I'm not sure why but my cat, a very large brown tabby, Moby, seems to think I require his assistance when I go to the bathroom.
I don't work or go to school right now so we spend our days lounging about, reading, napping, sitting on the deck outside and generally enjoying each others' company in a calm and affectionate way.
I get up and down from the couch, go here and there to tidy up and Moby will happily snooze in a patch of sun on the chair. But if I get up to go to the bathroom...well, that's a different story altogether.
I've only had Moby for about 2 years. We adopted him from our local shelter where he had lived for 6 months. He got my attention immediately. He's enormous and gorgeous. He was a little stand-offish at first but warmed up quickly and fully.
About a year ago he decided that I wasn't to venture into the bathroom alone. I'm not sure if he sense some kind of bathroom threat to my safety? Or maybe I'm giving off some subconscious vibe that I can't handle myself in the washroom? I'm not sure, but either way Moby's decided that I need a chaperone.
Everytime I get up and go to the bathroom by the time I hit the bathroom door he's behind me. It doesn't matter if he's sleeping or engaged in something else. He'll be at that door. I'm alone most of the time and our bathroom door has to be pushed really hard to shut completely so I generally just push it closed without the *click*.
Moby, being the size he is, thinks nothing of ramming his shoulder into the door and swinging it wide open. Usually I'm on the toilet by that point, but it doesn't bother him any. His company usually consists of either staring at me, at close range (to make sure everything is in check, I guess?) or weaving between my ankles and the toilet.
TMI or not, when I'm done my business Moby will generally guard the toilet until the flushing has done it's job, whether I leave the room or not. More than once he's stood up, put his front paws on the toilet seat and watched the action unfold.
Then we both go back to our normal lives, as though visiting the washroom wasn't the most action-packed (and potentially dangerous!) activity of the day.
And, yes, I can shut the bathroom door if I so choose. And yes, he does stand directly outside of it until the moment I open the door, when he marches into the washroom and does a quick but thorough investigation of the room to ensure everything is as it should be.
Does anyone else get bathroom visitors?
I don't work or go to school right now so we spend our days lounging about, reading, napping, sitting on the deck outside and generally enjoying each others' company in a calm and affectionate way.
I get up and down from the couch, go here and there to tidy up and Moby will happily snooze in a patch of sun on the chair. But if I get up to go to the bathroom...well, that's a different story altogether.
I've only had Moby for about 2 years. We adopted him from our local shelter where he had lived for 6 months. He got my attention immediately. He's enormous and gorgeous. He was a little stand-offish at first but warmed up quickly and fully.
About a year ago he decided that I wasn't to venture into the bathroom alone. I'm not sure if he sense some kind of bathroom threat to my safety? Or maybe I'm giving off some subconscious vibe that I can't handle myself in the washroom? I'm not sure, but either way Moby's decided that I need a chaperone.
Everytime I get up and go to the bathroom by the time I hit the bathroom door he's behind me. It doesn't matter if he's sleeping or engaged in something else. He'll be at that door. I'm alone most of the time and our bathroom door has to be pushed really hard to shut completely so I generally just push it closed without the *click*.
Moby, being the size he is, thinks nothing of ramming his shoulder into the door and swinging it wide open. Usually I'm on the toilet by that point, but it doesn't bother him any. His company usually consists of either staring at me, at close range (to make sure everything is in check, I guess?) or weaving between my ankles and the toilet.
TMI or not, when I'm done my business Moby will generally guard the toilet until the flushing has done it's job, whether I leave the room or not. More than once he's stood up, put his front paws on the toilet seat and watched the action unfold.
Then we both go back to our normal lives, as though visiting the washroom wasn't the most action-packed (and potentially dangerous!) activity of the day.
And, yes, I can shut the bathroom door if I so choose. And yes, he does stand directly outside of it until the moment I open the door, when he marches into the washroom and does a quick but thorough investigation of the room to ensure everything is as it should be.
Does anyone else get bathroom visitors?
