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How many of your cats follow you into the computer room?

Winchester always follows me in there, and usually is laying somewhere on the entertainment center. He tries stealing my chair as soon as I get up to use the bathroom or something, so I'll have to chase him back off when I come back.

Geronimo is always "guarding" the doorway, so the others can't get near HIS meowmy.
Sometimes he'll try laying underneath the desk, but I usually end up having to chase him off b/c he starts messing with the cables & cords. If I'd let him, he'd be sitting right in front of the monitor. Heaven forbid if I'm not giving all my attention to him!


Salem usually sits in the window if it's open, or on the cat carrier which is next to it if it's not.

Jinxy doesn't have a specific spot, although she's always trying to sit on my lap or in front of the monitor.


Chiquita & Ricochet always lay just outside the doorway.

Maverick, Gabriel, Spencer, & Cassidy usually will follow me in there, but mostly to just see what's going on. They generally don't stay.

 

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Tinker and wilbur go about their business for awhile, then they'll decide i've had enough computer time. That's when wilbur will jump up to the desk, and sit in front of the monitor staring at it, blocking me from it.

Tinker jumps up on the desk adn paces in front of the keyboard arching her back. Both then eventually lay down on the blanket i put next to the monitor and all is well again.
 

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Zoey walks across my keyboard and jumps off the desk. Then jumps back on the the desk and stands on the keys again. I usually play fetch with her when I'm on the computer to keep her entertained. She will jump on the desk and drop the toy on the keyboard. There have been many of my posts that I start and just never finish.
 

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it varies. there's often one [Pixel, Chip or Cable] on my lap/chest when i'm using my laptop. the others wander in & out, as it suits them. last night, all 5 were in here - Pixel on my chest, Chip next to me on the leopard pad, snuggling w/Firefox, Cable next in the large cat bed, & Java on the cat pillow that sits on the recumbent bike when i'm not using the bike.
right now, Chip is playing w/the turbo scratcher & Cable's just sitting on the floor. don't know where the other 3 are...
 

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I have two kitties and my puppy Macie at my feet . When I cook they all move to the kitchen. They pretty much follow me where ever I go.
 

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Butzie will periodically wander over to me when I am on the computer. Sometimes she just wants to love and be petted and she will bunt me. Other times, she comes in and puts her paws and my leg and meows loudly. She has been known to jump up on the keyboard for attention.
 
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Originally Posted by abbycats

I usually play fetch with her when I'm on the computer to keep her entertained. She will jump on the desk and drop the toy on the keyboard.
That's so funny!
Geronimo just loves to play fetch too, and sometimes I'll have to split my computer time between him & the keyboard, just to appease him.
I'll usually carry his fetchball around in my pocket so I have it handy, and when he's in the mood, he'll jump on my lap and dig it out.
 

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Originally Posted by Rosiemac

Mine follow me everywhere as well, but i use the laptop in the livingroom so they stay here in their bed
Mine usually sleep near me while I'm on the laptop, or they sleep in their beds
 

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Both of my cats are always in the same room as I am unless I have the window open in the winter and it's "cold" for them.
In that case they are either in the living room or bedroom, depending on the room with the window open
 

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It doesn't matter where I am or what I'm doing, all the cats move about the house with me.

Sometimes I feel like I'm wading through an escort and sometimes they do it all sly like; one minute I'm alone, the next, I glance up and five cats are arranged nonchalantly around the room.
 

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I usually have at least one cat squeezed in behind me on the computer chair. This is what happens when I walk away for just a minute.
 

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Originally Posted by Auntie Crazy

It doesn't matter where I am or what I'm doing, all the cats move about the house with me.

Sometimes I feel like I'm wading through an escort and sometimes they do it all sly like; one minute I'm alone, the next, I glance up and five cats are arranged nonchalantly around the room.
well, that's true here, as well. i usually have a minimum of 1 escort to the bathroom - sometimes all 5 make an appearance.
& the 'wading' thing - today, i accidently semi-kicked Firefox - she ran right in front of me just as i was taking a step! really just kinda pushed her with my leg, but more forcefully than i would've liked.

she ran under the bed & hid for the longest time... poor baby!
 
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Originally Posted by GoldyCat

I usually have at least one cat squeezed in behind me on the computer chair. This is what happens when I walk away for just a minute.
That's funny!
(Oops! What happened to the pic?!
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I haven't taken a pic of Winchester or Geronimo "stealing" my chair yet, but I reckon I probably will eventually.


Here's Geronimo & Jinxy in front of the monitor. Please excuse the photo quality: the pix are printed out then scanned & uploaded ones. It takes too long to upload the digital camera ones.



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just had to get up to free a bathroom prisoner - Java

hey, i can top those computer pix! taken w/the webcam...
Chip

Pixel

Cable

they take turns...

 
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Originally Posted by laureen227

just had to get up to free a bathroom prisoner - Java

hey, i can top those computer pix! taken w/the webcam...
Chip

Pixel

Cable

they take turns...

Too cool!
I wanna a webcam!
 

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Originally Posted by KittKatt

Too cool!
I wanna a webcam!
it came with the laptop - built in. otherwise, i wouldn't have one, 'cause i wouldn't know how to connect it
 
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Originally Posted by laureen227

it came with the laptop - built in. otherwise, i wouldn't have one, 'cause i wouldn't know how to connect it
Neither would I, so it's probably a good thing I don't have one. The computer gives me enough headaches.


I did manage to find a pic of Geronimo trying to get on my lap, that I took myself with the digital camera. It took some manuevering, but I managed. There's also the original pic of him in front of the monitor. I remembered I posted them in another thread. Too bad I didn't think of that before.
All I had to do was copy & paste them.
Anyway....
 

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Originally Posted by KittKatt

That's funny!
(Oops! What happened to the pic?!
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The picture was an attachment rather than a link. I think the attachments don't carry over into a reply.
 

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Nora almost always follows us to our computer room (really in our spare bedroom, but we never have guests so we put the computers up here). It is rare she doesn't, and usually then she is fast asleep on our bed and doesn't notice. Normally she'll RUN as fast as she can to get up here as we walk up the stairs.

She either sits on my lap, under my hubby's desk by his feet, or on our 3rd chair that is specifically for cat use. LOL It even had a step stool under it for Milo to get up in it. LOL

Here are a couple pics of her running up the stairs after me (and a blurry pic of my son).
 
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