Cats and computers lol

Thanks for the new forum Anne.
I love it's title.

I know that I am not alone with this challenge of kitties and computers.
I use a desk top.
When I sit at my desk, it's like on open invitation for Sadie and Dexter to stand between my face and the monitor.
They jump up on my desk, and just stand there.
If I am in the middle of a PM or post, I have to look around them to see what I am typing.
Finally, after making a lot of typos, I give them a few loving rubs, tell them that yes, they are the center of the universe, then push them on their merry way but I know that soon,
one or the other will always return to assume the position.

Dexter loves to plop down on my right hand that controls the mouse.
I had to move him just to write this post and that's not easy,
he is 16lbs of muscle and fur.
Oh no...he's coming back...
gotta go.
Meow!

I know this is real common. Jazzy used to do it. Peaches and Maxx don't. But Peaches likes to lay on the all-in-one printer while I'm on the computer. It only makes it difficult when I'm trying to print or scan something.

Beauty loves either sitting on my lap when I'm on the computer or if she can't get up she'll stand on the floor and tap my leg or rub round everywhere until she gets some strokes/ chin rubs/ head scratches/ whatever she decides she's after.

Kit likes to "type"

It's so funny to read this post today! Night before last Zoe had to come up on the desk and decide how she could help me best.....
(sorry for the pic quality...lights were off and I didn't use flash, so I could only lighten them up a bit)

I'm sure this looks very familiar to all of you too!

Zoe has the right idea.

Do you think that our kitties think that we are their captives when we are at our computers?

It's often an attention thing,all the human slaves' focus is on the monitor and not on the kit.
Kit. wants the attention,best way to get it-sit in front of monitor as focus will then be transferred to them.

Lilly likes to think that she is working on the computer. As soon as she hears me start to work in the morning she runs into my studio, gets on my lap and puts her paw onto the keyboard. (see my signature pic)

She'll sit there for at least 30 seconds before her little head falls down and she goes to sleep. On a good day she can make at least a minute before sleeping. Occasionally she'll hit the wrong keys and delete what I've just done, but mostly she just supervises.

I think it has got to be a "cat thing"! Ophelia likes to rub her bum in my face, thouhg.

You guys are cracking me up with your cat & computer tails.
I can see that I am not alone here.

Sho helps DH. He'll stand on the keyboard tray for a while then settles down on top of the keyboard (and any hands in the way), somehow always finding the page down key with a paw -or more likely..his butt.
DH rarely ever bothers to move him.

Originally Posted by white cat lover

I think it has got to be a "cat thing"!

Ophelia likes to rub her bum in my face, thouhg.

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That's Seamus... he paces back and forth on the desk, and makes sure if I'm leaning forward enough that he gets my nose with his back end...

Other times he'll sit on my hand, try to get at the printer when it's open and on, sticking his paw in looking for paper to come out, he'll smack me in the head, or just stand in front of my face... I wonder what it is about computers...

Junior also bugs me when I'm on the computer. He jumps up on the desk, walks back and forth between me and the monitor and bats at the pointer on the screen if I move it. If I shoo him away, he'll curl up right behind my chair wheels. I've learned to do a 360 and look for him before rolling anywhere.

My Dad thinks it has to do with my back being to the room and to Junior. However, since I have a big corner desk I'm not about to turn it just to see if he's right or not.

Mez

Chase likes to stand in front of the computer, too.. or if I've got it on the bed (I have a laptop), he'll lay in front of it, often on one of my arms.. silly boy. The other thing he likes to do is to rub his face against the top corner of it.

Hi,
My Nacho also loves jumping on to the table and walking across my laptop and sitting at the table.I think he wants to be with me and it's the same whereever i am.I don't think its a thing with computers.

Usually, when at our computers, we are relatively still and in an accessible position for our kitties to meet us face to face.

Don't you wish that we could see the world from our kitties point of view just one time.

I've learned to do a 360 and look for him before rolling anywhere.

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I have gotten in that habit too....Zoe's bad about laying right under the chair....YIKES!

Both Gracie and Casey like to stand or sit between me and the monitor. Gracie has even learned how to unplug the computer!

lol David like to get inbetween me and the monitor and swat me with his tail

Aristotle likes the monitor and often naps up there. But he has been known to want lovins' by standing between me and the monitor.