I adopted two kittens in February, and they are terrific and awesome, but one of them has a problem. It's more my problem, really.
She licks my eye when I'm asleep.
Every night this week between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. she has licked my eye. It's a horrible, horrible way to wake up. It's like this quick little jabby lick, and when you are deep in REM sleep it feels like an alien poking you in the eyeball.
Of course, when I come to with a start I'm staring face to face with this.
Which is really cute, but that thing also just LICKED MY EYE. She goes right for the corner.
What can I do to make her stop? I have the squirt bottle handy, but by the time I wake up due to cat tongue in my eyeball, it's too late.
This is the creepiest thing ever. Please, cat community, help me train my crazy eye-licking kitten.
You can try putting something on your eye that the cat doesn't like the taste of. Though, that means you put something strange on your eye. You could also try wearing a night mask thing, and could even put something on it that the cat doesn't like. But even if you manage to keep on the mask all night, and train her, once you stop wearing it she might start again. Cats are evil, but so damn cute!
Posted by: Sallaboutme.wordpress.com | August 17, 2011 at 11:49 AM
You realize that 10 minutes before your cat licked your face it was cleaning its own butt with its tongue?
Posted by: Freakyweasel.wordpress.com | August 17, 2011 at 01:16 PM
You could try wearing an eye mask for a few nights and see if that breaks the habit.
Posted by: Vandygirl | August 17, 2011 at 01:43 PM