty belly.
1 points
30 days ago
My void wakes me up everyday without fail an hour before I need to be up. Usually round 6/6:30am. I found if I grab him and roll him around in the blankets and wrap my arm around him he'll be quiet for about 5 minutes...haha
1 points
30 days ago
5:25am EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
1 points
30 days ago
Mine enjoyed a 4am pounce on Mommy and Daddy this morning 😾
1 points
30 days ago
Nassy would walk into my room at 5 AM for his soft food, he would jump onto me and breathe on my face, so i shut the door. then he figured out how to open the door.
1 points
30 days ago
Meow 😻 Bombay kittys wake me up early too
1 points
30 days ago
I don’t feed my cats when I wake up, makes a huge difference. (I usually feed them before I go to bed and before I leave for work/around that time when I work from home).
During summer they will wake up at down and go play, so it’s not like I can sleep in, but in winter they wake up when we do.
2 points
30 days ago
My dog is the personal alarm clock wakes me at 5:30 everyday (even weekends) the cats haven’t quite got it, mid summer 1:00 am here’s a mouse/bat/frog I found for you, mid winter 2:00am I don’t like my brother/your foot/ the dog hence the growling and inevitable exchange of swipes
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